Academic

 

Education and research exprerience

2006 -	Research Position at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Rome.
2005	Research Position at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.
2003 - 2005	Post-doc student at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.
2003	Research Position at the Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca and the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.
2002	Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (PA), USA.
2000 - 2002	Ph.D Student in Cognitive Neuroscience, at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Rome. Graduated on April 2003, discussing a thesis with title “Perception and Action”.
1999 - 2000	Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychology, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Rome.
1998 - 1999	Hired by the Department of Neural Systems and Artificial Life, at the Institute of Psychology, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Rome.
1997	“Laurea” (Master’s degree) in Philosophy at the University of Bologna (Italy), with grade 110/110 CUM LAUDE (first-class honours), discussing a thesis in Psychology with title "Psychology and Cognitive Science: the computational approach".
1992	“Diploma” (High School Diploma) at the Scientific High School "M. Curie" of Giulianova (Italy), with grade 53/60.

Fellowships

2003 - 2005	Post-doc Studentship at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.
2000 - 2002	PhD Studentship.
1999 - 2000	Research Fellowship from the National Committee for Information Science and Technology, Italian National Research Council (CNR).

Research projects

2006 -	Research project “SISINE: Sistema Integrato di Simulazione per la Formazione alla Negoziazione”. Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Rome. Coordinator: Orazio Miglino.
2003 – 2005	Research Project PRIN "The role of directional and positional spatial codes in the control of visual attention: an experimental and computational study". Department of General Psichology, University of Padova. Coordinator: Marco Zorzi.
2001 - 2003	Triennial Research Project “Artificial Life and New Interactive Technologies”. Institute of Psychology, Italian National Research Council (CNR). Coordinator: Domenico Parisi.
2001 – 2002	CNR - INSERM Joint Research Program “Le condizioni di orientamento dell'attenzione nello spazio: studio attraverso modelli a reti neurali artificiali”. Institute of Psychology, Italian National Research Council (CNR). Coordinators: Domenico Parisi &  Paolo Bartolomeo.
2001	Research Project "Adaptive Behaviors and Artificial Life". Institute of Psychology, Italian National Research Council (CNR). Coordinator: Raffaele Calabretta.
2000	Italy – USA Short-Term Mobilty Program "Evoluzione dei compiti visivi "what" e where" in reti neurali modulari e non modulari". Institute of Psychology, Italian National Research Council (CNR). Coordinators: Raffaele Calabretta,  Gunther. P. Wagner & Frank Keil.
2000	Research Project "Adaptive Behaviors and Artificial Life". Institute of Psychology, Italian National Research Council (CNR). Coordinator: Raffaele Calabretta.
1999	Research Project " Comparative analysis of natural and artificial adaptative systems". Institute of Psychology, Italian National Research Council (CNR). Coordinator: Raffaele Calabretta.
1998 - 1999	Italy – USA Bilateral Research Project "Evolutionary mechanisms for the origin of modular design in artificial neural networks". National Advisory Committee for Biological and Medical Sciences, Italian National Research Council (CNR). Coordinators: Raffaele Calabretta & Gunther. P. Wagner.