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About Me

I am a researcher with a background in AI and Robotics, currently working on hardware-aware explainable reinforcement learning for cyber-physical systems. I completed my Master’s degree in Computer Engineering (AI & Robotics specialization) at the University of Padova and bring several years of prior industry experience as a software engineer.

My research focuses on hardrware aware RL environments, energy-efficient network control, and explainable AI (XAI) for real-world, safety-critical systems. I am closely associated with the CAUSE research training group, and my work bridges theory, system modeling, and deployable architectures.

I am open to collaboration on related research projects.

Current Research

  • Reinforcement learning for cellular and network optimization
  • Hardware-aware RL (power amplifier efficiency, power models, switching costs)
  • Energy-efficient base station and cell-level control
  • Explainable reinforcement learning (SHAP, LIME, custom explainability metrics)
  • Measurement-based environments and concept drift awareness

Other Interests

  • Multi-agent reinforcement learning and distributed control
  • Graph Neural Networks for spatially coupled systems
  • AI for communication networks
  • Explainable AI for safety-critical and real-time systems
  • Hardware-aware ML systems
  • Reinforcement Lerarning for industrial robots.