Associate Professor at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy.
In 2020–2021 I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Algorithms and Complexity group headed by Prof. Fabian Kuhn, at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
In 2018–2019 I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Distributed Algorithms group headed by Prof. Jukka Suomela, at Aalto University, Finland.
I obtained my PhD in 2017 at GSSI under the supervision of Prof. Pierre Fraigniaud.
I am interested in several aspects of theoretical computer science, and in particular in the theory of distributed computing.
E-mail:Awards
FOCS 2019 Best Paper Award Lower bounds for maximal matchings and maximal independent sets, with Sebastian Brandt, Juho Hirvonen, Dennis Olivetti, Mikaël Rabie, and Jukka Suomela
DISC 2023 Best Paper Award On the Node-Averaged Complexity of Locally Checkable Problems on Trees, with Sebastian Brandt, Fabian Kuhn, Dennis Olivetti, and Gustav Schmid
Project Coordinator
FIS Consolidator Grant: I was awarded a consolidator grant from the Italian Fund for Science (FIS). My project A Robust Theory of Distributed Computation was funded with 1.27 million euro (project duration: 05.2026 - 05.2031)
Open PhD and Postdoc Positions
Please see Open Positions for info regarding open positions in our group.
News
I will serve as the PC Chair of SIROCCO 2027
Our paper Distributed Algorithms for Potential Problems, with T. Boudier, F. d'Amore, F. Kuhn, D. Olivetti, G. Schmid and J. Suomela, will appear in PODC 2026
Our paper The Distributed Complexity Landscape on Trees Depends on the Knowledge About the Network Size, with S. Brandt, F. Kuhn, D. Olivetti, T. Picavet and G. Schmid, will appear in PODC 2026
Our paper New Hardness Results for the LOCAL Model via a Simple Self-Reduction, with F. Casagrande, F. d’Amore, and D. Olivetti, will appear in PODC 2026