Salvatore Cuomo

Associate Professor 

 PI, WorkPackage Leader of 

15 funded projects. 

i) Project Name: Innovambiente

Role: Co-Principal Investigator and Scientific Manager

Funding Source: Ministry of Innovation and Technological Development

Amount and Duration: 200,000.00 Euros - from 03-23-2009 to 03-23-2011

Brief Description: ICT aspects for a biennial project approved by the Italian Ministry for Public Administration and Innovation, aimed at promoting innovative teaching methods in lower secondary schools. The project focused on the study, research, and development of innovative methodologies for interdisciplinary teaching of mathematics, computer science, and natural sciences in a network of 10 schools in the Campania region. The project's activities resulted in several scientific publications.


ii) Project Name: Carolina Curriculum

Role: Principal Investigator and Scientific Manager

Funding Source: Italian Association for the Study of Malformations (ASM) Milan, IT

Amount and Duration: 15,000.00 Euros - from 10-03-2014 to 03-10-2015

Brief Description: Study of numerical models and development of a technological infrastructure for analyzing data from children with rare congenital diseases and disabilities.


iii) Project Name: DATABENC-CHIS (CUP E68C41000030005)

Role: Workpackage Leader

Funding Source: MIUR PON PON03PE_0009_1/15

Amount and Duration: 97,819.00 Euros - from 05-01-2015 to 07-30-2017

Brief Description: Study of numerical models for data analysis in Cultural Heritage environments. Specifically, the research involved the use of computational biological neurons (systems of differential equations) for modeling visitor behaviors in this context.


iv) Project Name: Mathematical Horizons (CUP E66D15001520002)

Role: Workpackage Leader

Funding Source: POR CAMPANIA FSE 2007-2013 ACTION PLAN COHESION III

Amount and Duration: 167,000.00 Euros - from 07-12-2015 to 06-30-2016

Brief Description: The project targeted about 30 schools in Campania concerning the development of teaching methodologies to improve student performance in OCSE PISA tests. Further references about the candidate's central role and the project can be requested from Prof. Carlo Sbordone, former Scientific Manager. The Project generated departmental funds reallocated to projects. The candidate was responsible for the NASTRI-RF project, NumericAl Schemes for studying TRuing Instabilities in Reaction-Diffusion problems, 24 months, CUP E65E18000260005 funded with 79,450.00 Euros


v) Project Name: Mod-Dev-Cell (CUP E76J170000200012)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Funding Source: Competitive University Funding (FRA)

Amount and Duration: 50,000.00 Euros - from 07-01-2017 to 12-31-2019

Brief Description: Modeling the dynamics of microbial cell culture systems: numerical methods, process optimization, and individual-based approaches.


vi) Project Name: 000022_FFABR_2017_S_CUOMO

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding Source: MIUR competitive grants for basic research funding amount and Duration: 3,000.00 Euros - from 01-01-2018 to 12-31-2021

Brief Description: The MIUR-funded project aimed to support research by deserving researchers.


vii) Project Name: PARCO

Role: Project Coordinator

Funding Source: FSC 2007/2013 SERVICE OBJECTIVE – AZ- 1 - D.D. No. 1200 of 10/05/2018 of Campania

Amount and Duration: 556,495.37 Euros - from 12-12-2018 to 12-12-2021

Brief Description: The Knowledge Paradigms project was a competitive tender action aimed at Campanian schools concerning the development of teaching methodologies to improve student performance in OCSE PISA tests. The candidate managed all project phases from agreements with schools to the final accounting of the funded amount. The action generated a departmental profit of 75,000.00 Euros, which led to a departmental project called DAMM: Data Analysis and Mathematical Modeling, for which he is the Scientific Manager.


viii) Project Name: CETRA (CUP: B63D18000390007)

Role: Scientific Manager and Work Package Project Leader

Funding Source: SURF 18016BP000000004, approved by Directorial Decree No. 613 of 10-29-2018 of the Campania Region “POR FESR CAMPANIA 2014/2020- O.S. 1.1

Amount and Duration: 234,000.00 Euros - from 04-14-2019 to 07-30-2022

Brief Description: The Cultural Equipment with Transmedial Recommendation Analytics project involved numerical models and artificial intelligence approaches for the study and development of recommendation systems in the Cultural Heritage sector. The project saw the candidate as the Scientific Manager of the Department of Mathematics and Applications for about a year before becoming Work Package Leader.


