Education
- 04/2010: Ph.D. in Information Engineering, University of Padova.
- Thesis Title: Mining of Significant Patterns: Theory and Practice
- Advisor: Prof. Andrea Pietracaprina
- 10/2006: Laurea Specialistica (summa cum laude)
in Computer Engineering, University of Padova, Italy
- Advisors: Prof. Andrea Pietracaprina, Prof. Geppino
Pucci (equivalent to M.S.)
- Thesis Title: "On the Top-K Frequent Closed Itemsets
Mining Problem"
- My thesis work has been officially deemed as distinguished by
the thesis committee.
- 07/2004: Laurea Triennale (summa cum laude)
in Computer
Engineering, University of Padova, Italy
- Advisor: Prof. Lorenzo Brunetta (equivalent to Bachelor)
- Final Project Title: "Models and Methods for the
Evaluation of Runway Capacity"
Professional Experience
- 01/2010-08/2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of
Computer Science and Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown
University (Providence, RI, USA)
- 09/2008-12/2009: Visiting Scholar at the Department of Computer Science, Brown University (Providence, RI, USA)
- 01-02/2008: Teaching Assistant for the course "Algorithms and Data Structures 1"
- 11-12/2006: Research
assistant at the Department of Infomation Engineering, University of
Padova: "Adaptive Software for Data Mining"
Research Grants
- Research Grants National Science Foundation, BIGDATA: Mid-Scale: Analytical Approaches to Massive Data Computation with Applications to Genomics. Role: co-PI (PI: Eli Upfal). Total amount: $1,566,685. 10/2012-09/2016.
- National Science Foundation, AF: Small: Algorithmic Problems in Protein Structure Studies. Role: PI for the last two years of the award, total amount: $225,001. Collaborative with Gopal Pandurangan, and Chris Bailey-Kellogg.
Honors/Awards
- International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Travel Fellowship, RECOMB 2012. 04/2012
- Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing Travel Award, PSB 2012. 01/2012
- Sergio Gambi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, University of Padova, Italy. 12/2011
- Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) Travel Fellowship, UCLA. 10/2011
- International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Travel Fellowship, RECOMB 2011. 03/2011 Center for Computational Molecular Biology Travel Award, RECOMB 2010, Brown University. 08/2010
- Ing. Aldo Gini Foundation Fellowship, Padova, Italy.
- Fellowship for Ph.D. students, University of Padova (2007-2009)
Program Committees
Current position
Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Research),
Computer Science Department and
Center for Computational Molecular Biology,
Brown University
