May 2024 - Nov. 2025

Random Power (Startup)

Full Stack Developer (Remote)

• Developed a comprehensive Django-based web client (backend and frontend) for Random Power's 64x Multi-Generator Board quantum hardware platform, enabling secure multi-user access with authentication and session management to true quantum randomness generation.
• Built Palo Alto QRNG API-compliant Entropy-as-a-Service platform supporting 1Gbit/s quantum random bit distribution with automated quality assurance and real-time compliance monitoring.
• Collaborated in the design and development of scheduler and TEE components for secure random bit distribution.
• Designed and maintained communication interfaces between hardware and software components, ensuring reliable and secure data exchange.

Sep. 2024 - Jul. 2025

A. Paradisi High School

Computer Science High School Teacher (Vignola, Italy)

• Introduced 75+ high school students to programming, algorithms, and fundamental computer concepts using practical exercises and projects.

Sep. 2024 - Dec. 2024

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Computer Science University Tutor (Modena, Italy)

• Conducted laboratory sessions, guiding 50+ undergraduate students in programming, algorithms, and data structures.
• Provided hands-on support during labs, assisted with debugging, and facilitated practical understanding of theoretical concepts.

Mar. 2021 - Jul. 2021

Liferay Inc.

Junior Full Stack Developer (Internship, Remote)

• Integrated Stripe payment functionality into the open-source Liferay Portal.
• Explore my contribution here.

Nov. 2024 - Present

University of Insubria, Random Power

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Mathematics of Computation

• Researched privacy-preserving synthetic data generation with small LLMs, investigating LoRA fine-tuning and Differential Privacy techniques for tabular data synthesis.
• Researched Differential Privacy frameworks analyzing how quantum vs. pseudo-random number generation impacts privacy mechanism effectiveness.

Sep. 2022 - Apr. 2024

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Master's Degree in Computer Science (110/110)

• Big Data & Machine Learning: Focus on predictive modeling, large-scale data analysis, and advanced machine learning methods.
• Cybersecurity & Cryptography: Exploration of theoretical and applied aspects of data security and cryptographic protocols.

Feb. 2023 - Jun. 2023

University of Bologna, CERN, AGH University

Post Graduate Degree CBI.Attract (30/30 with Honors)

• Participated in research collaborations at CERN and AGH University, funded by the EU Attract Project, contributing to joint investigations on emerging technologies.
• Explored technological opportunities through Design Thinking-based prototyping and testing.

Sep. 2018 - Apr. 2022

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

• Computer Science Foundations: Algorithms, data structures, programming languages, computer architecture, and operating systems.
• Mathematical Foundations: Discrete mathematics, calculus, statistics, and linear algebra.

Apr. 2024

Privacy Preservation in Data Sharing: A Study on Differential Privacy

Master's thesis

• An introductory and analytical study of differential privacy as a technique for preserving data confidentiality.

Jun. 2026

chesSLM

Chess Small Language Model: a Decoder-Only Transformer Built From Scratch to Play Chess via Move-Level Language Modeling

• Designed and implemented from scratch a ~100M-parameter decoder-only Transformer (custom attention, training loop, and tokenization scheme), trained via a two-stage pretraining/ finetuning curriculum and deployed as a UCI-compliant chess engine.

May 2026

LLM-synthetic-data-generation

LLM-based Synthetic Tabular Data Generation Pipeline

• Designed and implemented a config-driven pipeline to generate and evaluate synthetic tabular data using large language models with LoRA fine-tuning and differential privacy.

Oct. 2025

epsiloc-lib

Local Differential Privacy library

• Designed and implemented a library for applying Local Differential Privacy mechanisms to local databases.

Jun. 2026

Graph Visualizer

Knowledge Graph dynamic visualizer

• Built a web-based tool to visualize knowledge networks directly in the browser. Supports interactive node positioning and reordering, automatic edge rendering, and class-based highlighting, with no server or database required.
• Open the web app here.

Mar. 2026

Recoil Island

Fast-paced 2D retro shooter

• Built a web-based retro shooter featuring a unique one-click control scheme. Use weapon recoil to simultaneously attack and move through challenging environments. No server, no installation.
• Play the game here.

Feb. 2026

TxtUrl

Serverless text editor embedded in the URL

• Built a text editor that encodes content directly in the URL hash, with no server, no database, and no account required. Supports Markdown syntax rendering.
• Open the web app here.

Feb. 2025

Score Tracker

Score tracker Web App

• Built a Web App to keep track of scores for board games, card games, and any multiplayer competition.
• Open the web app here.

Jan. 2025

ToolsTab

Startpage browser extension

• Developed a minimal and responsive browser startpage with useful tools.
• Try the extension here.

Sep. 2023

Winner of Green & Digital Transformation Hackathon

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Mantua, Italy)

• Winner of a hackathon with a machine learning-based predictive model for water consumption optimization.