Simone Faro

Simone Faro is an Associate Professor at the University of Catania, affiliated with the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. He has held this position since 2015, after serving as a University Researcher from 2006 to 2015.

• Teaches Algorithms and Laboratory (Bachelor's L31) and Quantum Computer Programming (Master's LM18)
• Also teaches Computer Science (Bachelor's L20) and previously held Computational Linguistics (Master's LM49) at the Department of Humanities

Research Focus:

• Algorithmic solutions for text-processing and natural language processing
• Combinatorial algorithms on graphs and networks
• Privacy-preserving text processing
• Bit-parallel automata simulations
• Quantum domain algorithm design

Research Projects:

• Co-Principal Investigator for STORAGE (2020), University of Catania
• Responsible for Scientific Degrees Plan (PLS 2019/21)
• Component in Godscapes project (2020) and COMPACT project (2015)
• Principal Investigator for multiple string matching and secure text processing projects

Editorial Roles:

• Guest Editor for Algorithms journal (MDPI) special issues
• Editor for String Processing and Combinatorial Algorithms (Springer Nature)
• Member of Le Matematiche editorial team

Contact: faro@dmi.unict.it | simone.faro@unict.it