Open position for Junior Researcher
Giorgio Fotia
Giorgio Fotia is a senior researcher, deputy director of the Bioinformatics Lab and group leader of the Simulation and Modelling group. Current research interests include structural and dynamic characterization of complex networks in a computational biology perspective, and biomechanical characterization of cellular and sub-cellular systems.
- Selected recent publications (2007/2008)
- Simulation of Cardiac Electrophysiology on Next-Generation High-Performance Computers , R. Bordas, B. Carpentieri, G. Fotia, F. Maggio, R. Nobes, J. Pitt-Francis and J. Southern submitted to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, November 2008.
- Inferring Gene Networks: Dream or nightmare? Part 2: Challenges 4 and 5 , A. Scheinine, W. I. Mentzen, G. Fotia, E. Pieroni, F. Maggio, G. Mancosu and A. de la Fuente, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, in press, December 2008.
- Exploring the interplay between topology and dynamical properties of directed biological networks: a case-study, G. Mancosu, E. Pieron, G. Fotia, F. Maggio, and A. de la Fuente, Poster at the ECCB 08 Conference, Cagliari, Italy, September 22-26, 2008.
- Finite Element Simulations of Laser Refractive Surgery, A. Pandolfi, G. Fotia, and F. Manganiello, Engineering with Computers, DOI 10.1007/s00366-008-0102-5, August 2008.
- Insights into biological information processing: structural and dynamical analysis of a human protein signalling network, A. de la Fuente, G. Fotia, F. Maggio, G. Mancosu and E. Pieroni, september 2007, accepted for publication in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor 41 224013, Special Issue: Complex Networks—from Biology to Information Technology , May 2008.
- A set of approaches to infer Gene Network, A. Baralla, A. Scheinine, F. Maggio, G. Fotia, W. Mentzen and A. de la Fuente, Poster at the 2nd DREAM Conference, New York, NY (USA), December 3-4, 2007.
- Inference and structural analysis of a Yeast Gene Network, G. Mancosu, G. Fotia, E. Pieroni, F. Maggio and A. de la Fuente, Poster at the 15th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) & 6th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB), Vienna (Austria), July 21-25, 2007.
- Dynamics on signed motifs in a Yeast Gene Network, F. Maggio, G. Fotia, G. Mancosu, E. Pieroni, E. and A. de la Fuente Poster at the 15th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) & 6th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB), Vienna (Austria), July 21-25, 2007.
- A Web of Genes: Inference and structural analysis of a Yeast Gene Network, G. Mancosu, G. Fotia, E. Pieroni, F. Maggio and A. de la Fuente, Poster at the STATPHYS 2007 Satellite Conference: Complex Networks—from Biology to Information Technology, Pula (Italy), July 2-6, 2007.
- Applied Mathematics in Italy II, V. Cutello, G. Fotia, L. Puccio (Eds.), Vol. 75, Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences, World Scientific, Singapore, (August 2007)
- Conferences and Workshops (2007/2008)
- International Conference on Simulation Based Engineering and Sciences - TCN CAE 2008, Venezia, (Italy), October 16-17, 2008 - (Organizing Committee Member and Biomedicine & Health Area Chair). See here for a press release on the the Biomedicine Session.
- Probabilistic Methods for Dynamic System Models and Data Integration in Computational Biology - ECCB 08 Satellite Meeting, Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy), September 22, 2008 - (Program Committee and Local Organizing Commitee Member)
- ECCB 08 European Conference on Computational Biology , Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy), September 22-26, 2008 - (Program Committee Member, Systems Biology Track)
- 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Science and Engineering and 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Venice, June 30 - July 4, 2008 - (Vice-Chairman)
- Festival della Matematica 2008, Roma, (Italy), March 13-16, 2008 - (introducing Franc Wilczek)
- 2nd FIMA International Conference: Energy and Environment: new challenges to mathematical modelling and applications, Ayas-Champoluc, Aosta Valley (Italy), January 21-24, 2008 - (Program Committee Member)
- ITLA5 – Italian-Latino American Conference in Applied Mathematics, Firenze, July 2007 - (Co-organizer)
- EUA4X - European Atelier for Engineering and Computational Sciences- a three years Marie Curie project (2005-2007) offering a program of 30 events and a series of web based virtual events in the area of scientific computing. Project financed by the European Union (contract # MSCF-CT-2004-013336) - (Coordinator)
- Professional activities
- Biographical notes
Address
Giorgio Fotia
CRS4 Bioinformatica - Polaris Edificio 3 - Loc. Piscina Manna - 09010 Pula (CA) - Italy
Email: Giorgio.Fotia@crs4.it - Phone +39 070 9250 420 - Fax 070 92433114