Alberto Arturo Vergani, PhD
Curriculum Vitae
Introduction
Job profile Computational neuroscientist
Main topics Modeling, algorithms and data-analysis for brain’s multi-scale spatio-temporal features
Web links ORCID:0000-0002-6572-0434 | Github | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | Scopus
Current
position
Research Fellow
at University of Pavia, Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, Egidio D’Angelo’s
Lab, Pavia, Italy (albertoarturo.vergani@unipv.it)
Co-affiliations {
Computational NeuroEngineering Lab (head by Prof. Alberto Mazzoni), The BioRobotics Institute,
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy (albertoarturo.vergani@santannapisa.it)
{
Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University
of Washington, Seattle, USA
Research keywords
Pathologies Alzheimer, Parkinson, Epilepsy, Ataxia, Autism, Schizophrenia
Brain and Mind Theoretical Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging, History of Neuroscience
Modeling Digital models, Neuromorphic/Soft/Fuzzy/Numerical Computing, AI, Dynamical Systems
Science and Art Berger Mandalas and Neural Turing Patterns
Short
biography
I was born in Italy - Gallarate (VA), September the 22nd, 1986 - and I have been studying Neuroscience
at University of Vita-Salute San Raffaele (BSc, 2007-2011), Cognitive Science at University of Milan
(MSc, 2011-2014) and Computer Science and Computational Mathematics at University of Insubria (PhD,
2015-2018). Alongside the graduated and postgraduated education, I spent time in other national and
international institutes (TUM in Munich, BSC in Barcelona, JKU in Linz, MUX in London, CNRS in
Cagliari, CINECA in Milan, Rome and Bologna, CNR-IBF in Palermo, ICTP in Trieste) shaping my
background towards scientific computing, computational intelligence, brain simulation, neuromorphic
computing, mathematical psychology and, in general, the relations between theory of computing and
theory of cognition.
During the first postdoc experience (2019-2020), I have been working on neuromorphic simulations in
London at Middlesex University (Chris Huyck’s lab) with a fellowship by The Human Brain Project. During
the second postdoc experience (2020-2021), in Marseille at Institute de Neurosciences de la Timone
(Frederick Chavane’s lab), Aix-Marseille University, I have been working on modelling and simulation of
V1 mammal cortex, with classic and HBP EBRAINS neuromorphic infrastructures, funded by a fellowship
from French ANR Horizontal-V1. During the third post-doc period (2021-2024), I have been working at
Computational NeuroEngineering Lab (head by Prof. Alberto Mazzoni), Sant’Anna School of Advanced
Studies, Institute of BioRobotics, by using a mixed data analysis and modelling approach regarding
electrophysiological neural signals, with the aim to i) Identify biomarkers related to the cognitive decline
continuum, including those preceding dementia such as Alzheimer’s, and genetic forms of epilepsy induced
by TMS, and ii) Investigate dysfunctional dynamics within a basal ganglia model to determine the origin
of pathological beta oscillations associated with Parkinson’s disease, and design an autistic brain twin
model optimized from EEG feature correlates.
Starting in October 2024, I am working at the University of Pavia, Department of Brain and Behavioral
Science, specifically within the Egidio D’Angelo Lab, subunit Neurocomputation, headed by Claudia
Casellato. Funded by the VIRTUAL BRAIN TWIN project, my goal is to design and validate a modeling
platform for personalized psychiatric treatment, particularly for schizophrenia.
Prizes, Proposals and Fellowships
Prizes
2026 Best Review Article Award
,
Advances in Physiology Education
. Awarded by the American Physiological
Society for the article: Vergani, A. A. (2024). “Hans Berger (1873-1941): the German psychiatrist who
recorded the first electrical brain signal in humans 100 years ago”.
Advances in Physiology Education
.
[J17] DOI: 10.1152/advan.00119.2024.
2025 Best Poster Award
at Dynamics and Complexity workshop (DCP25, Pisa, 9-11 July 2025). Title of
the poster:
"Cerebellar Resilience Modulates Deep Nuclei Overdrive and Sensorial Dysmetria Across the
Schizophrenia Continuum" (Vergani AA, Faris P, De Grazia M, Casellato C, D’Angelo UE) [C4]
2025 1st ranked at Brain and Art Prize
at Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) conference in
Brisbane (June 25, 2025 - June 28, 2025), for the Open Science Creations section, with the artwork Berger
Mandalas
2022 1st ranked at Brain and Art Prize
at Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) conference in
Glasgow (June 19, 2022 - June 23, 2022), for the section Beautiful Mistakes, with the artwork Neural
Turing Patterns
2022 Best Poster Award
at Dynamics and Complexity workshop (DCP22, Pisa, 26-28 May 2022). Title of
the poster:
"Mean field model of resting state cortical dynamics in prodromics phases of Alzheimer’s
diseases" (Amato LG, Vergani AA, Mannella R, Mazzoni A) [C30]
2021 2nd ranked at Brain and Art Prize
, NeuroMarseille, with Neural Turing Patterns. The artwork has
been exposed in Marseille at La Pangoline Gallery during the Fall 2021 and it will be exposed during the
Fall 2022 at campuses of Aix-Marseille Université (for more details see the Brain Art section [1]
2018 Best Conference Paper
with the Taylor and Francis prize for the section
Imaging and Visualization
at
the 15th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and
3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization (CMBBE2018, Lisbon, 26-28 March 2018). Title of the paper:
"Resting State fMRI Functional Connectivity Analysis Using Soft Competitive Learning Algorithms"
. After
the prizewinning, the conference paper has been extended and published as research article:
Vergani
AA, Martinelli S, Binaghi E (2020). Resting state fMRI analysis using unsupervised learning algorithms.
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization, 8(3), 252-
265. [C41]
Winning Proposals
2025
Proposal at SIPF 2025 (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neurosciences) for organizing
the symposium
Tracing Brain Evolution Through Fossils and Digital Models
, focused on large-scale brain
adaptation through paleo-neurology and computational modeling. Speakers: Dr. Carmela Serio (University
of Napoli Federico II), Dr. Marina Melchionna (University of Napoli Federico II), and Dr. Gabriele
Sansalone (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia / University of New England). The event is scheduled
to take place in Verona, September 17–19, 2025.
2025
Proposal at CNS*2025 (Organization for Computational Neurosciences) for organizing the workshop
Computational Modeling of Electromagnetic Field Perturbations on Neural Activity throughout Multiscale
Brain Models
, in collaboration with Prof. Claudia Casellato. The workshop will take place in Florence,
July 5–9, 2025, and features presentations by Dr. Micol Colella (Sapienza University), Dr. Niels Kuster
and Dr. Antonino Cassarà (IT’IS Foundation), Prof. Daniele Linaro (Politecnico di Milano), Marialaura
De Grazia (University of Pavia), Dr. Davide Momi (Stanford University), Marius Pille (Universitätsmedizin
Berlin), and Gianluca Gaglioti (University of Milan).
2024
Proposal at SIPF 2024 (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neurosciences) for organizing a
symposium on Sport Neuroscience titled
Decoding Sports Performance: Investigating the neural correlates
of anticipation functions prior to action
, featuring speakers: Prof. Valentina Bianco (UNIPV), Prof.
Francesco Di Russo (Uniroma4), and Prof. Germanio Gallicchio (Bangor University).
2023
Proposal for THRUSTER initiative with the business idea
helmEEG
, concerning the integration of soft
EEG electrodes in a crash helmet, in collaboration with Prof. Flavia Vitale (UNIPENN).
2022
Co-winner of EELISA grant for organizing a spring school
“Ethos + Tekhnè: a new generation of AI
researchers”
, in collaboration École normale supérieure (Stefano Vrizzi) in Paris and with Scuola Normale
Superiore in Pisa (Laura State, Filippo Galli). The school was held in Pisa, 6-10 March 2023.
Fellowships and other mentions
2024-2025
Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pavia, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Egidio
D’Angelo’s Lab, Neurocomputing subunit (headed by Prof. Claudia Casellato), working on the project
Con-
struction and Simulation of Cerebellar Neural Networks for Brain Digital Twins Applied to Schizophrenia
,
funded by Virtual Brain Twin, under the supervision of Prof. Egidio D’Angelo.
2023-2024
Postdoctoral Fellowship at SSSA, The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa-Pontedera (IT) by the TMSpath project
Bando Ricerca Finalizzata 2021 - working on electrophysiological correlates of transcranial magnetic
stimulation as a surrogate for pathophysiology in genetic epilepsy, supervised by Prof. Alberto Mazzoni
2021-2023
Postdoctoral Fellowship at SSSA, The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa-Pontedera (IT) by PREVIEW project -
Bando Ricerca in Salute Regione Toscana 2018, working on electrophysiological correlates of prodromal
forms of dementia, such as subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment, with the aim to
find functional biomarkers able to predict the prodomic path of the patients, supervised by Prof. Alberto
Mazzoni.
2020-2021
Postdoctoral Fellowship at INT Marseille (FR) by French ANR Horizontal-V1, working on the project
Visual
cortex modelling with classic and neuromorphic machines
, supervised by Prof. Laurent Perrinet and Prof.
Frédéric Chavane. The cross-talk between physiological and theoretical approaches was fostered by the
close collaboration with the teams of Frédéric Chavane at INT and Yves Frégnac at UNIC. The theoretical
work is performed in close collaboration with Lyle Muller (Western U) and Jan Antolik (Prague).
2019-2020
Postdoctoral Fellowship at Middlesex University (UK) by The Human Brain Project (HBP), working on a
topic called NEAL (Neuromorphic Agents that Learn), headed by Prof. Chris Huyck, that is part of the
SP9 Neuromorphic Subproject. The main task was to develop agents for virtual environments implemented
in simulated and emulated spiking neurons.
2015 - 2018
Italian PhD Fellowship for the PhD program in Computer Science and Computational Mathematics (XXXI
Cicle), University of Insubria, Department of Theoretical and Applied Science, Varese, Italy. The research
activities were at CRAIIM, Centre for Research in Image Analysis and Medical Informatics, headed by
Prof.ssa Elisabetta Binaghi, in collaboration with the Medical Physics Unit, the Neurosurgery Unit and the
Functional Neuroradiology Unit, at Hospital of Varese (Circolo e Fondazione Macchi). Thesis projects:
Contributions in computational intelligence with results in functional neuroimaging
. Supervisor: Prof.
Elisabetta Binaghi.
2014 - 2018
Travel Grants by Human Brain Project (HBP) and Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)
for attending schools, workshops and short classes.
