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Donato D'AMBROSIO - Professori Associati

Donato D'AMBROSIO

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Donato D'Ambrosio, Ph.D., graduated in Mathematics, summa cum laude, in 1999. Current position: Associate Professor in Computer Science at Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria (Italy), since 2007. Member of the Committee of the Ph.D. course in Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Calabria. Email: donato.dambrosio@unical.it Phone: +39 0984 494875 TEACHING Lecturer at University of Calabria since 2005 in Introduction to Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Graphics, and GPGPU Programming. Current courses: - GPGPU Programming (Master Degree in Computer Science) - Computer Science for Chemists (Bachelor Degree in Chemistry) - Introduction to Computer Science (Bachelor Degree in Biology) He supervised more than 60 Degree and Master Degree Thesis in Computer Science. RESEARCH He is mainly interested in the following researches: - High-Performance Computing (HPC) with a particular interest in structured grid stencil algorithms, optimization, and load balancing algorithm. He was the main contributor of the OpenCAL project and the XCAN general formalism for the co-evolutionary modeling of complex discrete dynamical systems. - Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems with Cellular Automata. He contributed to the definition of diverse numerical models like SCIDDICA (for simulating landslide/debris-flow) simulator, SCIARA (for simulating lava-flow simulator), Scavatu (for simulating soil erosion simulator), besides others. The above-mentioned models were employed in diverse practical applications and research projects. - General Purpose Optimization with Parallel Genetic Algorithm. He adopted the Genetic Algorithms as general-purpose optimization algorithms since his Ph.D. thesis for calibrating the parameters of the SCIDDICA S4b debris-flow simulator over the 1998 Sarno (Italy) debris flows. Further applications regarded SCIARA-fv2 in the context of a FIRB national research project. He was supervisor of 5 Ph.D. Thesis and a post-doctoral biennial research position at the University of Calabria TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER He co-founded the University of Calabria startup Grosafer in December 2010, serving as its chief executive officer (CEO) until July 2012. AWARDS - Supervisor of the best Ph.D. Thesis entitled "Parallel and evolutionary applications to cellular automata models for mitigation of lava flow invasions" by Giuseppe Filippone, at the Italian Modeling and Simulation Association (MIMOS) 2013 Ph.D. Thesis competition in Computer Science. - Third place at the 2010 edition of the Start Cup Calabria business competition with the Geosafer project, which later became a startup of the University of Calabria. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) in the period December 2010 - July 2012. RESEARCH PROJECTS He has been part of many research projects, all successfully completed, listed below. He has been Principal Investigator of the first two (Young Researchers annual projects for the years 2000 and 2002). He was also proposer, as Principal Investigator, of the PRIN 2009 project entitled "Development of a unified model for the simulation of landslides and granular flow through the computational paradigm of Cellular Automata, its implementation on parallel platforms for the purposes of mitigation and prevention in areas at risk", evaluated positively, with a score of 54/60, but not funded. - Project Young Researchers 2000 entitled "Ricerche teoriche ed applicative sulla Vita Artificiale (Theoretical and Applicative Researches on Artificial Life)", funded by the University of Calabria (Italy). - Project Young Researchers 2002 entitled "Algoritmi Genetici per l'ottimizzazione di modelli di simulazione di fenomeni naturali catastrofici con Automi Cellulari: applicazioni alla salvaguardia dell'ambiente e del territorio e alla mitigazione del rischio (Genetic Algorithms for the optimization of simulation models of catastrophic natural phenomena with Cellular Automata: applications to environmental and territorial protection and risk mitigation)", funded by Univeristy of Calabria (Italy). - Research project entitled "Sviluppo di una Modellistica Sperimentale Spazio-Temporale dei Processi Evolutivi dell'Ambiente e del Territorio per la Mitigazione dei Rischi (Development of an Experimental Spatio-Temporal Modeling of the Evolutionary Processes of the Environment and Territory for Risk Mitigation)", developed by the Departments of Mathematics and Earth Sciences of the University of Calabria (Italy), and three research institutes of the Italian National Research Council (CNR): the Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection (IRPI), the Institute of Systems and Computer Science (ICAR), and the Institute