Applied Research Scientist · CTO, Stealth AI Startup
I build trustworthy AI systems — turning research on LLMs, conversational AI, and human-AI collaboration into products that ship. PhD from the University of Trento, 30+ peer-reviewed publications, and a growing focus on bringing AI research into real-world applications.
I work at the intersection of large language models and human decision-making — building AI systems reliable enough to trust, and understanding precisely when they shouldn't be.
I'm an applied research scientist working at the intersection of large language models and human decision-making. After completing my PhD cum laude at the University of Trento and a PostDoc with the Structured Machine Learning Group, I now lead AI strategy and engineering as CTO of a stealth-stage startup — designing LLM-powered systems that are reliable enough to put in front of real users. My work spans hybrid human-machine collaboration, NLP, and the science of when (and when not) to trust a model.
How to combine human judgment with LLM reasoning so the team outperforms either alone — interaction patterns for reliable hybrid decisions.
Diagnosing and improving retrieval quality when RAG systems operate over massive, specialized legal corpora.
When and how LLMs can usefully challenge expert decisions — designing safe human-AI interaction for high-stakes medicine.
Auditing multilingual consistency in LLM health answers — a trustworthiness lens on cross-language reliability.
Using VLMs to guide rather than replace human decisions, improving accuracy while keeping humans in control.
Why learning to reject model predictions is central to ML — and what role humans play. Blue Sky Best Paper, AAAI HCOMP 2021.
For “The Science of Rejection: A Research Area for Human Computation,” at the 9th AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing.
For “On the State of Reporting in Crowdsourcing Experiments and a Checklist to Aid Current Practices.”
For “A Novel Approach to Information Spreading Models for Social Networks,” at the 6th International Conference on Data Analytics.
Open to conversations about applied AI, research collaborations, and advisory roles.