European HORIZON-CL3 IAMI project
Optimizing AI Models to Handle Diverse Identity-Related Data Types Beyond Traditional Biometrics
From Enrolment to Intelligence: IAMI in Practice
Keynote Speaker
Lectures & Academic Service
Invited Talks
15 talks
Italian Fondo Repubblica Digitale SPARKLE project
Becoming a Researcher: Pathways, Curiosity, and Everyday Work
SPARKLE Final Event
Panel Member
Session Chair
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Model and Dataset Auditing for Trustworthy AI
DIGIS Workshop on AI Compliance: Robustness, Trustworthiness, and Fairness
Keynote Speaker
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Human-Centered Visual Data on the PRECRISIS Project
European Data Protection Day: Privacy by Researchers for Researchers
Keynote Speaker
Trentino Digital Bridge 2025
Language-Based Video Anomaly Detection
Research-to-Industry Innovation Pitch
Keynote Speaker
USC–Televés University Chair
State-of-the-Art Multimodal Models: Concepts, Drawbacks and Advantages
Eco-Friendly Algorithms and Chips for Artificial Intelligence Summer School
Keynote Speaker
European HORIZON-CL3 IAMI project
Large Multimodal Models in IAMI
Entity Identification & Resolution Technologies, Challenges, and Procedures in Counterterrorism Operations
Keynote Speaker
European ISF PRECRISIS project
The PRECRISIS Platform
Public Space Protection in a Changing Security Landscape: Trends, Technology & Policy Priorities
Keynote Speaker
European HORIZON-CL3 GATHERINGS project
PRECRISIS Platform Demonstration
Exploring Socio-Technological Solutions for Safer Public Spaces
Keynote Speaker
12th EGU Galileo Conference
Potential and Future Perspectives of AI in Research
Leveraging existing fibre optic networks for improving resilience in our modern society
Panel Member
12th EGU Galileo Conference
The Transformative Power of AI in Research
Processing, modelling and artificial intelligence for fibre optic sensing users
Keynote Speaker
European ISF PRECRISIS project
Artificial Intelligence Challenges and Priorities for Security
Protecting Public Spaces — Innovation Challenges and Priorities
Panel Host
SoRAIM'24 Winter School
Multi-Modal Human Behaviour Understanding
Understanding Human Behavior for Mental Wellbeing Robotic Coaches
Keynote Speaker
European Erasmus+ ELBA project
Detection and Tracking in Video through Deep Learning
Intelligent Big Data Analytics for Central Asia
Keynote Speaker
Academic Service
6 committees · 3 organizing · 11 outreach · 13 reviewing
Top-tier computer-vision venues
Peer Reviewer
Reviewer for leading computer-vision conferences and journals.
Peer Review
Pint of Science
Organizer of Pint of Science Trento
Organizer of the international Pint of Science festival in Trento, bringing researchers and the wider community together in informal venues across the city.
Organization
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Member of Compliance Group
Member of the FBK Compliance Group, supporting the development of a shared compliance culture across FBK on privacy, AI Act governance, research ethics, copyright, and EU data regulations.
Committee
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Science Ambassador
Science Ambassador for FBK, participating in an advanced training program on science communication and helping communicate the value, impact, and frontiers of FBK research to broader audiences.
Committee
University of Santiago de Compostela
Member of Academic Senate
Represented the teaching and research staff on USC's Academic Senate, the highest collegiate governance body of the university.
Committee
University of Santiago de Compostela
Member of Economic Affairs Committee
Represented the teaching and research staff on USC's Economic Affairs Committee, reviewing the university's budget and financial decisions.
Committee
CiTIUS
Member of Maker Committee
Helped establish the CiTIUS Maker space and culture: selected the equipment needed to set it up and proposed several of the operational activities.
Committee
CiTIUS
Member of Training & Professional Development Board
Member of the board that oversees training, mentoring, and professional-development activities for CiTIUS staff and PhD students.
Committee
CiTIUS
Main Organizer of Under the Sun lecture series
Main organizer of the Under the Sun lecture series at CiTIUS, inviting leading figures from fields beyond Computer Science to share their work with the research community.
Organization
University of Santiago de Compostela
AI-Driven Slot-Car Demo
Developed and presented an AI-driven slot-car demo that surpassed human pilots, used in public science and innovation events.
Outreach
CiTIUS
Computer Vision Algorithm Demos
Presented live demonstrations of computer-vision algorithms developed at CiTIUS for public-facing science and innovation events.
Outreach
European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Organizing Committee of ECAI 2020
Member of the ECAI 2020 Organizing Committee, in charge of the Volunteers Program and Human Resources logistics.
Organization
Teaching
283 hours
University of Trento (UniTn)
Advanced Multimodal Learning
PhD in Information Engineering and Computer Science
Adjunct Professor
University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
MSc in Journalism and Artificial Intelligence
Teaching Assistant
Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP)
Foundations of AI Scientific Research
MSc in Artificial Intelligence Research
Teaching Assistant
University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Artificial Intelligence
BSc in Computing Engineering & BSc in Mathematics
Teaching Assistant
University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Knowledge Engineering
BSc in Computing Engineering & BSc in Mathematics
Teaching Assistant
Student Supervision
5 PhD · 6 MSc · 4 BScDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
5 students- 2025-now
Benedetta Liberatori — University of Trento
Temporal action localization in video and video differencing
- 2025-now
Francesco Gentile — University of Trento
Weight-based VLM explainability and editing
- 2024-now
Maurizio Patrick de Marchi — University of Trento
Efficient algorithms for in-chip AI (Sony collaboration)
- 2024-now
Francesco Tonini — University of Trento
Gaze and human–object interaction detection
- 2024-2025
Manuel Bendaña Gómez — University of Santiago de Compostela
Enhancing multi-object tracking through segmentation masks
Master of Science (MSc)
6 students- 2025-now
Riccardo Benevelli — University of Trento
Training-free efficient video anomaly detection in streaming video
- 2025-now
Matteo Morellini — University of Trento
Explainable AI for improved VLM fine-tuning
- 2024-2025
Laurence Bonat — University of Trento
Training-free semantic multi-object tracking with vision-language models
- 2023-2024
Manuel Bendaña Gómez — University of Santiago de Compostela
Enhancing multiple object tracking with segmentation masks
- 2023-2024
Michele Presutto — University of Trento
TinyML for audio-visual anomaly detection
- 2022-2023
Pablo Gil Pérez — University of Santiago de Compostela
Visual tracking system for open-set self-checkout system
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
4 students- 2024-2025
Riccardo Benevelli — University of Trento
TinyML for efficient portrait segmentation on embedded devices
- 2021-2022
Manuel Bendaña Gómez — University of Santiago de Compostela
Improved visual object tracking leveraging distractor information
- 2020-2021
Enrique Campos Durán — University of Santiago de Compostela
Efficient AI for visual object tracking on edge devices
- 2018-2019
Jaime Mallo Antelo — University of Santiago de Compostela
Web application for assisted video object labelling powered by tracking-based CNNs