MICHELE GIANFELICE

date and place of birth : 01/05/1970, Rome (Italy)
nationality : Italian
civil status : unmarried
military service : completed (11/23/1995-11/22/1996)

Present Professional Address :

Dipartimento di Matematica
Università della Calabria
Campus di Arcavacata
Ponte Pietro Bucci - Cubo 30B
I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS)
tel. : +39 0984 64 49 12
fax : +39 0984 64 49 10
e-mail : gianfelice@mat.unical.it
web page : http://www.mat.unical.it/~gianfelice

Present Occupation :

Assistant professor - University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) since 01/02/2008.

Studies :

2002 - Doctorat de l’Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille I), sector: Science,
field: Physique des Particules, Physique Mathématique et Modélisation
2002 - Dottorato di Ricerca in Matematica (XIII ciclo), field: Mathematical Physics
obtained at the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy)
1995 - degree (Laurea) in Physics obtained at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Rome, Italy)

Qualifications :

2003 – Qualified as Maître de Conference for the sections:
26 (mathématiques appliquées et applications des mathématiques)
28 (milieux denses et matériaux)
29 (constituants élémentaires)
of the Conseil National des Universités.

Scholarships, Research Funds and Contracts :

- 11/01/1997-10/31/2001 European Community scholarship for PhD students;
- 11/01/2001-10/31/2003 research contract at Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy) for a period of two years renewable;
- 11/03/2003-11/02/2004 research contract at Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy);
- 07/01/2004 post-doc position at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy) for a period of one year renewable only once;
- 11/03/2004-11/02/2005 research contract at Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy) for a period of one year (refuse of the post-doc scholarship);
- 11/03/2005-11/02/2007 “Lagrange fellowship” research contract at the Department of Mathematics of the Technical University of Turin (Turin, Italy);
- Erasmus Fellowship for the mobility of Professors awarded for the academic years: 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019;
- scholarship TeMA (Teaching Mobility Abroad) of the University of Calabria for international mobility of researchers ay 2022-2023.

Teaching Activities :

Undergraduate courses :

ay 2001-2002
- Faculty of Sciences University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy), MSc in Mathematics. Lectures and practicals for the undergraduate course in Probability;

ay 2002-2003
- Faculty of Statistical Sciences of the University of Bologna (Rimini, Italy), BSc in Statistics. Practicals for the undergraduate courses in Mathematics:
-- Calculus for functions of one variable,
-- Linear Algebra;
- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy), BSc in Engineering with specialization in Information Technology and of BSc in Engineering with specialization in Automation. Practicals for the undergraduate course of Calculus for function of several variables;

ay 2003-2004
- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy), BSc in Engineering with specialization in Mechanics and of BSc in Engineering with specialization in Energetics. Practicals for the undergraduate course of Calculus for function of one variable;
- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna, (Bologna, Italy), BSc in Engineering with specialization in Electronics. Practicals for the undergraduate course of Calculus for function of several variables.

ay 2004-2005
- Faculty of Science of the University of Bologna, (Bologna, Italy), BSc in Computer Science. Practicals for the undergraduate course of Probablility and Statistics;
- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna, (Bologna, Italy), BSc in Engineering with specialization in Information Technology and BSc in Engineering with specialization in Electronics. Practicals for the undergraduate course of Calculus for function of several variables;
- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna, (Bologna, Italy), BSc in Engineering with specialization in Logistics and BSc in Engineering with specialization in Management. Practicals for the undergraduate course of Calculus for function of several variables.

ay 2005-2006
- Technical University of Turin (Turin, Italy), BSc in Biomedical Engineering. Undergraduate lectures of Probability Theory (10h) part of the course of Applied Statistics.

