About

I am an ICT and Data Science researcher specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data analytics and Natural Language Processing. My research focuses on smart city applications, sustainable mobility, air quality monitoring, and intelligent routing solutions. I actively participate in national and European research projects, contributing as a task leader and work package coordinator, bridging cutting-edge AI research with real-world urban challenges.

Research Interests

• Large Language Models for Event Extraction: Applying LLM-based techniques to extract and structure events from textual data, with a focus on crime news and urban events from Italian documents
• Time Series Analysis and Forecasting: Leveraging advanced techniques including foundation models (TimesFM, Granite) for predicting air quality, traffic patterns, and urban mobility
• Air Quality Monitoring: Sensor data analytics, anomaly detection, low-cost sensor calibration, and predictive modeling for urban air pollution
• Data-Driven Applications for Smart Cities: Multi-objective routing optimization, intelligent mobility solutions, and data platforms for urban decision support systems

Current Position

Researcher at the Enzo Ferrari Engineering Department of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (since February 2023)

Education

• PhD in Computer Engineering and Science (2018–2021)
  University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Thesis: “Towards sustainability and safety solutions in a Smart City”
  Selected for publication in the IEEE Intelligent Informatics Bulletin 2022

• MSc in Computer Engineering (2016–2018)
  University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Thesis: “Text mining through similarity: disambiguation, categorization and entity extraction”

• BSc in Computer Engineering (2012–2016)
  University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Thesis: “Topic detection in multi-channel Italian newspapers”

Professional Highlights

• Editor’s Choice Article (2023) - Sensors Journal
• Christine Collet EDBT/ICDT Student Participation Award (2020)
• Young Researchers Mobility Award (2019) - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• TRAFAIR “PA Sostenibile” Award (2019) - Forum PA, Rome
• Member of CINI Data Science Laboratory

Service

• Program Committee Member: ACM SIGSPATIAL, CIKM, ECML PKDD, ICML, IEEE BigData
• Reviewer: Information Processing and Management, IEEE Access, Journal of Web Semantics, Sensors
• Topical Advisory Panel Member: Big Data and Cognitive Computing journal