- Degree in Mathematics cum laude, University of Naples 31.10.1970. Thesis: Algebraic theory of automata and applications to neural networks. Supervisors: prof. E.R. Caianiello, prof. M. Curzio. - Prize Vittorio Nobile for the best degree in Mathematics. 1970 − 71 Scolarship at the Laboratorio di Cibernetica of the CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), Arco Felice. 1972 Becomes researcher of the CNR at the Laboratorio di Cibernetica of Arco Felice (Napoli). - From September 1971 to April 1974 obtains a scolarship, twice renewed, in the framework of the agreements CNR–URSS Academy of Sciences. Works at the Institute of Control Sciences in Moscow at the Laboratory directed by prof. M.A. Aizerman and at the Cathedra of Functional Analysis of Moscow University, under the supervision of prof. I.M. Gelfand. 1974 May. Obtains the title Candidat Nauk at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Moscow University, with a thesis on Noncommutative Markov theory and square roots of measures. Supervisor: prof. Y.G. Sinai; referees by prof. A.A. Kirillov and A.M. Vershik; prof. I.M. Gelfand and R.L. Dobrushin also wrote an official relation on the thesis. 1974 − 75 Researcher at CNR. Teaches the course of Geometry at the University of Salerno. 1