NAASCO - Naples Addis Ababa Scientific Cooperation  

NAPLES ADDIS ABABA SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION

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NAASCO (Naples Addis Ababa Agreement on Scientific Cooperation) is an agreement between the University of Naples Federico II (UNINA) and the University of Addis Ababa (AAU).

The priority field of interest is intended to be Mathematics and its applications, although all the other disciplinary fields represented in both the institutions can be considered.

The main aim of NAASCO is promoting academic exchange and training between the two universities with the purpose of sharing knowledge and work to improve their potential of research activities. Furthermore, the two universities cooperate to build the capacity of the AAU in handling its PhD programs and to build research and teaching capacities of AAU in missing fields.

NAASCO was signed in 2016 by the president of AAU, Prof. Admassu Tesegaye, and the Rector of UNINA, Prof. Gaetano Manfredi.

NAASCO has been renewed in 2021 as an agreement between the Department of Mathematics of AAU and the Department of Mathematics of UNINA.





NAASCO Activities and Story

2015

2015, August 30. Bruno Buonomo and Semu Mitiku Kassa met at conference "Mathematical and Computational Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases" (MathCompEpi), Erice, Italy.
2015, November 30-December 7. B. Buonomo visits UAA and deliver the course entitled "An introduction to quantitative analysis of vaccination: from classical to behavioral models". The idea of NAASCO agreement arose.

2016

2016, September 9: NAASCO agreement is signed by UAA (on May 3 by Prof. Zelalem Teshome, Director of the Department of Mathematics; on May 4 by Prof. Admassu Tesegaye, President) and UNINA (On July 4 by Prof. Gaetano Manfredi, Rector; on September 9 by Gioconda Moscariello, Director of the Department of Mathematics and Applications.). The expiry date is July 14, 2021. B. Buonomo is coordinator for the Italian part; S. M. Kassa is responsible for the Ethiopian part.

2017

2017, June 7: Approval of project "Advanced dynamical systems for the analysis and control of the transmission of host-vector diseases" University of Naples AF2017 (years 2017-2018)
2017 October-December: Yetwale Hailu Workineh, PhD student, visits UNINA for a three-months term. During his stay he has also short visit at University of Parma and University of Catania.

2018

2018, January 15-19. B. Buonomo visits UAA as external examiner of the PhD thesis of Dr. Kassahun Workalemahu Gashaw. B Buonomo is appointed external supervisor of PhD student Sileshi Sintayehu Sharbayta.
2018, July 5: Paper [1] is accepted for publication.
2018, December 16-22: B. Buonomo and Eleonora Messina visit UAA and deliver the course entitled "Behavioral change models in epidemiology: qualitative analysis and numerical simulations". Scientific talks with S. M. Kassa and Y. H. Workineh.

2019

2019, November 5-7: B. Buonomo visits Addis Ababa for MSC Action. Scientific talks with S.S. Sharbayta and Tadesse Abdi.

2020

2020, February 11: Giuseppe Mulone, University of Catania, visits UAA as external examiner of the PhD thesis of Dr. Y. H. Workineh.
2020, December 3: Paper [2] is accepted for publication.

2021

2021, Apr 22. Approval of fund request from University of Naples Federico II, AF2020 (years 2020-2021)
2021, May, 13: The agreement is renewed as 5-years departmental agreement (deadline 2026). Manalebish Debalike Asfaw is the new coordinator for the Ethiopian part.
2021, August 21. Paper [3] is accepted for publication.
2021, October-December: S. S. Sharbayta, PhD student, visits UNINA for a three-months term.

2022

2022, March 3: Paper [4] is accepted for publication.
2022, June 16: Paper [5] is accepted for publication.
2022, June 5-17: M. D. Asfaw visits Italy for partecipating at WASCOM XXI conference in Catania (June 5-11) and visiting UNINA (June 11-17).

2023

2023, February 4-12. B. Buonomo, E. Messina, C. Panico and R. Della Marca visit UAA for scientific talks and seminars.
2023, February 6. PhD thesis defence by Sileshi Sintayehu Sharbayta, evaluated as "excellent" by the international commettee.
2023, February 8-10. Ethio-Italy Colloquium on Applied Mathematics (ETICAM), Hawassa University, Ethiopia, co-organized by NAASCO and Hawassa University.



NAASCO UNINA-UAA joint papers:

[1] M. D. Asfaw, B. Buonomo, S. M. Kassa: Impact of human behavior on ITNs control strategies to prevent the spread of vector borne diseases. Atti Acc. Pel. Peric., 96, n. S3, A2 (2018)
[2] B. Buonomo, S. S. Sharbayta, T. Abdi: Public health intervention as Z-type control in a Sip behavioral vaccination model, Annals Univ. Iasi Math., LXVI, f.2, 215-235 (2020)
[3] B. Buonomo, A. d'Onofrio, S. M. Kassa, Y. H. Workineh: Modelling the effects of information-dependent vaccination behavior on meningitis transmission. Math. Meth. Appl. Sci., 45, 732-748 (2022)
[4] B. Buonomo, R. Della Marca, S. S. Sharbayta, A behavioral change model to assess vaccination-induced relaxation of social distancing during an epidemic, J. Biol. Sys., 30 (2022)
[5] S. S. Sharbayta, B. Buonomo, A. d'Onofrio, T. Abdi: 'Period doubling' induced by optimal control in a behavioral SIR epidemic model, Chaos S. F., 161, 112347 (2022)



For further information, please contact the coordinators in charge:

AAU: Dr. Manalesbish Debalike Asfaw,
email: manalebish.debalike@aau.edu.et

UNINA: Prof. Bruno Buonomo,
email: buonomo@unina.it
HP: http://brunobuonomo.altervista.org/index.html




LAST UPDATED: November 12, 2022