Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science at University of Dayton (UD), OH.
My research is broadly connected to the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, human-computer interaction, cognitive science, and computational social sciences.
I use both experimental and computational approaches to understand how people learn to make decisions under uncertainty and how to design AI-powered systems that effectively support human decision-making processes and are helpful for humans to collaborate with when making joint decisions.
Prior to UD, I spent three years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Dynamic Decision Making Lab (DDMLab) and six months as a Visiting Faculty Lecturer at the Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, where my research focused on supporting group decision-making processes with conversational recommendation techniques.
Research Interests: My research interests include personalized, adaptive systems; computational modeling of human behavior; artificial intelligence; human-AI interaction; and machine learning.
Cognitive and Machine Learning Models for Cooperative Multiagent Systems
Developing effective multi-agent systems (MAS) is crucial for applications requiring collaboration with humans. We propose multi-agent Instance-based Learning (MAIBL) models that integrate cognitive mechanisms with multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL) techniques, demonstrating faster learning and improved coordination in dynamic, stochastic environments.
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A chat-based group recommender system
This project developed a chat-based group recommender system for suggesting points of interest (POIs) to groups, implemented as an Android mobile application. It explored how an individual’s conflict resolution style affected their receptivity to group recommendations.
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