Luca Ferranti

Luca Ferranti

Project Researcher

University of Vaasa

Biography

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style. - Maya Angelou

Open source, open science, open education and scientific computing enthusiast!

I have strong experiene in software development in Julia, both in industry and academia.

Broadly speaking, my research interests lie at the intersection of applied mathematics, computer science, and their application to engineering domains. I aim to bridge the gap between engineering and mathematicians, by exploring new computational methods for complex real world solutions.

I am always looking to learn more and apply my computational skills to new application domains. If you would like to chat with me, get in touch!


Download my academic resumé or my short resumé.

Interests

  • Scientific computing
  • Computer algebra
  • Automated reasoning
  • Interval methods
  • Fuzzy logic

Education

  • PhD in Computer Science, ongoing

    University of Vaasa

  • M.Sc. (with honours) in Electrical Engineering, 2019

    Tampere University

  • BSc (with honours) in Electrical Engineering, 2018

    Tampere University of Technology

Recent blogposts

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Julia Software Developer

PlantingSpace (freelancer)

Sep 2022 – Present remote
Developing algorithms in Julia for code generation, symbolic computations and automated reasoning. Tutoring new joiners in the use of Julia.
 
 
 
 
 

Project Researcher

University of Vaasa

Jan 2020 – Present Vaasa, Finland
  • research on computational methods for positioning

  • Project manager of INCUBATE, a research project for positioning with small satellites. Coordinating a team with 20 researchers across 4 Finnish institutions.

  • teaching 2 graduate level classes and supervised one master thesis

  • March 2020 - April 2020: visiting researcher in Lund University

 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Tampere University

May 2017 – Dec 2019 Tampere, Finland
Different positions:

  • June 2019 - Dec 2019: Master thesis worker, thesis on image-based localization

  • Dec 2018 - May 2019: GPU programming for image denoising

  • May 2017 - Dec 2018: numerical methods for heat transfer problems in superconducting cables, TA in basic courses of electrical engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Employee

McDonalds

Oct 2015 – May 2017 Tampere, Finland

 
 
 
 
 

Italian teacher

Tampere Classical High School

Aug 2015 – Sep 2015 Tampere, Finland
Taught an introductory Italian course to students leaving to Italy for exchange
 
 
 
 
 

Italian teacher

Onlus terzavia

Sept 2014 – Apr 2015 Ancona, Italy
As volunteer job, I taught Italian to immigrants targetting level from A1 to B2