AB. in Stats & CS and M.Sc. in CS @ Harvard || Tedx Speaker || Myllenium Award (2022) || Nova 111 List U25 in CS (2023)
My name is Giovanni and I am a rising Junior at Harvard studying an A.B. in Statistics + Computer Science and a concurrent S.M. in Computer Science. I am from a small town in southern Italy and graduated from a public high school in the province of Naples, where the high school dropout rate is more than twice the European average.
From a young age, I had to self-learn English and Mathematics, with 70% of my teachers not even having a Bachelor's degree. Then, I fell in love with Computer Science during my Freshman Year at Harvard and went all the way to graduate courses and research. I am also one of the only 10 Harvard College Students selected as a Robert family fellow for potential innovators, being able to study MBA classes. I am a 2 times gold medal in philosophy olympiad and have worked with the Italian parliament in the past
I love game theory, hiking, AI safety, and philosophy.
Recognized as one of the most disruptive 20 Italians U30 in 2022 at MylleniumAwards
Ranked among top 10 Italian Computer Science talents Under 25 (By Nova Talent)
Winner of Harvard Center of European Studies Grant Award Summer 2023
Represented Italian Students at "Procida Capitale della Cultura" presidential ceremony
Received Rotary Club's Paul Harris Medal for social service at 18 (Youngest in history)
Gold Medalist in Philosophy Olympiads and 4th at the IPO in 2021 & 2022
Chosen as one of the 61 high school students in Italy for "I Fuoriclasse della Scuola" aimed to prize the merit of the highest achieving students in Italy by Olympiads medal (First in History to Win this Award for two consecutive years)
Programming: Python, R, C, SQL, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, OCaml, MATLAB, TensorFlow, PyTorch, RedShift (AWS), Excel
Languages: Italian (native), English(advanced/bilingual), Spanish (beginner)
Interests: Hiking, Backpacking, Linguistics, Philosophy, Poker