Mattia Sarno
Visiting Researcher
Mattia Sarno is a visiting PhD student from University of Salerno, Italy, for a six-months stay starting from 01/03/2026, during which he will work on the domain shift problem, on a breast cancer research project under the supervision of Jeroen van der Laak. Mattia holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from University of Salerno, where he acquired foundational knowledge in programming, operating systems, databases, computer networks, automation, and signal analysis. He subsequently completed a master's degree in Digital Health and Bioinformatic Engineering at the same institution. This English-taught program focused on the integration of computer science with digital health and bioinformatics, specifically the design and development of systems for the automatic analysis of genomic data, signals, and medical images. During this period, he specialized in machine learning, encompassing both traditional methods and deep neural networks applied to medical image analysis. His thesis work focused on investigating the applicability of graph neural networks for the classification of mammography images. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Information Engineering, focusing his research on the problem of distribution shift in machine learning applications for histopathological image analysis.