01/2018 – Present  Data Scientist
WYND by Thematic Groupe , Paris
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Non academic03/2021 – Present Lead Data Scientist Engineering EMEA
Otis Elevator Co. , Paris

01/2018 – 03/2021  Data Scientist R&D
WYND by Thematic Groupe , Paris
04/2016 – 01/2018  Data Scientist
YSANCE , Paris

Non-Teaching
Oct. 2012 – Oct. 2013 Organisational Support to “Laboratorio Interdisciplinare”
   SISSA—International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265 I-34136 Trieste (Italy)
Oct. 2010 – Oct. 2011 Organisational Support to “Laboratorio Interdisciplinare”
   SISSA—International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265 I-34136 Trieste (Italy)

Academic 

Post-doctoral Fellowships
11/2013 – 04/2016  Post-doctoral Fellow in “Computational Epidemiology”
Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), UMRS  1136,  INSERM, Paris

PhD candidate 
11/2013 – 10/2013  PhD candidate in ” Statistical Physics”
 SISSA—International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
  
Visiting Scientist
03/2010 – 10/2013 Visiting Scientist
ICTP—The Abdus Salam international Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11 I-34151 Trieste (Italy) 
03/2010 – 10/2013 Visiting Scientist
DTU Aqua—National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund (Danemark)

Teaching
Jan. 2016– Mar. 2016 Biostatistics (Teaching Assistant)
PACES (first year medical school)
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 
Jan. 2015– Mar. 2015 Biostatistics (Teaching Assistant)
PACES (first year medical school)
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 
Oct. 2012 – Jun. 2013 Computer Science (Secondary School Teaching Professional)
    ITS  “A. Volta” Via Monte Grappa, 1  I-34137 Trieste (Italy)
    Ministero dell’Istruzione Educazione e Ricerca
Sep. 2009 Tutoring First year Engineering Students (Teaching Professional)
Istituto “Benedetto Croce”  Via Porta Buozzi, 16 I-56126 Pisa (Italy)

11/2009 – 10/2013  PhD in Statistical Physics
   SISSA—International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy     Thesis Title:  “Decision Making in complex environments: an adaptive network approach” (available at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11767/4808)
 Advisor: Prof. Matteo Marsili

Thesis Topics: Stochastic Adaptive Networks ; Network dynamics ;  stochastic processes on networks ; Collective Behaviour in animals ; self-organisation 

11/2005 – 7/2009  MS in Physical Sciences (Theoretical Physics program)
Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy   Thesis Title: “Linear Response theory for complex systems” (available at http://etd.adm.unipi.it/t/etd-07052009-145916/ )
   Supervisor: Prof. Paolo Grigolini

    ThesisTopics:  Non-Markovian Stochastic Processes ; Renewal Theory ;  Network dynamics ;  Critical Dynamics ; Aging ; 
    Main topics: Quantum Physics; Field Theory; Statistical Physics; Critical Phenomena; Probability and Statistics; Dynamical Systems; Chaos;
    Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics;  Numerical Methods; Algorithmics; Theory of Computation; 

11/2002 – 7/2009  BS in Physics
Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy   Thesis Title “Crittografia Quantistica” (eng. title Quantum Cryptography)
Supervisor: Prof. Luciano Bracci

ThesisTopics: Quantum Information, Quantum Cryptography, Classical Cryptography
Main Topics: Classical and Quantum Physics ; Mathematical Analysis; Functional Analysis; Complex Analysis Algebra; Linear Algebra; Group Theory;                           Probability; Statistics; Chemistry; Computer Sciences; Experimental Physics; Condensed matter; Astrophysics; Statistical Mechanics;  

1. De Luca, Giancarlo, et al. “The impact of regular school closure on seasonal influenza epidemics: a data-driven spatial transmission model for Belgium.” BMC infectious diseases 18.1 (2018): 29.
2. De Luca G. , Mariani P., MacKenzie B. R., and Marsili M. (2014)  Fishing out collective memory of migratory schools J R Soc Interface  11: 20140043  (DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0043)
3. Bardoscia, M., De Luca, G., Livan, G., Marsili, M., & Tessone, C. J. (2013). The Social Climbing Game. Journal of Statistical Physics, 151(3-4), 440–457. Physics and Society. (DOI: 10.1007/s10955-013-0693-0)

