Jacopo Borga
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Department of Mathematics
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Simons Building (Building 2)
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Employment History
2024-Present
Assistant Professor (with tenure track), Mathematics Department, MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA (USA).
2021–2024
Szegő Assistant Professor (without tenure track), Mathematics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (USA).
2017–2021
Ph.D fellow and teaching assistant, Institut für Mathematik, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Education
2017–2021
Ph.D in Mathematics (with distinction), Institut für Mathematik, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Mathematics.
2016–2017
M.Sc in Mathematics (M2), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Paris, Courses in Mathématiques Fondamentales from Paris 6, Paris 7 and Paris 13. Très bien.
2015–2018
M.Sc in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Pure and Applied Mathematics. 110/110 cum laude.
2012–2015
B.Sc in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Pure and Applied Mathematics. 110/110 cum laude
Special Honors and Awards
2023
Bruno de Finetti Award 2023, Unione Matematica Italiana. Prize awarded to one Italian probabilist under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the Italian Mathematical Union (UMI).
2022
Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award, Bernoulli Society. The Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award recognizes the work of outstanding young researchers in the fields of Statistics and Probability.
2021
Ph.D. thesis distinction, Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, Distinction awarded for “the excellence of the Ph.D. thesis, outstanding research contributions, and the clear expertise in the research domain of random permutations.”
2018
Certificate of merit, Municipality of Ponzano Veneto.
2018
Major de la promotion 2017, Université Paris 13, Mention: Très bien.
2016
MIEM USPC Scholarships for International Students in France, University Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC).
2012
INdAM fellowship, Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi. Top 5% on 420 candidates.
2012
International contests of Kavics Cup, Budapest, Fazekas Myhály Gimnázium, International Team Math Competition. Fourth place.
2011 & 2012
Quoted in Albo nazionale delle eccellenze, MIUR.
2011 & 2012
Math competitions of Cesenatico, Italian Team Competition (more than 700 Italian high schools took part in the contest). Gold medal, Maths Team Champions Italy(2011), Silver medal(2012).
Grants
2024
NSF grant – National Science Foundation (Probability), the NSF Grant Probability Program supports research on the theory and applications of probability. Approved amount: 180k USD.
2022
AMS Simons Travel Grant, the grant provides an early-career mathematician with funding for two years to be used for research-related travel. Approved amount: 5000 USD.
2020
Forschungskredit (Candoc), funding for promising young academics who would like to work on an excellent PhD thesis. Approved amount: 14387 CHF.
2019
GRC Travel Grant, for a visit in the USA in the Spring 2020. Approved amount: 1600 CHF.
2018
GRC Grant, for the organization of the “Student workshop in permutation patterns 2019”. Approved amount: 8150 CHF.
Teaching Activities
2024 (Winter quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Stochastic processes (MATH 136).
2024 (Winter quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Introduction to Probability Theory (MATH 151).
2023 (Fall quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Discrete Probabilistic Methods (MATH 159).
2023 (Winter quarter)
Research seminar organizer, Standord University, All things Baxter.
2023 (Winter quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Discrete Probabilistic Methods (MATH 159).
2023 (Winter quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Introduction to Probability Theory (MATH 151).
2022 (Fall quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Stochastic processes (MATH 136).
2022 (Fall quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Complex analysis (MATH 106).
2022 (Spring quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Discrete Probabilistic Methods (MATH 159).
2022 (Winter quarter)
Main instructor, Standord University, Introduction to Probability Theory (MATH 151).
2022 (Winter quarter)
Main instructor, Stanford University, Stochastic processes (MATH 136).
2021 (Spring sem.)
Teaching assistant, Universität Zürich, Introduction to Probability Theory.
2020 (Fall sem.)
Teaching assistant, Universität Zürich, Measure theory.
2019 (Fall sem.)
Teaching assistant, Universität Zürich, Combinatorics of words.
2019 (Fall sem.)
Teaching assistant, Universität Zürich, Programming (Python).
2019 (Spring sem.)
Teaching assistant, Universität Zürich, Random combinatorial structures.
2018 (Fall sem.)
Teaching assistant, Universität Zürich, Enumerative combinatorics.
2018 (Spring sem.)
Teaching assistant, Universität Zürich, Complex analysis.
2017 (Fall sem.)
Teaching assistant, Universität Zürich, Probability Theory 2.
Organization of scientific meetings
2024
Italian meeting in Probability, Special Session on “Random Geometry”, Roma, La Sapienza, main organizer.
2024
Joint Mathematics Meetings AMS, Special Session on “Random large permutations”, San Francisco, co-organizer with Peter Winkler.
