Prizes and Awards
Fellowships obtained through competitive calls
2023 DAAD AiNet fellowship: I won the competitive call for a research fellowship to be carried out at universities in Germany for the realization of collaborations with a research group. DAAD AInet fellow for the Postdoc-NeT-AI 04/2023 Networking Week – Generative Models in Machine Learning (20% of selection process threshold).
The fellowship includes:
- the participation in the virtual networking week from April 24 to 28 and the associated events,
- the DAAD's financial and organizational support of an individual one-week networking visit to Germany, and
- the membership in the DAAD AInet Fellows and Alumni Network.
Membership of scientific associations
Date: from 20 November 2022
Role: Membered Officer of the Complex Systems Society Council
Description: I was elected, after voting, as a board member of the Complex Systems Society until 2025. The Association is the most prestigious association in the field of complex systems that unites engineers, physicists, mathematicians.
Relevance: International
Website: https://cssociety.org/about-us/council
Awards for academic merit
October 2023: Finalist at the EpyHack Hackathon (https://forumdellaleopolda.it/epy-hack/)
December 2022: Short listed at Premio Italia Giovane (https://premioitaliagiovane.it/)
28-29 October 2021: First Prize Winner, Rare Disease Hackathon 2021, (https://forumdellaleopolda.it/hackathon-2021/)
5-6 October 2021: Selected for the Best Paper Award, Workshop TelexBe 2021, Second Workshop of Technology Enhanced Learning Environments for Blended Education
1 October 2015 to 31 March 2019: Winner of the competition for the PhD scholarship in Computer Science funded by EPSRC (UK)
August 2019: Winner of the Clare Hall College Research Award (£650) to complete a period of study and visiting at the MILA research centre (Montreal, Canada)
13-17 May 2019: Winner del Complex System Society (CSS) Award to participate at the Spring School in Complex Networks, Como (Italia)
October 2018: Winner of the Travel Award organized by the Alan Turing Institute, London, to participate in the Workshop in "Innovative Data Science for Alzheimer"
Academic Year 2014/2015: Santander Bursary Scholarship, received from Clare Hall college University of Cambridge
April 2015: Finalist of the BCS Women Lovelace colloquium Poster Contest at the Informatics Forum in Edinburgh (University of Edinburgh)
Academic Year 2012/2013: scholarship winner (for academic merits) for students enrolled in the first year of the master's degree in Computer and Automation Engineering, at DIISM, University of Siena
Academic year 2009/2010: Winner of the Scholarship (for academic merits) announced by the Tuscany Region for Women enrolled in Scientific Subjects, at DIISM, University of Siena
Academic Year 2009/2010: Winner of the scholarship (for academic merits) for students enrolled in the first year of the three-year degree in Computer Engineering, at DIISM, University of Siena
Academic Year 2009/2010: Winner of the scholarship (for academic merits) for recent graduates in memory of Gaia Gotti organized by the Contrada del Drago (Siena)
Academic Year 2009/2010: Winner of the Rotary Siena Est Scholarship (RYLA)
Academic Year 2009/2010: Winner of the MIUR Scholarship for merits related to the State exam, enrolment in the National Register of Excellence
12-18 July 2018: Selected by the Scuola Normale Superiore to participate in the Summer Orientation School at Colle di Val D'Elsa organized by the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)
Years 2003-2004-2007-2009: Winner of the "Don Muzzi" Scholarship: organized by Chianti Banca, Banca Credito Cooperativo Monteriggioni (Siena)
Awards for academic and sport awards
2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019: University of Cambridge Hawks Award for excellence in sport and university education
2014/2015 Full Blues Award of the University of Cambridge and Half Blues Award in 2015/2016 e 2018/2019
2015, 2016 and 2019: Clare Hall Blues Awards, Clare Hall College and University of Cambridge
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