Alessia Galdeman

Alessia Galdeman

Current Position

PostDoc

IT University of Copenhagen

  • Guest editor “Evolution of Networks” special issue in Springer Nature Applied Network Science journal
  • Review for Journals: EPJ Data Science, Machine Learning journal, Multimedia Tools and Applications journal, Computer Science Review Journal, Applied Network Science,IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence Journal, Journal of Complex Networks

  • Session chair at ASONAM 2024
  • Web chair at the 12th/13th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications
  • Web chair at LIMBO workshop at ECML/PKDD 2023
  • TPC member at WebSci, NetSci, NetSciX, ICWSM, ASONAM, BRAIN workshop (PerCom), LIMBO workshop (ECML-PKDD 2023), MLH workshop (ECML-PKDD 2024),

-Vasari Grant Winner Research grant winner for Italian national project VASARI. -Indaco Grant Winner Grant of 2000 computing hours on Indaco HPC platform for project GERs_for_Web3. -Best Lightning Presentation Best Lightning Presentation at the 11th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications. -Runner-up Bertalanffy Doctoral Student Award Selected as one of the three nominees for the Bertalanffy Doctoral Student Award at the French Regional Conference on Complex Systems 2023. -Runner-up Data Visualization Competition Selected as one of the runner-up for the Data Visualization competition of the BUILD LAB at ITU Copenhagen.

Experience


  • PhD student
  • Research fellow
  • Phd visitor
Connets Lab
University of Milan

October 2021 - September 2024
Supervisors: Prof. Sabrina Gaito, Prof. Matteo Zignani
Thesis: A Framework for Network Evolution
Phd Student at CONNETS Lab, where I supervise the thesis work of both bachelor and master students in the field of complex networks. I also organize and lead weekly meetings on these topics. I was an assistant in courses on network science, social media mining and machine learning.

Connets Lab
University of Milan

June 2021 - September 2021
Research grant winner for project VASARI

NERDS Lab

IT University of Copenhagen

May 2019-February 2021
I worked on the COllective COordination through ONline Social media (COCOONS) project, supervised by Prof. Luca Maria Aiello at NERDS Lab.

Teaching


  • Social Media Mining
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Basics of Computer Science

Teaching Assistant

University of Milan

February 2023 - June 2024
Lab for Social Media Mining course of the bachelor degree in Computer Science for Digital Communication in the Computer Science Department

Teaching Assistant

University of Milan

September 2022 - December 2023
Lab for Social Network Analysis course of the master degree in Data Science and Economics in the Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods Department

Tutor

University of Milan

May 2019-February 2021
Tutor for a course of Basics of Computer Science at University of Milan. The role was divided in a didactical part, where I taught lessons both online and in class and also recorded some video-lessons. I also covered a leader role, managing other tutors work and shifts, creating new material and so on.

Education


  • Master Degree
  • Internships
  • Bachelor Degree

Computer Science

University of Milan

110 cum laude | April 2021
Thesis: Graph-based customer segmentation through cashless payment data

Summer Internship

University of Chicago

July-August 2019
Feasibility study of a machine learning project, concerning audio backdoors. The work initially consisted in analyzing the state of art methods and testing them. I also found errors and discussed them with the authors themselves. During my stay I also attended lab and students meetings and a phd dissertation. This experience taught me to work in autonomy and to be adaptable.

Computer Science for digital communication

University of Milan

102/110 | December 2018
Thesis: NSFW content identification in a decentralized social network