2012 Civil recognition by the Major of Cairate (VA), Italy.
Academic Information
Positions
2024-2026 Postdoctoral researcher - Research Fellow (RF)
College University of Pavia, Pavia, IT
Division Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences
Lab Egidio D’Angelo’s Lab
Sub-Unit Neurocomputation
Supervisors Prof. Egidio D’Angelo, Prof. Claudia Casellato
Project Construction and simulation of cerebellar neural networks for brain digital twins applied to schizophrenia
Project PI Prof. Egidio D’Angelo
Fund Virtual Brain Twin (No 101137289)
Italian SSD BIO/09 - Physiology
Outcomes [C20, C6, J12, C8, C19, C10, C7, C11, C4, C5, C12, C13, J14, C18, C14, J13, C3, P1, P2, J4, J6, C1]
Topics {Designing bio-inspired digital brain replica
{Investigating the cerebellum’s role in psychiatric diseases
{Understanding the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia
2023-2026 Postdoctoral researcher - Research Fellow (RF)
College Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, IT
Division The BioRobotics Institute
Lab Computational Neuroengineering Lab, headed by Prof. Alberto Mazzoni
Supervisor Prof. Alberto Mazzoni
Project TMSpath - Longitudinal study of the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a surrogate for
pathophysiology in genetic epilepsies
Project PI Prof. Simona Balestrini (MEYER IRCCS, UNIFI)
Clinical Trial ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT06284291
Fund Fellowship from bando ricerca finalizzata 2021
Italian SC Settore Concorsuale 09/G2
Italian SSD ING-INF/06 - Bioingegneria Elettronica e Informatica
Outcomes [C17, C16, J5]
Topics {Pathophysiology in genetic epilepsies
{Simultaneous TMS stimulations and EEG recordings
{EEG processing and TEP analysis
2021-2023 Postdoctoral researcher - Research Fellow (RF)
College Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, IT
Division The BioRobotics Institute
Lab Computational Neuroengineering Lab, headed by Prof. Alberto Mazzoni
Supervisor Prof. Alberto Mazzoni
Project PREVIEW - PRedicting the EVolution of SubjectIvE Cognitive Decline to Alzheimer’s Disease With
machine learning
Project PI Prof. Valentina Bessi (CAREGGI AOU, UNIFI)
Clinical Trial https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05569083
Fund Fellowship from Bando Ricerca in Salute Regione Toscana 2018
Italian SC Settore Concorsuale 09/G2
Italian SSD ING-INF/06 - Bioingegneria Elettronica e Informatica
Outcomes
[C32, C31, P3, C33, C30, J20, J19, C25, C27, C26, C28, J21, C22, C23, J15, C21, J17, C24, J18, J16,
J11, J8, J10, C2, J1, J3, J7, J2]
Topics {Neurophysiology of degenerative disorders
{Brain cognitive reserve biomarkers
{EEG analysis and modeling
2020-2021 Postdoctoral researcher - Research Fellow (RF)
College University of Aix-Marseille, Marseille, FR
Division Institut de Neuroscience de la Timone
Lab NeOpTo group, headed by Prof. Frederic Chavane
Supervisor/PI Prof. Laurent Perrinet
Project Visual cortex modelling with classic and neuromorphic machines
Fund Fellowship from French ANR Horizontal V1
Outcomes [C34, C35]
Topics {Primary visual cortex modeling and simulations
{Sensory-evoked traveling waves and dynamic neuronal association fields
{Optical imaging, psychophysics, and neural basis of Gestalt principles
2020-2021 Postdoctoral researcher - Research Fellow (RF)
College Middlesex University, London, UK
Divison Department of Computer Science
Lab Chris Huyck’s lab
Supervisor/PI Prof. Chris Huyck
Project Neuromorphic Embodied Agent That Learn
Fund Fellowship from Horizon 2020 grant No 720270 (The Human Brain Project).
Outcomes [P4, J23, C36, C37]
Topics {Cognitive agents modeling with spiking neural networks
{Neuromorphic simulations via HBP infrastructures (SpiNNaker and BrainScaleS)
{Cell assemblies theory and models, attractor networks
2015-2018 Early Stage Researcher - PhD researcher
Degree PhD in Computer Science and Computational Mathematics
College University of Insubria, Varese, IT
Division Department of Theoretical and Applied Science
Lab CRAIIM group, headed by Prof. Elisabetta Binaghi
Supervisor Prof. Elisabetta Binaghi
Project Computational Intelligence Applications in Functional Neuroimaging
Fund Fellowship from Italian Ministry of Education and Research
Outcomes [C46, C44, C42, C45, C41, C40, J24, C39, C38, C43, J25]
PhD thesis Contributions in computational intelligence with results in functional neuroimaging (Ref: [T1])
Topics {Computational intelligence and soft computing
{Unsupervised learning algorithms
{Structural and functional MR image processing and analysis
2014 Master thesis internship
Degree MSc in Cognitive Science, curriculum in Decision Processes
College University of Milan, IT
Lab Raffaella Folgieri’s lab
Supervisor Prof. Raffaella Folgieri
Project Electrophysiological data analysis acquired via Brain-Computer Interface
MSc thesis Computational science and emergent neuroinformatics technologies (Ref: [T2])
Topics {Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)
{Spatio-temporal data analysis and Electrophysiology
{History of Artificial Intelligence (co-supervisor: Prof. Gianfranco Prini)
2010 Bachelor thesis internship
Degree BSc in Psychology, curriculum in Neuroscience
College Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, IT
Division Nuclear Medicine Unit
Supervisor Prof. Daniela Perani
Project State of the art about the brain and cognitive reserve hypotesis
BSc thesis The reserve of cognitive functions in dementia (Ref: [T3])
Topics {Brain and Cognitive reserve hypothesis
{Structural and functional neuroimaging
{Brain plasticity processes in dementia
Collaborations
2022-now Prof. Mark Richardson, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Joint topics: i) Computational study of Parkison’s disease pathophysiology
ii) Embedding humans cortical recordings in a basal ganglia model
iii) Data analysis of humans subcortical recordings (STN and GPe nuclei)
2020-now Prof. Stefania Boffa, University of Milano-Bicocca, IT
Joint topics i) Many-valued logics calculus
ii) Fuzzy and rough set theory
iii) Mathematics of machine learning
Visiting periods
Oct 2022 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lab Brain Modulation Lab, MGH
Tutors Prof. Mark Richardson and Prof. Alan Bush
Topics: i) Computational study of Parkison pathophysiology
ii) Embedding humans cortical recordings in a basal ganglia model
May 2019 Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Heidelberg, DE
Lab Electronic Vision(s) lab
Tutor Prof. Sebastian Smith
Topics: i) Induction on the BrainScaleS neuromorphic hardware
ii) Implementation of a Finite State Machine on BrainScaleS
Spring 2018 Middlesex University, London, UK
Lab Artificial Intellgence Lab
Tutor Prof. Chris Huyck
Topics: i) Induction on the Neuromorphic Computing Platform of Human Brain Project (HBP)
ii) Modeling of neurocognitive agents by using PyNN, Nest and sPyNNaker
Fall 2017 CNR, Institute of Biophysics, Palermo, IT
Lab Computational neuroscience lab
Tutor Prof. Michele Migliore
Topics: i) Induction on the Brain Simulation Platform of Human Brain Project (HBP)
ii) Modeling cellular level model of the hippocampus with NEURON and python.
Teaching
{Adjunct Professor in Numerical methods (FIS/01) (Neuroscience module)
2. Spring 2024, 8h, Master degree in Physics, University of Pisa, Italy
1. Spring 2023, 6h, Master degree in Physics, University of Pisa, Italy
{Teaching seminars
-Computational Neuroscience
14.
May 2025. 4h inside the master class on
Brain modeling
(BIO/09) (Prof. Claudia Casellato), MSc
in Psychology, University of Pavia
13.
May 2025. 4h inside the master class on
Brain modeling
(BIO/09) (Prof. Claudia Casellato), MSc
in Human-Centered IA, Pavia-Bicocca-UNIMI
12.
February 2026, 12h,
Introduction to Algorithms for Modeling Virtual Brain Twins
, MSc in Psychology,
University of Pavia, IUSS, Italy
11.
December 2025. 5h inside the bachelor class on
Brain modeling
(BIO/09) (Prof. Claudia Casellato),
BSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Pavia-Bicocca-UNIMI
10.
February 2025, 12h,
Introduction to Algorithms for Modeling Virtual Brain Twins
, MSc in Psychology,
University of Pavia, IUSS, Italy
9.
November 2024. 5h inside the bachelor class on
Brain modeling
(BIO/09) (Prof. Claudia Casellato),
BSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Pavia-Bicocca-UNIMI
8.
March 2024. 3h inside the Master class on
Biorobotics and Complex Systems
(FIS/03) (Prof:
Alberto Mazzoni), Physics Degree, University of Pisa, Italy.
7.
November 2023. 5h inside the bachelor class on
Brain modeling
(BIO/09) (Prof. Claudia Casellato),
BSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Pavia-Bicocca-UNIMI
6.
December 2023. 3h inside the PhD class on
Information Theory and Neural Modeling for Neural
Engineering
(ING-IND/34) (Prof: Alberto Mazzoni), PhD Program in Biorobotics, Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy.
5.
March 2023. 5h inside the Master class on
Biorobotics and Complex Systems
(FIS/03) (Prof:
Alberto Mazzoni), MSc in Physics, University of Pisa, Italy.
4.
December 2022. 3h inside the PhD class on
Information Theory and Neural Modeling for Neural
Engineering
(Prof: Alberto Mazzoni), PhD Program in Biorobotics, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna,
Pisa, Italy.
3.
January 2022. 5h inside the Master class on
Biorobotics and Complex Systems
(FIS/03) (Prof:
Alberto Mazzoni), MSc in Physics, University of Pisa, Italy.
2.
December 2021. 5h inside the PhD class on
Information Theory and Neural Modeling for Neural
Engineering
(ING-IND/34) (Prof: Alberto Mazzoni), PhD Program in Biorobotics, Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy.
1.
April 2021. 3h on Large Scale Network Simulations, inside the PhD class on
Computational
Neuroscience
(Prof. Laurant Perrinet and Prof. Demien Battaglia), NeuroSchool PhD Program,
Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
-Artificial Intelligence
3.
December 2021. 2h on clustering algorithms and their validation methods with case studies from
neuroscience, inside the MSc class in
Computational Intelligence
(INF/01) (Prof. Elisabetta Binaghi),
MSc in Computer Science, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
2.
