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Pierfrancesco Cillo

M.Sc.

Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics (ITM)

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Pfaffenwaldring 9
70569 Stuttgart
Room: V9.4.157

Subject

  1. Cillo, P., Ziegler, P., & Eberhard, P. (2025). Reducing Tonal Variability in Guitars: An Efficient Framework for Soundboard Shape Optimization. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 58, 35001. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002052
  2. Nandalal, T., Cillo, P., Ziegler, P., & Eberhard, P. (2025). Geometrically Parameterized Reduced-order Finite Element Model for Guitar Soundboard Shape Optimization. Acta Acustica, 9, Article 56. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2025040
  3. Cillo, P., Brauchler, A., Gonzalez, S., Ziegler, P., Antonacci, F., Sarti, A., & Eberhard, P. (2024). Improving Accuracy in Parametric Reduced-Order Models for Classical Guitars through Data-Driven Discrepancy Modeling. Acta Acustica, 8, Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2024055
  4. Cillo, P., Ziegler, P., & Eberhard, P. (2024). Geometrical Parameterization of a Finite Element Model to Account for Material Variability in Classical Guitar Design. Proceedings of the International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering 2024. https://past.isma-isaac.be/downloads/isma2024/proceedings/Contribution_130_proceeding_3.pdf
  5. Cillo, P., Brauchler, A., Gonzalez, S., Ziegler, P., Antonacci, F., Sarti, A., & Eberhard, P. (2023). A Data-Based Method Enhancing a Parametrically Model Order Reduced Finite Element Model of a Classical Guitar. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2023. https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0131
  • July 22, 2026: ITM Statusseminar, Löwenstein (Germany), "Guitar Hero II Vol.4 - Material Parameters Don't Matter."
  • June 16, 2026: International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2026, Helsinki (Finland), "Gradient-based design optimization of classical guitars under material variability."
  • July 21, 2025: ITM Statusseminar, Monbachtal (Germany), "Guitar Hero II Vol.3 - While my guitar gently shapeshifts."
  • May 26, 2025: International Symposium on Musical and Room Acoustics 2025, New Orleans (USA), "Reducing tonal variability in guitars: An efficient framework for soundboard shape optimization."
  • September 9, 2024: International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering 2024, Leuven (Belgium), "Geometrical parameterization of a finite element model to account for material variability in classical guitar design."
  • July 17, 2024: ITM Statusseminar, Monbachtal (Germany), "Guitar Hero II Vol.2 - Highway to efficient geometrically parameterized finite element models of classical guitars."
  • September 15, 2023: Forum Acusticum 2023, Turin (Italy), "A data-based method enhancing a parametrically model order reduced finite element model of a classical guitar."
  • July 18, 2023: ITM Statusseminar, Hösbach (Germany), "Guitar Hero II Vol.1 - Learn from my errors."
  • Application of the Modal Udwadia-Kalaba Formulation to String-Body Coupling in the Classical Guitar, Research Project.
    University of Stuttgart, Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 2025.
    In co-supervision with Tharindu Nandalal, M.Sc. and Dr.-Ing. Pascal Ziegler
  • A Data-Driven Approach for Guitar Design Optimization, Master Thesis.
    University of Stuttgart, Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 2025.
    In co-supervision with Ingeborg Wenger, M.Sc. and Dr.-Ing. Pascal Ziegler
    In the context of the Erasmus Mundus WAVES joint master's program.
  • Affine Parametric Representation of Finite Element Models with Complex Nonlinear Parameter Dependencies, Bachelor Thesis.
    University of Stuttgart, Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 2024.
    In co-supervision with Lennart Frie, M.Sc. and Dr.-Ing. Pascal Ziegler
  • Numerical Analysis of Modal Parameters of a Guitar Soundboard Under Consideration of Uncertainties, Master Thesis.
    University of Stuttgart, Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 2024.
    In co-supervision with Tom Könecke, M.Sc. and Dr.-Ing. Pascal Ziegler
  • An Efficient Finite-Element Model of a Classical Guitar Soundboard, Master Thesis.
    University of Stuttgart, Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 2024.
    In co-supervision with Dr.-Ing. Pascal Ziegler
  • Optimization Technique for the Enhancement of a Parametric Reduced-Order Finite-Element Model of a Classical Guitar, SimTech Project Thesis SA-48.
    University of Stuttgart, Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 2023.
    In co-supervision with Dr.-Ing. Pascal Ziegler
WS 2026/2027 Model Reduction of Mechanical Systems
WS 2025/2026 Model Reduction of Mechanical Systems
WS 2025/2026 Acoustic Measurements and Sound Visualization (practical training)
WS 2024/2025 Acoustic Measurements and Sound Visualization (practical training)

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Submitted publications (not yet accepted)

  1. Könecke, T., Elangasinghe, A., Cillo, P., Ziegler, P., Hanss, M., & Eberhard, P. (2026). Identification of Confidence Distributions for Modal Parameters in the Face of Measurement Uncertainty. Applied Mathematical Modeling. https://doi.org/10.18419/opus-17562
  2. Cillo, P., Ziegler, P., & Eberhard, P. (2026). Gradient-Based Design Optimization of Classical Guitars Under Material Variability. Proceedings Int. Symposium on Musical Acoustics - 2026 (ISMA2026), June 14-18.
  3. Könecke, T., Kaupp, L., Cillo, P., Ziegler, P., Hanss, M., & Eberhard, P. (2025). Beyond Material Properties: Possibility-Based Uncertainty Propagation in Computational Modal Analysis. https://doi.org/10.18419/opus-17641

Accepted publications (not yet published)

  1. Nandalal, T., Cillo, P., Ziegler, P., & Eberhard, P. (2026). A physical synthesis framework for vibro-acoustic interaction of plucked strings in classical guitars. Proceedings Int. Symposium on Musical Acoustics - 2026 (ISMA2026), June 14-18.

Cillo, P. (2023). Data-Based Discrepancy Modeling for a Parametrically Model Order Reduced Finite Element Model of a Classical Guitar (Master Thesis Nos. MSC–337).

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