I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media institute of the Open University (UK), where I lead the Scholarly Knowledge Mining (SKM) team. My primary research interests cover Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graphs, and Metascience. Application domains include scientific research, media analysis, sustainability, finance, robotics, big data, tourism, and astronomy. Recently, I have been exploring the intersection of generative AI and semantic technologies, aiming to create advanced systems for scientific exploration and the automated production of literature reviews.
I am an Associate Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca and a Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media institute of the Open University (UK), where I lead the Scholarly Knowledge Mining (SKM) team.
My primary research interests cover Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graphs, and Metascience. Application domains include scientific research, media analysis, sustainability, finance, robotics, big data, tourism, and astronomy.
I have authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals and conferences, and coordinate several high-impact projects funded by renowned public institutions (e.g., UKRI, STFC, ERC) and private enterprises (e.g., Springer Nature, Elsevier).
In the last few years, I have ranked among the top 0.2% most cited researchers in the United Kingdom in the field of Computer Science (source: Scopus SciVal 2021–2026).
I am Lead Investigator of TRUST-AI-PR, a UKRI-funded project developing benchmarks and safeguards to make AI-assisted peer review resistant to manipulation. I am also Co-PI of the first UK project exploring generative AI in grant peer review, aiming to accelerate funding decisions while preserving quality and fairness. Through these projects, I am leading a research agenda to transform how science is assessed and funded, establishing the scientific foundations for AI-assisted evaluation that combines efficiency and scale with rigour, fairness and human judgement.