April 2020. 3h on modeling expert systems, inside the MSc class in
Artificial Intelligence
(Prof. Chris
Huyck), MSc in Computer Science, Middlesex University, London, UK.
1. Spring 2016-2017-2018. Laboratories for High School, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
-Neuroeconomics
2.
April 2024. 6h inside the Master class on
Behavioural Economics
(SECS-P/01) (Prof: Chiara
Rapallini), Master Degree in Economics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
1.
November 2022. 6h inside the Master class on
Behavioural Economics
(SECS-P/01) (Prof: Chiara
Rapallini), Master Degree in Economics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Tutoring
25. Federico Mosca, lab internship, Medicine and Surgery, UNIPV, in fieri, 2026
24. Deniz Turgut, MSc thesis in Psychology, UNIPV-IUSS, in fieri, 2026
23. Stefania Rosciano, BSc thesis in IA, UNIPV-UNIMI-UNIMI, 2025
22. Greta Carnevali, lab training internship at CNE Lab, MSc in Bionics, SSSA, 2025
21. Matilde Bisi, BSc thesis, Biomedical Engineering, UNIPI, 2024
20. Leonardo Martinelli, MSc thesis in Physics, UNIPI, 2024
19. Lucia Poma, Master thesis in Bionics, SSSA, 2024
18. Giacomo Privato, Master thesis in Medicine and Surgery, UNIPI, 2024
17. Michela Rocchetta, MSc thesis in Physics, Politecnico di Torino, 2023
16. Marco D’Arrigo, MSc thesis in Physics, UNIPI, 2023
15. Michelangelo Fabbrizi, MSc internship in Bionics, SSSA, 2022
14. Marialaura Degrazia, MSc thesis in Physics, UNIPI, 2022
13. Andrea Ortone, MSc thesis in Physics, UNIPI, 2022
12. Lorenzo G Amato, MSc thesis in Physics, UNIPI, 2022
11. Giovanni Salvestrini, MD thesis in Medicine and Surgery, UNIFI, 2022
10. Samuele Martinelli, PhD thesis in Computer Science, University of Insubria, 2021
9. Joao Victor, MSc thesis in Neuroscience, University of Marseille, 2021
8. Giorgia Bigai, MD thesis in Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 2018
7. Samuele Martinelli, MSc thesis in Computer Science, University of Insubria, 2018
6. Gloria Gonella, MSc thesis in Computer Science, University of Insubria, 2018
5. Andrea Costantino, MSc thesis in Computer Science, University of Insubria, 2018
4. Andrea Montalbetti, MD thesis in Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 2018
3. Elia Franci, BSc thesis in Computer Science, University of Insubria, 2017
2. Sara Manfredi, BSc thesis in Computer Science, University of Insubria, 2017
1. Andrea Costantino, BSc thesis in Computer Science, University of Insubria, 2016
Commissions
2025/09
Member of the BSc in Artificial Intelligence examination committee with the role of co-supervisor of
candidate
Stefania Rosciano
(Supervisor: Prof. Claudia Casellato). Graduation session of 26 September
2025, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, Milan
2024/04
Member of th MSc in Physics commission for candidate Federico Martinelli, with the role of counter
supervisor of the thesis: ’Analysis of calcium signals and neural network dynamics’ (Supervisors: Angelo
Di Garbo, Federico Cremisi, Riccardo Mannella). Graduation session of 27 March 2024, University of Pisa,
Department of Physics, Pisa
2022/01
Member for the commission about the public competition "Id 3176 FRESCO Clinical Research Grant ’
Speech Therapy in PD; PRIN 2017 PROTECTION; Regione Toscana Bando Salute 2018 PREVIEW"
2021/11
Member for the commission about the public competition "Id 3110 PRIN 2017 PROTECTION, Regione
Toscana Bando Salute 2018 PREVIEW, Regione Toscana Bando Salute 2018 PERSONA, INAIL PR19-CR-
P2 – BioSUP, INAIL PR19-PAI-P2 - MOTU++"
Memberships
2025-now Collaborator Network of Global Burden of Disease
2023-now Gruppo Nazionale di Bioingegneria (GNB)
2022-now Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscience Cognitive (SIPF)
2022 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Society (SEP)
2022-now Organization of Computational Neuroscience (OCS)
2020-now Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
2020-2021 Société des Neurosciences (SdN)
2019-now IEEE Computer Society (CS)
2017-Now IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)
2017-Now American Computer Machinery Society (ACM)
2016-Now Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
2016-Now European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUFLAT)
Chairing
8.
2025 Chair and organizer of the symposium
Tracing Brain Evolution Through Fossils and Digital
Models
at SIPF 2025 (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neurosciences). Verona, Italy
7.
(2025) Co-Chair and co-organizer with Prof. Claudia Casellato at CNS*2025 workshop titled:
Com-
putational Modeling of Electromagnetic Field Perturbations on neural activity throughout Multiscale
Brain models, Florence, Italy
6.
(2024) Chair and organizer at SIPF conference at the symposium on Sport Neuroscience titled
Decoding
Sports Performance: Investigating the Neural Correlates of Anticipatory Functions Prior to Action
,
Cesena, Italy
5.
(2023) Co-Chair with Stefano Vrizzi at Spring School
Ethos + Tekhnè
: A New Generation of AI
Researchers, SNS, Pisa, Italy
4. (2019) Co-Chair with Prof. Joao P. Papa at VipIMAGE Conference, Porto (Portugal)
3. (2017): Co-Chair with Prof. Bart Romeny at VipIMAGE Conference, Porto (Portugal)
2. (2016) Chair of Prof. Sean Hill at 3rd HBP School in Obergurgl (Austria)
1. (2016) Chair of Prof. Eicker at 3rd HBP Workshop in Manchester (UK)
Event Organization
4.
Organized and chaired the symposium titled
Tracing Brain Evolution Through Fossils and Digital
Models
, selected as a winning proposal for the SIPF 2025 Annual Meeting themed “The Adaptive
Brain.” The event explores large-scale brain adaptation through paleo-neurology and computational
modeling, and features presentations by Dr. Carmela Serio (University of Napoli Federico II), Dr.
Marina Melchionna (University of Napoli Federico II), and Dr. Gabriele Sansalone (University of
Modena and Reggio Emilia / University of New England). The symposium is scheduled to take place
in Verona, September 17–19, 2025.
3.
Organized with Prof. Claudia Casellato the workshop titled
Computational Modeling of Electro-
magnetic Field Perturbations on Neural Activity throughout Multiscale Brain Models
, selected as a
winning proposal at CNS*2025. The event is scheduled to take place in Florence on July 5–9, 2025,
and features presentations by Dr. Micol Colella (Sapienza University), Dr. Niels Kuster and Dr.
Antonino Cassarà (IT’IS Foundation), Prof. Daniele Linaro (Politecnico di Milano), Marialaura De
Grazia (University of Pavia), Dr. Davide Momi (Stanford University), Dr. Jil Mona Meier and Marius
Pille (Universitätsmedizin Berlin), and Gianluca Gaglioti with Prof. Thierry Ralph Nieus (University of
Milan).
2.
Organized and chaired a symposium at SIPF 2024 titled
Decoding Sports Performance: Investigating
the Neural Correlates of Anticipatory Functions Prior to Action
, held in Cesena on September 5, 2024.
The symposium explored how the brain anticipates and prepares for action in high-performance sports
contexts, in line with the conference theme “The Predictive Brain.” Presentations were delivered by
Dr. Germano Gallicchio (Bangor University), Dr. Valentina Bianco (University of Pavia), and Prof.
Francesco Di Russo (University of Rome “Foro Italico”). Topics covered included electrophysiological
markers of action preparation, long-term neural adaptations from sport practice, and cognitive-motor
training as a tool to enhance performance.
1.
Organized the Spring School titled
Ethos + Tekhnè: A New Generation of AI Researchers
, held in Pisa
from March 6 to 10, 2023, in collaboration with Scuola Normale Superiore and École normale supérieure
(PSL, Paris). The event explored the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of Artificial Intelligence,
structured around the EU Guidelines for Trustworthy AI. Thematic days addressed AI’s socioeconomic
impact, European regulations, explainability (XAI), algorithmic bias, and legal liability. The program
featured lectures, tutorials, and high-level panels with Members of the European Parliament and
researchers from Google and Meta. Organizing team: Stefano Vrizzi (event ideator, event manager
& coordinator), Daniele Cavalli (Day 1 manager), Filippo Galli (Day 2 manager), Laura State (Day
3 manager), Alberto Vergani (Day 4 manager & movie night co-manager), Giuseppe Parisi (Day
5 manager), Letizia Lamperti (movie night co-manager), Raffaele Salvia (logistics & movie night
co-manager), Konstantinos Parginos (Day 2 & 3 co-manager), Viola Stefanello (panel discussion
manager).
