Emanuela Merelli

Emanuela Merelli is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Camerino. She leads the BioShape & Data Science Lab, established during her coordination of the EU-FET Project TOPDRIM, which focuses on topology-driven methods for complex systems. Her research integrates formal methods, algebraic topology, and data science to study biological systems like RNA folding and immune responses. She has held a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Oregon (2005) and remains active in European academic initiatives.

Research Interests: Interactive computation, topological field theory of data (TFTD), foundations of learning processes, cell cycle analysis in somatic/cancer cells, and complex systems modeling. Her work bridges theoretical computer science with systems biology, emphasizing topological approaches to data analysis.

Awards: Fulbright Fellow (2005), Fellow Member of COST Action CA19122 EUGAIn (promoting gender balance in informatics). She contributes to the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) through leadership roles and educational initiatives.

Professional Activities: Promotes open-access publications, organizes international conferences (e.g., ICALP 2022), and develops educational programs like the EATCS Young Researchers School on Complexity and Concurrency. Her work also extends to smart housing technologies for elderly care (Progetto SIAMADA) and seismic engineering applications.

Labs & Projects: Leads BioShape Lab exploring topological methods in biology and data science. Coordinates EU-funded projects on RNA structure analysis and complex systems.