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Personal Info

Full Name Simone Antonelli
Location Cologne, Germany
Languages Italian, English

Education

  • Nov 2022 - Present
    PhD in Computer Science @ CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
    • Conducting research on trustworthy machine learning with a focus on graph neural networks (GNNs)
      • Robustness of GNNs
      • Differentially Private Graph Learning
    • Advised by Aleksandar Bojchevski
  • Dec 2019 - Jan 2022
    MSc in Computer Science @ Sapienza University of Rome
    • GPA: 29.2/30
    • Graduated with distinction
    • Successfully completed the excellence program for this degree programme
  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2019
    BSc in Computer Science @ Sapienza University of Rome
    • GPA: 27.2/30
    • Graduated with distinction

Experience

  • SS 2023
    Teaching Assistant @ Universität zu Köln
    • Develop homework assignments and in-class exercises and provide guidance through in-class problem-solving sessions
  • 2021
    Master thesis development - GLADIA Research Group@Sapienza University of Rome
    • Title: Model-Level Explanation of PointNet Framework via Input Optimization
    • Design and implementation of a novel 3D deep generative framework to reconstruct 3D point clouds via Adversarial Autoencoder
    • Explanation of a deep neural model dealing with 3D data(PointNet) through a post-hoc technique to visualize what the artificial neural network has learned
  • 2019
    Bachelor thesis development - MCLab Research Group@Sapienza University of Rome
    • Title: ModelsTranslator, a translating tool for biological models
    • Analysis, design and development of a translating tool for biological models in several modelling languages to encourage models re-use in the community
    • Test analysis and simulation of the translated models

Attended

  • Aug 2021
    CMMRS Pre-Doctoral Research School @ Cornell University, Maryland University, Max Planck Institute
  • Aug 2021
    Machine Learning Summer School 2021 Tapei @ Max Plack Institute

Skills

  • Programming: Python (NumPy, Scikit‑learn, Matplotlib, Plotly etc.), C++, Java
  • Framework: PyTorch, Pytorch Lightning, WandB, Git
  • Miscellaneous: MacOS, Linux, Windows, Shell (Bash/Zsh), LaTeX(Overleaf/R Markdown)