Assistant Professor (junior, fixed term)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna
Michael Lodi
University of Bologna
Biography
BSc, MSc, PhD in Computer Science, High School teaching licence in CS.
From February 2023 is junior Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering @ UniBO.
He has been Research fellow and Adjunct Professor of CS Education, dept. of CSE, University of Bologna.
He focuses on the introduction of Computer Science and Computational Thinking in K-12 education, with a particular interest in teacher training and professional development. He also focuses on education of topics like cryptography, HPC and quantum computing
In A.Y. 2018-2019 he was visiting Computer Science Education Research Group, led by Prof. Tim Bell, at University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
From 1st November 2016 was PhD student in computer science, supervised by Prof. Simone Martini.
Academic Positions
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Present2023
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2022Nov. 2019
Adjunct Professor of CS Education
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna
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2022Nov. 2019
Post-doc reserach fellow
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna
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Apr. 2020Nov. 2016
PhD Student in Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna
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Present2017
Member of INRIA Focus
INRIA Focus team – Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée
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PresentMay 2016
``Cultore della materia`` in “Didattica generale e tecnologie educative”
CdLMCU in Scienze della Formazione primaria, University of Bologna
Education & Training
- Ph.D. April 2020
Computer Science and Engineering (grade: excellent)
Università di Bologna
- High School Teaching License July 2015
Computer Science (A-41) (Grade: 99/100)
Università di Bologna
- Master degree March 2014
Computer Science (Theoretical CS) - cum laude
Università di Bologna
- Bachelor degree October 2010
Computer Science - cum laude
Università di Bologna
- High school license July 2007
Accountancy and programming - cum laude
ITC G. Salveimini
Awards and Grants
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2019-2021Post-doc research grantTwo years of funding for research on CS Education
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2016-2019Italian Ministry of Education PhD grantThree years funding for my PhD
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mar 20183rd place at 3MT - University of BolognaThird place at Bologna’s edition of international competition Three Minute Thesis
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2015AICA - Rotary International ``ETHICS`` priceMy master degree thesis was awarded from AICA (Italian association for computing) and Rotary International with a monetary price as one of the best thesis in the theme of “Ethics in TIC”
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2011AILA Price 3+2 for best thesis in LogicMy bachelor degree thesis was awarded from AILA (Italian Association for Logic and Applications) as one of the best Bachelor Thesis in Logic
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2007High School Italian ExcelenceMonetary price and inclusion in the Italian list of excellences for achieving Laude in High School Final Exam