Journals Engagement
{Editorial Board Plos ONE, Journal of Psychiatric Research
{Reviewing
Clinical Neurophysiology, Plos ONE, Neuropsychologia, Biological Psychiatry, Transactions
on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Behavioral Neurology, Journal of Neuroscience Methods,
Soft Computing, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, IEEE Access
journal, OHBM conference abstracts, BSc/MSC/PhD thesis
References
Prof. Egidio D’Angelo, University of Pavia, Pavia, IT (egidio.dangelo@unipv.it)
Prof. Claudia Casellato, University of Pavia, Pavia, IT (claudia.casellato@unipv.it)
Prof. Alberto Mazzoni, SSSA, Pisa, IT (alberto.mazzoni@santannapisa.it)
Prof. Simona Balestrini, UNIFI, Florence, IT (simona.balestrini@meyer.it)
Prof. Valentina Bessi, UNIFI, Florence, IT (valentina.bessi@unifi.it)
Prof. Antonello Grippo, UNIFI, Florence, IT (antonello.grippo@unifi.it)
Prof. Mark R Richardson, Harvard University, Boston, USA (mark.richardson@mgh.harvard.edu)
Prof. Alan Bush, Harvard University, Boston, USA (alan.bush@mgh.harvard.edu)
Prof. Frederic Chavane, University of Marseille, FR (frederic.chavane@univ-amu.fr)
Prof. Laurent Perrinet, University of Marseille, FR (laurent.perrinet@univ-amu.fr)
Prof. Chris Huyck, Middlesex University, London, UK, (c.huyck@mdx.ac.uk)
Prof. Elisabetta Binaghi, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy, (elisabetta.binaghi@uninsubria.it)
Prof. Marco Donatelli, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy (marco.donatelli@uninsubria.it)
Prof. Michele Migliore, CNR, Institute of Biophysics, Palermo, Italy (michele.migliore@cnr.it)
Prof. Raffaella Folgieri, University of Milan, Milan, Italy (raffaella.folgieri@unimi.it)
Prof. Gianfranco Prini, University of Milan, Milan, Italy (gianfranco.prini@unimi.it)
Prof. Daniela Perani, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy (perani.daniela@unisr.it)
Education
2018 PhD in Computer Science and Mathematics
College University of Insubria, Varese, IT
Thesis Contributions in computatonal intelligence with results in functional neuroimaging
Supervisor Prof. Elisabetta Binaghi
2014 MSc in Cognitive Science
College University of Milan, Milan, IT
Thesis Computational science and emergent neuroinformatics technologies
Supervisors Prof. Raffaella Folgieri and Prof. Gianfranco Prini
2011 BSc in Psychology
College Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, IT
Thesis The reserve of cognitive functions in dementia
Supervisor Prof. Daniela Perani
2007 Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
College High school in Busto Arsizio, IT
Project Design and assembly of a thermostatic system (Prof. Bau and Prof. Maini)
Presentations
Talks
16. Saccadic Dysmetria: Digital Evidence of Cerebellar Loss of Transmission Fidelity and Timeliness Across
the Schizophrenia Continuum
, XXXIII SIPF Conference 2025, Società Italiana di Psicofisologia e Neuro-
scienze Cognitive, Verona, Italy (19 September 2025)
15. Cerebellar Resilience Modulates Deep Nuclei Overdrive and Sensorial Dysmetria Across the Schizophrenia
Continuum
, invited talk at Dynamics and Complexity Workshop, satellite event of StatPhys2025, Pisa,
Italy 2025 (9-11 July 2025)
14. Structural alterations of cerebellar microcircuits in schizophrenia: from physiology to models
, lighting
talk at School of Brain Cells and Circuits "Camillo Golgi", Erice, Italy 2024 (9-14 December 2024)
13. Sex neurophysiological signatures in subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment associated
with low and high demanding memory tasks
, SINdem Conference 2024, Società Italiana di Neurologia,
sezione Demenze, Padova, Italy 2024 (29 September 2024)
12. Sex-Specific Event-Related Potentials in Visual Encoding Along the Cognitive Decline Continuum
, XXXII
SIPF Conference 2024, Società Italiana di Psicofisologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive, Cesena, Italy (04
September 2024)
11. Study of event-related potentials of visual stimuli in patients with Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild
Cognitive Impairment
, LXII SNO 23 Conference (Congresso delle scienze neurologiche ospedaliere),
Florence, Italy (27-30 September 2023).
10. Study of event-related potentials of visual stimuli in patients with Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild
Cognitive Impairment
, LXII SNO 23 Conference (Congresso delle scienze neurologiche ospedaliere),
Florence, Italy (27-30 September 2023).
9. Modeling of neurodegenerative disorder: the basal ganglia and Parkinson’s disease
, EBRAINS Seminar,
Pavia, Italy, (16 February 2023)
8. Event-Related Potential dynamics changes in SCD and MCI patients across low and high level perfor-
mances in a visual attention task, XXX SIPF Conference, Udine, Italy, (15-17 September 2022)
7. Comparison of validity indexes for fuzzy clusters of fMRI data
, VII ECCOMAS Thematic Conference On
Computational Vision And Medical Image Processing, VipIMAGE, Porto, Portugal (16-18 October 2019)
6. Spectral Analysis of resting-state fMRI Brain Networks
, Spring School on Numerical Computing for Image
Analysis, Como, Italy (21-25/05/2018)
5. A Soft Davies-Bouldin Separation Measure
, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzieee
2018, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (08-13 July 2018)
4. Clustering Functional MRI Patterns With Fuzzy and Competitive Algorithms
, 6th International Symposium
CompIMAGE 2018 (Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods,
and Applications), Cracow, Poland (2-5 July 2018)
3. Resting State fMRI Functional Connectivity Analsysis Using Soft Competitive Learning Algorithms
, CMBBE2018:
15th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and
the 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisbon, Portugal (26-29 March 2018)
2. RS-fMRI analysis in healthy subjects confirms gender based differences
, Summer School on Harmonics
Analysis, Genova, Italy (2017)
1. Cluster Analysis of Functional Neuroimages Using Data Reduction and Competitive Learning Algorithms
,
VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference On Computational Vision And Medical Image Processing, VipIMAGE,
Porto, Portugal (18-20 October 2017)
Posters
27. Deep Nuclei Overactivity Links Cerebellum with Dopaminergic Overdrive in Schizophrenia
, poster at
COSYNE 2026, Lisbon (13-15, March 2026)
26. Cerebellar Compensation Breakdown Underlying Deep Nuclei Overdrive in Schizophrenia
, poster the
EBRAINS Summit 2025, The Egg Conference Centre, Brussels (8–11 December 2025)
25. Neural compensation drives functional resilience in a cerebellar model of schizophrenia
, poster at CoBrain
Workshop, satellite event of Conference on Complex Systems (CCS 2025), Siena, Italy 2025 (3 September
2025)
24. Cerebellar Resilience Modulates Deep Nuclei Overdrive and Sensorial Dysmetria Across the Schizophrenia
Continuum
, poster at Dynamics and Complexity Workshop, satellite event of StatPhys2025, Pisa, Italy
2025 (9-11 July 2025)
23. Cerebellar Resilience Modulates Deep Nuclei Overdrive and Sensorial Dysmetria Across the Schizophrenia
Continuum, poster at Neurobridge TNE Symposium. Pisa, Italy (10 July 2025)
22. Neural compensation drives functional resilience in a cerebellar model of schizophrenia
, poster at CNS*2025,
Florence, Italy 2025 (5-9 July 2025). In: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Computational Neuroscience
Meeting (CNS*2025).
21. Dysfunction in a Schizophrenic Cerebellar Mouse Model Due to Multiscale Structural Alterations
, Work-
shop on Computational Neuroscience in MNESYS, Pavia, Italy (3 Februay 2025)
20. Structural alterations of cerebellar microcircuits in schizophrenia: from physiology to models
, IX School
of Brain Cells Circuits "Camillo Golgi", Erice, Italy, (9–14 December 2024)
19. Gender differences in event-related potentials of subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment
during a sustained visuo-attentive task, FENS FORUM 2024, Paris, France (25-29 June 2024)
18. ERPs correlate with encoding and decision of visual stimuli in Subject Cognitive Decline and Mild Cog-
nitive Impairment
, XVIII SINDEM Conference (2023) (Società Italiana di Neurologia, sezione demenze),
Florence, Italy, (23-25 November 2023).
17. Electrophysiology of early stages of visual processing dynamics in Subject Cognitive Decline and Mild
Cognitive Impairment
, LIII SIN Conference 2023 (Società Italiana di Neurologia), Naples, Italy, (21-24
October 2023).
16. ERPs correlate with decoding of visual stimuli in Subject Cogni- tive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impair-
ment
, XXXI SIPF 2023 Conference (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience),
(9-11 November 2023).
15. P300 event-related potential in patients with cognitive decline correlates with task
, VIII GNB 2023
Conference (Italian National Group of Bioingeneering), Padua, Italy (21-23 June 2023).
14. Electrophysiological differences in patients affected by SCD and MCI with high level performances in a
visual attention task, XVII SINDEM Conference, Florence, Italy, (13-15, October 2022)
13. Insights on the dynamic origin of EEG pathological biomarkers of prodromic states of Alzheimer’s Disease
from The Virtual Brain model, XXXI Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Melburne, Australia
(16-20 July 2022)
12. Temporal and spectral EPRs biomarkers in early stages of dementia
, FENS FORUM 2022, Paris, France
(09-13 July 2022)
11. Mean field model of resting state cortical dynamics in prodromic phases of Alzheimer’s disease
, Dynamics
and Complexity (DCP22), Pisa, Italy (26-28 May 2022)
10. Beta resonances interplay in a model of Parkinsonian basal ganglia
, Dynamics and Complexity (DCP22),
Pisa, Italy (26-28 May 2022)
9. Modulation of neuronal anticipatory activity in a topographical model of V1
, NeuroFrance 2021) (18-21
May 2021)
8. Hot Coffee: Associative Memory with Bump Attractor CAs of Spiking Neurons
, HBP Summit 2020,
Athens (3-6 February 2020) [Poster, Photo]
7. Critical Limits in a Bump Attractor Network of Spiking Neurons
, 8th Annual Neuro-Inspired Computational
Elements (NICE) (17-20 March 2021)
6. Counting temporal classes in resting state fMRI data
, 4th HBP Student Conference, Pisa, Italy (21-22
January 2020)
5. RS-fMRI analysis in healthy subjects confirms gender based differences
, Advanced Numerical Techniques
for Inverse Problems, Cagliari, Italy (17-21/07/2017)
4. Quantitative Relations of CRAIIM Human Brain Atlas
, 1st Human Brain Project Student Conference,
Vienna (Austria) (08-10 February 2017)
3. fMRI Data Analysis With Activation Weighted Vectors (AWV) in Functional Neuroradiology
, Winter
School of Human Brain Project, Obergurgl (Austria) (28 November 2016 - 04 December 2016)
2. FSL-Based Hybrid Atlas Promotes Activation Weighted Vector Analysis in Functional Neuroradiology
,
INCF Conference, Reading (UK) (03-04 September 2016)
1. Computational Intelligence Applications to Functional Neuroimaging
, 3rd Human Brain Project Workshop,
Manchester (UK) (11-15 January 2016)
Seminars
14. Basal ganglia beta bursts model fitting
, Brain Modulation Lab, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, USA (online, JC and lab meeting, June 2023).
