... Alessandro Trenta

PhD student in AI and Mathematics, previously Data Scientist. Passionate about games and dance and sports.


Projects and Notes

Master thesis: PDF
Bachelor thesis: PDF
My solutions for Meccanica razionale written exams: Google Drive
Notes by Giacomo Mezzedimi: Giacomo Mezzedimi personal page
Notes by Simone Cappellini: Simone Cappellini personal page
Notes for ETI: Luca Tonelli personal page
Notes for Analisi 3: Emanuele Angilé personal page
Notes for Analisi su varietà: Giada Franz personal page


Publications

  • SONAR: Long-Range Propagation through Information Waves

    A. Trenta*, A. Gravina*, D. Bacciu
    Advances in Neural Information Processing (NeurIPS), 2025

    We employ the graph wave equation to model feature dynamics in GNNs, ensuring long-range propagation of information in message passing graph neural networks Read more

  • Port-Hamiltonian Architectural Bias for Long-Range Propagation in Deep Graph Networks

    S. Heilig*, A. Gravina*, A. Trenta, C. Gallicchio, D. Bacciu
    International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025

    We use an architectural bias from Port-Hamiltonian systems to ensure long-range propagation of information in message passing graph neural networks Read more

  • MultiSTOP: Solving Functional Equations with Reinforcement Learning

    A. Trenta, D. Bacciu, A. Cossu, P. Ferrero
    ICLR 2024 Workshop on AI 4 Differential Equations in Science

    Solving Conformal Field Theories functional equations with multiple constraints using Reinforcement Learning Read more


Education

Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)

Visiting PhD Student
Research period abroad on Causality for Dynamical Systems.
October 2023 - present

University of Pisa

National PhD in AI
National PhD in Artificial Intelligence. Working on Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Physics and Mathematics.
October 2023 - present

Scuola Normale Superiore

II Level Master's Degree in Mathematics
II Level Master's degree in Mathematics. Information theory and dynamical systems, quantitative finance, quantum information theory, statistical and machine learning models for time series analysis, explainable artificial intelligence.
October 2017 - October 2023

University of Pisa

Master's Degree in Mathematics (LM-40)
Master's degree in Mathematics, focusing on Statistics, Probability and Machine Learning
Thesis on Reinforcement Learning for Conformal Field Theories. Supervised by Prof. Davide Bacciu, Dr. Andrea Cossu and Dr. Pietro Ferrero

110/110 cum Laude

October 2020 - May 2023

University of Pisa

Bachelor Degree in Mathematics (L-35)
Bachelor's degree in Mathematics
Thesis on Information theory for Portfolio Selection. Supervised by Prof. Stefano Marmi.

110/110 cum Laude

October 2017 - September 2020

Experience

Data Scientist

Electra Vehicles Europe Inc.

Research and Development on AI and Machine learning algorithms coupled with Physics models for the study and prediction of EV batteries behavior and aging. Lead of the fault detection and prediction project. Developed an algorithm to predict cell degradation knee-points and catastrophic faults. Created a system able to learn and predict the driver's usage and consumption patterns of the EV.

November 2022 - October 2023

System Administrator and Maintainer

Scuola Normale Superiore - Part-time collaboration

Administration and maintenance of the computer rooms of Fermi college of Scuola Normale Supreriore (Debian GNU/Linux)

September 2019 - September 2022

Students Tutor

University of Pisa

Students tutoring for the "Analisi Dati" course by prof. Marco Romito. Machine learning both under theoretical and practical approach (R, Python, Tensorflow, Pytorch). Seminar on "Overfitting and Double Descent Curve in Neural Networks".

September 2021 - February 2022

Awards & Certifications

  • Bronze Medal at International Physics Olympiad 2017
  • Gold Medal at Italian National Mathematical Olympiad 2017
  • Gold Medal at Italian National Physics Olympiad 2017
  • Silver Medal at Italian National Mathematical Olympiad 2016
  • Bronze Medal at Italian National Physics Olympiad 2016
  • Bronze Medal at Italian National Mathematics Olympiad 2015