Giulia Cereda. Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Master thesis research project

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1 Giulia Cereda Personal Information Place and Date of Birth: Milano (Italy), April, 7 th 1988 Citizenship: Italian Current address: Av. de la Chabliere 21, 1004, Lausanne, Swizerland [email protected] Current Position Nov Current Nov Current Phd student and Teaching Assistant, School of Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, University of Lausanne (Switzerland) Phd student, Forensic Statistics, Mathematical Institute, Leiden University (The Netherlands) Education Nov Current July 2011 Spring 2011 July 2009 Joint Phd School of Criminal Justice, University of Lausanne, and Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Joint Phd Thesis: Current challenges in the evaluation of DNA evidence Expected academic defence: Spring 2016 MSc in Mathematics Department of Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy 110/110 cum laude Thesis: Bayesian Networks for Forensic Statistics: evidence from DNA mixtures Advisors: Prof. Giacomo Aletti, Prof. Richard D. Gill Exchange Semester Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Master thesis research project Detailed List of Exams BSc in Mathematics Department of Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy 110/110 cum laude Advisor: Prof. Cristina Turrini July 2006 Awards and Scholarship Scientific High School Liceo Scientifico A. Volta, Milano Diploma obtained with 100/100 final score Incentives for students enrolled in degree courses in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, award assigned by the Università degli Studi di Milano for the best students of the first two years of the scientific degree courses, earned both years.

2 Teaching experience Fall semester Teaching Assistant, course of Evidence interpretation I, School of Criminal Justice, University of Lausanne. Spring semester Teaching Assistant, course of Forensic Statistics and Graphical Models, Mathematical Institute, Leiden University. Spring semester Teaching Assistant, course of Evidence interpretation III School of Criminal Justice, University of Lausanne Oct 2011 Tutor for the workshops and the interactive exhibitions of Bergamo Scienza ( Guide and tutor for the primary and secondary school students, for the exhibition and the laboratory about Elementary Mathematics, in the context of the scientific festival of Bergamo Scienza. Feb Mar 2011 Guide to the interactive exhibition Matematita ( Department of Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Milano. Guide and tutor for the primary and secondary school students, for the exhibition and the laboratory about Elementary Mathematics. Jan - July 2010 Tutor for the course of Discrete Mathematics Department of Informatics, Università degli Studi di Milano Private tutoring of Mathematics, English, and Physics, Private tutoring to secondary school, high school and graduate students in Engineering, Physics and Mathematics. Master Thesis supervisions Gatti, F. A new approach to likelihood ratio assessment in case of rare haplotype match with a mixture of discrete Laplace distributions Università degli Studi di Padova,Scienze Statistiche, 2015 Publications Cereda, G., Biedermann, A., Hall, D., and Taroni, F. (2014) Object-oriented Bayesian networks for evaluating DIP-STR profiling results from unbalanced DNA mixtures Forensic Science International: Genetics, Vol. 8, pagg Cereda, G., Biedermann, A., Hall, D., and Taroni, F. (2014) An investigation of the potential of DIP-STR markers for DNA mixture analyses Forensic Science International: Genetics, Vol. 11, pagg Drábek, J., and Cereda, G. (2014) Interpreting noninvasive prenatal paternity tests: Letter to the Editor Genetics in Medicine Vol. 16, pagg

3 Preprints Cereda, G. (2015) Non parametric Bayesian approach to LR assessment in case of rare haplotype match Cereda, G. (2015) Full Bayesian approach to LR assessment in case of rare haplotype match Cereda, G. (2015) Frequentist approach to LR assessment in case of rare haplotype match Research interests Forensic Statistics, Graphical Models, Evidence interpretation, DNA evidence interpretation, Forensic DNA analysis, Statistics and Law. Computer skills Operating Systems: Mac OSX, Windows Database - Statistics : R, MatLab, Microsoft Excel Word Processing: LaTeX, Microsoft Word Presentation: Microsoft PowerPoint, Prezi Art & Graphics: Adobe Photoshop, Photomatix

4 Meetings, Workshops and Conferences 6-10 July 2015 EMS 2015: European Meeting of Statisticians Amsterdam, The Netherlands Contributed poster 9 June 2015 PhD colloquium Leiden, The Netherlands Organised by: Mathematical Institute at Leiden University Contributed talk Aug th International Conference on Forensic Inference and Statistics Leiden, The Netherlands Organised by: ICFIS Contributed talk May 2014 DNA in Forensics 2014 Brussels, Belgium Organised by: NICC Contributed talk 30 Sept - 4 Oct nd Doctoral Summer School in Forensic Science and Criminology Zermatt, Switzerland Organised by: Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Contributed poster 10 Apr 2013 Quantitative Methods in the Legal Evaluation of Evidence, Challenges and Prospects Lund, Sweden Funded by: Swedish Research Council Invited speaker Oct 2012 International exploratory workshop Decision inference modelling in Forensic Science Lausanne, Switzerland Organised by: Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Funded by: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Invited speaker Aug st Doctoral Summer School in Forensic Science and Criminology Arolla, Switzerland Organised by: Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Contributed poster May 2012 Forensica 2012 Lednice, Czech Republic Organised by: Czechoslovak Society for Forensic Genetics Invited speaker

5 Seminar Talks 4 June 2015 Informal Statistical Seminars Leiden, The Neherlands Mathematical Institute Seminar title: A Bayesian non parametric approach for the rare type problem 27 May 2015 MIPS: Most Informal Probability Seminars Leiden, The Neherlands Mathematical Institute Seminar title: A Bayesian non parametric approach for the rare type problem Additional courses and workshops Fall semester 2014 Courses of Biostatistics and Statistical Theory Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland Cours attended as external auditor 17 Oct 2013 Scientific Writing Skills University of Lausanne Jan 2013 Conference and seminar skills in English University of Lausanne 19 Oct 2012 Interactive conference Confessions of a converted lecturer given by Prof. Eric Mazur, (Harvard University) University of Lausanne Apr 2011 Science meets Justice: Forensic Statistics at the Interface Leiden, The Netherlands Organised by: Lorentz Center Languages Italian: English: French: Mothertongue Fluent Fluent

6 Master of Science in Mathematics Grades Exam Grade Credits Mathematical Statistics 30 e lode 9 Probability Theory 30 7 Stochastic Calculus 30 e lode 9 Mathematical Economics 30 7 Mathematical Finance 30 e lode 7 Real Analysis 30 7 Algebraic Topology 30 e lode 7 Algebraic Geometry I 30 7 Physics IV 30 e lode 7 Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint I 30 7 Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint II 30 e lode 7 Preparation of final dissertation 8 Final dissertation defence 35 Total 124 Gpa 4.0/4.0