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THE PHD BOARD

The DIMSAI Board plans and manages the PhD Programme: it is responsible for the scientific and educational activities within the doctoral course.

In details, the PhD board:

• defines the assessment criteria of the admission exam to the course;
• identifies the supervisors;
• plans the training and research activities, for each academic year and for each student;
• defines the annual rules for evaluating the work done and the results produced by the doctoral students.

THE PHD PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

Coordination of the PhD Board is entrusted to a professor belonging to the University.

The PhD Programme Director is elected by the PhD Board among its members and appointed by the Rector's Decree. He/She has a three-year tenure.

He/She oversees the activities of the PhD program, convenes and chairs the PhD Board.

The PhD Programme Director is Prof. Lorenzo Donati.

DIMSAI COMMITTEE (GIUNTA)

 The DIMSAI program Committee ("GIUNTA", in Italian) is composed by the following Board members, with specific delegations:

- the Program Coordinator, Prof. Lorenzo Donati;
- the Deputy coordinator, Prof. Andrea De Pascale;
- the Delegate for admission procedures, Prof. Marco Troncossi;
- the Delegates for education and training, Prof. Matteo Gherardi and Prof. Beatrice Pulvirenti;
- the Delegate for Quality Assurance, Prof. Marco Pellegrini.

The Committee members are nominated by the Coordinator and approved by the PhD Board.

DIMSAI STUDENTS

Every academic year DIMSAI enrolls about 20 PhD students.

Each student joins a research group in one of the DIMSAI laboratories in Bologna or Forlì.

In accordance with his/her supervisor, the student starts immediately to develope the research project.

The current PhD-student representatives in the PhD Board are Simone Rosa and Andrea Formosi