Academic career
[Jan. 2026 — May 2026] Visiting PhD Student | Virtual Reality Lab
Jointly hosted by the Departments of Psychology, Computer Science, and Electronic Engineering. Participating in the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation program: PLACES (PLAsticity of perception in real and virtual spaCES).
- Collaboration with the Centre for Reliable Machine Learning.
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK
Supervisor: Prof. Szonya Durant
[2024 — Present] PhD Student | Neurophysiology of the Visuo-Motor System Lab
Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences — University of Bologna, Italy.
Supervisor/Co-supervisor: Prof. Patrizia Fattori/Matteo Filippini
Tutoring Activities
[Academic year 2025/2026] Tutor | Data Structure and Algorithms
Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna.
[Academic year 2024/2025] Tutor | Data Structure and Algorithms
Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna.
[Academic year 2023/2024] Tutor | CESIA
Area sistemi e servizi informatici, University of Bologna: support activities in admission procedures to degree programmes.
[Academic year 2022/2023] Tutor | Second Cycle Degree in Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna: supporting students who encounter difficulties in the regular study process through a personalized learning support activity.
Education and Training
[2021 — 2024] Master's Degree | Artificial Intelligence
Final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
University of Bologna, Italy.
[Settembre 2019 — Febbraio 2020] Erasmus+ for study | Computer Science
University of Piraeus, Greece.
[2017 — 2021] Bachelor Degree | Computer Engineering
University of Palermo, Italy.
Internships
[Sept. 2023 — Dec. 2023] Erasmus+ for Traineeship | TECNALIA Research & Innovation
As part of the MAIA project (Multifunctional, Adaptive, and Interactive AI system for Acting in multiple contexts), I contributed to the development of an integrated robotic prototype consisting of an electric wheelchair and a robotic arm. My work focused on implementing an innovative human-machine interface (HMI) designed to validate bidirectional control principles.
Projects
- PLACES: PLAsticity of perception in real and virtual spacES (DOI: 10.3030/101086206)
- MAIA: Multifunctional, Adaptive and Interactive AI system for Acting in multiple contexts (DOI: 10.3030/951910)
- AICAMP — MAI4CAREU: During the AICAMP, organized by the University of Cyprus in collaboration with the University of Bologna, we had the opportunity to present and discuss relevant topics in AI research, including our group's survey on Large Language Models (LLMs).
Conferences
- Society for Neuroscience 2025: presentation of the late breaking abstract entitled "Multi-horizon neural decoding enables delay-free, biologically plausible kinematic forecasts for brain-computer interfaces."
