My cur\u00adrent research focu\u00adses mostly on com\u00adpu\u00adter scien\u00adce edu\u00adca\u00adtion and algo\u00adri\u00adthms for unstruc\u00adtu\u00adred data, such as gra\u00adphs and hypergraphs.<\/p>\n
The pro\u00adcess of pai\u00adring a stu\u00addent with a super\u00advi\u00adsor can be chal\u00adlen\u00adging in Trento, as in other Italian uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties. Students typi\u00adcal\u00adly reque\u00adst a the\u00adsis topic, and pro\u00adfes\u00adsors either pro\u00adpo\u00adse ideas or decli\u00adne, often citing rea\u00adsons such as being over\u00adcom\u00admit\u00adted, super\u00advi\u00adsing too many stu\u00adden\u00adts, or not having any avai\u00adla\u00adble pro\u00adjec\u00adts at the moment.<\/p>\n
At times, I find myself in the posi\u00adtion of having to decli\u00adne a stu\u00adden\u00adt\u2019s reque\u00adst for super\u00advi\u00adsion. During cer\u00adtain periods, I recei\u00adve four to five requests per week, and it beco\u00admes dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to pro\u00advi\u00adde the neces\u00adsa\u00adry level of gui\u00addan\u00adce to all students.<\/p>\n
To help me assess whe\u00adther a stu\u00addent is a good fit for a the\u00adsis under my super\u00advi\u00adsion, I ask that you send me an email with the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing information:<\/p>\n
When you would like to start<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Your inten\u00added com\u00adple\u00adtion date (ideal\u00adly)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The num\u00adber of exams you still need to pass to com\u00adple\u00adte your degree<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The list of exams (as expor\u00adted from Esse3), inclu\u00adding the gra\u00addes you have obtained<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Your gra\u00adde point ave\u00adra\u00adge (voto medio pesato)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
A CV<\/span>, if you have rele\u00advant expe\u00adrien\u00adces beyond your uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty courses<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Your per\u00adso\u00adnal inte\u00adrests in the field of com\u00adpu\u00adter science.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n I pre\u00adfer to super\u00advi\u00adse the\u00adses that are either ful\u00adly exter\u00adnal (intern\u00adship and the\u00adsis com\u00adple\u00adted in a com\u00adpa\u00adny) or ful\u00adly inter\u00adnal (UniTN intern\u00adship and the\u00adsis com\u00adple\u00adted at DISI<\/span>). This typi\u00adcal\u00adly cor\u00adre\u00adsponds to 15 ECTS<\/span> cre\u00addi\u00adts at the Bachelor\u2019s level (appro\u00adxi\u00adma\u00adte\u00adly 2.5 mon\u00adths full-time, or lon\u00adger if part-time) and to 30 ECTS<\/span> cre\u00addi\u00adts at the Master\u2019s level (appro\u00adxi\u00adma\u00adte\u00adly 5 mon\u00adths full-time, or lon\u00adger if part-time).<\/p>\n As for stu\u00addent selec\u00adtion, the\u00adre are a few pos\u00adsi\u00adble pro\u00adfi\u00adles I tend to look for:<\/p>\n You\u2019ve ear\u00adned a very good gra\u00adde in Algoritmi e Strutture Dati (28 or abo\u00adve), have a strong ove\u00adrall ave\u00adra\u00adge (26 or higher), and a genui\u00adne pas\u00adsion for pro\u00adblem sol\u00adving; or<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n You\u2019re inte\u00adre\u00adsted in com\u00adpu\u00adter scien\u00adce edu\u00adca\u00adtion; or<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n You\u2019re dra\u00adwn to uncon\u00adven\u00adtio\u00adnal topics that have spar\u00adked my ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adtion. Want exam\u00adples? Algorithms for ori\u00adga\u00admi geo\u00adme\u00adtry, 3D-prin\u00adting mathe\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal objec\u00adts to teach blind stu\u00adden\u00adts, gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve (com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal) art, the algo\u00adri\u00adth\u00admic beau\u00adty of plan\u00adts, or algo\u00adri\u00adthms for chess engi\u00adnes \u2014 the cra\u00adzier, the better.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n So, don\u2019t be shy \u2014 wri\u00adte me an email! <\/p>\n After rea\u00adching my maxi\u00admum num\u00adber of the\u00adsis stu\u00adden\u00adts in 2021 (24), I mana\u00adged to redu\u00adce the num\u00adber slightly in 2022 (23), and sin\u00adce then I\u2019ve kept it below 20. The rea\u00adson for this reduc\u00adtion is sim\u00adple: I have other pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal com\u00admit\u00admen\u00adts, and super\u00advi\u00adsing too many stu\u00adden\u00adts means I can\u2019t dedi\u00adca\u00adte the neces\u00adsa\u00adry time and atten\u00adtion to each one. If I decli\u00adne your reque\u00adst, it\u2019s not a reflec\u00adtion on you per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly \u2014 it\u2019s becau\u00adse I want to ensu\u00adre a rea\u00adso\u00adna\u00adble level of sup\u00adport and qua\u00adli\u00adty for tho\u00adse I do supervise.<\/p>\n Each year, around September, I begin col\u00adlec\u00adting requests from third-year stu\u00adden\u00adts who plan to gra\u00addua\u00adte in the sum\u00admer or fall of the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing year. For instan\u00adce, in September xxx, I\u2019ll gather requests for the\u00adses to be com\u00adple\u00adted by spring\/summer xxx+1. At the same time, I also con\u00adtact com\u00adpa\u00adnies such as SpazioDati, U\u2011Hopper, Think-In, and research cen\u00adters like JRC<\/span> (Varese) and FBK<\/span> (Trento), asking them to pro\u00adpo\u00adse the\u00adsis topics. Some of the\u00adse the\u00adses are outsour\u00adced to them \u2014 but only if I have strong con\u00adfi\u00adden\u00adce in the peo\u00adple involved.<\/p>\n\n
Current status<\/h4>\n
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\n <\/td>\n To be completed<\/b><\/td>\n Completed<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2019<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2020<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2021<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2022<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2023<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2024<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2025<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2026<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n How to write a thesis<\/h4>\n