CURRICULUM VITÆ
General Information
Surname, Name:
LANZA, Valentina
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
November 18, 1980
Torino
Contact Address:
LMAH (Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées du Havre),
Université du Havre
25 rue Philippe Lebon,
BP 540,
76058 Le Havre cedex.
France
Telephone:
e-mail:
+33 (0)2 35 21 72 15
[email protected]
Current Position
since September 2011 – Maı̂tre de Conference (Assistant Professor)
Affiliation: Group “Systèmes Dynamiques et Problèmes d’évolution”, LMAH (Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées du Havre), Université du Havre
Previous Positions
∗ June 2008-June 2009 – PostDoc
Affiliation: CMP Group, Department of Physics, Politecnico di Torino
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Riccardo Zecchina
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∗ July 2009 - August 2011 – PostDoc
Affiliation: Lincs Group, Department of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino
Project: Modelling, simulation and qualitative analysis of genetic regulatory networks via
circuit theory and nonlinear systems based techniques.
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Marco Gilli
Education
March 2008: Ph.D. Mathematics for Engineering Sciences, Politecnico di Torino
Thesis:“Complex Dynamics in Nonlinear Oscillatory Networks”
Advisors: Prof. Marco Gilli (Politecnico di Torino)
Prof. Andrea Bacciotti (Politecnico di Torino)
October 2004: M.S. Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Thesis:“Controllo della vasculogenesi anisotropa mediante fattori chimici esogeni”
Advisors: Prof. Luigi Preziosi (Politecnico di Torino)
Prof. Davide Ambrosi (Politecnico di Torino)
September 2002: B.S. Mathematics for Engineering Sciences, Politecnico di Torino
Thesis:“Osservatori asintotici per sistemi di controllo lineari”
Advisor: Prof. Andrea Bacciotti (Politecnico di Torino)
Visiting Position
June - October 2007: Ph.D. visiting student at the School of Electrical, Electronic and
Mechanical Engineering, UCD (Dublin, Ireland) to prof. Paul Curran
Scientific Activity
Research topics
• Nonlinear dynamical systems
• Bio-inspired oscillatory networks
• Neuroscience
• CNNs - Cellular Nonlinear Neural Networks
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Research Projects
• 2011-2012: Principal investigator in the project “Analisi di reti di regolazione genica soggette a input esterni” (Analysis of genetic regulatory networks subjected to
external inputs), founded by Fondazione CRT, Torino (Italy).
• 2013-2014: Participant to the exploratory project CNRS - PEPS HumaIn “ModePCS
- Les comportements de foule en situation de catastrophe: les comprendre pour mieux
les prévenir” (Human behaviors during catastrophic events: how understand them in
order to better prevent them), a joint collaboration of the Labs LMAH and LITIS in
Le Havre (France), Géoazur in Nice (France), and Géographie-Cités in Paris (France).
• 2015: Participant to the exploratory project CNRS - PEPS Egalité “BRAINS Bifurcations dans des RéseAux d’Interactions de Neurones HR et Synchronisation Etude théorique et numérique” (Bifurcations in interaction networks of HindmarshRose neurons and synchronization - Theoretical and numerical study).
• 2015: Principal investigator in the PHC Galilée project “Synchronization in complex
networks with memristors”, in collaboration with the Department of Electronics and
Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Conference and Workshop organization
• Satellite workshop “Memristor and Complex Networks: Theory and Applications” Conference “ICCSA 2014” (The 4th International Conference on Complex Systems
and Applications), Le Havre (France), June 23-26.
• Special session “Complex and memristive networks” - Conference “IJCNN 2015”,
(International Joint Conference on Neural Networks), Killarney (Ireland), 12-17 July
2015
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the Conference “EDP Normandie 2015”,
Le Havre (France), 21-22 October 2015.
Memberships
• GNAMPA (INdAM group) - Gruppo Nazionale per l’Analisi Matematica, la Probabilità e le loro Applicazioni
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Publications
Articles in refereed journals
• V. Lanza, D. Ambrosi, L. Preziosi. “ Exogenous control of vascular network formation
in vitro: a mathematical model”, Networks and Heterogeneous Media, 1(4):621-637,
2006.
• V. Lanza, M. Bonnin, M. Gilli, “On the application of the describing function technique to the bifurcation analysis of nonlinear systems”, IEEE, Trans. Circuits Systems
II Express Briefs, 54(4):343-347, 2007
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, P.P. Civalleri, “Analysis of nonlinear oscillatory
network dynamics, via time-varying amplitude and phase variables”, International
Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 35(5):623-644, 2007.