2022
Stanford Probability seminar, Stanford University, main organizer (Fall term).
2021
Swiss Graduate Seminar in Probability (joint seminar of various swiss Universities), Universität Zürich, main organizer.
2019
Students workshop Permutation Patterns 2019, Universität Zürich, main organizer.
2019
Permutation Patterns 2019, Universität Zürich, co-organizer.
Reviewer activities
since 2019
Reviewer for the journals: Annals of Probability (2 papers), Probability Theory and Related Fields (1 paper), International Mathematics Research Notices (1 paper), Electronic Journal of Probability (2 papers), Discrete Analysis (1 paper), Combinatorial Theory (1 paper), Journal of Combinatorial Theory – Series A (2 papers), Random Structures & Algorithms (3 papers), Advances in Applied Mathematics (1 paper), Nuclear Physics, Section B (1 paper), Quantum Topology (1 paper), Pure Mathematics and Applications (1 paper), Algebra and Theoretical Computer Science (1 paper), Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science (1 paper).
since 2021
Reviewer for the following conferences: Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM 2021), European Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Applications (EUROCOMB’23).
Research stays and visits
01/04/2024 — 14/04/2024
The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Thematic Program on Randomness and Geometry, Toronto (Canada).
Attended Conferences
2024
CRM-PIMS Summer School in Probability. Montreal (Canada).
2024
Two-Dimensional Random Geometry. IMSI, Chicago (USA).
2024
4th Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics. Rome Sapienza, Rome (Italy).
2024
IPAM Workshop – Vertex Models: Algebraic and Probabilistic Aspects of Universality. IPAM, UCLA, Los Angeles (USA).
2024
IPAM Workshop – Integrability and Algebraic Combinatorics. IPAM, UCLA, Los Angeles (USA).
2024
Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) 2024. San Francisco (USA).
2023
Congresso UMI (Unione Matematica Italiana). Pisa (Italy).
2023
Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications. Lisbon (Portugal).
2023
Random Conformal Geometry and Related Fields. Jeju island (Korea).
2023
Workshop on Random Geometry and Statistical Physics. UPenn, Philadelphia (USA).
2022
ICM satellite probability conference: Probability and Mathematical physics 2022. University of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland).
2022
Third Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics. Università di Bologna, Bologna (Italy).
2022
“Random geometry” workshop. CIRM, Marseille (France).
2021
Bernoulli-IMS 10th WORLD CONGRESS in PROBABILITY and STATISTICS. Seoul National University (Korea), Online event.
2021
8th European congress of Mathematics. Portoroz (Slovenia), Online event.
2021
Virtual Permutation Patterns workshop. Online event.
2021
ALÉA 2021. CIRM, Marseille (France), Online event.
2020
Workshop “Random Polymers and Networks”. IGESA, Iles de Porquerolles, France.
2020
Bernoulli-IMS One World Symposium 2020. Online event.
2020
Virtual Permutation Patterns workshop. Online event.
2019
Journées MathSTIC 2019, LAGA-LIPN, Université Paris 13, France.
2019
Random Trees and Graphs Summer School, CIRM, Marseille, France.
2019
AofA 2019, CIRM, Marseille, France.
2019
Permutation patterns 2019, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
2019
Journée Cartes, LAGA-LIPN, Université Paris 13, France.
2019
Journées de combinatoire de Bordeaux, LaBRI, Université de Bordeaux, France.
2018
School on Probabilistic analysis of algorithms on trees, University Caen, Caen, France.
2018
Workshop on Branching-Type Structures, Universität Zürich, Institut für Mathematik, Zürich, Switzerland.
2018
AEC 2018, 4th Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics Summer School 2018, Hagenberg, Austria.
2018
Permutation patterns 2018, Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (U.S.A.).
2018
MathExp 2018 “Mathématiques expérimentales: méthodes et pratiques”, Saint Flour, France.
2017
Random geometries / Random topologies, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
2017
ALEA in Europe workshop, Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
2017
Course Sharp threshold phenomena in statistical physics, IHÉS Paris, France.
2017
Mini-school on Random Maps and the Gaussian Free Field, École normale supérieure de Lyon, France.
Other Work Experiences
10/2008 – 08/2016
Pizzaiolo, Pizzeria DA PINO, Via Roma 27, Ponzano Veneto (TV). Weekend work.
06/2014 – 07/2014
Children’s entertainer , Summer camp Isola Del Sorriso, Via Mure 13/A, Ponzano Veneto (TV).
Languages
Italiano
Native speaker
English
Fluent (C2)
Français
Intermediate/Advanced (B2)
Deutsch
Beginner (A1)
Other Activities
Snowboarding, scout, guitar, cooking and bartending.
