The Caianiello's Best PhD Thesis Award is devoted to young scholars who have completed their PhD thesis within three-calendar years preceding the WIRN current meeting.
The award is named after Prof. Eduardo R. Caianiello, founder of SIREN (Società Italiana Reti Neuroniche) in 1989 and pioneer of neural networks and computational neuroscience in Italy.
To be eligible for the competition the topic of the thesis must be among those presented in the current annual WIRN's call for paper.
Application Requirements
The application should include:
- A PDF file of the thesis
- An extended abstract
- List of relevant publications associated to the thesis
- Candidate's CV
The nomination documents should be submitted in one ARCHIVE trough WETRANSFER to the PhD committee:
- Anna Esposito (annesp.santucci@gmail.com)
- Francesco Carlo Morabito (morabito@unirc.it)
- Eros Pasero (eros.pasero@polito.it)
- Gennaro Cordasco (gcordasco@unisa.it)
Deadlines & Eligibility
Theses defended between June 1 2024 and May 30 2026.
The deadline for the submissions is April 30 2026.
Prizes
The 1st and 2nd prizes will be presented at the WIRN conference meeting and is accompanied by a free registration at WIRN meeting equivalent to 250 Euro including the social dinner.
Past Winners
2025
1st Prize : Marco Martino Rosso with the thesis “Machine Learning Perspectives in Structural Health Monitoring” from Polytechnic University of Turin
2nd prize : Pasquale De Luca with the thesis “Computational simulations of tumor angiogenesis: Reliability, efficiency and sustainability” from Parthenope University
2024
1st prize: Eleonora Grassucci from Università di Roma “La Sapienza”
2nd ex-aequo: Francesco Prinzi, from Università di Palermo, and Andrea Cossu, from University of Pisa
2023
1st ex-aequo: Marialucia Cuciniello with the thesis 'Psychological Monitoring of Mental Disorders Through Conversation'
1st ex-aequo: Gabriele Ciravegna with the thesis 'On the Two-fold Role of Logic Constraints in Deep Learning'