of Cybernetics. The project was funded by the Campania Region (Italy) and was developed in the years 2002-2005. - National FIRB Project (protocol RBAU01RMZ4) entitled "Simulazione dei flussi lavici con gli automi cellulari (Lava Flows Simulation with Cellular Automata)" developed by the Departments of Mathematics and Earth Sciences of the University of Calabria (Italy), and the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). The project was funded by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, University, and Research (MIUR) and was developed in the years 2004-2006. - INGV V3/6-Etna Project entitled "Definizione di carte di suscettività da invasione di lava per il monte ETNA (Definition of susceptibility maps from lava invasion at Mount ETNA)" developed under the coordination of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). The project was funded by the Department of Civil Defence and was developed in the years 2005-2007. - National PRIN Project entitled "Integrazione di tecniche innovative di esplorazione geologica e geofisica a terra e a mare per lo studio dei processi di instabilità gravitativa costiera (Integration of innovative geological and geophysical exploration techniques on land and at sea for the study of coastal gravitational instability processes)" developed by the Departments of Mathematics and Earth Sciences of the University of Calabria, and the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Firenze. The project was funded by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, University, and Research (MIUR) and was developed in the years 2007-2009. - INGV-Etna Project entitled "Definizione di carte di suscettività da invasione di lava per il monte ETNA (Definition of susceptibility maps from lava invasion at Mount ETNA)" developed under the coordination of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). The project was funded by the Department of Civil Defence and was developed in the years 2008-2010. - PON Ricerca e Competitivita Project (CUP B31H11000370005) entitled "Landslides Early Warning - Sistemi integrati per il monitoraggio, l'early warning e la mitigazione del rischio idrogeologico lungo le grandi vie di comunicazione (Integrated systems for monitoring, early warning, and mitigation of hydrogeological risk along major roads)". The project was funded by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, University, and Research (MIUR) and was developed in the years 2007-2013. - PON COMAS Project entitled "Conservazione programmata, in situ, dei Manufatti Archeologici Sommersi (Programmed conservation, in situ, of Submerged Archaeological Artifacts)". The project was funded by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, University, and Research (MIUR) and was developed in the years 2011-2014. - PON SIGIEC Project (PON01\_02651) entitled "Sistema di Gestione Integrato per l’Erosione Costiera (Integrated Management System for Coastal Erosion)". The project was funded by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, University, and Research (MIUR) and was developed in the years 2013-2015. - PIA 2010 Project entitled "Laboratorio in campo (Field laboratory)". The project was funded by Calabria Rgion, POR FESR CALABRIA - linea di intervento 7.1.4.1 - Pacchetti Integrati di Agevolazioni per sostenere la competitività delle imprese esistenti. The project was developed in the years 2014-2015. - Fincalabra SpA - PISR CalabriaInnova Project "Pr SuSy - Predictive Survey System". The project was funded by the Calabria Region and developed in the years 2014-2015. - PON MISE MAP4ID Project F/190138/01-03/X44 entitled "Multipurpose Analytics Platform 4 Industrial Data". The project was funded by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) and is currently under development. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES - Member of the Program Committee of the ECTA 2021 (International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications). - Member of the Scientific Committee of the PDP (Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing) conference, from 2016 to 2019. - Co-organizer of the "High-Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS)" session of the PDP (Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing) conference from 2014 to 2021. - Co-organizer and track chair of the "High-Performance Computing in Modeling and Simulation" session of the NUMTA (3rd International Conference and Summer School "Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms") triennial conference, in the 2016 and 2019 editions. - Member of the Scientific Committee of the ScalCom 2016 (the 16th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications) conference, July 18-21, 2016, Toulouse, France. - Member of the Scientific Committee of 2009, 2010, and 2011 International Conference on Scientific Computing.
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