Curriculum vitae
Education
2021 - now: Postdoctoral researcher in The Cognition and Decision Lab - Columbia University (New York, United States)
2019 - 2021: Temporary Teaching and Research Assistant (A.T.E.R.) in Mathematics - Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France).
2016 - 2020: PhD in applied mathematics and cognitive psychology - Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France). Laboratories: J.A. Dieudonné (LJAD) and Bases Corpus Langage (BCL). Thesis: Statistical inference for categorization models and presentation order. Supervisors: Patricia Reynaud-Bouret, Fabien Mathy, and Thomas Laloë-Verdelhan. Thesis defended on 11 December 2020. [slides]
2012 - 2016: Master’s degree in Mathematics (Laurea Magistrale) - Università di Pisa (Pisa, Italy). Thesis: Some probabilistic models of neural action potentials and neural networks. Supervisors: Franco Flandoli and Patricia Reynaud-Bouret.
Mar. - May 2016: Internship in France, Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France). Laboratory: J.A. Dieudonné (LJAD), interdisciplinary axis of Theoretical and Computational Modelling in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (MTC-NSC).
Jan. - Jun. 2015: Erasmus Program in France, Université de Rennes 1 (Rennes, France). Topics: cryptography and error-correcting codes.
2008 - 2012: Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics (Laurea Triennale) - Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy). Thesis: Descrizione probabilistica delle reazioni chimiche - Probabilistic description of chemical reactions. Supervisors: Francesco Caravenna and Luca De Gioia.
Talks & Posters
Society for NeuroEconomics 2023 meeting. Vancouver (Canada). October 13 - 15, 2023. [poster]
GDR Neuralnet 2023 meeting. Marseille (France). October 11 - 13, 2023. [poster]
Society for NeuroEconomics 2022 meeting. Crystal City (United States). September 30 - October 2, 2022. [poster]
Inauguration of NeuroMod Institute. Online event. March 22, 2021. [poster]
PhD student symposium at Bases Corpus Langage laboratory (BCL). Nice (France). July 5, 2018. [slides]
2nd meeting of C@UCA. Fréjus (France). June 14-15, 2018. [poster]
PhD student symposium at SFA doctoral school. Nice (France). May 29, 2018. [poster]
PhD student symposium at J.A. Dieudonné laboratory (LJAD). Nice (France). October 3, 2017. [slides]
1st meeting of C@UCA. Fréjus (France). June 6-8, 2017. [slides]
Conferences & Summer Schools
2022 Sloan-NOMIS Summer School on Cognitive Foundations of Economic Behavior. Vitznau (Switzerland). June 24 - July 3, 2022.
ISC 2021 Summer School Cognition & Climate. Online. May 24 - June 4, 2021.
1st meeting of NeuroMod Institute. Fréjus (France). July 1-2, 2019.
Ninth European Working Memory Symposium (EWOMS-9). Pavia (Italy). August 29-31, 2018.
Mathematical Modeling in Neuroscience. Svaneke (Danemark). June 26-30, 2017.
Journées Louis Antoine (16th edition). Rennes (France). March 30-31, 2017.
Teaching (in French)
2020 - 2021 (2nd semester): Advanced mathematics 2 (40 hours), Bachelor 1, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.
2020 - 2021 (2nd semester): Linear Algebra - intensive revision course (20 hours), Parcours Oui-Si, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.
2020 - 2021 (1st semester): Statistics 1 (36 hours), Bachelor 1, Institut Supérieur d'Economie et Management, Université Côte d'Azur.
2019 - 2020 (2nd semester): Linear Algebra - intensive revision course (20 hours), Parcours Oui-Si, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.
2019 - 2020 (1st semester): Statistics 2 (18 hours), Bachelor 2, Institut Supérieur d'Economie et Management, Université Côte d'Azur.
2019 - 2020 (1st semester): Basic Mathematics (40 hours), Parcours Oui-Si, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.
2019 - 2020 (1st semester): Methodology of Mathematics (20 hours), Parcours Oui-Si, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.
Science Popularization
French Science Week - Fête de la Science 2019. Practical workshop on mathematical games regarding different topics (machine learning, graph theory, ancient computational instruments, lung's geometry etc.). In particular, I collaborated with Cyrille Mascart and Marc Monticelli to the creation of a playful activity about machine learning. Castle of Nice (Nice, France), October 2019.
French Science Week - Fête de la Science 2018. Practical workshop on fractals, Plato's solids, and the Sierpinski's triangle for middle school students. Louis Nucera Library (Nice, France), October 2018.
Festival Biennal Movimenta 2017. Workshop on the interaction between science and video games. Le 109 (Nice, France), November 2017.
French Science Week - Fête de la Science 2017. Organization of an escape math lab (an escape game based on the resolution of mathematical games and problems). Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné (Nice, France), October 2017.
Conference "Learning how to breathe, the science of well-being". Workshop on virtual reality in collaboration with the CHU of Nice. Parc Valrose (Nice, France), October 2017.
Languages
Italian: Native language.
French: Bilingual level.
English: Advanced level.
Spanish: Beginner level.
Computer
Advanced knowledge: R, LaTeX, Beamer, TikZ, Matlab, Inkscape, Gimp, Psychopy.
Basic knowledge: jsPsych, Python, Java, C++, Office.