“Leonardo Lesmo” M.Sc. Thesis Award (annual)

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The “Leonardo Lesmo” award is aimed at recent graduates who have obtained a Specialist Degree, Master’s Degree, or Old System Degree from an Italian university with a thesis focused on topics related to Artificial Intelligence.

The prize, amounting to 500 Euros, is awarded annually and is open to those who have obtained their degree starting from January 1st of the year prior to the current call and who have not previously applied for the same award. Only applications for theses on topics related to Artificial Intelligence will be considered.

List of past winners:

2002 Kristen Brent Venable
2003 Alessandro Saetti, Sergio Spinoni (with one single thesis)
2004 Dario Spadoni
2005 Daniele Loiacono
2006 Roberto Iannone
2007 Filippo Ledda
2008 Mario Alviano
2009 Riccardo De Masellis
2010 Stefano Bragaglia
2011 Mattia Manfroni
2012 Carmine Dodaro. Special mention to Marco Rocco e Giorgio Patrini (with one single thesis).
2013 Andrea Loreggia. Special mention to Matteo Pirotta e Alessio Pecorino (with one single thesis), Cristina Cornelio e Francesco Venco
2014 Daniele Calandriello
2015 Giuseppe De Nittis
2016 Valentina Rho. Special mention to Angelo Ferrando, Matteo Madeddu e Francesca Stival
2017 Andrea Celli
2018 Alberto Maria Metelli
2019 Mirco Mutti
2020 Emanuele Albini, Special mention to Tommaso Bianchi e Alessandro Valentini
2021 Giorgio Franceschelli. Special mention to Luigi Bonassi, Danilo Numeroso e Riccardo Poiani
2022 Luca Carminati. Special mention to Matteo Cardellini
2023 Samuele Marro

Evaluation Committees

2024 Riccardo Guidotti (presidente), Valerio Basile, Vincenzo Pasquadibisceglie, Luigi Pontieri, Mauro Vallati