13. Long-range and local circuits for top-down modulation of visual cortex processing
by Zhang, Siyu, et al,
NeOpto Team Journal Club, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone (INT), Aix Marseille University,
Marseille, France
12. The Hidden Spatial Dimension of Alpha: 10-Hz Perceptual Echoes
by Lozano-Soldevilla and VanRullen,
NeOpto Team Journal Club, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone (INT), Aix Marseille University,
Marseille, France
11. Paradoxical Effects of External Modulation of Inhibitory Interneurons
by Tsodyks et al 1997, NeOpto
Team Journal Club, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone (INT), Aix Marseille University, Marseille,
France
10. Introduction to the NeOpto Team
, NeOpto Team Journal Club, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone
(INT), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
9. Hot Coffee: Associative Memory with Bump Attractor Cell Assemblies of Spiking Neurons
, HBP Tea and
Slides, session VIII, Online meeting (14 January 2021) [Video]
8. Comparison of Validity Indexes for Fuzzy Clusters of fMRI Data, Middlesex University, London, UK
7. Discussion on Functional Connectivity in fMRI and its relation with Cell Assembly Hypothesis
, Middlesex
University, London, UK
6. Implementation of Embodied Agents in Nest, SpiNNaker and BrainScaleS
, Human Brain Project SP9
Quarterly in-person Meeting, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK (22-23 May 2019)
5. Spectral Analysis of RS-fMRI Images, Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy
4. Gender Differences in RS-fMRI Images, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
3. Computational intelligence methodologies applied to fMRI big data
, 3rd HBP Education Workshop,
Manchester, UK (11-15 January 2016) [Video]
2. FMRI data analysis with activation weighted vectors technique
, 3rd Human Brain Project School, Ober-
gurgl, Austria [Video], (28 November 2016 - 04 December 2016)
1. The Human Brain Project (topics from the HBP workshop in Manchester (UK)), (11-15 January 2016),
University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Continuous learning
Workshops
35. July 2026: Dynamics and Complexity (DCP26), Pisa, Italy
34. March 2026: COSYNE, Lisbon, Portugal
33. September 2025: Complexity and Brain (CoBrain25), Siena, Italy
32. July 2025: Dynamics and Complexity (DCP25), Pisa, Italy
31. June 2025: Collective Dynamics and Information Processing in Neural Systems, Venice, Italy
30. Feb 2025: Computational Neuroscience in MNESYS, Pavia, IT
29. June 2024: Dynamics and Complexity (DCP24), Pisa, IT
28. May 2024: Fifth International Convention on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI, Roma, IT
27. June 2023: Dynamics and Complexity (DCP23), Pisa, IT
26. May 2023: Stochastic Thermodynamics - WOST IV, online, ICTP, Trieste, IT
25. April 2023: NICE (10th Annual Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements)
24. March 2023: Ethos+Tekhne: A New Generation of AI Researchers, SNS, Pisa, IT
23. January 2023: The Virtual EBRAINS Unconference about Healthy Brain Ageing and Lifestyle
22. November 2022: Simulate with EBRAINS Research Infrastructure and Fenix Resources
21. October 2022: FAIMI: Fairness of AI in Medical Imaging
20. October 2022: Successful Pitch of a Business, SSSA, Pisa, IT
19. October 2022: 9th TVB-EBRAINS Integrated Workflows
18. June 2022: Brain Activity Across Scales and Species (BASSES)
17. May 2022: Dynamics and Complexity (DCP22), Pisa, Italy
16. March 2022: NICE (9th Annual Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements)
15. February 2022: Workshop on BCI and NEUROTECH Master Class Italia
14. December 2021: Workshop on TVB EBRAINS Integrated Workflows
13. September 2021: Workshop on Model Testing and Model Fitting, EITN, Paris, FR
12. July 2021: Glial Cells Course, XV European Meeting on Glial Cells, FR
11. May 2021: HBP Young Researchers Event: EBRAINS for Next-Generation Brain Medicine
10. May 2021: Workshop on Energy and Entropy Concepts to Understand Brain Activity, EITN, Paris, FR
9. March 2021: 8th Annual Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements (NICE)
8. March 2021: Multisite Recordings and Distributed Representations in the Macaque Brain, EITN, Paris
7. December 2020: Brainhack Marseille, FR
6. January 2020: Modeling Brain Signals, EITN, Paris, FR
5. September 2019: 9th HBP Workshop on Neuromorphic Computing, Manchester, UK
4. March 2017: Intellectual Property of Research Results, University of Insubria, Como, IT
3. March 2017: Mathematical Methods for Image Analysis, RISM, Varese, IT
2. June 2016: Brain, Minds and Machines, MIT/IIT, Sestri Levante, IT
1. January 2016: 3rd Human Brain Project Workshop, Manchester, UK
Schools
15. December 2024: Theory and applications of digital twins, Erice, Italy
14. September 2023: XLII Annual School 2023 – The Bioengineering of Sport
13. Summer 2022: The Virtual Brain in Clinical Research
12. July 2021: School on Physiology and Biophysics, University of Pavia
11. September 2021: Medical Neuroimaging, Aix-Marseille University, FR
10. July 2021: Neurophysiology and Biophysics, University of Pavia, IT
9. May 2018: Numerical Methods for Inverse Problems, University of Insubria, Como, Italy
8. July 2017: Applied Harmonic Analysis, University of Genova, Italy
7. July 2017: Advanced Numerical Techniques, University of Cagliari, Italy
6. December 2016: 3rd Human Brain Project School, Obergurgl, Austria
5. September 2016: Integrability, Recursion, Geometry and Mechanics, RISM, Varese, Italy
4. September 2016: HPC School, PRACE, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
3. Spring 2015: Physics of Complex Systems, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
2. October 2014: Scientific Visualization, PRACE, CINECA, Bologna, Italy
1. September 2014: Parallel Computing, PRACE, CINECA, Milan, Italy
Courses
29. June 2026: Online Course ’Digital Brain Twins in Clinical Research’, XXX
28. Sept 2025: Bayesian Assimilation, Updating, and Model Order Reduction Techniques, SSSA, IT
27. Nov 2024: Introduction to supercomputing at JSC, Juelich, GE
26. May 2024: Programming Paradigms for GPU Devices, CINECA, IT
25. January 2024: Nonlinear Dynamics, Santa Fe Institute, USA
24. December 2021: CINECA Course on HPC and Quantum Computing, IT
23. November 2021: Science and Technology for Cultural Heritage, A Nature Italy Event, IT
22. July 2021: Introduction of Glial Cells, European Meeting on Glial Cells, FR
21. January 2021: Tensor Network for Machine Learning (Rebusseau, UdeM), INT, Marseille, FR
20. January 2021: Principles of Neuronal Activity and Excitability, INT, Marseille, FR
19. December 2020: Functional MR Imaging, INT, Marseille, FR
18. November 2020: Structural MR Imaging, INT, Marseille, FR
17. Fall 2019: Single Exam on History of Science (9 CFU), University of Milan, IT
16. Fall 2019: Single Exam on Moral Philosophy (9 CFU), University of Milan, IT
15. Fall 2019: Single Exam on Advanced Topics in Logics (9 CFU), University of Milan, IT
14. Fall 2019: Single Exam on Theoretical Philosophy (9 CFU), University of Milan, IT
13. Spring 2018: Single Exam on Anthropology (6 CFU), University of Insubria, Varese, IT
12. Spring 2018: Single Exam on Pedagogy (6 CFU), University of Insubria, Varese, IT
11. September 2017: Introduction to Neuroinformatics, INCF, Reading, UK
10. August 2017: 8th G-Node Neural Data Analysis, INCF, Munich, GE
9. October 2015: Tools for Massive Data Analysis, PRACE, CINECA, Milan, IT
8. June 2015: Online Course on Complexity, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA
7. June 2015: Paradigms for Hybrid Architectures, PRACE, CINECA, Bologna, IT
6. March 2015: Python, PRACE, CINECA, Milan, IT
5. March 2015: C++, PRACE, CINECA, Milan, IT
4. February 2015: HPC Simulation, PRACE, BSC, Barcelona, SP
3. January 2015: Fortran, PRACE, CINECA, Rome, IT
2. December 2014: Online Course on Dynamical Systems, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA
1. November 2014: CUDA and GPGPU, PRACE, CINECA, Milan, IT
Extra Information
General programming skills
Primary Python, Matlab, R
Secondary HTML/CSS/Javascript, SQL, Java, C/C++
Third mission: knowledge dissemination
2026
European Researchers’ Night (ERN 2026) – Proposal Coordinator and Stand Exhibitor for "Modellizzando
reti di neuroni" (Pavia, September 25, 2026). Multi-disciplinary educational stand focused on computational
neuroscience: from single neurons to brain circuits, illustrating reconstructions and simulations to explain
structure-dynamics-function relationships in healthy and pathological brains.
2026
TEDxPavia – Title: "Il nero che illumina il cervello". Joint talk by Alberto Arturo Vergani and Martina
Francesca Rizza. The presentation focused on the legacy of the 1906 dual Nobel Prize awarded to
Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal, marking the 120th anniversary (1906–2026) of their historic
contributions to neuroscience. [Guarda il talk dal minuto 1:15:00]
2026
Co-organizer (with Martina Rizza and Simona Tritto) of the "Golgi & Cajal on Stage" event for the Brain
Awareness Week (BAW) 2026 at the University of Pavia. The project celebrated the 120th anniversary
of the Nobel Prize, featuring a monologue by Luca Munaretto and music by Renato Caruso to bridge
neurophysiology, history of science, and performing arts. Featured on VareseNews and Gazzetta delle Valli.
The complete video is at the University of Pavia official channel on Youtube.
2025 European Researchers’ Night in Pavia on 26 September
2022-2024 Blogger at QuiNewsValdera with a blog NEURONEWS
2021-2024 Scientific activities during public events, Institute of BioRobotics, SSSA, Pontedera, Italy
2016-2018 Laboratories of IA for high school students, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Other academical activities
2016-2018 Computer Science PhD Student ambassador, University of Insubria, Varese-Como, IT
2018 Conference staff at SIAM Conference on Applied Mathematics, Bologna, IT
Non-academical activities
2026–present
Omnis Cultura: Il podcast della conoscenza – Co-founder and Host. Digital outreach project co-created
and managed with Martina Francesca Rizza, dedicated to cultural and scientific dissemination. Available
on YouTube: @OmnisCultura
2025 Selected as a finalist for the Vespa Chi Scrive competition with the short story Fiat Lux
2023 Certification of CONI FIPE Personal Trainer
2018
Published the novel titled
La locanda di Elzevira
, within the collection "Racconti horror", Historica Edizioni,
ISBN-13: 9788833370613
2017
Published the novel titled
La leggenda di Bolladello
, within the collection "Lombardia segreta", Historica
Edizioni, ISBN: 889487074X
2012
Published the novel titled
16 Settembre
, within the collection "I cento corti 2012", Cavedio Edizioni.
Prizewinning for the section "Noir".
2011
Published the novel titled
Evasione circense
, within the collection "I cento corti 2011", Cavedio Edizioni.
