Research & Projects

Research Topics

Research Vision

My research vision is about achieving reliable and trustworthy AI for the social good, with a focus on LLMs and AI-based systems. My interests include social biases in language models from text embeddings to LLMs, fairness evaluation, and mitigation strategies.

Currently, I am researching strategies for reducing LLM hallucinations by knowledge graph integration as a mechanism for grounding model outputs and improving factual accuracy and consistency.

I also worked on responsible software engineering for AI-based software systems, at the intersection of requirements engineering, software testing, and AI ethics. I advocate for a multidisciplinary approach to responsible AI, in line with the Digital Humanism initiative.

Finally, I have a background in big data architectures and data management, including edge computing, federated learning, and federated architectures for data analytics.

Projects

Current Projects

ARMADA

Reliable Conversational Domain-specific Data Exploration and Analysis

Funding: Horizon-MSCA Doctoral Networks, Grant Agreement No. 101168951

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KGELL

Knowledge Graphs in the Era of Large Language Models

Funding: COST Action number CA24121

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Past Projects

EMELIOT

Engineered MachinE Learning-intensive IoT systems

Funding: PRIN (Relevant National Interest Projects) by MUR, Italy

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HBD

Health Big Data

Funding: Ministry of Health's MEF-funded project

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