Published a book with Springer (in the Advances in Information Security series) and over 50 scientific articles; participated in national and European projects; delivered keynotes at international conferences; received extensive media coverage. He has won the SAGE Grant, IEEE Computer Society Italy Section Chapter 2018 PhD Thesis Award, IEEE Next-Generation Data Scientist Award, and ERCIM Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award for his research work.
Research Experience
Works as a Researcher at Istituto di Informatica e Telematica (IIT), focusing on social media analysis and disinformation detection.
Background
Research interests include social media analysis, particularly in combating the spread of disinformation, fake news, and fake profiles (such as social bots, trolls, etc.). Additionally, his work covers the area of social sensing, aimed at utilizing reliable information from social media to improve the management of emergencies like natural disasters and health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Miscellany
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