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 a Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media institute of the Open University (UK), where I lead the Scholarly Knowledge Mining (SKM) team.
I am also a Associate Professor at the Business School of the University of Milano-Bicocca and a Visiting Professor at Sorbonne Paris North University.
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 150 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 2022–2025).
I am the Co-PI of the first UK research project exploring the use of generative AI in grant peer review, with the aim of reducing turnaround times while upholding the highest standards of quality and fairness. Our mission is to create a blueprint for AI-assisted peer review systems that can be adopted by funding agencies in the UK and worldwide.
