CV

Summary of my academic and professional career. The complete curriculum vitae, including the full list of publications, theses supervised and service, is available as a PDF (May 2026).

Contact Information

Name Marco Piangerelli
Professional Title Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, University of Camerino · AI Engineer, Vici & C. S.p.A.
Email marco.piangerelli@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Computer scientist and bioengineer working on machine learning, topological data analysis and complex systems, with a focus on trustworthy AI, concept and data drift and interpretable learning methods for healthcare and manufacturing. Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Camerino, 2017). Full CV available as PDF.

Experience

  • 2025 - present

    Santarcangelo (RN)

    AI Engineer, R&D Division
    Vici & C. S.p.A.
    Machine learning and computer vision for optical metrology of precision mechanical parts.
  • 2025 - present

    Italy

    Scientific Director of the RIAB project
    Bilancio CO2 Zero S.r.l.
    AI and computer vision for tele-rehabilitation.
  • 2019 - present

    Camerino

    Adjunct Professor (INF/01, Computer Science)
    University of Camerino
    Machine Learning courses for the M.Sc. in Computer Science and the Ph.D. programme in Computer Science and Mathematics; supervision of Ph.D., Master’s and Bachelor’s theses.
  • 2018 - present

    Camerino

    Founding member
    Knoway Systems S.r.l. (University of Camerino spin-off)
    Customised software solutions for the digitisation of public administration and Industry 4.0 in SMEs, born from the e-government research group of the University of Camerino.
  • 2023 - 2025

    Camerino

    Research Fellow (INF/01, Computer Science)
    University of Camerino, School of Science and Technology
  • 2024 - 2024

    Addis Ababa

    Visiting Researcher
    Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
    Technology transfer on anomaly detection with unsupervised techniques; groundwork for a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Camerino and Addis Ababa University.
  • 2017 - 2022

    Camerino

    Post-doctoral Researcher
    University of Camerino, School of Science and Technology
    • 2021–2022: Modelling and studying self-adaptive cyber-physical systems.
    • 2018–2021: Algorithms for monitoring and predicting changes in the psycho-physical state of patients in rehabilitation for spinal injuries.
    • 2017–2018: Algorithms and methods for the analysis of streaming and batch data for prediction, classification and clustering.

Education

  • 2013 - 2017

    Camerino

    Ph.D.
    University of Camerino
    Computer Science
    • Thesis: A topological classifier for detecting the emergence of anomalous synchronization in brain activity (supervisor Prof. Emanuela Merelli).
    • Collaboration with ab medica s.r.l. on an implantable device for detecting and controlling epileptic seizures.
  • 2009 - 2013

    Bologna

    Master of Engineering
    Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
    Bioengineering
    • Thesis: The effects of hypocalcemia on spatial alternans and ventricular fibrillation studied with optical mapping technique (supervisor Prof. Stefano Severi, co-supervisor Prof. Flavio Fenton).
    • Visiting Master student at Cornell University, Veterinary Medicine School (March–August 2012), supervisors Prof. Flavio Fenton and Prof. Robert Gilmour.
  • 2003 - 2009

    Milan

    Bachelor of Engineering
    Politecnico di Milano
    Biomedical Engineering
    • Thesis: Definizione di un protocollo per lo studio della deformazione delle labbra (supervisor Prof. Maria Gabriella Signorini).

Projects

  • 2025 - 2028
    RIAB (Bilancio CO2 Zero S.r.l.)

    ML/DL models for tele-rehabilitation. Scientific coordinator.

  • 2025 - 2027
    Unicam 4 ACME (ACME Lab S.r.l.)

    ML/DL models for environmental monitoring that react and adapt to change. Member of the project board.

  • 2024 - 2027
    Unicam 4 VICI, ML for Metrology (Vici & C. S.p.A.)

    ML/DL models to improve the accuracy of dimensional measurements of precision mechanical parts. Member of the project board.

  • 2022 - 2025
    AI.EM, Artificial Intelligence Evolutive Machine (Nuova Simonelli Group S.p.A., Sigma S.p.A.)

