CURRICULUM VITÆ General Information Surname, Name: LANZA, Valentina Date of Birth: November 18, 1980 Place of Birth: Torino Contact Address: Department of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24 I-10129 Torino Italia Telephone: +39 011 564 7387 e-mail: valentina.lanza@polito.it Current Position since July 2009 PostDoc Affiliation: Lincs Group, Department of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino Project: Modelling, simulation and qualitative analysis of genetic regulatory networks via circuit theory and nonlinear systems based techniques. Scientific Advisor: Prof. Marco Gilli Previous Position June 2008-June 2009 PostDoc Affiliation: CMP Group, Department of Physics, Politecnico di Torino Scientific Advisor: Prof. Riccardo Zecchina 1
Research topics Nonlinear dynamical systems Bio-inspired oscillatory networks CNNs - Cellular Nonlinear Neural Networks Systems Biology Education March 2008: Ph.D. Mathematics for Engineering Sciences, Politecnico di Torino Thesis: Complex Dynamics in Nonlinear Oscillatory Networks Advisors: Prof. Marco Gilli (Politecnico di Torino) Prof. Andrea Bacciotti (Politecnico di Torino) October 2004: M.S. Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino Thesis: Controllo della vasculogenesi anisotropa mediante fattori chimici esogeni Advisors: Prof. Luigi Preziosi (Politecnico di Torino) Prof. Davide Ambrosi (Politecnico di Torino) September 2002: B.S. Mathematics for Engineering Sciences, Politecnico di Torino Thesis: Osservatori asintotici per sistemi di controllo lineari Advisor: Prof. Andrea Bacciotti (Politecnico di Torino) Visiting Position June - October 2007: Ph.D. visiting student at the School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, UCD (Dublin, Ireland) to prof. Paul Curran Schools and Courses attended Elementi di dinamica non lineare: stabilità, biforcazioni e caos (PhD Course), Proff. F. Dercole, A. Gragnani, M. Miari, C. Piccardi, S. Rinaldi, M. G. Signorini, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), February 2005 Brain-like cellular wave computing on flows and neuromorphic applications of cellular nonlinear networks technology (Excellence Course), Prof. T. Roska, Politecnico di Torino (Italy), June 27-29, 2005 2
Functional Analysis (SMI - Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria), Prof. A. Visintin, Perugia (Italy), 31 July - 3 September 2005 Differential equations in mathematical physics (SMI - Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria), Prof. M. Chipot, Perugia (Italy), 31 July - 3 September, 2005 4th International School in Synchronization in Nonlinear Systems and Complex Networks (organised by SICC, Società Italiana Caos e Complessità), Firenze (Italy), September 8-10, 2005 EMS Summer School 2006 Mathematical Models of the Heart, SIMULA Lab, Svalbard (Norway), May 2006 Analysis and Control of Complex Networks, (organised by SICC, Società Italiana Caos e Complessità), Milano (Italy), May 24-26, 2007 Conferences and Workshops Workshop Integration of Complex Systems in Biomedicine: models, simulations, representations, Bergamo (Italy), November 22-23, 2004 Workshop Engeneering and Medical Care 2005, Politecnico di Torino (Italy), November 2005 (with poster and communication). Conference NDES 2006, (14th International IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems), Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (France), June 2006 (with communication). INdAM-SIMAI Workshop Applied Mathematics in Italy: Development and Perspective, Parma (Italy), May 18-19, 2007 (with communication) Conference ECCTD 2007, (18th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design), Seville (Spain), 26-30 August 2007 (with communication). Conference SIMAI 2008, (9th Congress of SIMAI - Società Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industriale), Rome (Italy), September 15-19 2008 (with communication). Conference FOSBE 2009, (Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering), Denver (USA), 9-12 August 2009 (with poster). Memberships INNS - International Neural Network Society GNAMPA (INdAM group) - Gruppo Nazionale per l Analisi Matematica, la Probabilità e le loro Applicazioni 3
Publications Articles in refereed journals V. Lanza, D. Ambrosi, L. Preziosi. Exogenous control of vascular network formation in vitro: a mathematical model, Networks and Heterogeneous Media, 1(4):621-637, 2006. V. Lanza, M. Bonnin, M. Gilli, On the application of the describing function technique to the bifurcation analysis of nonlinear systems, IEEE, Trans. Circuits Systems II Express Briefs, 54(4):343-347, 2007 V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, P.P. Civalleri, Analysis of nonlinear oscillatory network dynamics, via time-varying amplitude and phase variables, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 35(5):623-644, 2007. V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, On the study of cellular nonlinear networks, via amplitude and phase dynamics, Neural Networks, 21(2-3):122-129, 2008. F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, Spiral waves in bio-inspired oscillatory dissipative media, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 36:555-571, 2008. Books C. Baldovino, V. Lanza. Algebra Lineare e Geometria - Esercizi e Temi d esame. Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna, 2008. Papers in refereed conference proceedings V. Lanza, M. Bonnin, M. Gilli. On the bifurcation analysis of nonlinear systems, through the describing function technique. Proceedings of NDES 2006 14th International IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, 100-104, 2006. F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, Limit cycles and bifurcations in nonlinear oscillatory networks, Proceedings of ISCAS 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 3163-3166, 2007. V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, Limit cycles and bifurcations in Cellular Nonlinear Networks, Proceedings of IJCNN 2007 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, Design of bio-inspired network models for spatiotemporal pattern identification, Proceedings of ECCTD 2007 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design. F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, Spiral Waves in bio-inspired oscillatory media, Proceedings of ISCAS 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 4
F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, P.P. Civalleri, Spiral waves occurrence in Cellular Nonlinear Networks, Proceedings of CNNA 2008 IEEE International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications. F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Bonnin, M. Gilli, Bio-inspired oscillating media supporting spiral waves patterns, Proceedings of MWSCAS 2008 - IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, Coupling effects in networks of cyclic negative feedback systems, Proceedings of ISCAS 2009 - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, Diffusive coupled cyclic negative feedback systems, Proceedings of IJCNN 2009 - International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, Analysis of bio-inspired networks composed of cyclic negative feedback systems, Proceedings of FOSBE 2009 - Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, Bio-inspired patterns and discrete breathers in molecular networks, BIOCAS 2009, accepted. Submitted and in Preparation Papers V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, Bifurcations in simple genetic cyclic models, ISCAS 2010, submitted V. Lanza, M. Bailly-Bechet, A. Sturm, A. Benecke, R. Zecchina, D.-W. Hardt, An externally modulated, noise-driven switch for the regulation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhiumurium, in preparation. V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, Investigation of bio-inspired patterns in diffusive coupled cyclic negative feedback systems, in preparation Teaching Activity Teaching Assistant 2004/2005: Linear Algebra and Geometry (Prof. C. Cumino), Politecnico di Torino 2005/2006: Linear Algebra and Geometry (Prof. R. Camerlo), Politecnico di Torino 2006/2007: Linear Algebra and Geometry (Prof. R. Camerlo), Politecnico di Torino 5
Languages Italian: Mother tongue English: TOEFL Certificate (CBT - Computer Based Test), score of 257 out of 300 French: Scholastical knowledge Spanish: Scholastical knowledge 6