ay 2007-2008
- Faculty of Science of the University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) MSc in Mathematics. Undergraduate course in probability and stochastic processes (5 ECTS);
- Faculty of Science University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) BSc in Biology. Undergraduate course in statistics (3 ECTS);

ay 2009-2010
- Faculty of Science University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) MSc in Biology. Undergraduate course in mathematics and statistics (4/6 ECTS);
- Faculty of Science University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) BSc in Biology. Undergraduate course in statistics (3 ECTS).

ay 2011-2012
- Faculty of Science of the University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) MSc in Mathematics. Undergraduate course in probability and stochastic processes (7/9 ECTS);

ay 2012-2013
- Faculty of Science of the University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) MSc in Mathematics. Undergraduate course in probability and stochastic processes (6/8 ECTS);

From the ay 2013-2014 onward
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) MSc in Mathematics. Undergraduate course in probability and stochastic processes (8 ECTS, 3+3 ECTS since the ay 2016-2017);

From the ay 2023-2024 onward 
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Calabria, (Cosenza, Italy) BSc in Mathematics. Undergraduate course in probability and mathematical statistics (6+3 ECTS).

Graduate courses :

ay 2003-2004 and 2004-2005
- Faculty of Science of the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy), MSc in Applied Mathematics. Lectures and practicals for the postgraduate course of Stochastic Methods and their applications.

ay 2005-2006
- PhD course (18h) entitled “Introduzione alla teoria dei grafi aleatori ed alla percolazione (Introduction to random graphs theory and percolation)” given at the Department of Mathematics of the Technical University of Turin (Turin, Italy).

ay 2007-2008
- Department of Matematics of the University of Bologna, (Bologna, Italy) PhD in Mathematics. Series of Lectures entitled "Alcune disuguaglianze in Percolazione (Some inequalities in Percolation)".

ay 2010-2011
- EU Regional School 2011 AICES Aachen, 4h lectures at graduate level entitled: "Introduction to Statistics", given february the 3rd 2011.

ay 2021-2022
- PhD course (12h) entitled "Introduction to continuous time Markov Processes and applications".

Research Interests :

Stochastic Processes and Random Fields. In particular:
- percolation;
- classical and quantum, equilibrium and non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics;
- interacting particle systems and multi-agent dynamics;
- asymptotic proprties of dinamical systems.

Visited Research Institutions :

- 11/25/1996-12/01/1996 Weierstrass Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, Berlin;
- 01/01/1999-01/01/2001 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 01/01/2001-01/26/2001 Centro de Modelamiento Matematico UMR 2071 Universidad de Chile - CNRS, Santiago (Chili), where I attended the Summer School entitled: “From Classical to modern Probability”, held in Universidad de la Frontiera, Temuco;
- 01/24/2004-02/08/2004 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 11/23/2008-11/30/2008 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 10/11/2010-10/17/2010 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 11/21/2010-11/23/2010 Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique – Ecole Normale Superiore de Paris;
- 10/23/2011-11/20/2011 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 06/17/2013-06/22/2013 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 11/05/2013-11/14/2013 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Seoul National University;
- 01/13/2016-01/20/2016 Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Università dell'Insubria, Varese;
- 03/07/2016-03/13/2016 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 07/24/2017-05/08/2017 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 02/19/2018-02/24/2018 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa;
- 05/07/2018-05/12/2018 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy, Marseille;
- 05/22/2018-05/26/2018 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa;
- 03/18/2019-03/23/2019 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giorgi (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa);
- 04/01/2019-04/06/2019 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giorgi (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa);
- 04/17/2019-04/20/2019 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giorgi (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa);
- 12/20/2021-12/23/2021 Department of Mathematics University of Pisa;
- 04/18/2023-04/25/2023 Centro de Matematica Universidade do Porto, Porto.

