Vincenzo Vespri

Biography

Born in Pisa (Italy) on November 4th, 1959 1997 - Full Professor in Mathematics at the University of Florence 1994-1997 Full Professor in Mathematics at the University of L'Aquila 1988 -1991 Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Pavia 1988- 1991 Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Milan 1984-1988 Assistant Professor (University Researcher) at the University of Tor Vergata (Rome) Education: 1982-1984 PhD Student in Pisa (Secondary Normal School) 1978-1984 Undergraduate Student in Pisa (University of Pisa and Upper Normal School) 1973-1978 High School Student (High School Viareggio) 1984 Diploma in Mathematics (Upper Normal School) 1982 Degree in Mathematics (110/110 with honor) (University of Pisa) 1978 High School Diploma (60/60) (High School Viareggio) In 1982-1983 Trainee at Italsiel (ICT firm) studying Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Models of Software lifespanIn 1982 Scholar at INdAM (http://www.altamatematica.it/)In 1985-1986 military service as officer of Italian Navy: first on duty in the Intelligence Service, then on the tallship "Amerigo Vespucci" (during the summer campaign) as Mathematics teacher for the cadets Visiting professor in several University: Northwestern University (18 months), University of New South Wales (3 months), Australian National University (3 months), Saint Petersburgh's Academy of Science (1 month), Marnee la Vallee University (1 month), Rosario University (1 month), Cuyo University (Mendoza) (1 month) Escuela Politecnica Nacional (Quito) (1month) Ulm University (1 month), Mittag Leffler Institute (1 month) UAM of Mexico City (1 month), Haifa University (1 month), Vanderbilt University (6 months) Institutional Activities 1999-2001. was the scientific secretary and treasurer of the Foundation International Mathematical Summer Center (CIME) Since 2005, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) 2011-2015. Member of the Board of Directors INdAM (appointed by the Minister) Member of the Interministerial Commission on the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Project (FISR). Panel Member of the Turin Wi-Fi (appointed by MIUR) Member of the Working Group on ICT-FAR (ICT Research and Information Technology) (appointed by MIUR) Member of ICT projects (appointed by MISE) Board Member of Strategic Projects (appointed by MIUR) Member of the Commission MISE - spin-off (appointed by MISE) Deputy Coordinator Panel ICT PON (National Operational Program) -competitiveness (appointed by MIUR) Member of the Working Group of the Call-Start BigData (Appointed by MIUR) Member of the Commission for the search of partners for the "Creation of Centers of Excellence for Research and Innovation" in the Province of Salerno (appointed by the Province of Salerno) Since 2009 Member of the Italo-German Committee for Joint Evaluation of Projects Expert of APRE (ICT for the Promotion of European Research) Founder and creator of a CUDA Computing laboratory for the Department of Mathematics (University of Florence). Joint Laboratory with the Department of Mathematics of Unisa (University of Salerno) and funded by contributions given by CFR (Savings Bank of Florence) Professional Activities Associate with INFOTEL (ICT firm) for applications of the theory of Levy processes to simulate the performance of financial markets Associate with FFMiravite INC. (financial consulting firm in the Philippines) for due diligence of a trading model In the Technical Committee for a multigrid project made by ACEA. Associate with SvimService (ICT firm) for optimization of the reservation system in health system Technical expertise related to mortgages with constant rate and simple interest, study commissioned by Advocate Giglio Technical expertise related to the procedures applied in projects of industrial research Contributed to Quantica (Venture Capital Company by CNR) for the assessment of an industrial initiative on the blogosphere Team leader of "Unchained". A spin off to be established at the University of Florence regarding the block-chain technology linked to BitCoins.

