Prizes and Awards

2023

2021

2020

2019

  • Luca Saglietti, “Laplace Chair” fellowship (1 year), CFM and ENS (competitive pay), Paris

2018

  • Francesca Buffa, European Research Council Consolidator Programme Award (applying for extension to 2024).

2017

2016

  • Riccardo Zecchina and Marc Mezard, awarded (with G. Parisi) the Lars Onsager Prize  in Theoretical Statistical Physics by the American Physical Society "For innovative work applying spin glass ideas to computational problem sets, producing both new classes of efficient algorithms and new perspectives on phase transitions in their structure and complexity," 2016

2015

  • Riccardo Zecchina, E. Kramer Prize for contributions in biophysics and biomathematics, Milan Academy of Sciences, 2015

2014

2012

2009

  • Marc Mezard, Humboldt Gay-Lussac Prize of the Humboldt Foundation (Germany), 2009

2004

  • Alon Rosen, The Elchanan E. Bondi Memorial Ph.D. Distinction Prize, Weizmann Institute, 2004.

2001

  • Francesca Buffa, PhD, Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), University of London, UK. PhD Prize

2000

  • Francesca Buffa, 1 st Prize PhD Project Presentations. “Mathematical modelling of radiation response in hypoxic conditions” (Abstract published in: Med Phys 29259)
  • Luca Trevisan, Oberwolfach Prize

1999-2003

  • Alon Rosen, Award for excellence from the Council of Higher Education, Israel, 1999–2003.

2024

  • Andrea Celli (PI), PLA-STEER: Semi-Centralized Platforms for Steering Online Multi-Learner Environments, ERC Starting Grant 2024, proj. code 101165466

2023

  • Debora Nozza (PI), PERSONAE: Personalized and Subjective approaches to Natural Language Processing, ERC Starting Grant 2023, proj. code 101116095

2022

  • Giulio Malavolta (PI), ObfusQation: Code Obfuscation in a Quantum World, ERC Starting Grant 2022, proj. code 101077455

2020

  • Alon Rosen (PI), FGC: Fine-Grained Cryptography, EU, ERC Advanced Grant 2020, proj. code 101019547
  • Dirk Hovy (PI), INTEGRATOR: Incorporating Demographic Factors into Natural Language Processing Models, ERC Starting Grant 2020, proj. code 949944

2019

  • Luca Trevisan, ERC Advanced Grant

2018

  • Luca Trevisan (PI), SO-ReCoDi: Spectral and Optimization Techniques for Robust Recovery, Combinatorial Constructions, and Distributed Algorithms, ERC Advanced Grant 2018, proj. code 834861

2017

  • Francesca Buffa (PI), Micro-C: Agent-Based Modelling of Gene Networks to model clonal selection in the tumour microenvironment and predict therapeutic resistance, ERC Consolidator Grant 2017, proj. code 772970

2022

  • Carlo Baldassi (Co-PI), Explainable Models for Protein Design, PRIN 2022, proj. code J53D23001490001
  • Andrea Celli (PI), Targeted Learning Dynamics: Computing Efficient and Fair Equilibria through No-Regret Algorithms, PRIN 2022, proj. code J53D23007170001
  • Carlo Lucibello (Co-PI), Land(e)scapes: Statistical Physics theory and algorithms for Inference and Learning problems, PRIN 2022, proj. code J53D23001330001
  • Enrico Malatesta (Co-PI), Statistical Mechanics of Learning Machines: from algorhitmic and information-theoretical limits to new biologically inspired paradigms, PRIN 2022, proj. code J53D23003650001
  • Luca Saglietti (Co-PI), SELF-MADE - SELF-supervised learning: a Model-based Analysis to Decode its Effectiveness, PRIN 2022, proj. code J53D23001390001
  • Carlo Lucibello (PI), When deep learning is not enough: creating hard benchmarks and physics-inspired algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems, PRIN 2022, proj. code J53D23016170001

2020

  • Dirk Hovy (PI), INDOMITA: INnovative Demographically-aware hate speech detection in Online Media in ITAlian, FARE 2020, proj. code J43C22000990001
  • Luca Trevisan (PI), PAReCoDi: Probabilistic Analysis of Recovery Problems, Combinatorial Objects, and Distributed Computing, FARE 2020, proj. code J43C22000970001

2023

  • Francesca Buffa (Co-PI), Ruolo delle analisi computazionali nello sviluppo di nuovi biomarcatori e farmaci innovativi nei pazienti con glioblastoma, Fondazione Pisa 2023, proj. code 2021-3641

2022

  • Alon Rosen, ERC Advanced Grant, Fine-Grained Cryptography (€2.49mln)
  • Alon Rosen, Fondazione Cariplo, Bando ERC (€340k)
  • Dirk Hovy, MIUR FARE, INDOMITA (€289k)
  • Debora Nozza, grant from Fondazione Cariplo for MONICA (MONItoring Coverage, Attitudes and Accessibility of Italian measures in response to COVID-19)
  • Francesca Buffa (PI), Impact of circulating biomarkers in patients with glioblastoma, Fondazione Giovanni Celeghin, Bando 2022-2023

  • Luca Trevisan, MIUR FARE

     

2021

  • Alon Rosen (PI), Cryptography: a crossroads of disciplines? Where economics law learning and computational complexity meet, Fondazione Cariplo, Bando-ERC-2021
  • Francesca Buffa, 1 st Prize PhD Project Presentations. “Mathematical modelling of radiation response in hypoxic conditions” (Abstract published in: Med Phys 29259)

2020

  • Alon Rosen, Horizon 2020 Consortium member - EU PROMETHEUS: PRivacy preserving pOst-quantuM systEms from advanced crypTograpHic mEchanisms (400,000 EUR)
  • Dirk Hovy, ERC Starting Grant INTEGRATOR, PI (1.5M EUR)

2019

2018

  • Dirk Hovy, Twitter Health Metrics grant, co-PI ($1.3M total, 190K EUR as coPI) - Faculty research grant, marketing department Bocconi, PI (10,000 EUR as PI)

2012

  • Alon Rosen, ERC Starting Grant, Fast and Sound Cryptography (€1.5mln)

2011-2015

2024

  • Marc Mezard, Member of Académie des Sciences, Institut de France, 2024

2023

2021

  • Luca Trevisan, Fellow of the ACM

2019

  • Luca Saglietti, “Laplace Chair” fellowship (1 year), CFM and ENS (competitive pay), Paris

2014

  • Luca Saglietti, Fellowship (10 months), Human Genetics Foundation, Turin

2003-2004

  • Alon Rosen, Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2003-2004

2000

  • Francesca Buffa, EDRO Fellowship to attend the 1 st Workshop on Biology in Radiation Oncology, Arhus, NL
  • Luca Trevisan, Sloan Research Fellowship