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Theoretical physicist turned computer scientist. Senior Researcher at LINKS Foundation, working on High-Performance Computing, Quantum–HPC integration and Machine Learning at scale.

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Main interests

• High-Performance Computing
• Quantum–HPC integration
• Machine Learning at scale

Education

PhD, Computer Science — University of Torino · Torino, Italy · 2015 – 2019

• Thesis: Deep Learning at Scale with Nearest Neighbours Communications.
• Supervisor: Marco Aldinucci. Funded by Noesis Solutions.

MSc, Theoretical Physics — University of Torino · Torino, Italy · 2015 · 104/110

• Member of Collegio Universitario “R. Einaudi”, Torino.
• Scholarship winner: “Piano Lauree Scientifiche 2008”, granted by Società Italiana di Fisica.

Experience

Senior Researcher, Advanced Computing — LINKS Foundation · Torino, Italy · 2021 – present

• Funded research projects — co-coordinator of the CLEAR-EO Horizon Europe project; proposal writing, management and execution.
• HPC, Machine Learning and Big Data convergence — acceleration of scientific/technical applications.
• Quantum algorithms and applications — discrete optimization on neutral-atom machines and quantum annealers.
• Set up and maintained internal computational infrastructure and source-code-management services, scaling from group to institute-wide adoption.

Research Engineer — Noesis Solutions · Novara, Italy · 2015 – 2021

• Machine learning methodologies for engineering.
• Design and development of numerical code and software stack.
• Redesigned internal source-code-management workflow.
• Technical contact for funded research projects.

Funded research projects

Research projects

Skills

• Parallel & GPU computing: MPI/OpenMP, CUDA, C++, Fortran
• HPC & Cloud infrastructure: SLURM, Docker, OpenStack, Juju, GitLab CI/CD, Linux, BLAS/LAPACK, IP networking
• Machine Learning: Python, Keras, PyTorch, Dask
• Quantum computing: Qiskit, neutral-atom optimization, quantum annealing
• Research project management: Proposal writing, technical management, requirements formalization, LaTeX

Languages

• Italian: Native speaker
• English: Fluent (C1 — General English Super Intensive, Alpha College of English, Dublin, 2012)
• French: Basic

Academic activity

Publications

• Teaching for the Master in Quantum Computing and Communication (Politecnico di Torino).
• Co-supervisor of 6 M.Sc. theses.
• Program Committee member, Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-based Processing (PDP) for 2018 (also session chair), 2019 and 2020.
• Program Committee member, Artifact Evaluation, Euro-Par 2018.
• Program Committee member, 16th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications (ScalCom 2016).

Free time

• Avid traveller and photographer. Expedition photographer for the OASIS archaeological project (Kharga, Egypt, 2013 — funded by Fondazione Collegio delle Università Milanesi and the American University in Cairo) and for Collegio Universitario “R. Einaudi” (Torino, 2012–2014).
• Former track & field athlete — javelin throw, regional and national competitions (1997–2012); now turned to fatherhood.
• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (since 2004).
• Exchange student at Tauranga Boys’ College, New Zealand (2006); volunteer at the IAAF Athletics World Championship (Berlin, 2009).