Education

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Sep. 2023 - Ongoing

Master of Science - Science, Technology & Policy

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Sep. 2020 - Aug. 2023

Bachelor of Science - Computational Science and Engineering. Specialization in Computational Finance.

Liceo Cantonale di Bellinzona

Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2020

High School - Majored in physics and applied mathematics

Professional Experience

Project Manager - Institute of Cosmology, ETH

Aug. 2024 - Ongoing

Management and coordination of a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded space research project. The project (HIRAX) is an international collaboration with 24 partner institutions and is an official guest instrument on the South Africa site of the world’s largest radio-telescope (SKA). Management of the project schedule, financial administration and budgeting of FLARE grants, coordination of meetings with international partners. Part-time.

Media, Industry and Business Relations Manager of SAGE (ARIS Space)

Sept. 2023 - Ongoing

Media, Business, and Public Relations Manager of the Swiss Artificial Gravity Experiment, which aims to launch a satellite into orbit in 2025, to investigate the aging of human cells in microgravity. My work involves establishing partnerships with media and industry leaders and securing funding.

Teaching Assistant for the course Soccer Analytics, ETH

Jan. 2023 - Ongoing

The course focuses on the use of data in tactical decision-making in association football. The course includes practical work and gives the students a broader context of measurement and data science in sports and society. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ulrik Brandes.

Data Analyst Intern at DSwiss AG (Cyber Security)

Aug. 2020 - Oct. 2020

Development of the business monitoring the customer application. Creation of visualizations and metrics for business and security stakeholders using Elastic Stack software.

Publications & Theses

Arrowhead Factorization of Real Symmetric Matrices and its Applications in Optimized Eigendecomposition

ACM Digital Library, Jun. 2024

Marcel Ferrari, Francesco Cavalli, Hussein Harake, Christopher Lompa, and Nicola Lo Russo
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Comparison of Electoral Systems and Optimization of Voting Advice Questionnaires

Bachelor's Thesis, ETH Zurich Research Collection, Jul. 2023

Nicola Lo Russo
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