Neuroscience Art
Neural Turing Patterns
There are structures in nature that spontaneously emerge. They were studied for the first time by the
English mathematician Alan Turing (1912 – 1954), who also introduced the concept of the contemporary
computational machine. Examples of those shapes are stripes, spots, grids, tessellations, bubbles, spirals,
foams and waves. In the specific case of this artwork, a collection of Turing patterns are generated via brain
simulations. Each square is a network of neural cells that fire with low (blue), medium (white) and high (red)
intensities. Many of them look very similar, while others are very different. Grouped as they are, pictures
seem to have a graphical continuity with their closest. But, this visual feature is indeed a Gestalt illusion,
because they are completely independent simulation results.
This artwork was awarded at the Aix-Marseille Université’s "Brain and Art prize 2021" competition and
exhibited at the Marseille gallery "Le Pangolin". Moreover, within the "Beautiful mistakes" section, the
artwork won the first prize during the OHBM conference 2022 (Organization of Human Brain Mapping) in
Glasgow, UK (Booklet available at https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0C9SJJQ3D).
Berger mandalas
The "Berger Mandalas" represent an artistic homage to the groundbreaking research of German psychiatrist
Hans Berger (1873-1941). A century ago, in 1924, at the University of Jena, Berger achieved a significant
milestone by recording the first electrical brain signal in humans using a string galvanometer. His refinement
of techniques led to the development of the "Elektrenkephalogramm," laying the foundation for modern
electroencephalography (EEG). Traditionally, EEG signals are graphed in a Cartesian coordinate system to
capture their temporal dynamics. However, when depicted in a polar coordinate system, the periodic voltage
amplitudes yield intricate patterns reminiscent of mandalas. These patterns, characterized by their regularity
and order, mirror the underlying temporal structure of the brain’s electrical activity. The artwork presented
here commemorates the centenary of Berger’s pioneering achievement by visually representing exactly 100
EEG recordings.
Documentation detailing EEG preprocessing and the transformation from Cartesian to polar coordinates, along
with the code for generating the artwork, is available at https://github.com/albertoarturovergani/berger-
mandalas. It is noteworthy that the composition of 100 Berger mandalas can also be perceived as a single
stand-alone large Berger mandala, evoking various hierarchies of periodic spatial structures. Moreover, within
the "Open Science Creations section, the artwork won the first prize during the OHBM conference 2025
(Organization of Human Brain Mapping) in Brisbane, Australia.
Scientific Outcomes
Metrics
—
Tot outcomes: 79
Journal papers: 25
Abstracts: 46
Preprints: 5
Thesis: 3 (BSc, MSc, PhD)
—
H index: 8 (scholar), 7 (scopus): (04/06/2026)
Citations: 316 (scholar), 185 (scopus): (04/06/2026)
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Preprints or in-preparation/in-review
[P1]
Pawan Faris,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Isabela Heredia Ortiz, Stefano Masoli, and Egidio D’Angelo.
Cerebellar Cortical Circuitry in Schizophrenia: A Cellular Framework for Predictive Dysfunction and
Psychosis. Version Version 1.0. Mar. 2026. doi:
10.5281/zenodo.19337133
.url:
https://doi.org/
10.5281/zenodo.19337132.
[P2] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Pawan Faris, Marialaura De Grazia, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Claudia Casellato,
and Egidio D’Angelo. Cerebellar Degeneration Induces Timeliness Disruption, Paradoxical Information
Flow and Network Overdrive in a Digital Model of Schizophrenia. Version Version 1.0. 24 2026. doi:
10.5281/zenodo.18813588.url:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18813588.
[P3] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
.Solving clustering as ill-posed problem: experiments with K-Means algorithm.
2022. doi:https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.08302.
[P4] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
and Christian Robert Huyck. Critical Limits in a Bump Attractor Network of
Spiking Neurons. 2020. doi:https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.13365.
Journal Papers
[J1]
Lorenzo Gaetano Amato, Michael Lassi, Antonello Grippo, Valentina Moschini, Giulia Giacomucci, Sonia
Padiglioni, Carmen Morinelli, Benedetta Nacmias, Alberto Mazzoni, Valentina Bessi, and
Vergani,
Alberto Arturo
. “EEG recordings during visuo-attentive task reduce sex bias in Alzheimer’s disease
diagnosis”. In: Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 12.2 (Apr. 2026),
e70245. doi:10.1002/trc2.70245.
[J2]
Michelangelo Fabbrizzi, Lorenzo Gaetano Amato, Leonardo Martinelli, Jacopo Carpaneto, Emanuele
Bartolini, Sara Calderoni, Alessandra Retico,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, and Alberto Mazzoni. “A
Digital Twin Approach for Simultaneous Reconstruction of Brain Anatomy and Dynamics from Neural
Data”. In: PLOS Digital Health (2026). Accepted for publication in PLOS Digital Health. Preprint:
doi:10.1101/2025.01.06.24319726. url:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.
24319726v1.
[J3]
Salvatore Mazzeo, Michael Lassi, Sonia Padiglioni,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Valentina Moschini,
Maenia Scarpino, Giulia Giacomucci, Rachele Burali, Carmen Morinelli, Carlo Fabbiani, et al. “Towards
the development of a management protocol for subjective cognitive decline: Insights from a cross-sectional
and longitudinal analysis of multimodal data from a memory clinic”. In: Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
(2026), p. 13872877261416117.
[J4] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “Carlo Matteucci (1811–1868)”. In: Journal of Neurology 273.2 (Feb. 2026).
issn: 1432-1459. doi:
10.1007/s00415-026-13728-x
.url:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-
026-13728-x.
[J5] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Giulio Peroni, Camilla Bruscagli, Alessia Lionti, Flavia Brandizzi, Matteo
Lenge, Giovanni Salvestrini, Diego Jiménez-Jiménez, Silvia Casarotto, Mario Rosanova, et al. “Effective
correction of extreme capacitive artifacts in TMS-EEG via windowed detrending”. In: Journal of Neural
Engineering (May 2026). doi:
10.1088/1741-2552/ae668e
.url:
https://iopscience.iop.org/
article/10.1088/1741-2552/ae668e/meta.
[J6] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
and Martina Francesca Rizza. “Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909)”. In: Journal of
Neurology 273.1 (May 2026), p. 329. doi:
10.1007/s00415-026-13854-6
.url:
https://doi.org/
10.1007/s00415-026-13854-6.
[J7]
Stefano Vrizzi,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Laura State, Filippo Galli, Amric Trudel, and Sara Mazzu-
cato. “How to train the upcoming generation of AI researchers? Design principles and results from the
Ethos+Tekhne initiative as a case study”. In: Open Research Europe 6 (May 2026). Version 1; peer
review: awaiting peer review, p. 174. doi:10.12688/openreseurope.20225.1.
[J8] A. A. Vergani
, S. Mazzeo, V. Moschini, R. Burali, M. Lassi, L. G. Amato, J. Carpaneto, G. Salvestrini,
C. Fabbiani, G. Giacomucci, C. Morinelli, F. Emiliani, M. Scarpino, S. Bagnoli, A. Ingannato, B. Nacmias,
S. Padiglioni, S. Sorbi, V. Bessi, A. Grippo, and A. Mazzoni. “Event-Related Potential Markers of Subject
Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment during a sustained visuo-attentive task”. In: NeuroImage:
Clinical (Feb. 17, 2025). doi:10.1101/2024.01.30.577910.
[J9]
Lorenzo Gaetano Amato, Michael Lassi,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Jacopo Carpaneto, Salvatore Mazzeo,
Valentina Moschini, Rachele Burali, Giovanni Salvestrini, Carlo Fabbiani, Giulia Giacomucci, et al. “Digital
twins and non-invasive recordings enable early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease”. In: Alzheimer’s Research
& Therapy 17.1 (2025), pp. 1–16.
[J10]
Lorenzo Gaetano Amato,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Michael Lassi, Jacopo Carpaneto, Salvatore Mazzeo,
Valentina Moschini, Rachele Burali, Giovanni Salvestrini, Carlo Fabbiani, Giulia Giacomucci, et al.
“Personalized brain models link cognitive decline progression to underlying synaptic and connectivity
degeneration”. In: Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy 17.1 (2025), pp. 1–19.
[J11]
Fabio Taddeini, Giulia Avvenuti,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Jacopo Carpaneto, Francesca Setti, Damiana
Bergamo, Linda Fiorini, Pietro Pietrini, Emiliano Ricciardi, Giulio Bernardi, et al. “Extended cognitive
load induces fast neural responses leading to commission errors”. In: eNeuro (2025).
[J12] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “Archibald Vivian Hill (1886–1977)”. In: Journal of Neurology 272.3 (2025),
p. 190. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-025-12939-y.
[J13] Vergani, Alberto Arturo. “Luigi Galvani (1737–1798)”. In: Journal of Neurology 273.9 (2025).
[J14] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “Richard B. Stein (1940–2020)”. In: Journal of Neurology 272.10 (2025),
p. 674.
[J15]
Lorenzo Gaetano Amato,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Michael Lassi, Carlo Fabbiani, Salvatore Mazzeo,
Rachele Burali, Benedetta Nacmias, Sandro Sorbi, Riccardo Mannella, Antonello Grippo, et al. “Per-
sonalized modeling of Alzheimer’s disease progression estimates neurodegeneration severity from EEG
recordings”. In: Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring 16.1 (2024),
e12526. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12526.
[J16] Fabio Taddeini, Erica Ordali, Alessandra Govoni, Francesca Piattellini, Simone Valente, Luca Caremani,
Vergani, Alberto A
, Ahmet Kaymak, Aldo Rustichini, Eleonora Russo, et al. “Dopaminergic therapy
disrupts decision-making in impulsive-compulsive Parkinsonian patients”. In: Annals of Clinical and
Translational Neurology (2024).
[J17] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “Hans Berger (1873-1941): the German psychiatrist who recorded the first
electrical brain signal in humans 100 years ago”. In: Advances in Physiology Education (2024). doi:
https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00119.2024.
[J18]
Alberto Arturo
Vergani
. “Louis Lapicque (1866–1952)”. In: Journal of Neurology (2024), pp. 1–2. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12705-6.
[J19]
Michael Lassi, Carlo Fabbiani, Salvatore Mazzeo, Rachele Burali,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Giulia
Giacomucci, Valentina Moschini, Carmen Morinelli, Filippo Emiliani, Maenia Scarpino, et al. “Degradation
of EEG microstates patterns in subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment: Early biomarkers
along the Alzheimer’s Disease continuum?” In: NeuroImage: Clinical 38 (2023), p. 103407. doi:
https:
//doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103407.
