Short CV

General Information

Full Name Daniele Castellana
Date of Birth 22nd December 1992
Languages English, Italian

Experience

  • April 2024
    Visiting Researcher
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
  • 2022-2025
    Research Fellow (RTD-A) in Machine Learning
    Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications, University of Florence, Italy
  • 2021 - 2022
    Post-Doc in Machine Learning
    Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy
    • Developing tensor-based ML models for structured data

Education

  • 2017 - 2021
    PhD in Computer Science
    Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy
    • Thesis Title: A Tensor Framework for Learning in Structured Domains
    • Supervisor: Prof. Davide Bacciu
    • Grade: Ottimmo con Lode
  • 2014 - 2017
    MSc in Computer Science
    Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy
    • Thesis Title: Learning Tree Transducers: a coupled Hidden Markov Tree approach
    • Supervisor: Prof. Davide Bacciu
    • Grade: 110/110 with honours
  • 2011 - 2014
    BSc in Computer Science
    Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy
    • Thesis Title: Novel Interface for Novel Input Device
    • Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Cisternino
    • Grade: 110/110 with honours

Honors and Awards

  • 2011
    • Silver medal at the OII (an italian competitive programming contest for high school students)