CURRICULUM Name: Maria Cristina Pedicchi Date f birth: 9.8.1953 Place f birth: Trieste, Italy Natinality: Italian Academic title: Degree in Mathematics at the University f Trieste n 30.10.1976 with marks 110/110 cum laude. Psitin: full prfessr f Algebra A01B sectr, University f Trieste Faculty f Sciences Main appintments: President f the AREA Science Park f Trieste President f the Centre fr Mlecular Bimedicine, management bdy f the Technlgy District f the Regin Friuli Venezia Giulia (Agreement signed in Octber 2004 by the Ministry fr Educatin, University and Research and the Reginal Authrity f Friuli Venezia Giulia) President f the Netwrk f natinal and internatinal research centres in Trieste and in Friuli Venezia Giulia (40 institutins) Representative f the Ministry fr Educatin, University and Research in the Bard f Directrs f SISSA Internatinal Schl fr Advanced Studies Representative f the Ministry fr Educatin, University and Research at the Eurpean Cmmissin in the Grup f experts Increasing mbility and enhancing Eurpean cperatin Representative f the Ministry fr Educatin, University and Research at the Eurpean Cmmissin in the Steering Grup n Human Resurces and Mbility in the Eurpean Research Area Representative f the Ministry fr Educatin, University and Research at the Eurpean Cmmissin in the fllwing wrking grups: - Prtability f student grants: legal instruments - Sci ecnmic situatin f the Erasmus Students - Quality assurance in Erasmus mbility and cmpliance with the Erasmus University Charter. Member f the Administrative Bard f the Italian Assciatin fr Industrial Research (AIRI) Member f the Technical Scientific Bard f the Natinal Agency fr the Prmtin f Eurpean Research (APRE) 1 M. Cristina Pedicchi
Member f the Administrative Bard f the Natinal Centre fr Bilgical Resurces Member f the Bard f Directrs f the Internatinal Schl f Trieste (IST) Member f the Bard f Directrs f the United Wrld Cllege f the Adriatic Lecturer f the Master in Management f Universities and Research Institutins at the Schl f Management f the Plitecnic di Milan Past appintments: President f the Reginal Institute fr the Right t Academic Educatin f Trieste Natinal President f the Assciatin fr the Right t Academic Educatin Member f the Institutinal Jint Cmmittee fr the Prblems f the Slvene Minrity Member f the Bard f Directrs f the Eurpean University Netwrk Santander Representative f the Ministry fr Educatin, University and Research as expert in the wrking grup fr the review f laws n the right t academic educatin C-rdinatr f several Eurpean prjects ACTIVITIES WITHIN RESEARCH INSTITUTES As President f the AREA Science Park, the largest Italian Science and Technlgy Park, she is fstering several initiatives in the fllwing sectrs: - Technlgy transfer - Disseminatin f innvatin - Link between academia and industry - Mbility f researchers - Training - Science cmmunicatin and scientific turism. The main purpse is creating an effective and internatinal system t integrate research and SME s. She is cnstantly invited as speaker in many natinal and internatinal meetings n training and educatin. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES She is an internatinally knwn researcher and authr f mre than fifty scientific papers in the sectr f Mathematics Algebra, published in imprtant internatinal jurnals. She has been invited as visiting prfessr in the fllwing universities: 2 M. Cristina Pedicchi
Université Cathlique de Luvain (Belgium); Yrk University (Ontari, Canada); Mac Master University (Hamiltn, Canada); University f British Clumbia (Canada); Mc Gill University (Mntreal, Canada); Università di Milan; Sydney University (Australia); Cambridge University (U.K.); Cape Twn University ( Suth Africa); Munt Allisn University (Sackville, Canada); Brn University (Tzchech Republic); Dalhusie University (Halifax, Canada); Academy f Science (Budapest, Hungary); Charles University (Prague, Tzchech Republic). She participated as speaker t many internatinal meetings in the sectrs f Algebra and Categrical Algebra. Editrial bards - Member f the Editrial bard f the internatinal jurnal Hmlgy, Hmtpy and Applicatins - Member f the Editrial bard f the internatinal jurnal Applied Categrical Structures. Further activities - Supervisr f research theses in Mathematics University f Trieste. - Supervisr f undergraduate theses and dctral theses at the University Luvain la Neuve - Belgium. - Referee in Categry Thery fr internatinal jurnals. - Member f the research grups f the Natinal Cuncil fr Scientific Research. - Organizer f internatinal meetings. - Editr f the Prceedings f the Meeting CT 90. - Editr f the vlume Atlantis (c-peratin UE Canada) New avenues in the teaching f mathematics 2004. Since 1999 she has als published several articles n research and innvatin picies and mbility f human resurces such as: - Internatinal mbility f university students. Plicy evaluatin and innvative experiences. Editrs Giuseppe De Rita, Anna Laura Trmbetti Budriesi, Il Mulin, 2006 3 M. Cristina Pedicchi
