Stefano Diomedi
Date of birth: 25 December 1991
Street addres: Vicolo Bianchetti 4, 40125 Bologna, Italy
Telephone: +39 339 855 08 59
E-Mail: stefano.diomedi2@unibo.it
EDUCATION
RESEARCH FELLOW Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences
2021-2022 Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
Laboratory Neurophysiology of the Visuomotor Systems
Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences
PH.D. Course of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences
2018-2021 Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
Laboratory Neurophysiology of the Visuomotor Systems
Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences
Supervisor Prof. Patrizia Fattori
Thesis “Neural states in parietal areas during arm reaching”
Activites Analysis of macaque elettrophisiological recording by implementing machine learning methods in MATLAB environment.
MASTER DEGREE Mathematics
2015-2018 Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
Thesis “Reconstruction of retinotopic maps by Gabor filtres”
Relator: Prof. Giovanna Citti; Co-relator: Ph.D. Noemi Montobbio
Activites Analysis of human fMRI data by implementing mathematical model in MATLAB environment and visualisation using FreeSurfer software.
BACHELOR DEGREE Mathematics
2011-2015 Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
Thesis “Wiener’s attack to RSA”
Relator: prof. Davide Aliffi
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
COURSE “FELASA accredited Course "EUPRIM-Net Laboratory Animal Science Course on Non-Human Primates"
12-23 April 2021 Online
Organized by DPZ, Gottingen - Germany
COURSE “Computational Matemathics”
Feb – Jun 2021 Bologna (BO), Italy
Organized by Bachelor degree in Matemathics– University of Bologna
WORKSHOP “Animal Welfare of non-human primates and other large laboratory animals”
28-29 Sept 2020 Online
COST action CA 15131: PrimTrain
COURSE “Employment of animals for scientific and educative purpose – Level 1”
28 Jan 4-5 Feb 2020 Bologna (BO), Italy
Organized by Dept. of Veterinary Medical Sciences and AUSL MODENA University of Bologna
SUMMER SCHOOL “Brain reading and writing new perspectives of neurotechnology”
2-8 Jun 2019 Bertinoro (FC), Italy
Organized by Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
COURSE “Epigeum Ph.D. of Medical School Level 1 Accademic English”
Apr-May 2019 Bologna (BO), Italy
Organized by University Language Center (CLA) – University of Bologna
COURSE “Statistical models and application”
Mar – May 2019
Organized by Master degree in Statistical Sciences – University of Bologna
WORKSHOP “Intelligent Machines and Mathematics”
28 Jan 2019 Bologna (BO), Italy
Organized by Dept. of Mathematics – University of Bologna
WORKSHOP “Evidence based training of large laboratory animals”
11 Jan 2019 Leuven, Belgium
Organized by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
COST action CA 15131: PrimTrain - KU Leuven (Belgium)
COURSE “Cognitive Neurophisiology”
Feb-May 2019 Bologna (BO), Italy
Organized by Master degree in Pharmacy– University of Bologna
COURSE “Machine learning”
Oct-Dec 2018 Bologna (BO), Italy
Organized by Master degree in Computer Science – University of Bologna
CONFERENCE “Sub-Riemannian Geometry Harmonic Analysis, PDE and Application”
24-27 Jan 2018 Bologna (BO), Italy
Organized by Dept. of Mathematics– University of Bologna
PUBBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTER (ACCEPTED)
Diomedi, S., Vaccari, F.E., Hadjidimitrakis, K., Fattori, P.
2021
Using HMM to model neural dynamics and decode useful signals for neuroprosthetic control
Hidden Markov Models and Applications Book, Ed. Springer
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Diomedi, S., Vaccari, F.E., Galletti, C., Hadjidimitrakis, K., Fattori, P.
Jul 2021
Motor-like neural dynamics in two parietal areas during arm reaching
Progress in Neurobiology, 205,102116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2021.102116
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Vaccari, F.E., Diomedi, S., Filippini, M., Galletti, C., Fattori, P.
Jun 2021
A Poisson generalized linear model application to disentangle the effects of various parameters on neurophysiological discharges
STAR Protocols, 2(2), 100413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100413
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Gamberini, M., Passarelli, L., Impieri, D., Montanari, G., Diomedi, S., Worthy, K. H., Burman, K. J., Reser, D. H., Fattori, P., Galletti, C., Bakola, S., Rosa, M. G. P.
May 2021
Claustral Input to the Macaque Medial Posterior Parietal Cortex (Superior Parietal Lobule and Adjacent Areas)
Cerebral Cortex, bhab108. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab108
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Diomedi, S., Vaccari, F.E., Filippini, M., Fattori, P., Galletti, C.
Oct 2021
Mixed Selectivity in Macaque Medial Parietal Cortex during Eye Hand Reaching
IScience, 23(10), 101616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101616
SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTS
Nov 2021
Diomedi, S., Vaccari, F.E., Galletti, C., Hadjidimitrakis, K., Fattori, P.
“Evidence for motor-related neural states in posterior parietal cortex”
50 th Annual meeting ofSociety for Neuroscience (Chicago, IL, US)
Nov 2021
Vaccari, F.E., Diomedi, S., Gamberini, M., Filippini, M., Fattori, P.
“Simultaneous decoding of reaching goals and task phases from medial parietal areas using a Hidden Markov Model”
50 th Annual meeting ofSociety for Neuroscience (Chicago, IL, US)
Jul 2021
Vaccari, F.E., Diomedi, S., Filippini, M., Fattori, P., Galletti, C.
