CV

Education

  • 2026 –
    present
    Double PhD Degree in Neuroscience
    University of Zurich (UZH) & ETH Zurich (ETHZ)
  • 2022 –
    2025
    Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
    Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
    Final Grade: 110/110 with Honours · GPA: 28.96/30
  • 2019 –
    2022
    Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
    Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
    Final Grade: 110/110 with Honours · GPA: 29.00/30

Research Experience

  • Jan 2026 –
    present
    PhD Student in AI-based Neuromorphic Robotics
    Nanorobotics Research Group, IDSIA, SUPSI, Lugano
  • May –
    Dec 2025
    Postgraduate AI Research Fellow
    PULP group, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, UniBo
    Fellowship at the AlmaAI Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
  • Oct 2024 –
    Mar 2025
    Master Thesis Research Intern
    Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA) & University of Bologna
    Thesis: "Federated Neural Radiance Fields on a Swarm of Miniaturized Drones"
    6-month internship including a 3-month research visit to the Nanorobotics Research Group in Lugano · Merit scholarship from the University of Bologna
  • Oct –
    Dec 2023
    Samsung Innovation Campus
    Camplus College, Milan
    Intensive program on AI, IoT, and digital transformation · Team project: Ashly, an AI-powered pill dispenser for medication adherence
    First Prize, Best Team Project (2023 Edition)
  • Apr –
    Jun 2022
    Bachelor Thesis Intern
    CVLab, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
    Thesis: "Creazione di un dataset tramite Smart Glasses per l'addestramento di Neural Radiance Fields"
    Set up Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses for dataset acquisition · Developed a neural pipeline for data pre-processing to train NeRF models

Publications

See the Publications page for a full list, or my Google Scholar profile.

Skills

Languages
Italian (native) · English (C2, Cambridge Proficiency) · French (basic)
Programming
Python, C (primary) · Java, JavaScript, SQL (academic)
Python Libraries
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-Learn
HPC & Tools
CUDA, OpenMP, Git, LaTeX, Docker
Simulation
Isaac, Webots (basic)