Matteo Stromieri

About Me

I am a first-year PhD student in Computer Science at University of Haifa and Université Côte d’Azur, supervised by Amos Korman and Emanuele Natale. My research began at the intersection of algorithms and the natural sciences, with a focus on complex systems and distributed computing, particularly as they arise in biological settings. More recently, I have started investigating a new kind of collective system: populations of AI agents interacting in strategic environments. I am particularly interested in the algorithms, communication protocols, and collective behaviors that emerge from these interactions.

My work draws on algorithmic and probabilistic methods from theoretical computer science, together with tools from machine learning. Previous projects include research on succinct data structures and distributed deep learning.

Research Interests

• Multi-Agent AI & Collective Behavior
• Bio-inspired Algorithms
• Distributed Computing

News

• [Oct. 2026] 🎉 Our paper Intermittent Cauchy walks enable optimal 3D search across target shapes and sizes was accepted for publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
• [Nov. 2025] 🎓 I began a joint PhD in Computer Science at Université Côte d’Azur and the University of Haifa.
• [Jun. 2025] 📄 Our paper Approximate 2-hop neighborhoods on incremental graphs: An efficient lazy approach was published in Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (VLDB 2025, London).
• [Apr. 2025] 🧠 I’m starting a 6-month internship about mathematical approaches to evolutionary neuroscience and distributed foraging hypothesis at INRIA (France).
• [Nov. 2024] 📚 I’m starting an internship about Succinct Data Structures at Tor Vergata University of Rome.
• [Jul. 2024] 💻 I’m starting an internship about high-performance machine learning at Sapienza University.

Publications