I am a Full Professor at the University of Brescia, Italy. I am also the Chair of the local branch (node) of the Italian Cybersecurity National Laboratory, Honorary Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University (UK) and Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton (UK).
I served as the inaugural Director of the Data Science Academy at Cardiff University until 2019, when I was one of the recipients of the Rita Levi-Montalcini Italian Ministerial Program for attracting talents living abroads. I was a member of the Expert Evaluation Group appointed by the Agency for the Evaluation of Research for the 2015-2019 edition of the Italian Research Quality Evaluation (VQR) exercise. I have been appointed Associate Professor in October 2022 and I started my tenure as a Full Professor in September 2024.
My research is about the security of artificial intelligence, in particular for what concerns learning and reasoning with uncertain and sparse data for supporting (cyber-threat) intelligence analysis. I co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, including several journal papers, and co-edited two books. More details on Google Scholar, DBLP, and Scopus.
I read the Digital Transformation and the Computer Security courses within the Master's Degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Brescia, with a particular emphasis on knowledge management issues and balancing the risks and opportunities of new technologies.