Participation in research projects :

- 2010-2011 CNRS PEPS_PTI (Projets Exploratoires Premier Soutien - Physique Théorique et ses Interfaces) "Mathematical Methods of Climate Models" P.I. S. Vaienti (CPT CNRS, Université de Toulon, FRUMAM);
- 10/17/2011-10/17/2013 PRIN 2009 "Percolazione, evoluzioni markoviane e sistemi con dipendenza di lunga portata" national P.I. M. Campanino (Università di Bologna), Research unit P.I. M. Campanino (Università di Bologna);
- 02/05/2017-02/05/2020 PRIN 2015 "Large scale random structures" national P.I. F. Martinelli (Roma3 University), Resp. unità. A. Bianchi (Università di Padova);
- 01/01/2023-31/12/2025 EU Project "MLSysOps" (HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-02) P.I. R. Gravina (Università della Calabria).

Affiliations to research institutions and committees :

- since 1998 member of the research group G.N.A.M.P.A. (National Research Group for Mathematical Analysis, Probability and its Applications) ex G.N.A.F.A. (National Research Group for Functional Analysis and its Applications) of the INdAM (National Institute for Advanced Mathematics);
- 2005-2013 member of GREFI-MEFI (French-Italian European Research Group: Mathematics and Physics),
- from 2017 member of the LIA-LYSM AMU CNRS ECM INDAM.

Academic service :

Register of Expert Peer Reviewers for Italian Scientific Evaluation (ERC sectors: PE_1 13 (Probability), PE_12 (Mathematical Physics)).
He has also served as referee for research journals such as Annales de l'Institut Henry Poincaré, Journal of Statistical Physics, Electronic Journal of Probability, Kinetic and Related Models, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals.

Congresses :

- Organization :

- 09/09/2002-09/13/2002 member of the organizing committee of the Probability workshop entitled: “Random Processes and Fields and Financial Applications”, held at the Department of Mathematics - University of Bologna, in collaboration with M. Campanino, F. Biagini and M. Dedonno.
- 06/17/209-20/06/2019 parallel session of the "Second Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics" entitled: "Stochastic Processes with Applications to Statistical Mechanics".

- Invited Talks :

09/16/2003 Department of Mathematics - University of Bologna, Congresso finale del Progetto Nazionale ”Processi Stocastici e applicazioni a Filtraggio, Controllo, Simulazione e Finanza Matematica”,
title: “Local limit theorem for triple connections in subcritical Bernoulli percolation”;
07/19/2010 Department of Physics - University of Bologna, Workshop on Mathematical Methods for Climate Models,
title: "Energetics and invariant energy density of the Lorenz'63 model";
10/11/2010 Fédération de Recherche des Unités de Mathématiques de Marseille - Centre de Physique Théorique Marsiglia, 1st Workshop on PEPS project: Mathematical Methods for Climate Models,
title: "Recurrence properties of the Lorenz'63 model";
06/14/2011 conference-school "4th La Pietra week in Probability at Finaly" (Villa Finaly, Florence, June, 13-17, 2011),
title: "Ornstein-Zernike behaviour for the Bernoulli bond percolation on $\mathbb{Z}^d, d\geq3$ in the supercritical regime";
11/16/2011 Centre de Physique Théorique Marsiglia, 2nd Workshop on PEPS project: Mathematical Methods for Climate Models,
title: "Recurrence and robust properties of the Lorenz'63 model";
09/03/2012 Summer School in Probability (Villa Gandolfi-Pallavicini, Bologna, September, 03-07, 2012), 
title:”On the exact asymptotics of finite connection functions for the supercritical Bernoulli percolation on $mathbb{Z}^d, d\geq3$”;
05/03/2013 Università de L'Aquila, Probability and Statistical Mechanics - Workshop in the occasion of Pierre Picco 60th birthday,
title: "Modeling flocking behaviour: dynamics and kinetic limit for a noiseless particle system with non mean-field-interactions";
09/18/2013 XXXVIII scuola estiva di fisica matematica (Ravello, September, 16-28, 2013),
title: "Dynamics and Kinetic limit for a model for flocking with local mean-field interactions";
06/29/2015 Dynamique à Porquerolles (June 25 - July 03, 2015),
title: "On the exact asymptotics of connectivity functions in percolation and related models";
07/30/2016 International Conference on Statistical Properties of Nonequilibrium Dynamical Systems (Shenzhen July 27 - August 02, 2016)
titolo:"Some results on the asymptotic behaviour of finite connection probabilities in percolation and related models";
06/20/2019 Second Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics (Vietri sul mare (SA) June 17-20, 2019),
title: "Uniform bound of the entanglement for the ground state of the quantum Ising model with large transverse magnetic field".
09/07/2023 XLIII Dynamic Days Europe (Napoli 03-08/09/2023),
title: "On topological synchronization of chaotic oscillators".

