Curriculum Vitae (September 2016)
Andrea Ficchì
IRSTEA – Catchment Hydrology research group
Hydrosystems and Bioprocesses Research Unit (UR HBAN)
1, rue Pierre Gilles de Gennes - CS 10030, 92761 Antony, France
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 96 60 53
Mobile: +33 (0)6 95 28 32 47
http://webgr.irstea.fr
PhD candidate in Hydrological modelling
Environmental and Land Planning Engineer
Personal information
Born in MILANO (MI), ITALIA, 02/07/1987
Citizenship: ITALIAN
Driving license category B (cars)
EDUCATION
11/2013 –
present
Ph.D. in Hydrological modelling at IRSTEA, UR HBAN - Antony (France) and University Pierre et
Marie Curie - Paris. PhD defense planned in February 2017.
Principal subjects: rainfall-runoff modelling, hydrologic time-series analysis, scientific
programming, geomatics, training in communication (written and oral) and bibliographic search.
2010 – 2013
M.Eng. in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) –
(110/110, Cum Laude). Specialization: Planning and management of natural resources.
Principal subjects: mathematical modelling for environmental systems (e.g. hydrological and
ecological models), natural resources management, scientific programming, cartography, land
planning and environmental impact assessment.
2006 – 2010
B.Eng. in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) –
(103/110). Principal subjects: mathematics, statistics, informatics, physics, chemistry, modelling,
hydraulics, hydrology, geology, ecology, territorial planning and economics.
2001 – 2006
Scientific Lyceum (High School) at Liceo Scientifico “Primo Levi” - San Donato M.Se (Italy) –
(100/100). Principal subjects: Italian, Latin and English language and literature, mathematics,
physics, natural sciences, history, philosophy, geography and informatics.
WORK EXPERIENCE
11/2013 –
present
Ph.D. in Hydrological modelling at IRSTEA, UR HBAN - Antony (France)
Title: “Temporal scaling in conceptual hydrological modelling”.
Supervisors: Dr. Charles Perrin (IRSTEA, UR HBAN) and Dr. Vazken Andréassian (IRSTEA, UR HBAN).
 Analysis of the impact of modelling and input data time step on hydrological model
performance, parameters and structure.
 Investigations on more than 200 catchments, treatment of large data sets, and numerical
simulations.
 Development of hydrological models used for operational flood forecasting in France
(financial support from the French national service for flood prediction (SCHAPI)).
 Scientific programming (daily use of R and FORTRAN).
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Use of distant cluster systems for high-performance computing.
Scientific writing (articles, reports, etc.) and communications (oral and poster
presentations).
Project management (from planning to report).
07/2013 –
08/2013
Research Engineer (2 months) at IRSTEA, UMR G-EAU - Montpellier (France)
 Development of the computer routines for the real-time control of a multi-reservoirs
system in the Seine River basin using ensemble weather forecasting.
 Test of the real-time control system under future climate change scenarios.
 Article published in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (Ficchì et al.,
2015).
10/2012 –
03/2013
Research internship (6 months) at IRSTEA, UMR G-EAU - Montpellier (France)
Title: “Development and test of a centralized real-time controller for the dams on the Seine River
using ensemble weather forecasting”.
Supervisors: David Dorchies (IRSTEA, UMR G-EAU), Dr. Pierre-Olivier Malaterre (IRSTEA, UMR GEAU) and Dr. Francesca Pianosi (Politecnico di Milano).
 Collaboration in an international project team for the EU project “ClimAware”
(http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb14/wasserbau/CLIMAWARE/home/home.html).
 Visit at TU Delft, Dep. of Water management (Delft, the Netherlands) for 3 weeks for
training and collaboration on Real-Time Control with Dr. Peter-Jules van Overloop (TU
Delft) and Dr. Luciano Raso (TU Delft).
 Improvement of my skills in scientific programming (Scilab / Matlab) and optimization.
