Dr. Elena Gavagnin

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer and Senior Project Leader for Data Science

elena.gavagnin.ch

Professional development teaching

CAS Data Competence for Business

Expertise and research interests

Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
Computational Astrophysics

Educational background

02/2017 - PhD, University Zürich, Institute for Computational Science
12/2012 - MSc in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Università degli Studi di Bologna
12/2010 - BSc in Physics, Università degli Studi di Bologna

Professional milestones

2017 - 2019 Business Intelligence Data Scientist, SWISS Intl. Air Lines
2013 - 2017 Research Assistant, University Zürich

Projects

• Tele-Assessment: Nutzung von Deep Learning zur Beurteilung der Kinematik der oberen Gliedmassen nach Schlaganfall mit handelsüblichen Webcams / Team member / Project ongoing
• Square Kilometre Array: Simulierte astronomische Beobachtungen durch generative Deep Learning / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Digital Companion / Team member / Project ongoing
• Dynamische Preisgestaltung gegen Food-Waste in der Hochschulgastronomie / Project leader / Project completed
• Akzeptanz einer App zur Kontaktnachverfolgung von SARS-CoV-2 in der Schweizer Bevölkerung / Team member / Project completed
• Gamification: Ein browserbasiertes Tool für Experimente / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Schilling, Frank-Peter; Flumini, Dandolo; Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel; Gavagnin, Elena; Geller, Armando; Quarteroni, Silvia; Stadelmann, Thilo,

  2022.

  Foundations of Data Science : a comprehensive overview formed at the 1st International Symposium on the Science of Data Science.

  Archives of Data Science, Series A.

  8(2).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24982

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Elena Gavagnin, Andreas Bleuler, Joakim Rosdahl, Romain Teyssier, Star cluster formation in a turbulent molecular cloud self-regulated by photoionization feedback, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 472, Issue 4, December 2017, Pages 4155–4172, doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2222

Elena Gavagnin, Michela Mapelli, George Lake, A critical look at the merger scenario to explain multiple populations and rotation in iron-complex globular clusters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 461, Issue 2, 11 September 2016, Pages 1276–1287, doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1397

M. Mapelli, A. Vallenari, R. D. Jeffries, E. Gavagnin, T. Cantat-Gaudin, G. G. Sacco, M. R. Meyer, E. J. Alfaro, M. Costado, F. Damiani, A. Frasca, A. C. Lanzafame, S. Randich, R. Sordo, S. Zaggia, G. Micela, E. Flaccomio, E. Pancino, M. Bergemann, A. Hourihane, C. Lardo, L. Magrini, L. Morbidelli, L. Prisinzano and C. C. Worley, "The Gaia-ESO Survey: N-body modelling of the Gamma Velorum cluster", A&A, 578 (2015) A35, doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425514

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