Research Interest

Leader of Scientific Projects Responsible for an exchange project Italy-Germany (project Vigoni - CRUI), (Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities) Leader of a project Italy-Morocco (CNR) (National Research Council) Leader of a project between Italy and Russia (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Leader of a project Italy-USA (MFA) Leader of a project Italy-Hungary (MFA) Leader of a project between the University of Florence and the University of Cuyo Mendoza (Argentina) (Unifi) Leader of a project between the University of Florence and Escuela National Polytechnic of Quito (Ecuador) (Unifi) Local Responsible of a CNR Strategic Project on Applications of Mathematics in Engineering National Responsible of a CNR Strategic Project entitled "Mathematical Modeling of Economic Phenomena" Responsible for Three Research Projects GNAMPA (National Group for Mathematical Analysis, Probability and Their Applications) Project Manager of a Government Research Project (Research Programs of Relevant National Interest) 2002 coordinated by Italo Capuzzo Dolcetta "Methods for viscosity, metric, and control theory in nonlinear partial differential equations" Responsible for the Erasmus link between the Universities of Florence and: Marne-la-Vallee (Fr) Tuebingen (D) Ulm (D) Budapest (Hu) Malta (M) Constance (Ro) Evaluator of National Industrial Projects For MIUR Evaluator of a project of the Technology Park of Elba Island Evaluator of 11 FAR Projects Evaluator of a 488 Laws Project Evaluator of 8 PON Projects Evaluator of a PON4- Smart Cities project Evaluator of 1 FISR Project Evaluator of a Great Strategic Project Evaluator of a project "Research Laboratories of Public and Private" Evaluator of 2 projects Spin-Off Evaluator of 2 projects art. 13 In itinere evaluator of 8 projects ICT-PON Final evaluator of 3 Far projects Evaluator of 2 Artemis-Ju Projects (see http://www.artemis-ju.eu/) Evaluator of projects for Cluster Technologies for Smart Communities For MISE Evaluator of 4 PIA Innovation Projects (Integrated Project Area) Evaluator of project Pia Networking Evaluator of an ICT-MAP project Evaluator of 2 projects FIT-PON (Technological Innovation Fund) Evaluator of 2 FIT Projects Evaluation of a project carried out by the firm under the contract UNICOM program of 21/4/1999 Evaluator of a project MISE Start Up Technical Officer of 3 Industry Projects 2015 (Invitalia) For MIPAF Evaluator of a project on the computerization of MIPAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) and of a project on the sequencing of the genome. At regional level Evaluator of 43 Projects for Filas (Lazio Financial Development), an agency of the Technology District of the Lazio Region Evaluator of 6 Projects funded by 598 law for the regions of Lazio, Marche, Apulia and Umbria Evaluator of 12 PIA Industry Projects for the Region of Sardinia. Evaluator of 2 projects of Sardinia research. Final evaluator of 10 Pia Projects. Researchers, final evaluator of 6 PIA Industry Projects for the Region of Sardinia. Evaluator of 3 Projects for Veneto Innovation, the Veneto Region Agency Evaluator of National Research Projects Evaluator of PRIN Projects. Evaluator of SIR projects Product evaluators for CIVR (Committee for Evaluation of Research) Product evaluators for ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research) Evaluator of Indam-Cofund projects. Evaluator of a Firb Future project. Referee of proposals for the project "Return of the Brains" Evaluator of International European Projects Evaluator for the European Commission Marie Curie Action Program "Initial Training Network" in 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. In the Vice Chair Pool for ITN 2016 Evaluator for the European Commission Marie Curie Action Program - "International Fellowships" 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Evaluator for the European Commission Marie Curie Action Program - "Industry-Academia Partnership and Pathways" 2013 Evaluator for the European Commission Marie Curie Action Program - "Resech and Innovation Staff Exchange" 2014 and 2015 Technical Officer for the European Commission Marie Curie Action Program for 5 Midterm Meetings and 5 final evaluations Evaluator for a redress of a project Project Evaluator for the Italo-German University Project Evaluator for SoProMo and Brno Phd Talent (Research Project for South Moravia Regions) Project Evaluator for the Italo-French University (Vinci Project) In the committee for university competitions In the committee for CNR fellowship In the committee for Research Grants and Post Doc positions In the committee for PhD fellowship (8 times in total, 3 times abroad, in Finland, in Morocco and in france) In the committee for Teaching Assistant positions (11 times) In the committee for Associate Professor positions (11 times) In the committee for Full Professor positions (5 times) Scientific activity In the Scientific Committee of several international meetings: INDAM workshop in Cortona (Evolution Equations and Applications), co-organizers Howison and Lanconelli INDAM workshop in Cortona (Harnack Inequalities and Positivity), coorganizers Gianazza and Urbano HCPFIN99 - Ischia (application of Parallel Calculus to Finance) The Euro-Maghreb Conference - L'Aquila (cooperation exchange between Maghreb and Italy in collaboration with CRUI (http://www.crui.it/) and Italian Foreign Office) Functional Analysis and Finance - Diamante Saet-Ischia, (Application of Functional Analysis to Finance) SIMAI - Taormina, (Application of Functional Analysis to Finance) SIMAI - Chia (Application of Functional Analysis to Multimedial Network Traffic) SIMAI - Venice (Application of Functional Analysis to Multimedial Network Traffic) SIMAI - Scicli (Application of Functional Analysis to Finance) Enumath 2001 -Ischia (Application of Informatics and Numerical Analysis to Finance) AIRO 2002 (L'Aquila) - (Application of Functional Analysis to Multimedial Network Traffic) I and II Meeting Argentina and Italy (Florence and Buenos Aires - in collaboration with the Italian Foreign Office) Meeting about Finance Mathematics - Politecnico di Milano (co-organizer Barucci) XXV International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Maiori (D'Apice Co-Organizer) Beppo Levi meeting - Rome (to commemorate the exile of Beppo Levi from Italy due to the racial laws) 2009 INdAM Intensive period (two months) Pavia and Politecnico of Milan (coorganizers Gianazza and Salsa NonLinear Evolution Equations - Mondello (PA) (Bonanno, Ciraolo, Di Fazio and Grillo coorganizers) First meeting from the Apennines to the Andes at Cuyo University (Mendoza, Argentina) Padua 2014 Workshop on Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (coorganizers Cupini, Eleuteri, Marcellini, Mariconda, Mascolo and Treu)