TEACHING AND TUTORING EXPERIENCE
2016
Co-supervision (6 months) of MSc thesis of Julien Goullet, MSc student in Hydrology, University
Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC, Paris), and intern at IRSTEA, UR HBAN (Antony). Thesis subject:
analysis of the spatio-temporal variability of precipitation and its relationship with hydrological
modelling at multiple time steps and spatial resolutions.
2015
Teaching and course preparation - Introductory course on hydrology in a high-school class at Lycée
Descartes, Antony (3 hours).
2015
Teaching and course preparation - Assistant in a computer lab session on hydrological modelling of
the MSc in Hydrology, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (4 hours).
2007 – 2012
Private tutoring - Mathematics and physics: lessons for single students at B.Sc. and high-school
levels.
2011
Tutoring activity for B.Sc. students at Politecnico di Milano (4 days).
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Peer-reviewed articles
Ficchì, A., Perrin, C., Andréassian, V., 2016. “Impact of temporal resolution of inputs on hydrological model
performance: An analysis based on 2400 flood events”. Journal of Hydrology, 538: 454-470. DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.04.016
Ficchì, A., Raso, L., Dorchies, D., Pianosi, F., Malaterre, P.-O., Van Overloop, P.-J., Jay Allemand, M., 2015. “Optimal
Operation of the Multireservoir System in the Seine River Basin Using Deterministic and Ensemble Forecasts”.
Journal
of
Water
Resources
Planning
and
Management,
142(1).
05015005.
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000571
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Ficchì, A., Raso, L., Malaterre, P.-O., Dorchies, D., Jay-Allemand, M., Pianosi, F., Van Overloop, P.-J., Thirel, G., Ramos,
M.-H. and Munier, S., 2014. “Short Term Reservoirs Operation On The Seine River: Performance Analysis Of TreeBased Model Predictive Control”. CUNY Academic Works. 11th International Conference on
Hydroinformatics, NewYork. http://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_conf_hic/231.
Manuscripts in preparation
Ficchì, A., Perrin, C., Andréassian, V., 2017. “Improvement of a multi-time step rainfall-runoff model by seeking the
coherence of streamflow and internal fluxes simulations across time scales.”
Ficchì, A., de Lavenne, A., Goullet, J., et al., 2017. “Indices to assess temporal and spatial rainfall variability during a
flood event.”
De Lavenne, A., Ficchì, A., Goullet, J., et al., 2017. “Impact of combined temporal and spatial resolution on hydrological
model performance.”
Oral and poster presentations
Ficchì, A., Perrin, C. and Andréassian, V., 2016. “Consistency of internal fluxes in a hydrological model running at
multiple time steps”. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 18, EGU2016-15265, EGU General Assembly 2016,
Vienna, Austria. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-15265.pdf. (Poster presentation for
session HS2.1.2, “New principles for hydrological model development”).
Ficchì, A., Perrin, C. and Andréassian, V., 2016. “La cohérence des flux internes d’un modèle hydrologique fonctionnant
à plusieurs pas de temps comme nouveau principe de développement d’un modèle.” Journées des Doctorants de
l’Ecole Doctorale Géosciences, Ressources Naturelles et Environnement, 2016, MINES ParisTech, Paris. (Oral
presentation).
Ficchì, A., Perrin, C. and Andréassian, V., 2015. “Hydrologic consistency analysed through modeling at multiple time
steps: does hydrological model performance benefit from finer time step information?”. Geophysical Research
Abstracts,
Vol.
17,
EGU2015-12131,
EGU
General
Assembly
2015,
Vienna,
Austria.
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-12131.pdf. (Oral presentation for session HS2.3.12,
“Open data, Virtual laboratories and Large samples in comparative hydrology and multi-basin modelling”).
Ficchì, A., Perrin, C. and Andréassian, V., 2015. “Pouvons‐nous améliorer la performance des modèles hydrologiques en
les faisant fonctionner à différents pas de temps?” Journées des Doctorants de l’Ecole Doctorale Géosciences,
Ressources Naturelles et Environnement, 2015, MINES ParisTech, Paris. (Poster presentation).
