Erasmo TaniCurriculum Vitae

Education2017-Present PhD Computer Science, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Working under the supervision of Professor Alina Ene and Professor Lorenzo Orecchia.2013–2017 Master of Engineering in Mathematics and Computer Science, University of

Bristol, Bristol, UK.Graduated at the top of my cohort.

Selected Awards2017 Dean’s Fellowship, Boston University.

Awarded non-service fellowship to pursue my first year of PhD at Boston University2017 Top Computer Science and Mathematics Student, University of Bristol.

Graduated with the single highest average score (GPA) in my cohort2016 Bloomberg Prize: Top 5 Penultimate Year Students in Computer Science,

University of Bristol.Achieved the single highest average grade out of all (approximately 40) third year studentsin my program at the University of Bristol

2015 Netcraft Prize: Top 10 Second Year Students in Computer Science, Univer-sity of Bristol.Achieved the single highest average grade out of all (125) second year students in myprogram at the University of Bristol

2015 Faculty of Engineering Prize Studentship, University of Bristol.Awarded a studentship on the basis of academic merit to undertake a research project inthe Faculty of Engineering in the summer of 2016

2015 Bristol PLUS Award, University of Bristol.Conferred the PLUS Award by the University of Bristol Careers Service for life skills gainedthrough extra-curricular activities

2011 United World College Scholarship.Selected for a full scholarship to study at UWCSEA, Singapore, for two years, offered bythe United World Colleges’ Italian National Committee

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Research InterestsComputing Optimization, Machine Learning, Randomized Algorithms, Data Mining

Mathematics Spectral Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Probability

Prior Research Experience (Undergraduate)Summer 2016 Research Intern in Algorithms, University of Bristol.

Worked on Spectral Graph Theory and Sparsification Algorithms under the supervision ofDr. He Sun

Summer 2015 Research Intern in Cryptography, University of Bristol.Worked on implementing a secure multi-party computation protocol under the supervisionof Prof. Nigel Smart

Teaching / Grading ExperienceSpring 2019 Teaching Fellow, CS237 Probability in Computing, Boston University.

Teaching probability to undergraduate students in computer scienceFall 2018 Grader, CS591 E1 Advanced Optimization Algorithms, Boston University.

Grader for the unit run by Prof. Alina EneSpring 2018 Grader, CS537 Randomness in Computing, Boston University.

Grader for the unit run by Prof. Sofya RaskhodnikovaSpring 2017 Tutor, Theory of Computation Computer Science Unit, University of Bristol.

Running weekly problem classes and helping students with TOC homeworkFall 2016 Teaching Assistant, Group Theory 3 Maths Café, University of Bristol.

Selected to run weekly problem classes and help students with Group Theory homeworkSpring 2016 Teaching Assistant, Combinatorics 2 Maths Café, University of Bristol.

Selected to run weekly problem classes and help students with Combinatorics homeworkSpring 2016 Tutor, Theory of Computation Computer Science Unit, University of Bristol.

Running weekly problem classes and helping students with TOC homeworkSpring 2015 Teaching Assistant, Programming and Algorithms II, University of Bristol.

Helping students working on their programming coursework in the computer labs2014-2015 Teaching Assistant, Programming and Algorithms I, University of Bristol.

Helping students working on their programming coursework in the computer labs

ProgrammingProficient C, Java, Python

Intermediate SQL, C++ and Javascript (Including NodeJS)Beginner PHP, Haskell and Pascal

Human LanguagesItalian NativeEnglish Full Professional FluencyFrench Lower Intermediate

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