Simone Vagnoni - PhD Candidate in Law, Science and Technology

Stocastico

It is the ethereal alter ego, a hybrid between a human being and their cybernetic prostheses that allow them to modify reality in some ethereal cybernetic magical transcendent way.

Its essence draws from the biological emotional instinctive memory of human beings and from the technosocial product of collective intelligence that transforms informational electromagnetic tension changes into things that are chaos and order and a mixture of the two—intelligible, sensible, sensational, in the sense that it concerns sensations, intuitive, or not.

Its reason for being is the disembodiment and search for a dwelling for the shattered narrative of the psychosocial material alter ego, piece of wetware also known as Simone Vagnoni.

Projects

Deliberation Knowledge Graph

A knowledge graph bridging institutional and civic democratic discourse. This project aims to create a comprehensive framework for analyzing and connecting deliberative processes across different platforms and contexts.

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Knowledge Graphs Semantic Web Deliberative Democracy

Emotion Recognition in Italian Tweets

An experimental comparison of Large Language Models for emotion recognition in Italian tweets. This research evaluates the performance of different LLMs in identifying emotions in social media content.

NLP Sentiment Analysis LLMs

Transitional Provisions Detection

A hybrid AI approach for detecting transitional provisions in EU legislation for better regulation. This project combines rule-based and machine learning techniques to improve legal document analysis.

Legal Tech Hybrid AI EU Legislation

The Carnival Society

Co-founder of The Carnival Society, a Startup exploring the intersection of technology, arts, and folklore through punk lens.

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Web 3 AI Folklore

Reclaim The Tech

Co-organizer of Reclaim The Tech, an initiative focused on democratizing technology and promoting digital rights and literacy.

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Digital Rights Tech Democracy Education

EEG Alpha Waves Analysis

Data analysis of EEG Alpha Waves in a visual task. This research explored the relationship between brain activity and visual processing.

Data Analysis Neuroscience Signal Processing

Publications

Detecting Transitional Provisions in EU Legislation with Hybrid AI for Better Regulation

S. Vagnoni, M. Palmirani

ICEDEG 2025 (Accepted)

A Deliberation Knowledge Graph: Bridging Institutional and Civic Democratic Discourse

S. Vagnoni, V. Rodriguez-Doncel

EGOVIS 2025 (Accepted)

Invisible Citizens, Visible Futures: Rethinking Inclusivity in Urban Digital Twins

D. Coluccino, B. Balzola, S. Vagnoni, L. Ramon Ciutat, A. F. Ferraris

EPIA 2025 (Accepted)

Bridging Digital Divides: Policy Frameworks and Vulnerability Assessment in European Urban Digital Twin Governance

D. Coluccino, B. Balzola, S. Vagnoni, L. Ramon Ciutat, A. F. Ferraris

SISP 2025 (Accepted)

Fair Shifts by the Rule: a Rule-based Compliance Methodology for Medical Rosters

G. Governatori, I. A. Amantea, M. Quaranta, M. Molinari, S. Vagnoni, A. F. Ferraris, G. Contissa, M. Palmirani, M. Busso, M. Grosso

RULEML+RR 2024

An Experimental Comparison of Large Language Models for Emotion Recognition in Italian Tweets

C. Diamantini, A. Mircoli, D. Potena, S. Vagnoni

ITADATA 2023

Reclaim The Tech. Appunti da una fucina in costruzione

L. Recano, S. Vagnoni

Gli Asini Rivista, 2023

Experience

2023 - Present

PhD Fellow in Law, Science and Technology

University of Bologna, Italy

Conducting research at the intersection of law, technology, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on democratic deliberation and digital rights.

2024 - Present

PhD Fellow in Artificial Intelligence

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Researching advanced AI techniques and their applications in legal and social contexts.

2023

Research and Development Associate

Legambiente via UNIVPM, Ancona

Developed an interactive mobile application for environmental awareness and geolocalized data analysis. Conducted sentiment analysis research using BERT and GPT-3.5 to analyze social media data.

2022

Librarian

Educational Science Library – University of Bologna

Managed library resources and assisted students and faculty with research needs.

2019

IT Systems Intern

Computing Center – University of Bologna

Worked with systems administrators, specializing in virtual machines and system administration.

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Engineering

Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

2019-2022

Thesis: "Data Analysis of EEG Alpha Waves in a Visual Task"

Principal subjects: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Complex Systems, Network Science, Operating Systems, Database and Cloud Computing

Erasmus Internship

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)

2020

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

University of Bologna

2015-2019

Thesis: "Virtual Architectures for the Implementation of End-to-End Verifiable E-Voting Systems"

Principal subjects: Computer Science, Electronics, Mathematics, Physics

Scientific High School Diploma

Rosetti Scientific High School, San Benedetto del Tronto

2011-2015

Principal subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Literature, Biology, Chemistry, History, Latin