

Federica Pasqualone
MATHEMATICIAN ET ALIA
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Carnegie Mellon University
Dietrich College - Dept. of Philosophy
Member of the American Mathematical Society,

Hello! I'm Federica
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
- Thomas Jefferson -
EDUCATION
Since Fall '23
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY - USA
Logic, Computation and Methodology
Course-based MSc
exp. May 2025
2023
Master's Degree
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN - GERMANY
Mathematics MSc
Thesis Title: "Prefactorisation algebras: Introduction and examples"[pdf]
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schick & Prof. Dr. Ralf Meyer
2018
Bachelor's Degree
UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA - ITALY
Laurea in Mathematics
Thesis Title: " A co-homological approach to Maxwell's electromagnetic field theory"[pdf]
Supervisors: Prof. Anna Tozzi & Prof. Luigi Pilo
EXPERIENCES, CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS
May - November 2024
Chair
Feb. 2021 - Sept. 2022
Speaker
2021 - Feb. 2023
Membership
MINORITIES AND PHILOSOPHY (MAP)
CMU Chapter
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COUNCIL (ISC)
Rat der internationalen Studierenden (RIS)
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PARLIAMENT (ISP)
Parlament der internationalen Studierenden (PaIS)
2022
TOEFL iBT
Leibnitz LC, Hannover (DE)
English Language Proficiency Test
2018
English Language Proficiency Test
IELTS Academic
International House Accademia Britannica, Rome (IT)
2023 - 2024
DIETRICH COLLEGE SCHOLAR'S FELLOWSHIP
Fellowship
2019 - 2020
Scholarship
DEUTSCHLANDSTIPENDIUM
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
TALKS, SCHOOLS & WORKSHOPS
Summer 2025 news coming soon ... stay tuned!
Dec. 16, 2024: Manifolds, Disks and Sheaves, A gentle introduction to factorization homology
[Categorical Logic and Higher Categories 2024, Manchester (UK)]
Sept. 3 -11, 2024: Toposes in Mondovì
[School and 4th International Conference on Topos Theory, Mondovì (CN), Italy]
July 13, 2024: Differential Calculus on PFAs, Starter Pack
[Foundational Methods in Computer Science 2024, Calgary] [slides]
July 4, 2024: Prefactorization Algebras in QFT, A minimalist theory of observables
[Abschlussarbeiten-Nachmittag, University of Göttingen] [slides]
June 18, 2024: Dangerous Ideas
Applications of Skew Monoidal Categories. Mentor: Niccolo' Veltri
[7th International Conference on Applied Category Theory, Oxford (UK)] [slides]
June 10 -14, 2024 : The Adjoint School in Applied Category Theory
[University of Oxford, UK]
May 14 -17, 2024 : DH Literacy Workshop - Network Analysis
[CMU, Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ]
April 23, 2024 : The Dark side of Gabriel-Ulmer Duality:
Gabriel-Ulmer Duality for Topoi, An Introduction
[Categorical Logic, CMU] [arXiv]
April 5, 2024 : All you need is ... a square, from Top to HoTT and back
[Lightning Talks, Philosophy, CMU]
Dedicated to Andreas Floer
March 28, 2024: Skewing the Sequent Calculus: Skew Monoidal Categories and Skew Multicategories
with Wilf Offord
[Adjoint School in ACT24 - online]
February 2, 2024: Observing the quantum world: A pragmatic approach to prefactorization algebras
[HoTT Seminar, CMU]
June 20, 2023: The logic behind prefactorisation algebras: can we do topological algebra?
[Oberseminar in Algebraic Topology, University of Göttingen]
June 27, 2023: The magic of calculus on PFAs: where is the physics hidden?
[Oberseminar in Algebraic Topology, University of Göttingen]
June 28, 2022: The Jones Polynomial and QFT - Part IV:
Hopf Algebras, quantum groups from a categorical viewpoint
[Seminar in Knot Theory, University of Göttingen]
June 21, 2022: The Jones Polynomial and QFT - Part III:
From vacuum-vacuum expectations to the dual universal enveloping algebra of sl_2 (𝔤):
The Yang-Baxter equation
[Seminar in Knot Theory, University of Göttingen]
June 7, 2022: The Jones Polynomial and QFT - Part II:
Strings and braided categories: The Jones polynomial revealed
[Seminar in Knot Theory, University of Göttingen]
May 31, 2022: The Jones Polynomial and QFT - Part I:
Feynman diagrams, an oriented state model for V_K (t)
[Seminar in Knot Theory, University of Göttingen]
May 19, 2021: Maxwell's Equations: Variational formulation for finite elements methods
[Seminar in FEM, University of Göttingen] [Github]
January 21, 2021: Division Algebras and Supersymmetry, An Introduction
[Seminar in K-Theory, University of Göttingen] [Github]
TEACHING TRAINING
Future Faculty Program, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation
MAIN INTERESTS
ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY
TQFT
CATEGORY THEORY
GENERAL TOPOLOGY
SURGERY THEORY
BIOPHYSICS & DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
INFORMATION THEORY
HOMOLOGICAL ALGEBRA
ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY
INVESTMENT BANKING
ASSET MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
GROUP DYNAMICS
PHILOSOPHY
LINGUISTICS
ANTHROPOLOGY
SKILLS

English- Advanced
German - Advanced
Asana & Zenkit - Proficient
Italian - Mother Tongue
French & Spanish - Basic
Microsoft Office - Advanced