[J20]
Salvatore Mazzeo, Michael Lassi, Sonia Padiglioni, Valentina Moschini,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
,
Maenia Scarpino, Giulia Giacomucci, Rachele Buralli, Carmen Morinelli, Carlo Fabbiani, et al. “A machine
learning model to predict progression from subjective cognitive decline to mild cognitive impairment and
dementia: a 12-year follow-up study”. In: Alzheimer’s & Dementia 19 (2023), e082276. doi:
https:
//doi.org/10.1002/alz.082276.
[J21]
Salvatore Mazzeo, Michael Lassi, Sonia Padiglioni,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Valentina Moschini,
Maenia Scarpino, Giulia Giacomucci, Rachele Burali, Carmen Morinelli, Carlo Fabbiani, Giulia Galdo,
Lorenzo Gaetano Amato, Silvia Bagnoli, Filippo Emiliani, Assunta Ingannato, Benedetta Nacmias, Sandro
Sorbi, Antonello Grippo, Alberto Mazzoni, and Valentina Bessi. “PRedicting the EVolution of SubjectIvE
Cognitive Decline to Alzheimer’s Disease With machine learning: the PREVIEW study protocol”. In:
BMC Neurology 23.1 (Aug. 2023). issn: 1471-2377. doi:
10. 1186/ s12883- 023 - 03347- 8
.url:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03347-8.
[J22]
Andrea Ortone,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Mahboubeh Ahmadipour, Riccardo Mannella, and Alberto
Mazzoni. “Dopamine depletion leads to pathological synchronization of distinct basal ganglia loops in the
beta band”. In: PLOS Computational Biology 19.4 (2023), e1010645. doi:
10.1371/journal.pcbi.
1010645.
[J23]
Christian Robert Huyck and
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “Hot coffee: associative memory with bump
attractor cell assemblies of spiking neurons”. In: Journal of Computational Neuroscience 48 (2020),
pp. 299–316. doi:10.1007/s10827-020-00758-1.
[J24] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Samuele Martinelli, and Elisabetta Binaghi. “Resting state fMRI analysis using
unsupervised learning algorithms”. In: Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering:
Imaging & Visualization 8.3 (2020), pp. 252–265. doi:10.1080/21681163.2019.1636413.
[J25]
Elisabetta Binaghi,
Vergani, Alberto A
, Andrea Montalbetti, Renzo Minotto, Valentina Pedoia, Sabina
Strocchi, and Sergio Balbi. “Computation and management of weighted activation vectors in support to
fMRI analysis of clinical subjects”. In: Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering:
Imaging & Visualization 7.5-6 (2018), pp. 563–582. doi:10.1080/21681163.2018.1501767.
Conference Abstracts
[C1]
Alessandra Conforti, Micol Colella, Francesco Pio Ercolino, Marialaura De Grazia,
Vergani, Alberto
Arturo
, Daniele Linaro, Egidio D’Angelo, Claudia Casellato, Francesca Apollonio, and Micaela Liberti.
“Computational Dosimetry of Cerebellar rTMS in Neonatal Mice”. In: Proceedings of the "Massimo
Grattarola" Neuroengineering School. Genoa, Italy, June 2026.
[C2]
Salvatore Mazzeo, Michael Lassi, Sonia Padiglioni,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Valentina Moschini, Maenia
Scarpino, Giulia Giacomucci, Rachele Burali, Carmen Morinelli, Carlo Fabbiani, Giulia Galdo, Lorenzo
Gaetano Amato, Silvia Bagnoli, Filippo Emiliani, Assunta Ingannato, Benedetta Nacmias, Sandro Sorbi,
Antonello Grippo, Alberto Mazzoni, and Valentina Bessi. “Towards the development of a management
protocol for Subjective Cognitive Decline: insights from a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of
multimodal data from a memory clinic”. In: Annual Meeting American Academic of Neurology, 18-22
April 2026. Chicago, USA, Sept. 2026.
[C3] Vergani, Alberto A.
, P. Faris, M. De Grazia, C. Casellato, and E. U. D’Angelo. “Deep Nuclei Overactivity
Links Cerebellum with Dopaminergic Overdrive in Schizophrenia”. In: Proceedings of the Conference on
Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE). Lisbon-Cascade, Portugal, Mar. 2026.
[C4] A. A. Vergani
, P. Faris, M. De Grazia, C. Casellato, and E. U. D’Angelo. “Cerebellar Resilience Modulates
Deep Nuclei Overdrive and Sensorial Dysmetria Across the Schizophrenia Continuum”. In: Dynamics
and Complexity Workshop (DCP25). Pisa, Italy, July 2025. url:
https://www.cissc.unipi.it/DCP/
DCP25/.
[C5] A. A. Vergani
, P. Faris, M. De Grazia, C. Casellato, and E. U. D’Angelo. “Cerebellar Resilience Modulates
Deep Nuclei Overdrive and Sensorial Dysmetria Across the Schizophrenia Continuum”. In: Neurobridge
TNE Symposium. Pisa, Italy, July 2025. url:https://neurobridge-tne.github.io/.
[C6] A. A. Vergani
, P. Faris, M. De Grazia, C. Casellato, and E. U. D’Angelo. “Dysfunction in a Schizophrenic
Cerebellar Mouse Model Due to Multiscale Structural Alterations”. In: Computational Neuroscience in
MNESYS. Feb. 3, 2025. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.24207.50088.
[C7] A. A. Vergani
, P. Faris, M. De Grazia, C. Casellato, and E. U. D’Angelo. “Neural compensation drives
functional resilience in a cerebellar model of schizophrenia”. In: CoBrain Workshop at the Conference on
Complex Systems (CCS 2025). CoBrain Initiative, CCS 2025. Florence, Italy, July 2025. url:
https:
//kgatica.github.io/CCS2025-CoBrain/#call-section.
[C8] A. A. Vergani
, P. Faris, M. De Grazia, C. Casellato, and E. U. D’Angelo. “Neural compensation
drives functional resilience in a cerebellar model of schizophrenia”. In: Proceedings of the 34th Annual
Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2025). Organization for Computational Neurosciences.
Florence, Italy, July 2025.
[C9]
Lorenzo Gaetano Amato, Michael Lassi,
A. A. Vergani
, Jacopo Carpaneto, Valentina Moschini, Giulia
Giacomucci, Benedetta Nacmias, Sandro Sorbi, Antonello Grippo, Valentina Bessi, and Alberto Mazzoni.
“Digital Twins Enable Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis by Reconstructing Neurodegeneration Levels
from Non-Invasive Recordings”. In: Proceedings of the 34th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
(CNS*2025). Organization for Computational Neurosciences. Florence, Italy, July 2025.
[C10]
Pawan Faris, Isabella Heredia Ortiz,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, and Egidio D’Angelo. “Cerebellar
Dopamine Signaling Shapes Network Activity: Receptor-Specific Mechanisms and Antipsychotic Modula-
tion”. In: Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. Poster presentation. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego,
CA, USA, 2025.
[C11]
Pawan Faris, I. Heredia Ortiz,
A. A. Vergani
, and E. D’Angelo. “Dopamine-Dependent Cerebellar
Network Activity and Antipsychotic Modulation in Mice: An Ex Vivo MEA Study”. In: Proceedings of the
75th Congresso Nazionale SIF. Società Italiana di Fisiologia. Torino, Italy, Sept. 2025.
[C12]
Pawan Faris,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Isabela Herdis, and Egidio D’Angelo. “Cerebellar Cellular
Pathology Underlies Schizophrenia: Microscopic Evidence from Human and Rodent Studies”. In: Second
MNESYS Meeting on Neural Plasticity and Connectivity. Presented at the Second MNESYS Meeting on
Neural Plasticity and Connectivity, Naples, 24–25 September 2025. Naples, Italy, Sept. 2025.
[C13]
Pawan Faris,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Isabela Herdis, and Egidio D’Angelo. “Layer-Specific Dopamine
Tuning of Cerebellar Circuits and Modulation by Antipsychotic Clozapine”. In: Second MNESYS Meeting
on Neural Plasticity and Connectivity. Presented at the Second MNESYS Meeting on Neural Plasticity
and Connectivity, Naples, 24–25 September 2025. Naples, Italy, Sept. 2025.
[C14]
Pawan Faris,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Isabella Heredia, and Egidio D’Angelo. “Cerebellar Dopamine
Signalling Shapes Network Activity: Receptor-Specific Mechanisms and Antipsychotic Modulation”. In:
Neuroscience 2025, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. November 15–19. San Diego, CA, USA,
2025.
[C15]
M. De Grazia, Elen Bergamo, Dimitri Rodarie,
A. A. Vergani
, E. U. D’Angelo, and C. Casellato. “A
Multi-Scale Virtual Mouse Brain for Investigating Cerebellar-Related Ataxic Alterations”. In: Proceedings
of the 34th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2025). Organization for Computational
Neurosciences. Florence, Italy, July 2025.
[C16]
G. Peroni,
A. A. Vergani
, C. Bruscagli, A. Lionti, F. Brandizzi, M. Lenge, G. Salvestrini, A. Mazzoni,
A. Grippo, R. Guerrini, and S. Balestrini. “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation measurements in SCN1A-
related epilepsies”. In: 36th International Epilepsy Congress. Presented at the 36th International Epilepsy
Congress. Available at:
https://lisbonvenues.pt/en/events/ccl- en/36th- international-
epilepsy-congress/. International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). Lisbon, Portugal, 2025.
[C17]
G. Peroni,
Vergani, A. A.
, C. Bruscagli, A. Lionti, F. Brandizzi, M. Lenge, R. Guerrini, A. Grippo, and
S. Balestrini. “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Measurements in SCN1A-related Epilepsies”. In:
Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Clinical Neurophysiology (ECCN). The British Society
of Clinical Neurophysiology (BSCN) and the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN).
London, UK, Mar. 2025. url:https://www.eccn2025-london.com.
[C18] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Pawan Faris, Marialaura De Grazia, Claudia Casellato, and Egidio U. D’Angelo.
“Cerebellar Compensation Breakdown Underlying Deep Nuclei Overdrive in Schizophrenia”. In: EBRAINS
Summit 2025. Presented at the EBRAINS Summit 2025, The Egg Conference Centre, Brussels, 8–11
December 2025. Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 2025.
[C19] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Pawan Faris, Marialaura De Grazia, Claudia Casellato, and Egidio U. D’Angelo.
“Saccadic Dysmetria: Digital Evidence of Cerebellar Loss of Transmission Fidelity and Timeliness Across
the Schizophrenia Continuum”. In: XXXI SIPF Conference 2025, Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e
Neuroscienze Cognitive, Verona, Italy. 2025.
