Curriculum Vitae

Personal informations

Name: Flavia Tavani
Date of birth: Roma, 15/08/1987.
Contacts: flavia.tavani@sbai.uniroma1.it

Studies:

December 2009:
Bachelor degree in Mathematics (Sapienza università di Roma).
Thesis' title: "Algoritmi di minimizzazione per funzioni non derivabili". Advisor: Prof M. Falcone.
Final mark : 107/110.

March 2012:
Master degree in Applied Mathematics (Sapienza università di Roma).
Thesis' title: "Invarianza di scala nei modelli del web: il copying model". Advisor: Prof M. Isopi.
Final mark: 110/110.

November 2013: Winner of a Phd scholarship in "Mathematical model of engineering, electromagnetism and nanoscience" (SBAI department Sapienza università di Roma).

Research interests:

Statistical mechanics of complex systems.
Graph theory and their applications.
Stochastic processes on inhomogeneous topologies.

Publications and Preprints:

1. E. Agliari, A. Barra, A. Galluzzi, F. Guerra, D. Tantari, F. Tavani, Metastable states in the hierarchical Dyson model drive parallel processing in the hierarchical Hopfield network, Journal of Physics A: Math and Theor. 48, 015001 arXiv, paper Selected for cover image for the printed issue of J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. (volume 48 issue 1) Selected by IOPSELECT. (2015).
2. E. Agliari, A. Barra, A. Galluzzi, F. Guerra, D. Tantari, F. Tavani, From Dyson to Hopfield: Processing ho hierarchical networks, Physical Review Letters 114, 028103. arXiv, paper . (2014).
3. E. Agliari, A. Barra, A. Galluzzi, F. Guerra, D. Tantari, F. Tavani, Hierarchical neural networks perform serial and parallel, Neural networks: the official journal of the International Neural Network Society. paper (2015).
4. E. Agliari, A. Barra, A. Galluzzi, F. Guerra, D. Tantari, F. Tavani ,Topological properties of hierarchical networks, Physical Review E 91, 062807 . paper
5. E. Agliari, F. Tavani, First-passage phenomena in hierarchical networks, to appear on Physical Review E
6. E. Agliari, F. Tavani, Exact spectrum of hierarchical networks, submitted
7. F. Tavani, Rumor spreading models on hierarchical random networks, in preparation
8. E. Agliari, A. Pachon, P. Rodriguez, F. Tavani, Opinion spreading in small-world networks, in preparation

Proceedings:

1. E. Agliari, A. Barra, A. Galluzzi, D. Tantari, F. Tavani, A walk in the statistical mechanical formulation of neural networks, NCTA2014: Neural computation theory & application ( link). (2014).
2. E. Agliari, A. Barra, F. Tavani, B. Tirozzi, Motifs stability in hierarchical modular networks, Conference paper: "Mathematical Physics: From Theory to Applications" ( link), submitted (2015).

Schools and congresses:

15-16/05/2014: National Reunion of GNFM (Gruppo Nazionale di Fisica Matematica), Montecatini.
22-23/05/2014: Biophysics@Rome, Università di Tor Vergata, Roma.
15-27/09/2014: Summer school GNFM/IndAM, Ravello (link).
18-20/09/2014: 70-th birthday of Brunello Tirozzi: Mathematical Physics and applications, La Sapienza, Roma, organizer.
28-29/05/2015: Biophysics@Rome, Università di Tor Vergata, Roma, Invited with a poster.
17-19/06/2015: Espalia, Dipartimento SBAI, Sapienza Università di Roma.

Computer skills:

Word, Excel, PowerPoint: excellent.
Programming languages: C/C++, Java/Java EE, C#, SQL:excellent knowledge.
Scientific programming languages: Matlab, Scilab, Mathematica, Latex.
Database: Oracle 11g.

Languages:

English: good knowledge.

Awards and Fellowships

2015-Highlights of IOP (best papers of 2015) with the paper "Meta-stable states in the hierarchical Dyson model drive parallel processing in the hierarchical Hopfield network".
Winner of the "La Sapienza" grant "Progetti Avvio alla ricerca" (2015).

Work experiences

2012-2013: Technical consultant ("Hewlett-Packard", Rome).
Main tasks: development of Java appications.