About
About me
Biography
Curiosity is at the heart of what I do. I work with artificial intelligence and enjoy figuring out how new technologies can become useful, reliable and approachable in everyday life. I like moving between ideas, experiments and real-world applications while trying to understand what makes technology genuinely valuable for people.
Outside work I enjoy staying active: I like playing sports, going to the gym and following football. I'm a proud FC Internazionale Milano supporter, so weekends can get a little emotional when the team is playing.
Music is another constant in my life. I don't play an instrument, probably for the benefit of everyone within earshot, but I listen broadly, from EDM to Italian popular music from the 1970s and rock. I love going to concerts and festivals and I think everyone should experience Tomorrowland at least once: it is a genuine life changer.
Research interests
- Federated learning
- Distributed systems
- Trustworthy AI
- Digital twins
- Language models and LLMs
Experience and education
Nov 2024 to Present
PhD in Industrial Innovation Engineering
DISMI, UNIMORE · Reggio Emilia, Italy
Researching cyber-security and trustworthy methods for distributed AI, applying federated learning to multimodal data and studying heterogeneity and scalability in FL systems.
Jun 2025 to Present
Machine Learning & AI Instructor
W.Training Srl
Teaching courses on machine learning, deep learning, generative AI and IoT/AIoT, plus an Innovation Manager program covering AI, blockchain and cloud computing.
Jun 2024 to Oct 2024
Research Fellowship: Trustworthy Data Flows
DISMI, UNIMORE · Reggio Emilia, Italy
Developed Digital Twin and federated/deep learning techniques for anomaly detection in cyber-physical systems (PRIN PNRR DATRUST project) and studied privacy-preserving methods including DP, HE, SMPC and ZKP for federated learning.
2021 to 2024
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering: Artificial Intelligence
UNIMORE · Modena, Italy
Final grade 108/110. Thesis: "Analysis and Comparison of Federated Learning architectures for distributed applications," a vertical case study with MASA and TIM.
2018 to 2021
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
UNIMORE · Mantova, Italy
Final grade 96/110. Thesis on interoperability in serverless architectures for IoT scenarios.
Outside research
I've worked as a technology commentator for a regional news program, discussing current events on air. I also enjoy hackathons, placing second and third in circular-economy and smart-mobility challenges around Mantova.