Talks :

11/27/1996 Department of Mathematics - Technische Universität (Berlin, Germany),
title: “Approach to Thermodynamic Equilibrium for Classical Spin Systems, an algebraic description”;
06/21/1999 Department of Mathematics - Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy),
title: “Convergenza all’equilibrio per sistemi di Ising stocastici”;
11/08/1999 Centre de Physique Théorique CNRS, Luminy (Marseille, France),
title: “A lower bound for the spectral gap of Glauber dynamics for Ising spin systems”;
12/14/1999 Department of Mathematics - University of l’Aquila (l’Aquila, Italy),
title: “Convergenza all’equilibrio per la dinamica di Glauber di sistemi di spin di Ising nella fase di alta temperatura”;
02/04/2004 Centre de Physique Théorique CNRS, Luminy (Marseille, France),
title: “A local limit theorem for triple connection in subcritical Bernoulli percolation”;
03/22/2004 Dipartimento di Matematica dell’Università degli Studi di Bologna (Bologna, Italy),
title: “Un teorema del limite locale per connessioni multiple nel modello della percolazione di Bernoulli al di sotto del punto critico”;
10/07/2013 Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Bologna (Bologna, Italy),
title: "Modeling flocking behaviour: dynamics and kinetic limit for self-propelled particle systems with mean field like interactions".
11/08/2013 HYKE seminar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Seoul National University, 
titles:
- "Modeling flocking via local mean field  algorithms",
- "On the exact asymptotics of connectivity functions for percolation and related models";
09/15/2017 Centre de Physique Théorique C.N.R.S. Luminy (Marseille, France)
title: ”Stochastic stability of the classical Lorenz flow under random perturbations of anthropogenic type”;
02/21/2018 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giorgi, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
title: ”Stochastic stability of the classical Lorenz flow under random perturbations of anthropogenic type”;
05/24/2018 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (Scuola Normale Superiore) Pisa,
title: "On Flocking and Consensus Problems";
03/22/2019 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (Scuola Normale Superiore) Pisa,
title: "Stochastic methods for the quantum Ising model with transverse field - Part I";
04/05/2019 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (Scuola Normale Superiore) Pisa,
title: "Stochastic methods for the quantum Ising model with transverse field - Part II";
01/28/2021 DAI Seminar https://www.dinamici.org/dai-seminar/ ,
titolo: “Stochastic stability of classical Lorenz flow under impulsive type forcing”;
04/20/2023 Centro de Matematica Universidade do Porto
title: "On topological synchronization".

Scientific publications :

https://www.mat.unical.it/~gianfelice/lavori/lista.html

Laguages :

Italian : mother tongue
English : fluent
French : fluent
Spanish : proficient

Other Professional Abilities and Experiences :

- Since May 2011 I belong to the editorial board of the book series fondamenti edited by Ediesse. 
- I have obtained a license to teach physics in secondary schools (high schools).
- From 12/22/1997 to 01/02/2008 I have been on duty in the technical corps (meteorology and climatology division) of the Italian Air Force, even if benefiting from dispensation of active service to pursue my research interests.
- From 04/06/1995 to 06/30/1995 I worked as civil servant in the department of agriculture of the Social Security agency of the italian government (Servizio per i Contributi Agricoli Unificati).