Experience

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  Politecnico di torino

  Sept 2008 - Jan 2011

  Teaching assistant and university tutor

  * Teaching Assistant for Calcus I and Calculus II classes at Faculty of Architecture (100/150 students). * Tutor for Calculus I classes (Faculty of Engineering).

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  Los alamos national laboratory

  Mar 2011 - Dec 2011

  Intern - theoretical division, t-5 applied mathematics and plasma physics

  * Development of the core component of the Los Alamos Plasma Simulation (LAPS) code (C++, OpenMP, TMP, Matlab): a parallel particle-in-cell code characterized by extreme modularity resolved at compile-time by means of template metaprogramming techniques.* Use of the LAPS to analyze the chaotic motion of charged particles in Field Reversed Configurations and Tokamaks.

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  Politecnico di torino

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2016

  Ph.d. candidate - structural engineering

  In the years 2012-2016 I attended a double PhD programme at the Centre for Analysis, Scientific computing and Applications (TU Eindhoven) and the Department of Structural Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. The core topic of my research has been Pedestrian dynamics tackled from the points of view of mathematical physics, measurements, modeling and of the dynamic interactions with civil structures. My activity has been founded by a Lagrange scholarship (Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin) and by Eindhoven University of Technology.As a Structural Engineering candidate my main tasks have been:* Produce continuous (fluid-like) and particle (agent based) simulations for crowd dynamics in built environment, possibly including dynamic structural response (C++, Matlab).* Mathematical analysis of crowd models (especially ODE and PDE based, first order) in the limit of large number pedestrians. Aims: quantitative comparison and discrete-continuum interchangeability.My supervisors at Politecnico di Torino have been prof. Luca Bruno and prof. Andrea Tosin.I defended my Structural Engineering PhD degree at Politecnico di Torino on the 2nd of June 2016. Show less

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  Eindhoven university of technology

  Jan 2013 - now

  My research deals with the fundamental physical properties of human crowd flows. To this aim I've been developing a real-time real-life pedestrian tracking system for crowd analytics. Through this system I've been collecting massive data (several millions trajectories) in various locations to power statistical mechanics-like research. The system is currently deployed at Naturalis Biodiveristy Center, at the Markthal living lab at TU/e campus and will be powering the "Moving light" experiment at Glow Eindhoven 2017.My research is funded by a NWO JSTP grant.Keywords: Real time crowd analysis | Computer vision for pedestrian dynamics | Neural Networks | High Performance Computing | Crowd management | Software Engineering & Software Architecture Show less In the years 2012-2016 I attended a double PhD programme at the Centre for Analysis, Scientific computing and Applications (TU Eindhoven) and the Department of Structural Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. The core topic of my research has been Pedestrian dynamics tackled from the points of view of mathematical physics, measurements, modeling and of the dynamic interactions with civil structures. My activity has been founded by a Lagrange scholarship (Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin) and by Eindhoven University of Technology.As an Applied Mathematics PhD candidate my main tasks have been:* Understanding in statistical sense the behavior of pedestrian crowds by means of large volume of real-world experimental data and mathematical models.* Development of reliable pedestrian tracking systems (Python, C, C#, Matlab, DB) working in real-world scenarios (Eindhoven train station, Eindhoven University) on a 24/7 basis. (Several million of highly resolved pedestrian trajectories acquired).My supervisors at TU/e have been prof. Federico Toschi and prof. Adrian Muntean.I defended my Applied Mathematics PhD degree at Eindhoven University of Technologyon the 2nd of February 2016. Show less

  • Assistant Professor - Department of Applied Physics

    Dec 2021 - now

  • University Researcher / NWO VENI fellow - Department of Applied Physics

    Jan 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Applied Physics

    Feb 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Ph.D. Candidate - Applied Mathematics

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2016