[C20] A. A. Vergani
, P. Faris, M. De Grazia, C. Casellato, and E. U. D’Angelo. “Structural alterations of
cerebellar microcircuits in schizophrenia: from physiology to models”. In: IX School of Brain Cells and
Circuits "Camillo Golgi", Erice, Italy. Dec. 10, 2024. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.17643.25125.
[C21] A. A. Vergani
, S. Mazzeo, V. Moschini, R. Burali, M. Lassi, L. G. Amato, J. Carpaneto, G. Salvestrini,
C. Fabbiani, G. Giacomucci, C. Morinelli, F. Emiliani, M. Scarpino, S. Bagnoli, A. Ingannato, B. Nacmias,
S. Padiglioni, S. Sorbi, V. Bessi, A. Grippo, and A. Mazzoni. “Gender differences in event-related potentials
of subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment during a sustained visuo-attentive task”. In:
FENS Forum 2024. Vienna (Austria), June 27, 2024.
[C22] A. A. Vergani
, S. Mazzeo, V. Moschini, R. Burali, M. Lassi, L. G. Amato, J. Carpaneto, G. Salvestrini,
C. Fabbiani, G. Giacomucci, C. Morinelli, F. Emiliani, M. Scarpino, S. Bagnoli, A. Ingannato, B. Nacmias,
S. Padiglioni, S. Sorbi, V. Bessi, A. Grippo, and A. Mazzoni. “Sex neurophysiological signatures in
subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment associated with low and high demanding
memory tasks”. In: SINdem Conference 2024, Società Italiana di Neurologia, sezione Demenze, Padova,
Italy. Sept. 28, 2024.
[C23] A. A. Vergani
, S. Mazzeo, V. Moschini, R. Burali, M. Lassi, L. G. Amato, J. Carpaneto, G. Salvestrini,
C. Fabbiani, G. Giacomucci, C. Morinelli, F. Emiliani, M. Scarpino, S. Bagnoli, A. Ingannato, B. Nacmias,
S. Padiglioni, S. Sorbi, V. Bessi, A. Grippo, and A. Mazzoni. “Sex-Specific Event-Related Potentials in
Visual Encoding Along the Cognitive Decline Continuum”. In: XXXII SIPF Conference 2024, Società
Italiana di Psicofisologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive, Cesena, Italy. Sept. 5, 2024.
[C24]
Lorenzo Gaetano Amato,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Michael Lassi, Salvatore Mazzeo, Antonello Grippo,
Valentina Bessi, and Alberto Mazzoni. “Predicting Alzheimer’s disease biological hallmarks from EEG
recordings”. In: Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. ALZ. 2024.
[C25] Vergani, AA
, G Salvestrini, C Fabbiani, S Mazzeo, R Burali, M Lassi, LG Amato, G Giacomucci, V
Moschini, C Morinelli, et al. “Electrophysiology of early stages of visual processing dynamics in Subject
Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment”. In: LIII SIN Conference 2023 (Società Italiana di
Neurologia), Naples, Italy. 2023.
[C26] Vergani, AA
, G Salvestrini, C Fabbiani, S Mazzeo, R Burali, M Lassi, LG Amato, G Giacomucci, V
Moschini, C Morinelli, et al. “ERPs correlate with decoding of visual stimuli in Subject Cognitive Decline
and Mild Cognitive Impairment”. In: XXXI SIPF 23 Conference (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and
Cognitive Neuroscience). 2023.
[C27] Vergani, AA
, G Salvestrini, C Fabbiani, S Mazzeo, R Burali, M Lassi, LG Amato, G Giacomucci, V
Moschini, C Morinelli, et al. “ERPs correlate with encoding and decision of visual stimuli in Subject
Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment”. In: XVIII SINdem Conference (2023) (Società Italiana
di Neurologia, sezione demenze). 2023.
[C28] Vergani, AA
, G Salvestrini, C Fabbiani, S Mazzeo, R Burali, M Lassi, LG Amato, G Giacomucci, V
Moschini, C Morinelli, et al. “P300 event-related potential in patients with cognitive decline correlates
with task”. In: VIII GNB 2023 Conference (Italian National Group of Bioingeneering), Padua, Italy. Vol. 8.
Pàtron. 2023, pp. 866–870. isbn: 9788855580113.
[C29] Vergani, AA
, G Salvestrini, C Fabbiani, S Mazzeo, R Burali, M Lassi, LG Amato, G Giacomucci, V
Moschini, C Morinelli, et al. “Study of event-related potentials of visual stimuli in patients with Subjective
Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment”. In: LXII SNO 23 Conference (Congresso delle scienze
neurologiche ospedaliere), Florence, Italy. 2023.
[C30]
Lorenzo Gaetano Amato,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Riccardo Mannella, and Alberto Mazzoni. “Insights
on the dynamic origin of EEG pathological biomarkers of prodromic states of Alzheimer’s Disease from
The Virtual Brain model”. In: 31th Annual Computational Meeting: CNS*2022-Meeting, Melbourne,
Australia. 2022. doi:10.1007/s10827-022-00841-9.
[C31] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Salvatore Mazzeo, Rachele Burali, Valentina Moschini, Sonia Padiglioni, Carlo
Fabbiani, Giovanni Salvestrini, Michael Lassi, Benedetta Nacmias, Sandro Sorbi, et al. “Electrophysiological
differences in patients affected by SCD and MCI with high level performances in a visual attention task”.
In: SINdem Conference 2022, Società Italiana di Neurologia, sezione Demenze, Firenze, Italy. 2022.
[C32] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Giovanni Salvestrini, Rachele Burali, Valentina Moschini, Sonia Padiglioni,
Salvatore Mazzeo, Carlo Fabbiani, Michael Lassi, Benedetta Nacmias, Sandro Sorbi, et al. “Event-Related
Potential dynamics changes in SCD and MCI patients across low and high level performances in a
visual attention task”. In: XXX SIPF Conference 2022, Società Italiana di Psicofisologia e Neuroscienze
Cognitive, Udine, Italy. 2022.
[C33] Vergani, Alberto
, Micheal Lassi, and Alberto Mazzoni. “Temporal and Spectral ERPs Biomarkers in
Early Stages of Dementia”. In: FENS Forum 2022 (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies), Paris,
France. 2022.
[C34] Vergani, AA
and LU Perrinet. “Modulation of neuronal anticipatory activity in a topographical model of
V1”. In: NeuroFrance Conference 2021. 2021.
[C35] Vergani, AA
and LU Perrinet. “Simulating anticipatory activity in a 1D Spiking Neuronal Network
Model”. In: Bernstein Conference 2021. 2021. doi:10.12751/nncn.bc2021.p094.
[C36]
Christian Robert Huyck and
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “Associative memory with bump attractor CAs
of spiking neurons”. In: HBP Summit 2020. 2020.
[C37] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
and Christian Robert Huyck. “Counting Temporal Classes in a RS-fMRI Data
Exploring Volumes Organization”. In: Proceedings of the 4th Human Brain Project Student Conference.
The Human Brain Project. Pisa, Italy, Jan. 2020. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.31612.67208.
[C38]
Gloria Gonella, Elisabetta Binaghi,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Irene Biotti, and Luca Levrini. “A Cloud
Fuzzy Logic Framework for Oral Disease Risk Assessment”. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
Vol. 11291. Springer, Cham, 2019, pp. 85–96. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12544-8_7.
[C39]
Samuele Martinelli,
Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, and Elisabetta Binaghi. “Comparison of Validity Indexes
for Fuzzy Clusters of fMRI Data”. In: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics. Vol. 34.
Springer, Cham, 2019, pp. 169–178. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32040-9_18.
[C40] Vergani, Alberto A
and Elisabetta Binaghi. “A Soft Davies-Bouldin Separation Measure”. In: 2018 IEEE
International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE). IEEE. 2018, pp. 1–8. doi:
10.1109/FUZZ-
IEEE.2018.8491581.
[C41] Vergani, Alberto A
, Elisabetta Binaghi, Samuele Martinelli, and Sabina Strocchi. “Resting State fMRI
Functional Connectivity Analysis Using Soft Competitive Learning Algorithms”. In: 15th International
Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and 3rd Conference on
Imaging and Visualization. Springer. 2018, pp. 1–12.
[C42] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Samuele Martinelli, and Elisabetta Binaghi. “Clustering functional MRI
Patterns with Fuzzy and Competitive Algorithms”. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 10986.
Springer, Cham, 2018, pp. 129–144. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20805-9_12.
[C43]
Elisabetta Binaghi,
Vergani, Alberto A
, and Valentina Pedoia. “Accuracy evaluation of soft classifiers
using interval type-2 fuzzy sets framework”. In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
(FUZZ-IEEE). IEEE. 2017, pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE.2017.8015427.
[C44] Vergani, Alberto A
, Samuele Martinelli, and Elisabetta Binaghi. “Cluster analysis of functional neuroim-
ages using data reduction and competitive learning algorithms”. In: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision
and Biomechanics. Vol. 27. Springer, Cham, 2017, pp. 62–71. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_7.
[C45] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Renzo Minotto, Sabina Strocchi, and Elisabetta Binaghi. “Quantitative
Relations between CRAIIM Human Brain Atlases”. In: Proceedings of the 1th Human Brain Project Student
Conference. The Human Brain Project. Vienna, Austria, 2017. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.19458.49600.
[C46] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
, Renzo Minotto, Sabina Strocchi, and Elisabetta Binaghi. “FSL-Based Hybrid
Atlas Promotes Activation Weighted Vector Analysis in Functional Neuroradiology”. In: INCF Neuroinfor-
matics Conference 2016, Reading, United Kingdom, 3 Sep - 4 Sep, 2016. Vol. 77. Frontiers Media (SA),
2016. doi:doi:10.3389/conf.fninf.2016.20.00077.
Thesis
[T1] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “Contributions in Computational Intelligence with Results in Functional
Neuroimaging”. University of Insubria, Varese, Italy, 2018. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.19623.11689.
[T2] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “Scienze computazionali e tecnologie neuroinformatiche emergenti (Computa-
tional science and emergent neuroinformatics technologies)”. Master’s thesis. Via Festa del perdono 7,
Milano: University of Milan, Dec. 2014. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.12912.23042.
[T3] Vergani, Alberto Arturo
. “La riserva delle funzioni cognitive nella demenza (The reserve of cognitive
functions in dementia)”. Bachelor’s thesis. Via Olgettina 60, Milano: Vita-Salute San Raffaele University,
Mar. 2011. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.28011.72483.
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