    Adaptive AI for energy efficiency, waste reduction and human-machine interaction in smart manufacturing. Unicam research unit member.

  • 2022 - 2024
    UNICAM 4 INGKA, Inventory Process Mining (IKEA IT Aktiebolag)

    Process mining and machine learning for large-scale inventory management. Responsible for the ML research.

  • 2022 - 2024
    Syeew (Eidos S.r.l.) and Chatbot (Filippetti S.p.A.)

    Intelligent recommendation system for micro enterprises; NLP techniques for chatbots.

  • 2019 - 2022
    MIRACLE (POR Marche FESR 2014/2020)

    Laboratory of excellence for home automation and connected living environments. Unicam research unit member.

  • 2019 - 2022
    SIMPLE, Smart Manufacturing Machine with Predictive Lifetime Electronic maintenance (SIGMA S.p.A., Schnell S.p.A.)

    Predictive maintenance platform; unsupervised learning module.

  • 2017 - 2020
    T.R.E.E., Tailored Rehabilitation for the Engagement and Empowerment of chronically disabled people (POR FESR Marche)

    Platform for personalised rehabilitation; behavioural analysis module.

  • 2017 - 2019
    Lignans (Unicam Doctoral Candidates Research Grant)

    Data analysis and clustering of laboratory data on lignan mixtures. Coordinator of the Computer Science research unit.

  • 2016 - 2019
    Da.Re., Data science pathways to re-imagine education (Erasmus+)

    European Master’s curriculum in Data Science. Unicam research unit member.

  • 2014 - 2017
    MATREND (Unicam FAR)

    Materials and technologies for renewable energy in smart city districts. Computer Science research unit member.

  • 2012 - 2015
    TOPDRIM, Topology Driven Methods for Complex Systems (FP7-ICT-2011-8)

    Topological methods for the dynamics of multilevel complex systems. Unicam research unit member.

Service

Editorial boards: Intelligenza Artificiale (Sage); PeerJ Computer Science; Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing (Wiley); Frontiers in Smart Manufacturing (EnPress).
Guest editor: Entropy (MDPI) special issues: Information Theory in Artificial Intelligence; Information Theory for Interpretable Machine Learning; Topological Data Analysis Meets Information Theory.
Workshop co-chair: NEXT-MET (IMEKO 2027); SynDAiTE-II and SCL (ECML-PKDD 2026); SynDAiTE (ECML-PKDD 2025); DELTA (KDD 2024); E3WSN (AINA 2023). Editor of the LNCS post-proceedings "Discovering Drift Phenomena in Evolving Landscapes" (Springer, 2025).
Programme committees: S2RAI track at ACM SAC 2026; AAAI-MAKE Spring Symposia 2022-2025; SACAIR 2023 and 2024; DESRIST 2023; ATDA 2019; WOA 2018.
Expert evaluator: European Commission, Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Networks (2024 and 2025 calls).
Reviewer: IEEE TPAMI, IEEE TKDE, IEEE TNNLS, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Applied Intelligence, Neurocomputing, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Internet of Things, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Chaos Solitons and Fractals, Data Science and Engineering, EPJ Data Science, Scientific Reports, iScience, PLOS ONE, BMC Public Health, Intelligent Data Analysis, Epilepsy Research, Entropy, BDCC.
Institutional roles: Representative of research fellows in the Council of the School of Science and Technology, University of Camerino (2021-2023).

Skills

Machine learning: Supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning; deep learning; vision transformers; graph neural networks; small language models; online clustering; anomaly detection; concept and data drift
Topological data analysis: Persistent homology, persistent entropy, simplicial complexes, time series and graph characterisation
Complex systems and modelling: Dynamical systems, epidemic models, self-adaptive systems, process mining
Application domains: Healthcare and neuroscience (EEG, epilepsy, rehabilitation), smart manufacturing and predictive maintenance, optical metrology, public administration event logs

Interests

Research interests: Trustworthy AI, interpretability, concept drift, topological data analysis, complex systems, machine learning for industry and medicine