Curriculum Vitae - Giacomo ZanellaLast updated: May 2012

Personal Information

Name Giacomo ZanellaDate & Place of Birth November, 28th 1988, Milano (MI), ItalyCitizenship ItalianCurrent address Mejerigatan 2A, 41276 Goteborg, SwedenPermanent address Via Val di Sole 22, 20141 Milano, ItalyE-Mail zanella.gcm@gmail.comTelephone +39 3351402614

Education

February 2012 - present At current I’m developing my master thesis project on a generalization of the notion ofdiscrete stability for point processes at Chalmers University of Technology (Goteborg,Sweden) under the supervision of prof. Sergei Zuyev, Chalmers University of Tech-nology, and prof. Vincenzo Capasso, Universita degli Studi di Milano (University ofMilan), Italy.

2010 - present Laurea Magistrale (Master’s degree) in Mathematics, Universita degli Studi di Milano(University of Milan), Italy.Current GPA: 29.7/30.

2007-2010 Laurea Triennale (Bachelor’s degree) in Mathematics, Universita degli Studi di Milano(University of Milan), Italy, 110/110 cum laude, October 2010.Thesis: Mappe e Piani nella teoria del trasporto ottimale (Maps and plans in theory ofoptimal transport) with the supervision of Prof. Giacomo Aletti (University of Milan,Italy).

2005-2006 Fourth year of High School attended at St. Dominic’s High School, London, UK.2002-2007 Liceo Scientifico “Istituto Sacro Cuore” (“Istituto Sacro Cuore” Scientific High School),

Maturita Scientifica (High school Diploma) in a course with one foreign language (En-glish) with 100/100 final score.

Honors and Awards

2007 & 2008 I receive a merit scolarship assigned by “Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica” (NationalInstitute of High Mathematics) through national examination.

2008 & 2009 “Incentives for students enrolled in degree courses in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics”,award assigned by the University of Milan for the best students of the first two years ofthe scientific degree courses, earned both years.

Languages

Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent). Advanced certificate in English obtained in March 2007.

G. Zanella, Expertise 2

Expertise

Programming : C, MatLab, familiar with Wolfram Mathematica, Maple, LaTeX, Microsoft Office Pro-grams (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Photoshop.

Work experience: In 2010 I had a 7 weeks stage (31.05.2010-09.07.2010) in industrial programming atAntil S.p.A., robotics and automation, San Giuliano Milanese (MI).

Teaching experience: I gave private mathematics lessons for students, from Secondary School to Univer-sity. Between October 2010 and June 2011 I collaborate with “A.C. Milan” (Milan Football Club) as apersonal tutor in Mathematics for high School students.

Public Outreach: During my bachelor and master I have taken part in “CuMa, Cultura Matematica”(Mathematical Culture) student association whose aim is the organization of conferences and meetingsabout Mathematics and more general scientific issues. We organized conferences with Enrico Bombieri(Institute for advanced study, Princeton, Fields Medal in 1974), Edward Nelson (Princeton University)and other mathematicians.

In August 2010 and August 2011 I presented two exhibits, respectively called “Mathematics: from oneto infinity” and “Atom: indivisible? Questions and Certainties in Science”, at “Meeting for Friendshipamong Peoples”, a cultural event of international relevance, which takes place in Rimini every year.

Since September 2009 up to June 2011 I have been director of a scientific and topicality journal called“Diario Clandestino” at the University of Milan.

Academic service: In 2011 I was elected in “Consorzio Interuniversitario per il Diritto allo Studio” (Con-sortium for the Right to University Study),which operates as an intermediary between universities andVisiting students (Erasmus and Exchange), for the accommodation and canteen service assignment andmanagement.

G. Zanella, Courses attended 3

Courses attended at the University

Bachelor’s DegreeAlgebra 1 30/30Algebra 2 30/30 cum laudeGeometry 1 30/30Geometry 2 28/30Geometry 3 28/30Geometry 4 30/30 cum laudeInformatic laboratory 1 30/30 cum laudeLaboratory of computational mathematics ApprovedMathematical Analysis 1 28/30Mathematical Analysis 2 27/30Mathematical Analysis 3 27/30Mathematical Analysis 4 30/30Mathematical physics 1 28/30Mathematical physics 2 29/30Numerical Calculus 29/30Physics 1 30/30 cum laudePhysics 2 29/30Physics 3 30/30 cum laudePhysics 4 29/30Probability 30/30 cum laudeProbability and Statistics 1 29/30Probability and Statistics Laboratory ApprovedProgramming Laboratory 30/30Real Analysis 30/30 cum laude

Master’s DegreeAlgorithms 30/30 cum laudeArmonic Analysis 28/30Biomathematics 2 30/30Complex Analysis 30/30Game theory 30/30Mathematical Economics 30/30Functional Analysis 28/30General Relativity 30/30Mathematical Finance 1 30/30 cum laudeMathematic Modelling Laboratory ApprovedPartial Differential Equation 30/30Statistics 30/30Stochastic calculus 30/30

G. Zanella, Other skills/interests 4

Other skills

I organized conventions for freshment year University students, “Introduzione all’Universita” (Introduc-tion to University), which held meetings on different subjects (law, medicine, physics, poetry, etc...).

In 2009 I spent two weeks collaborating with Italian Civil Protection in order to help people in areasaffected by earthquake (Abruzzo).

Outside interests

I played basketball till the 3rd Division in FIP, a regional division in Lombardia (Italy). I am good atskiing and climbing.

I enjoy reading novels and essays and listening to classical music.

I gave tutor assistance on weekly basis to young people, especially foreign people, in a centre called“Portofranco” in Milan. I used to help them reading and studying.