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SUMMER SCHOOL on FINITE GROUPS AND RELATED GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURES in memory of Maria Silvia Lucido (1963-2008) |
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MARIA SILVIA LUCIDO Maria Silvia Lucido was born in Vicenza
on April 22, 1963. In 1986 she enrolled as a mathematics
student at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural
Sciences of the University of Padua, after having worked
for 7 years first at a bank and later in a travel agency.
In 1991 she graduated summa cum laude. The argument
of her undergraduate thesis, written under the supervision
of Franco Napolitani, was "The simplicial complex
associated to the subnormality relation in finite groups".
She continued her studies at the University of Padua and
in 1996 she was awarded her PhD (Dottorato di
Ricerca) on a thesis entitled "the prime graph of finite
groups" ("Il Prime Graph dei gruppi finiti"), written
under the supervision of Franco Napolitani and
co-supervised by Carlo Casolo. From 1996 to 1999 she held
a post-doc position at the University of Padua. During
that period she spend six months at the Michigan State
University on a Fulbright fellowship. In 1999 she got a
permanent research position at the University of Udine.
During her academic career she distinguished herself by
her intellectual honesty, generosity, her excellent
research and teaching. She injected enthusiasm into her
students, many of which chose her as their supervisor of
their theses. Maria Sylvia was one of the organizers of
this Summer School from the very beginning. This School
definitely owes his existence to her enthusiasm and the
ability of managing and solving (last minute) problems. On
March 4, 2008, Maria Silvia tragically died in a car
accident. She is survived by her husband Roberto Battagion
and two sons, Giulio and Mattia.
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