“Mixed selectivity in macaque parietal cortex during arm reaching movements”
14 th Annual Meeting of Young Researchers in Physiology (Bertinoro, Italy)
May 2021
Vaccari F.E., Diomedi, S., Filippini M., Fattori P., Galletti C.
“Mixed selectivity in macaque medial parietal cortex for gaze and motor parameters”
Annual congress of Vision Sciences Society (Online)
May 2021
Gamberini, M., Passarelli, L., Impieri, D., Montanari, G., Diomedi, S., Worthy, K. H., Burman, K. J., Reser, D. H., Fattori, P., Bakola, S., Rosa, M. G. P., Galletti, C.
“Differential visuomotor and somatosensory claustral inputs to macaque medial posterior parietal cortex”
Annual congress of Vision Sciences Society (Online)
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
23 Set 2021
Diomedi, S., Vaccari, F.E.
TALK
“Neural dynamics in parietal areas during arm reaching”
MAIA project consortium meeting (Bologna, Italy)
Jul 2021
Diomedi, S., Vaccari, F.E., Hadjidimitrakis, K., Galletti, C., Fattori, P.
TALK
“Neural States in posterior parietal cortex during arm control”
14 th Annual Meeting of Young Researchers in Physiology (Bertinoro, Italy)
Organized by Società Italiana di Fisiologia.
May 2021
Diomedi, S., Vaccari, F.E., Galletti, C., Fattori, P.
POSTER
“How visual feedback influences neural dynamics in macaque medial posterior parietal cortex”
Annual congress of Vision Sciences Society (Online)
Sept 2019
Diomedi, S., Filippini, M., Breveglieri, R., Fattori, P.
POSTER
“Neural States in V6A during a reaching task”
Joint meeting of Federation of European Physiological Societies and the Italian Physiological Society (Bologna, Italy)
Jun 2019
Diomedi, S., Filippini, M., Breveglieri, R., Fattori, P.
POSTER
“A Hidden Markov Model to decode cognitive states from V6A neural activity during a reaching task”
Summer School “Brain reading and writing new perspectives of neurotechnology” Organized by Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) (Bertinoro, Italy)
REFEREE IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
2021 Scientific Report - Nature
PARTECIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
“MAIA: Multifuncional and Adaptive Interactive Artificial intelligence”
2021-2024
H2020-EIC-FETPROACT-2019-951910
NATIONAL PROJECT
“Sviluppo di interfacce cervello-macchina per migliorare le condizioni di vita di pazienticon deficit neurologici”
2018-2019
Bando Ricerca 2018/0373 - Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna (Italy)
NATIONAL PROJECT
“PACE: Performing Actions in a Changing Environment”
2019-2022
PRIN2017-2017KZNZLN - Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR, Italy)
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
“PLATIPUS: PLAsticiTY of Perceptual space Under Sensorimotor interactions”
2017-2020
EU H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016 734227 Platypus
TEACHING ACTIVITY AND SCIENCE DISSEMINATION
LESSON Hidden Markov Model in Neuroscience
09 Dec 2021 University of Bologna – Alma Mater Sudiorum – Cesena Campus
Degree programme First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Engineering
Course 05181 - Physiology
LESSON Neural states in parietal areas during arm reaching
01 Dec 2021 University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum
Degree programme Second cycle degree program (LM) in Pahrmaceutical Biotechnology
Course 90923 - Neurobiotechnology
LESSON How to track muscle activity and the kinematics of body parts
03 Nov 2021 University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum
Degree programme Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery
Course Physiology of musculoskeletal system
THESIS CO-SUPERVISOR
Supervision of experimental thesis in Biotechnology (Miriana Ghirelli)
2021
University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum
ACADEMIC TUTOR Course “Numerical Computing”
2020/2021-2019/2020-2018/2019
Bachelor degree in Mathematics, University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum
WEBINAR “Mixed Selectivity in Macaque Medial Parietal Cortex during Eye-Hand Reaching”
15 Dec 2020 Dept. of Mathematics, University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum
SEMINAR “Hidden Markov Model”
8 Feb 2019 Neurophysiology of the visuomotor system Laboratory,
Dept. of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum
SCIENCE DISSEMINATION
“Notte europea dei Ricercatori”
Sept. 2021,2020,2019, 2018
Bologna (Italy)
DATA MINING AND COMPUTER SKILLS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
MATLAB, Python, C/C++, CoCoA/Singular, OpenGL
SOFTWARES
Deeplabcut , FreeSurfer, Blender
ALGORITHMS AND MODELS
Generalized linear model, Hidden Markov Models, Neural Networks, Self Organizazion Maps, Singular Value Decomposition, Principal Components Analysis, LASSO regression analysis
COURSES
Numerical Computing – 9 CFU
Algorithms of the Theory of Numbers and Cryptography - 6 CFU
Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics - University of Bologna
Algebra and Geometry for applications – 6 CFU
Numerical Analysis - 6 CFU
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Software - 6 CFU
Computer Graphics - 6 CFU
Numerical Methods - 6 CFU
Information theory and Complexity - 6 CFU
Master degree in Applied Mathematics - University of Bologna
Programming - 12 CFU
Bachelor degree in Computer Science - University of Bologna
Machine Learning – 16 CFU
Master degree in Computer Science - University of Bologna
Statistical Models and Applications - 10 CFU
Master degree in Statistical Science - University of Bologna
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