š Mission
My mission is to change the current educational paradigms using digital technologies, data and artiļ¬cial intelligence and make learning more accessible and enjoyable.
Research interests: Artiļ¬cial Intelligence in Education, Human-AI interaction, Multimodal Learning Analytics, Human Activity Recognition, Machine Learning, Educational Data Mining, Wearable Sensor Support, and Technology-Enhanced Learning.
š¼ Work Experience
Junior research group leader (PI) in āAI in Educationā 11/2020 ā present
DIPF ā Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Since September 2022, I have been PI and independent group leader of a BMBF-funded project (www.hytea.de). I am both the main and co-supervisor of several PhD candidates, a habilitation candidate and an external lecturer in Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Computer Science at the Goethe University of Frankfurt.
Post-doctoral researcher in āArtiļ¬cial Intelligenceā 11/2019 ā 10/2020
Centre of Actionable Research of the Open Universiteit (CAROU) ā Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen, The Netherlands. Supervisor: Dr. Stefano Bromuri (OU). Projects: MOBIUS modelling smart and safe Mobility for Urban Sustainability, NEXUS Virtual Assistant.
Ph.D. in āWearable Support and Learning Analyticsā 09/2016 ā 09/2020
Faculty of Education (Welten Institute) Open Universiteit ā The Netherlands. The PhD dissertation title was āMultimodal Tutor ā Adaptive Feedback from Multimodal Experiences.ā Advisors: Prof. Hendrik Drachsler (OU/DIPF), Prof. Marcus Specht (TUD), Dr. Jan Schneider (DIPF).
Start-up founder / CTO 09/2018 ā 08/2020 MyHealthData ā Bari, Italy. MyHealthData is a platform that allows curating your medical records.
Web developer (part-time, freelance) 09/2010 ā 12/2018
Dimstudio ā Bari, Italy. Developed web solutions for clients in retailing, healthcare, medicine, tourism and social activism.
Research intern 09/2015 ā 06/2016
Welten Insitute, Open Universiteit ā Heerlen, The Netherlands. Led the project Learning Pulse, a research initiative of the Technology Enhanced Learning Innovation (TELI) group of the Open Universiteit. Advisors: Prof. H. Drachsler, Dr. M. Scheļ¬el, Dr. D. Bƶrner, Dr. S. Ternier.
IBM Extreme Blue intern 06/2015 ā 09/2015 Centre for Advanced Studies IBM ā Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Designed and prototyped a concept of an autonomous wi-ļ¬ drone for a telecommunication company. Advisors: Dr. Z. Slavic, Prof. N. Roos (UM).
Web developer and IT expert 09/2012 ā 09/2014 Sinesi Gioielli srl ā Bari, Italy.
š Education
M.Sc. Artiļ¬cial Intelligence 09/2014 ā 07/2016 Data Science and Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University ā The Netherlands. Dissertation Title: āVisual Learning Pulseā ā in cooperation with the Welten Institute of the Open University of the Netherlands. Final grade: 9/10. Advisors: Dr. K. Driessens (UM), Dr. P. Bonizzi (UM).
B.Sc. Informatics and Digital Communication 10/2010 ā 03/2014 UniversitĆ degli Studi di Bari āAldo Moroā ā Italy.
Dissertation Title: āLearning Analytics for formative assessment in distance learning environmentsā - Final grade: 106/110. Advisors: Prof. T. Roselli (UniBA), Dr. V. Rossano (UniBA).
High School Diploma Special. Computer Science 09/2005 ā 07/2010
Scientiļ¬c Lyceum āA. Scacchiā, Bari, Italy.Dissertation Title: āCognitive-cultural Capitalism and Knowledge Privatisationā - Final grade: 94/100.
š¤ Elected in Committees / NGOs
yOUng (board member) 12/2017 ā 10/2020
yOUng is the network of young employees of the Open Universiteit. OU ambassador of the Brightlandsā Young Professionals.
Lifelong Learning Platform (vice-president) 06/2014 ā 06/2017
The platform of European civil society organisations in the ļ¬eld of Education and Lifelong Learning. Portfolio: Erasmus+, digital learning. http://www.lllplatform.eu/
OBESSU (board member) 05/2012 ā 09/2014
The Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions advocates for the rights of secondary students in Europe and represents their voices. http://www.obessu.org/
Unione degli Studenti (international oļ¬cer) 05/2012 ā 09/2014
Italian school student union, member of Rete della Conoscenza and Forum Nazionale Giovani (Italian Youth Council).