Author of several scientific publications in top-level conference proceedings and international journals; participated in EU-funded projects and served on program committees at international conferences; his research has been featured in international magazines and newspapers such as Wall Street Journal, MIT Technology Review, Harvard Business Review, Wired.
Research Experience
Head of the Language and Dialogue Technologies group at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK); previously worked in the NLP group at FBK and at Trento-Rise, a node of the European Institute of Technology; since 2008, he has been working as a technology consultant for start-ups and large companies.
Education
PhD in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Trento in March 2006; Bachelor's degree in Philosophy.
Background
Research interests include Computational Linguistics, persuasive communication, sentiment analysis, and social media. In recent years, his research has focused on developing AI technologies to support counter-narrative generation to fight online hate speech.
Miscellany
Writes a blog about technology and innovation for the main Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.