ICANN 2026, Springer LNCS
A Physics-Informed GNN for Traffic Prediction: the DeepCTM Model
Published at ICANN 2026 in Padua (LNCS vol. 17091). A graph neural network that builds traffic physics into the model.
Statistics and machine learning for graphs, traffic and health.
I'm Francesco, a PhD student in Methodological Statistics at Sapienza University of Rome, working on machine learning for graphs and bioinformatics.
About
I work where statistics meets machine learning: geometric deep learning on graphs, with applications to bioinformatics, traffic and environmental health.
I had the opportunity to study statistical methods in such different contexts, due to the double degree program between Sapienza and ENSAI. Starting from that experience I understood how to apply statistical techniques to real world problems.
Today my research moves between machine learning applied to biology, spatial and environmental health. We'll see what I can do!
Swimming and hiking in the mountains during free time, suffering through football matches :(
Teaching and training
- Assistant, Statistics for Big Data, Roma Tre (2026)
- OxML 2026 summer school, MLx Health & Bio, Oxford
- CCAI Virtual Summer School 2026
Tools
- Python
- R
- MySQL
- Spark
- Azure
- MongoDB
- Matlab
- SPSS
Selected work
CIBB 2026
Katz Kernel Based Stratification of Breast Cancer Patients
Presented at CIBB 2026. Extended version under review for the Springer LNBI post-proceedings.
Repository, 2023
Bayesian Inference for Football Prediction
A Bayesian graphical model used to study how the estimators converge.
Background
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Nov 2025 - now
PhD, Methodological Statistics
Sapienza University of Rome, Italian National Institute of Health (ISS)
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Apr 2024 - Nov 2025
Data Scientist, BIP
Rome. Machine learning for traffic flow and generative AI solutions on Azure.
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2022 - 2024
Double MSc, Sapienza and ENSAI
Statistical Methods and Applications (110/110 with honors) and Smart Data Science. Thesis on traffic forecasting on the A90 highway.
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Nov 2022 - May 2023
Statistician Intern, Analisi-Statistiche.it
Rome. Medical research projects in R and SPSS, and teaching applied statistics.
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2019 - 2022
BSc, Statistica Gestionale
Sapienza University of Rome (108/110). Thesis on food insecurity during COVID-19.