Mission and Organization
Our PhD program is a three years research degree structured in two curricula:
- Computer Science
- Systems Engineering
In all these areas, our PhD students are expected to acquire broad foundations on both practical and theoretical aspects, learn how to conduct high quality research, and solve important research questions of a specific area.
Research Activities
The research lines can be classified according to the research programs of our department:
- Artificial intelligence and Multi-agent Systems
- Data Science and Engineering
- Secure and Reliable Systems (see also the new PhD Program in Security, Risk, and Vulnerability)
- Systems Engineering
- Human-Computer Interaction (see also the PhD Program in Digital Humanities)
- Science and Technology for Health (see also the PhD Program in Bioengineering and Robotics)
Please consult the research page page for more details on activities and projects carried out at DIBRIS, and the specific research projects page for an updated list of PhD project proposed by DIBRIS research groups.
Training Activities and Study Plan
Training activities include attending classes, national and/or international schools on advanced topics, seminars, and conferences.
Please consult the Activities and Credit System internal page (see also the entry in the left) for more details on research activities of our program.
Infrastructures
Phd students have access to all Unige/Dibris facilities including office and common rooms both in Villa Bonino, Valletta Puggia and Savona, computer and research labs, bibliotheques, and canteen. More than 20 workstations are available at the students of the computer science curriculumin in the room 309 of Valletta Puggia. Other workstations are available in research labs dedicates to specific activities in Savona and Villa Bonino.
International dimension
The PhD Program has established agreements for double degrees with RWTH Aachen and University Denis Diderot, collaborations with and external board members of several International Research Institutes such as the University of Maryland, Purdue University, MIT, etc.
The PhD Program encourages visits of PhD students to foreign institutions as part of the PhD training, for a maximum of 18 months over the 3 years program. Such visits must be approved by the PhD Coordinator (visits below 6 months) or by the PhD Program Committee (visits over six months).
Career opportunities
A PhD degree in Computer Science and Systems Engineering opens a variety of career opportunities. Natural outcomes are in academic or research institutions or else in R&D departments of national and international companies. Further career opportunities, not strictly related to research, but still leveraging on the role of ‘innovators’, include the establishment of spin-off companies or consultancy.
Success stories
C. Calcagno, Software Engineering at Facebook (che ha acquistato sua start-up)
F. Cavalieri, CTO di Reportix, Zurigo
A. Solimando, SW Developer at Amadeus IT Group
M. Dell’Amico, Researcher at Symantec Research Lab, Nizza
R. Traverso, Analista programmatore a PerVoice, Trento
G. Desiderà, Quality assurance manager, Siemens at Hylasoft
G. Quercini, Assistant Professor, L2S, Supelec Parigi
M. Ferrante, E-learning coordinator Unige
A. Maddalena, Head ICT Office IIT Genova
P. Bonetto, Service Engineering at Carestream Health
I. Merlo, Senior Software Analyst at NTT Data Italia
S. Masecchia, Software Engineering at Camelot, Genova
E. Delponte, Communication specialist, Konica Minolta Lab Europe
E. Coscia, R&I Director Holonix
A. Galizia, E. Danovaro, D. D’agostino, CNR/CNR-Imati
F. Isgrò, Professore associato presso l’Università Federico II di Napoli
G. Valentini, Professore ordinario presso l’Università Statale di Milano
G. Vicidomini, Senior researcher, Tenure-track IIT
N. Pietroni, Ricercatore CNR
D. Panozzo, Professor at NYU
P. Gasti, Associate Professor at New York Institute of Technology
L. Rocca, E. Danovaro, CNR-Imati (ricercatori)
D. Buscaldi, Parigi 13 (maitre de conference)
A. Stocco, British Columbia (postdoc)
A. Agibetov, Medical University of Vienna
I. Banerjee, Stanford University
M. Filippone, Eurecom, Nizza (assistant professor)
M. Servetto, Lecturer presso University of Wellington
D. Briola, RTDA presso Università Milano Bicocca
M. Bertolotto, Lecturer presso University College Dublino
M. Mesiti, Professore associato presso l’Università Statale di Milano
M. Bozzano, Tenure-track at FBK Trento
G. Ateniese, Professore Univ. La Sapienza di Roma
F. Zini, Research associate, Univ. Bologna
L. Paolini, Prof. Associato, Univ. Torino
F. Camastra, Prof. Associato, Università di Napoli Partenope
G. Ciaccio, G. Guerrini, P. Magillo, F. Odone, V. Mascardi, L. Rosasco, A. Barla, G. Lagorio, N. Noceti, Computer Science, University of Genova
A. Merlo, Computer Engineering, University of Genova