Nov. 2009   Borsa di Dottorato XV Ciclo (Doctoral Scholarship awarded by SISSA—International School for Advanced Studies Trieste)
                    Ministero dell’Istruzione Università e della Ricerca
Nov. 2009   Selected for MAE-CRUI internship at The Scientific Office of Italian Embassy in London

invited
Apr 2015   “Holidays in age structured spatial models for influenza spread: a realistic model for Belgium”, 6th SIMID, Antwerp (slides )
contributed 
Aug 2015  “Holidays in age structured spatial models for influenza spread: a realistic model for Belgium”, MathCompEpi 16, Erice, Italy
Sep 2014  “Holidays in age structured spatial models for influenza spread: a realistic model for Belgium”, COMPTRANS, ECCS14, Lucca
Sep 2014   “Fishing out collective memory of migratory schools”,  ECCS14, Lucca  (slides)
Jun. 2013   “Fishing out collective memory of migratory schools”,  SCTAN 2013, Copenhagen
tutorials
Sep 2014   “Solving Master Equations: a simple tutorial” YRNCS Workshop, Lucca (slides)

Jun. 2013   “Fishing out collective memory of migratory schools”, DTU Aqua, Copenhagen
May 2013   “Consensus decision making and beyond: a dynamical network approach” ,U707, INSERM, Paris (slides)
Feb 2011   “Synchronization and synchronization breaking in coupled oscillators systems” Journal club @ Statistical Physics , SISSA, Trieste (slides)

Independent:
Introduction to artificial Intelligence (udacity, MOOC,  Dr. Norvig, prof Thrun, Stanford)
Principles of Economics for Scientists (coursera, MOOC, prof. Rangel Caltech)
SISSA
Academic Writing and Seminar Presentation

Apr. 2014   Complex Networks thematic school, Les Houches
Mar. 2014  “Inference in State Space Models in Epidemiology” tutorial, Institut Pasteur, Paris
Nov. 2012  Winter School on quantitative Systems Biology, ICTP, Trieste
Aug. 2010  4th French Summer School of Complex Systems, Paris

Aug 2015, MathCompEpi15, Erice
June 2015 NETSCI 2015, Zaragoza
Apr. 2015  SIMID workshop, Antwerp
Sep. 2014  YRNCS Workshop, Lucca
Sep. 2014  COMPTRANS, ECCS 14 satellite, Lucca
Sep. 2014  ECCS14 Lucca
Jun. 2013  NETSCI 2013, Copenhagen
Jun. 2013  SCTAN 2013, Copenhagen
Mar. 2013  38th Conference of Middle European Conference in Statistical Physics—MECO38, Trieste
Aug. 2010  4th French Summer School of Complex Systems, Paris
Jun. 2010  XV National Convention of Statistical Physics and complex Systems, Parma

Fisihing out collective memory of migratory schools (J R Soc Interface  11: 20140043) :
By killing off older fish, overfishing may lead to lost migratory patterns (mongabay.com, 2014-10-29)
Animals losing migratory routes? Devasting consequences of scarcity of ‘knowledgeable elders’ (Science Daily, 2014-03-20)
Math model suggests fishing out older members may destroy collective fish school memory (phys.org, 2014-03-19)
Old-School Fish Guides (The Scientist, 2014-03-18)
Se alcuni animali cambiano rotta, tutti gli altri li seguono (Il piccolo, 2014-04-01)The Social Climbing Game ( Journal of Statistical Physics, 151(3-4), 440–457.)
How to be a social climber: A study reveals the mechanisms of ‘opportunist’ societies (pyhs.org 2013-01-30)
Sissa, una ricerca sull’arrampicata sociale (Il piccolo, 2013-01-31)
How to be a social climber (2013-02-02)