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, “On the study of cellular nonlinear networks, via
amplitude and phase dynamics”, Neural Networks, 21(2-3):122-129, 2008.
• F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, “Spiral waves in bio-inspired oscillatory dissipative
media”, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 36:555-571, 2008.
• M. Bailly-Bechet, A. Benecke, D.-W. Hardt, V. Lanza, A. Sturm, R. Zecchina, “An
externally modulated, noise-driven switch for the regulation of SPI1 in Salmonella
enterica serovar Typhiumurium”, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 63(4):637-662,
2010.
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, “Investigation of bio-inspired patterns in diffusively
coupled cyclic negative feedback systems”, International Journal of Bifurcation and
Chaos, 22(1): 1250014, 2011.
• L. Ponta, V. Lanza, M. Bonnin, F. Corinto, “Emerging dynamics in neuronal networks of diffusively coupled hard oscillators”, Neural Networks, 24(5):466-475, 2011.
• V. Lanza, L. Ponta, M. Bonnin, F. Corinto, “Multiple attractors and bifurcations in
hard oscillators driven by constant inputs”, International Journal of Bifurcation and
Chaos, 22(11), 1250267, 2012.
• A. Ascoli, V. Lanza, F. Corinto, and R. Tetzlaff, “Emergence of synchronization in
bio-inspired memristor-coupled oscillatory cells”, Journal NOnLinear Theory and Its
Applications (NOLTA), IEICE, 5:1-17, 2014.
• A. Ascoli, V. Lanza, F. Corinto, and R. Tetzlaff, “Synchronization conditions in
simple memristor neural networks”, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 352(8):31963220, 2015.
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• M. Bonnin, V. Lanza, F. Corinto, “A mathematical framework for amplitude and
phase noise analysis of coupled oscillators”, The European Physical Journal - Special
Topics, 225:171-186, 2016.
Submitted and in Preparation Papers
• N. Corson, V. Lanza, N. Verdière, “Hopf bifurcations in directed acyclic networks of
linearly coupled Hindmarsh-Rose systems”, submitted
• A. Balti, V. Lanza, and M. Aziz-Alaoui, “Numerical computational of nonlinear
periodic oscillations in the Hodgkin-Huxley model”, submitted
• G. Cantin, N. Verdière, V. Lanza, R. Charrier, D. Provitolo, E. Dubos-Paillard,
C. Bertelle, M. Aziz-Alaoui, “Mathematical modeling of human behaviors during
catastrophic events: stability and bifurcations”, submitted
Books
• C. Baldovino, V. Lanza. Algebra Lineare e Geometria - Esercizi e Temi d’esame.
Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna, 2008 (third edition 2016).
Papers in refereed conference proceedings
• V. Lanza, M. Bonnin, M. Gilli . “On the bifurcation analysis of nonlinear systems,
through the describing function technique”. Proceedings of NDES 2006 – 14th International IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, 100-104,
2006.
• F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, “Limit cycles and bifurcations in nonlinear oscillatory
networks”, Proceedings of ISCAS 2007 – IEEE International Symposium on Circuits
and Systems, 3163 - 3166, 2007.
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, “Limit cycles and bifurcations in Cellular Nonlinear
Networks”, Proceedings of IJCNN 2007 – International Joint Conference on Neural
Networks.
• F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, “Design of bio-inspired network models for spatiotemporal pattern identification”, Proceedings of ECCTD 2007 – European Conference
on Circuit Theory and Design.
• F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, “Spiral Waves in bio-inspired oscillatory media”, Proceedings of ISCAS 2008 – IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
• F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Gilli, P.P. Civalleri, “Spiral waves occurrence in Cellular
Nonlinear Networks”, Proceedings of CNNA 2008 – IEEE International Workshop
on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications.
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• F. Corinto, V. Lanza, M. Bonnin, M. Gilli, “Bio-inspired oscillating media supporting
spiral waves patterns”, Proceedings of MWSCAS 2008 - IEEE International Midwest
Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, “Coupling effects in networks of cyclic negative
feedback systems”, Proceedings of ISCAS 2009 - IEEE International Symposium on
Circuits and Systems .
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, “Diffusive coupled cyclic negative feedback systems”,
Proceedings of IJCNN 2009 - International Joint Conference on Neural Networks.
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, “Analysis of bio-inspired networks composed of cyclic
negative feedback systems”, Proceedings of FOSBE 2009 - Foundations of Systems
Biology in Engineering
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, “Bio-inspired patterns and discrete breathers in molecular networks”, Proceedings of BIOCAS 2009 - Biomedical Circuits and Systems
Conference.
