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.

My Journey
Freelancer
Launch of freelance career focused on developing custom software solutions and producing professional visual content.
PanDelos-plus Preprint
First author of the paper 'PanDelos-plus: A parallel algorithm for computing sequence homology in pangenomic analysis', released on arXiv.
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.
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.
BBCC2024 Conference - Naples
Presented PanDelos-plus at the BBCC2024 conference in Naples.
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.
Bioinformatics Internship
Developed parallel software for pangenome analysis using C++, Python, and Bash.
Open Source Collaboration
Founded and maintained unipr-org, an organization dedicated to collaborative open-source projects for university students.
Freelance Tutor & Photographer
Provided tutoring in C, C++, Java, Python, algorithms, and web development. Offered professional photography services for events.
MazeProject - Science Outreach
Created a web application to visualize graph search algorithms for the European Researchers' Night.
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)