DIDACTIC ACTIVITIES She hlds the chair f Algebra in the curriculum fr the Mathematics degree f Trieste Furthermre she lectured in many curses in the sectr f Mathematics bth fr the Faculty f Sciences and fr the Faculty f Architecture. In the many curses she held, she has always invlved the students int an active participatin t learning by jining the lessns with articulate didactic activities such as seminars, reading and discussin f research papers. In particular students f the Higher Algebra curse have been stimulated int creative studying thus having leading rles in the learning prcess, and intrducing them als t research. Fr the students f the first years, in particular in the Basic Math curse fr Architecture students, innvative teaching frmulas have been designed. They have t take int cnsideratin als prblemslving appraches s as t stimulate greater interest and awareness in the learning f Mathematics. Didactic activities abrad - in English: Calculus curse at Yrk University - Trnt - Canada - 1984. - in French: Techniques in Categrical Algebra, Dctral curse at the University f Luvain La Neuve - Belgium - 1994. - in French: Mal cev Categries curse at the University f Luvain La Neuve - Belgium - 1997. - in English : Algebraic Theries curse Summer Schl - Cimbra - Prtugal 1999. In the past few years she has als lectured n research and innvatin in several universities such as: - MIP Schl f Management, Plitecnic di Milan - University f Naples Federic II ACTIVITIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GUIDANCE In the past ten years Maria Cristina Pedicchi cmmitted herself with great interest and dedicatin t the develpment f a series f initiatives dealing with internatinal activities and the prmtin f Eurpean prjects (and nt nly) bth as far as research and as far as mbility are cncerned. She was ne f the first prmters f the Scrates activities, t which she gave a relevant bst and she has implemented several innvative initiatives in the sectr f mbility between academia and industry. The strng belief that internatinal experiences - including traineeships - have becme elements which cannt be renunced fr the persnal and cultural training f the yung peple, led her t successfully fster several c-peratin prjects financed by the Eurpean Cmmissin, amng which there is a prestigius cllabratin prject between the Eurpean Unin and Canada. She is cnstantly invited as speaker at natinal and Eurpean meetings n educatinal and training plicies fr the yuth. 4 M. Cristina Pedicchi
Main psitins and activities - Representative f the Ministry fr Educatin, University and Research at the Eurpean Cmmissin in the Steering Grup n Human Resurces and Mbility in the Eurpean Research Area. - Representative f the Ministry fr Educatin, University and Research at the Eurpean Cmmissin in the fllwing wrking grups: Increasing mbility and enhancing Eurpean cperatin Prtability f student grants: legal instruments Sci ecnmic situatin f the Erasmus Students Quality assurance in Erasmus mbility and cmpliance with the Erasmus University Charter. - Representative f the Ministry f Educatin, University and Research in the Wrking Grup fr the review f laws n the right t university educatin. - Expert f the Eurpean Cmmissin fr the preparatin f the Actin Plan fr Mbility Cuncil f Nice 2000. - Delegate f the Rectr (University f Trieste) fr the Eurpean Unin s prjects Lenard da Vinci. - Member f the Eurpean Bard f Directrs f the Santander Grup. - Prpser and c-rdinatr f many Eurpean prjects Scrates/Erasmus, Tempus and Lenard. - Prpser, c-rdinatr and directr f several prjects fr the evaluatin f mbility - Cnsultant fr the Nettun assciatin (Italian netwrk fr lng-distance teaching) n Eurpean prjects dealing with academic learning. - Authr f several articles n students mbility, tutring and the emplyment f yung peple. - Leader and authr f many papers n internatinal mbility. - As President f AREA Science Park she is cnstantly invited at natinal and internatinal meetings n research and innvatin plicies. Maria Cristina Pedicchi Dipartiment di Scienze Matematiche, Università degli Studi di Trieste - 34100 Trieste, Italy. tel. +39 040 5582648 fax +39 040 5582636 e.m. pedicchi@univ.trieste.it AREA Science Park Padrician, 99 34012 Trieste, Italy tel.+39 040 3755201 fax +39 040 226698 e.m. presidente@area.trieste.it 5 M. Cristina Pedicchi
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