• V. Lanza, F. Corinto, M. Gilli, “Bifurcations in simple genetic cyclic models”, Proceedings of ISCAS 2010 - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
• V. Lanza, L. Ponta, M. Bonnin, F. Corinto, “Influence of external input on oscillatory Cellular Nonlinear Networks dynamics”, Proceedings of ISCAS 2011 - IEEE
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
• F. Corinto, A. Ascoli, V. Lanza and M. Gilli, “Memristor synaptic dynamics influence
on synchronous behavior of two Hindmarsh-Rose neurons”, Proceedings of IJCNN
2011 – International Joint Conference on Neural Networks.
• F. Corinto, V. Lanza, A. Ascoli, and M. Gilli, “Synchronization in Networks of
FitzHugh-Nagumo Neurons with Memristor Synapses”, Proceedings of ECCTD 2011
– European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design.
• M. Bonnin, F. Corinto, and V. Lanza, “Phase model reduction for oscillatory networks subject to stochastic inputs”, Proceedings of CNNA 2012 – International
Workshop on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and their Applications.
• A. Balti, V. Lanza, and M. Aziz-Alaoui, “On the study of periodic solutions in the
Hodgkin-Huxley model”, Proceedings of ICCSA 2014 – International Conference on
Complex Systems and Applications.
• A. Ascoli, V. Lanza, F. Corinto, and R. Tetzlaff, “Analytical conditions for synchronization for a simple memristive neural network”, Proceedings of ICCSA 2014 –
International Conference on Complex Systems and Applications.
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• M. Bonnin, V. Lanza and F. Corinto, “The role of noise on the synchronization
of oscillators”, Proceedings of ICCSA 2014 – International Conference on Complex
Systems and Applications.
• N. Verdière, V. Lanza, R. Charrier, D. Provitolo, E. Dubos-Paillard, C. Bertelle, A.
Alaoui, “Mathematical modeling of human behaviors during catastrophic events”,
Proceedings of ICCSA 2014 – International Conference on Complex Systems and
Applications.
• A. Ascoli, R. Tetzlaff, V. Lanza, F. Corinto, and M. Gilli, “Memristor plasticity enables emergence of synchronization in neuromorphic networks”, Proceedings of ISCAS
2014 – IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
• A. Ascoli, V. Lanza, F. Corinto, and R. Tetzlaff, “Synchronization properties of
a bio-inspired neural network”, Proceedings of IEEE NANO 2015 - International
Conference on Nanotechnology.
• M. Bonnin, F. Corinto and V. Lanza, “Amplitude and phase equations for nonlinear oscillators with noisy interactions”, CNNA 2016 – International Workshop on
Cellular Nanoscale Networks and their Applications, accepted.
Teaching Activity
Teaching Assistant
• 2004/2005: “Linear Algebra and Geometry” (Prof. C. Cumino), Politecnico di Torino
• 2005/2006: “Linear Algebra and Geometry” (Prof. R. Camerlo), Politecnico di
Torino
• 2006/2007: “Linear Algebra and Geometry” (Prof. R. Camerlo), Politecnico di
Torino
• 2010/2011: “Linear Algebra and Geometry” (Prof. P. Valabrega and G. Beccari),
Politecnico di Torino
• 2011/2012: “Partial Differential Equations” (Prof. H. Franklin), Université du Havre
• 2011/2012 and 2012/2013: “Linear Algebra” (Prof. A.-S. Lemaire), Université du
Havre
• from 2011: “General Mathematics” (Prof. A.-S. Lemaire), Université du Havre
“Functional Analysis” (Prof. S. Maingot), Université du Havre
• 2015/2016: “Ordinary Differential Equations” (Prof. B. Ambrosio), Université du
Havre
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Teaching
• from 2011: “Elementary Mathematics for Biologists” (Course + Tutorial), Université
du Havre
• from 2012: “Partial Differential Equations” (Course + Tutorial), Université du Havre
• 2013: “Des EDO pour modéliser des problèmes concrets: de la dynamique de population aux neurosciences” in the Summer School “Mathématiques et Sciences du
vivant”, Université de Rouen, June 3-7, (with N. Corson)
• from 2013: “Mathematics upgrade course” (Course + Tutorial), Université du Havre
Popularization of Science
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the “Semaine des mathématiques” for high
school students: preparation of several posters on the career of a mathematician and
on the applications of mathematics + talk about “Mathématiques et Biologie: La
mathématique des vaisseaux...sanguins”
Languages
Italian:
Mother tongue
English: TOEFL Certificate (CBT - Computer Based Test), score of 257 out of 300
French: Intermediate knowledge
Spanish: Intermediate knowledge
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