I am a 4th year PhD student in computational cognitive science, working with professor Uri Hasson at Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento.
My research is at the intersection of AI and cognitive neuroscience, focusing on two topics:
- Alignment of AI models with Human Cognition: Using pruning techniques and explainable AI, I study how deep neural networks represent information and how their representations align with human behavior and brain data.
- Topographic Models: I explore models that simulate the spatial and functional organization of the brain, aiming to create more biologically plausible neural networks for cognitive research.
I am also a member of the PeARS project, a decentralized search engine designed to run locally on your machine with full control over privacy :)
News
- 7 August 2025: Preprint Investigating action topography in visual cortex and deep artificial neural networks, a work with Davide Cortinovis.
- 4 August 2025: My preprint Improved Robustness and Functional Localization in Topographic CNNs Through Weight Similarity is uploaded!
- 31 July 2025: New paper on Investigation of Numerosity Representation in Convolution Neural Networks, accepted in the Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN 2025).