ix) Project Name: CUP-ione (CUP: B63D18000550007)

Role: Scientific Manager and Work Package Project Leader

Funding Source: “POR FESR CAMPANIA 2014/2020”

Amount and Duration: 281,200.00 Euros - from 07-24-2019 to 07-30-2022

Brief Description: The CUP-i-ONE – CUP in a click project involved numerical models and artificial intelligence approaches for data analysis in unique booking centers in the Campania region. The project saw the candidate as the Scientific Manager of the Department of Mathematics and Applications for a year before becoming Work Package Leader.


x) Project Name: BIOCHIP (CUP: E69J21000670005)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Funding Source: Competitive University Funding (FRA)

Amount and Duration: 40,000.00 Euros - from 05-01-2021

Brief Description: The Intelligent biosensors based on chimeric proteins project, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, aims at the development of Numerical Methods and Artificial Intelligence approaches for the development of Biosensors in the chemical field.


xi) Project Name: #NOACRONYM+ (CUP: C68H230010100025)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Funding Source: POC PROJECTS CALL - MIMIT 2022

Amount and Duration: 40,000.00 Euros - from 09-04-2023

Brief Description: Grant provision for the realization of patent valorization programs through the funding of Proof of Concept (PoC) projects of Italian universities, public research bodies (EPR), and scientific healthcare institutes (IRCCS) to be funded within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Mission 1 – Component 2 – Investment 6 – NextGenerationEU, published in the Official Gazette No. 215 of 09-14-2022 and subsequent amendments.


xii) Project Name: National Centre for HPC, Big Data, and Quantum Computing (CUP E63C22000980007)

Role: Workpackage Leader

Funding Source: NextGenerationEU

Amount and Duration: from 11-01-2022

Brief Description: The candidate is the leader of WP8 (Environment) of Spoke 9 of the National Centre 1, National Centre for HPC, Big Data, and Quantum Computing. Regarding the ability to attract competitive funding, the financing from NextGenerationEU is centralized, but the scientific activity and accounting of the project generate profits to the Federico II University that are not yet quantifiable.


xiii) Project Name: DPI Project

Role: Co-Proponent

Funding Source: RESEARCH PROPOSAL TO THE DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE

2022 CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS (Deadline: 05-31-2022)

Amount and Duration: 120,000.00 Euros - from 05-22-2023 to 05-01-2026

Brief Description: The project involves using numerical techniques and artificial intelligence methodologies for the analysis of polymer mixtures. Brief description in English: Machine-Learning-aided 13C NMR/CEF rapid analysis of polyolefin materials, with special focus on post-consumer streams.


xiv) Project Name: Algofarm

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding Source: PR FESR REGIONE CAMPANIA 2021-2027. AXIS I - SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 1.1 - ACTION 1.1.3. DGR No. 177/2023. DD No. 194/2023 - PUBLIC NOTICE "CAMPANIA STARTUP 2023

Amount and Duration: 317,760.24 - Eligible for funding

Brief Description: The Algofarm project, the Algorithm Farm, is a project for the establishment of an innovative startup focused on artificial intelligence and mathematics for artificial intelligence. In particular, the idea is to optimize complex models of artificial intelligence to improve their performance. Furthermore, the project includes an in-depth study of theoretical and practical issues related to Mathematics for Artificial Intelligence, for this reason, scientific collaborations and consultations with the Department of Mathematics and Applications of the University of Naples Federico II are planned.


xv) Project Name: TUAI

Role: Work Project Leader, Supervisor, Auxiliary Supervisor

Funding Source: Horizon Europe (HORIZON) - Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01

Amount and Duration: 778,312.24 – share assigned to the Department of Mathematics and Applications

Brief Description: The Horizon Europe project is related to the call for establishing a Marie Curie doctoral network with high innovative impact. The network brings together 11 European partner institutions and focuses on high-level training in artificial intelligence. The candidate collaborated in drafting the project and is the Leader of activities concerning the study and development of new mathematical models and issues of explainability (consistency, convergence, and numerical stability) of Graph-based Neural Networks.

Regarding the candidate's ability to attract funding, the following outlines some third-party activities with the TRANSFER OF RESEARCH RESULTS DR703, for which they were responsible, at facilities of the Federico II University that involved the use of Mathematical Models and Numerical Approaches in various application scenarios.