Dorchies, D., Jay-Allemand, M., Ficchì, A., Bader, J.-C., Thirel, G., Raso, L., Jost, C., Demerliac, S., 2014. “Adaptation of
multi-purpose reservoirs management on the Seine river basin in a climate change perspective. Results of the
ClimAware project”. Circle-2 Adaptation frontiers, Conference on European Climate Change Adaptation, Lisbon,
11th March 2014 (Oral presentation by Dorchies D.)
Ficchì, A., Raso, L., Malaterre, P.-O., Dorchies, D., Jay-Allemand, M., Pianosi, F., Van Overloop, P.-J., Thirel, G., Ramos,
M.-H. and Munier, S., 2014. “Short Term Reservoirs Operation On The Seine River: Performance Analysis Of TreeBased Model Predictive Control”. CUNY Academic Works. http://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_conf_hic/231. 11th
International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC) 2014, NewYork. (Oral presentation by Dr. Malaterre P.-O.)
Ficchì, A., Raso, L., Jay-Allemand, M., Dorchies, D., Malaterre, P.-O., Pianosi, F., Van Overloop, P.-J., Thirel, G., Ramos,
M.-H., 2013. “Reservoir's management on the Seine River using a centralized real-time controller and ensemble
weather forecasting”. Knowledge for the Future, Joint Assembly Gothenburg IAHS – IAPSO – IASPEI, Sweden,
2013. (Oral presentation by Dorchies D.)
Ficchì, A., Raso, L., Jay-Allemand, M., Dorchies, D., Malaterre, P-.O., Pianosi, F., and Van Overloop, P.-J. 2013. “A
centralized real-time controller for the reservoirs management on the Seine River using ensemble weather
forecasting”. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-10420, EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna,
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Austria. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/EGU2013-10420.pdf (Oral presentation for session
HS5.4, “Design and Operation of Water Resource Systems: Computer Based Control and Optimization”).
Theses
Ficchì, A., 2013. “A centralized real-time controller for reservoirs management on the Seine River using ensemble
weather forecasting.” M.Sc. thesis, Politecnico di Milano, IRSTEA, UMR G-EAU, Montpellier, France.
Ficchì, A., Fragassi, F., 2010. “Ottimizzazione dell'utilizzo delle biomasse per l'energia: un'applicazione alla Provincia di
Piacenza”. (Optimization of the use of biomass for energy: an application to the Province of Piacenza). B.Sc. thesis,
Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
LANGUAGES
- ENGLISH: written and spoken: fluent (TOEIC score, taken in 2010: 940/990 - C2 level)
- FRENCH: written and spoken: fluent (almost 4 years living in France)
- ITALIAN: mother-tongue
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Programming languages: R, Matlab, Scilab (expert); FORTRAN (good); C, C++ (basic)
- GIS software: ArcGIS (good)
- Use of code repository - version control system (Tortoise SVN)
- Use of cluster computing systems with UNIX/Linux environments and job scheduling (TORQUE and PBS scripting)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Project management skills development through several team projects done during MSc.
06/2012
Review of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) study of the “Bonaccia NW” project (ENI) for
the development of the Bonaccia offshore gas field (Adriatic sea).
02/2012
Implementation and test of a Matlab routine for evolutionary optimization (Multi-Objective Particle
Swarm Optimization, MOPSO).
01/2012
Analysis of similarities and complementarities of urban planning models and urban simulation games.
- Master students’ representation as member of the Board of Studies in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering
at Politecnico di Milano (2011-2012): communication and coordination with other students and professors.
- Communication skills gained through several oral presentations during professional research experiences and MSc.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Musical studies: classical guitar (conservatory study for 10 years and diplomas in guitar performance and music theory);
experience in composing music, playing guitar and singing in groups.
Other hobbies and sport: cooking; football and ultimate frisbee.
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