Curriculum Vitae
You can download my full CV here (last updated on November 17th, 2022).
Research experience
Sept - Dec 2022  | Visiting Ph.D. student, Self-organization and optimality in neuronal networks group, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Supervisor: Anna Levina |
June - July 2022  | Visiting Ph.D. student, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany Supervisor: Daniel M. Busiello |
Education
Oct 2019 - Present day  | Ph.D in Physics, University of Padova Supervisor: Amos Maritan Co-supervisor: Samir Suweis Main research interests: complex systems and the Physics of phase transitions. |
Oct 2017 - Sept 2019  | Master's degree in Physics, University of Padova Thesis title: Scaling and renormalization group for models of neural activity Advisor: Amos Maritan Co-advisor: Samir Suweis Final grade: 110/110 cum laude GPA: 29.93/30 |
Sept 2018 - Jan 2019  | Erasmus semester, Sorbonne University, Paris Diderot University, Paris-Sud University ECTS GPA: A/A |
Oct 2014 - July 2017 | Bachelor's degree in Physics, University of Padova Thesis title: Quantum Mechanics and de Finetti theorem. A Bayesian interpretation of quantum probability Advisor: Pieralberto Marchetti Final grade: 110/110 cum laude |
Publications & preprints
Mutual information in changing environments: Nonlinear interactions, out-of-equilibrium systems, and continuously-varying diffusivities
Giorgio Nicoletti, Daniel M. Busiello. Phys. Rev. E 106, 014153 (2022).Information-driven transitions in projections of underdamped dynamics
Giorgio Nicoletti, Amos Maritan, Daniel M. Busiello. Phys. Rev. E 106, 014118 (2022).Criticality and network structure drive emergent oscillations in a stochastic whole-brain model
Giacomo Barzon, Giorgio Nicoletti, Benedetta Mariani, Marco Formentin, Samir Suweis. J. Phys. Complex. 3 025010 (2022).Disentangling the critical signatures of neural activity
Benedetta Mariani, Giorgio Nicoletti, Marta Bisio, Marta Maschietto, Stefano Vassanelli, Samir Suweis. Sci. Rep. 12, 10770 (2022).Mutual information disentangles interactions from changing environments
Giorgio Nicoletti, Daniel M. Busiello. Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 228301 (2021).The emergence of scale-free fires in Australia
Giorgio Nicoletti, Leonardo Saravia, Ferdinando Momo, Amos Maritan, Samir Suweis. arXiv:2105.05070.Neuronal Avalanches Across the Rat Somatosensory Barrel Cortex and the Effect of Single Whisker Stimulation
Benedetta Mariani, Giorgio Nicoletti, Marta Bisio, Marta Maschietto, Roberto Oboe, Alessandro Leparulo, Samir Suweis, Stefano Vassanelli. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 15:709677.Scaling and criticality in a phenomenological renormalization group
Giorgio Nicoletti, Samir Suweis, Amos Maritan. Physical Review Research 2, 023144.
Organized conferences
- Robustness, Adaptability and Critical Transitions in Living Systems Satellite, Conference on Complex Systems 2021, Lyon, France, 27th October 2021
Talks, presentations and posters
Criticality and network structure drive emergent oscillations in a stochastic whole-brain model
Contributed poster at Brain Criticality Meeting 2022, Online
Information-driven transitions in optimal projections of underdamped dynamics
Contributed talk at CCS 2021, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Criticality and network structure drive emergent oscillations in a stochastic whole-brain model
Contributed talk at CCS 2021, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Information theory in stochastic processes and complex systems
Invited talk at Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
What can criticality and phase transitions teach us about brain dynamics?
Invited talk at BrainNet workshop, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
Unfolding complex systems with information theory
Invited talk at SIFS, Online
Modeling the emergence of scale-free fire outbreaks in Australia
Contributed talk at CCS 2021, Lyon, France
Disentangling internal interactions from noisy environments through mutual information
Contributed poster at CCS 2021, Lyon, France
Disentangling the role of external and intrinsic dynamics on the critical signatures of neural activityd
Contributed talk at CCS 2021, Lyon, France
Modeling the emergence of scale-free fire out-breaks in Australia
Contributed poster at SMEEB 2021, Venice, Italy
On the critical signatures of neural activity
Contributed poster at The Beg Rohu Summer School 2021, Beg Rohu, France
What can a phenomenological Renormalization Group teach us about criticality in a network of neurons?
Contributed poster at Brain Criticality Virtual Meeting, Online
Scaling and criticality in a phenomenological Renormalization Group
Contributed poster at Bernstein Conference 2020, Online
Scaling and Renormalization Group for the activity of neurons
Contributed poster at First Italian Conference on Complex Systems, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento
Attended schools and workshops
- Winter Workshop on Complex Systems 2022, Arc-et-Senans, France, 24th - 28th January 2022
- The Beg Rohu Summer School “Statistical Mechanics and Emergent Phenomena in Biology”, Beg Rohu, France, 30th May - 12th June 2021
- Brain Connectivity Workshop, online, 25th - 28th May 2021
- Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology: Quantitative Approaches in Ecosystem Ecology, online, 30th November - 18th December 2020
- Youth in High-dimensions: Machine Learning, High-dimensional Statistics and Inference for the New Generation, online, 29th June - 3rd July 2020
- Computational and Theoretical Models in Neuroscience Summer School, Venice, Italy, 9th - 16th September 2019
Honors and awards
- SECS grant, provided by the Young Researcher in Complex Systems Society.
- Physical Review Letters Editors’ Suggestion and Physics Viewpoint for the paper “Mutual information disentangles interactions from changing environments”
- Best Poster Award at SMEEB 2021 for the poster “Modeling the emergence of scale-free fire outbreaks in Australia”
- Graduate Alumni Award, best student to graduate in a Master of Science at the University of Padova, academic year 2018/2019
Supervision
- Supervision of one student’s thesis for the Master Degree in Physics of Data, University of Padova, Italy.
- Supervision of two students’ projects for the Master Degree in Physics of Data, University of Padova, Italy.