His interests intersect algorithmics, data mining and data modeling. Flavio obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Sapienza University; after his PhD, he held a post-doctoral position at Cornell University. Outside academia, Flavio spent various semesters as a visiting researcher at Google Mountain View. Flavio received an ERC Starting Grant, a Google Focused Research Award, and a SIR grant. He is also the recipient of the 2014 Best Young Researcher in Theoretical Computer Science award of the Italian Chapter of EATCS, and co-recipient of the 2015 KDD Best Paper Award.