Bio

Education

PhD in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Naples "Federico II", May 2014

DALF C1 (Diplôme approfondi de langue française) , July 2010

Training Course at the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast, Reading (UK), Spring 1991

University Degree (Laurea) cum laude in Mathematics from the University of Naples "Federico II", November 1988

Positions

2020-present: Senior Researcher at IAC-CNR

1996-2020: Researcher at IAC-CNR

1992-1996: Mathematics and Physics high school teacher

1989-1991: Research fellow at IAM CNR

Ongoing and recently closed research projects

ERC-ERN2024-25 (STREETS to (the) square - European Research Night 2024-2025) 

PRIN PNRR 2022 "Mathematical modelling of fire propagation in forests"

PRIN 2022 "Anomalous Phenomena on Regular and Irregular Domains: Approximating Complexity for the Applied Sciences"

ERC-ERN2022-23 (STREETS - European Research Night 2022-2023) 

SAPP4VU (2021- ) (ASI, Italian Space Agency)

H2020-ICT-48 TAILOR Network (GA 952215)

ERC-ERN2020 ("Meet Me Tonight" European Research Night 2020) 

MeDia (2020-2022) (Italian PON research project)

OliveHealth (2020-2021) (Campania POR research project)

ADVISE (2019-2021) (Campania POR research project)

OT4CLIMA (2018-2021) (Italian PON research project)

EPIGEN (2012-2018) (CNR flagship project)

InterOmics (2012-2018) (CNR flagship project)

ACTIVITI (2013-2015) (Campania POR research project)

MERIT (2012-2015) (CNR-MIUR project)

DIAGEN (2012-2015) (Italian PON research project)

SAT4PRISMA (2011-2014) (ASI, Italian Space Agency)

Recent Seminars and Talks

BIOMAT2024 (online) "Stochastic models of neuronal dynamics: fractional time-changed processes and simulation strategies for their first passage times"

EUROCAST 2024 (Gran Canaria) "On simulation strategies for first passage times of fractional time-changed diffusions"

#STAT100 #CNR100 (La Statistica al CNR al servizio del Paese) "Caratterizzazione del cyber-risk attraverso l'analisi di database pubblici di incidenti informatici"

IMACS 2023 (Rome) "Investigating  spatial patterns in a model describing three-species interactions"

UMI 2023 (Pisa) "La matematica è per tutti! (e tutti hanno bisogno di competenze matematiche)"

SIMAI 2023 (Matera) "Characterization and reduction of mixed and structured noise in PRISMA hyperspectral images"

SIMAI Educational 2023 (Matera) "Dinamica di popolazioni, da Volterra alle epidemie (passando per Turing): spunti per un percorso didattico"

DIDACTA 2023 (Firenze) "L’ORO DI FIBONACCI: i contributi alla matematica e la sua eredità nelle scienze e nelle arti"

BIOMAT2022 Symposium (online) "A review of stochastic models of neuronal dynamics: from a single neuron to networks"

ERN 2022 (Napoli) "La matematica è per tutti!"

ISBIS Conference 2022 (Napoli) "A first investigation of a single shock impact on Italian mortality rates through STMF data"

Carnevale della Matematica 2022 (Palermo) “La matematica dei suoni e delle immagini sui social”

SPIE Remote Sensing 2019 (Strasbourg) "Assessment of cumulative discriminant analysis for cloud detection in the ESA PROBA-V Round Robin exercise" 

ERCIM-CMS Conference 2018 (Pisa) “Penalized robust estimation for functional regression”

NEURAL CODING Conference 2018 (Torino) “A block-layered stochastic model for neuronal networks”

SDS Conference 2018 (Porto Giardino) “Numerical solution of a fractional PDE for time-changed processes”

DeAScuola Conference 2017 (Ancona) “La matematica dei suoni e delle immagini sui social”

NEURAL CODING Conference 2016 (Cologne) “A stochastic model for the firing activity of neurons in a network”

ERCIM-CMS Conference 2015 (London) “Multivariate functional clustering: a comparison on remote sensing Landsat data”

NEURAL CODING Conference 2014 (Versailles) “A diffusive LIF model for the spike frequency adaptation”

AIMS Conference 2014 (Madrid) “Stochastic modeling of the firing activity of coupled neurons”

ERCIM-CMS Conference 2014 (Pisa) “Analysis of two-way functional data: an application to mortality models”