About Me

Hi, I'm Simone! I'm a Computer Science Master's student, passionate about software development and photography. My journey, both personal and academic, began as a child with artistic roller skating—a sport that taught me the values of resilience, discipline, and patience. Over the years, I learned the organizational skills needed to balance life as an athlete and a student. Today, those same lessons allow me to manage the rigor of my academic path and the attention to detail I apply to my projects.

Throughout my academic and professional career, I have explored complex and diverse fields: from bioinformatics and parallel computing to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. My experience spans from web development to operating system management and server environment configuration—areas that have given me a broad understanding of software infrastructure. I believe in the value of technical knowledge sharing, which is why I actively participate in open-source projects and community collaborations.

The passion I dedicated to sport for many years led me back to where I grew up, but with a new perspective. My goal today is to immortalize athletic gestures and the emotion of competition through sports photography. Along the way, I also love capturing the most significant moments in people's lives, such as graduations and events, as well as the small details of nature.

Simone Colli

My Journey

2025

Freelancer

Launch of freelance career focused on developing custom software solutions and producing professional visual content.

2025

PanDelos-plus Preprint

First author of the paper 'PanDelos-plus: A parallel algorithm for computing sequence homology in pangenomic analysis', released on arXiv.

2025

Teaching Assistant & Seminars

Tutor for Operating Systems and Software Engineering courses at the University of Parma. Speaker at seminars on tutoring methodologies and Python programming.

2024

Tutoring Perspectives

Delivered the talk 'Il tutorato da diverse prospettive e strumenti informatici a supporto', focusing on methodologies and software tools to support academic mentoring.

2024

BBCC2024 Conference - Naples

Presented PanDelos-plus at the BBCC2024 conference in Naples.

2024

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Graduated with a thesis on a parallel algorithm for pangenomic sequence analysis. Enrolled in the Master's degree program in Computer Science at the University of Parma.

2024

Bioinformatics Internship

Developed parallel software for pangenome analysis using C++, Python, and Bash.

2023

Open Source Collaboration

Founded and maintained unipr-org, an organization dedicated to collaborative open-source projects for university students.

2022

Freelance Tutor & Photographer

Provided tutoring in C, C++, Java, Python, algorithms, and web development. Offered professional photography services for events.

2021

MazeProject - Science Outreach

Created a web application to visualize graph search algorithms for the European Researchers' Night.

2007 - 2023

Cybersecurity Training

Completed CyberChallenge.it, a national training program in cybersecurity and CTF competitions.

Skills & Expertise

Primary Languages

  • C++
  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Bash

Other Languages

  • C
  • C#
  • Objective-C
  • PHP
  • LaTeX
  • Markdown
  • StrictDoc
  • Matlab
  • YAML
  • SQL

Databases

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL

Operating Systems

  • Linux
  • MAC OSX
  • Windows
  • Windows Server 2019

IDEs & Editors

  • Visual Studio Code
  • Eclipse
  • Android Studio
  • Xcode
  • Jupyter notebook
  • Google Colab
  • MATLAB IDE
  • Sublime Text
  • Nano

Frameworks & Tools

  • JQuery
  • Bootstrap
  • Tailwind
  • React
  • Laravel
  • Flask
  • nginx
  • Apache web server
  • Git
  • Hyper-V
  • Oracle virtual box
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Masterwork
  • AutoCAD
  • GitHub
  • OpenMP
  • MPI
  • CUDA

Creative Tools

  • Microsoft Office
  • Darktable
  • Adobe Lightroom Classic
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Davinci Resolve
  • Audacity

Soft Skills

  • Problem solving
  • Critical thinking
  • Time management
  • Adaptability
  • Flexibility
  • Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Organization
  • Teamwork
  • Stress management
  • Self-development
  • Resilience
  • Patience
  • Punctuality
  • Perseverance

Spoken Languages

  • Italian (native)
  • English (Intermediate)
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