Giacomo Nunziati

👨‍💻 Giacomo Nunziati

Computer Engineer · AI/ML Specialist · Ph.D. Candidate in Smart Computing
📍 Prato, Italy
📧 giacomo.nunziati.0@gmail.com · 🌐 Website · 💼 GitHub · 🎓 Google Scholar

🧠 Summary

AI engineer and researcher with a Ph.D. background in Smart Computing, specializing in deep learning, computer vision, and biomedical data analysis.
Experienced in developing intelligent systems for clinical and industrial applications, from research prototypes to production-ready software.
Combining strong engineering and scientific skills to design explainable, data-driven solutions that transform academic research into practical industrial technology.

🎓 Education

🧩 Formal Education

Ph.D. in Smart Computing
University of Florence — Florence, Italy
📅 Nov 2022 – Present
Doctoral research on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Knowledge Extraction.

M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence and Automation Engineering (Intelligent Systems)
University of Siena — Siena, Italy
📅 Aug 2020 – Oct 2022
Graduated cum laude with merit mention.
Thesis: Continual Learning of Memory-Based Neural Layers.

B.Sc. in Computer and Information Engineering (Automation)
University of Siena — Siena, Italy
📅 Oct 2016 – Jul 2020
Graduated cum laude.
Thesis: Development of a Haptic Feedback Guidance System for the Human Hand.

High School Diploma in Industrial Electronics and Automation
I.T.S. “Tullio Buzzi” — Prato, Italy
📅 Sep 2011 – Jun 2016
Graduated with 100/100.

📚 Additional Training & Summer Schools

Machine Learning Course (Andrew Ng, Coursera)
Online — Jul 2022

6th Advanced Course on Data Science & Machine Learning (ACDL 2023)
Riva del Sole Resort & SPA, Castiglione della Pescaia – Grosseto, Italy
📅 Jun 10 – 14, 2023
Organized by ICAS – Interdisciplinary Centre of Advanced Studies.
Five-day full-immersion course on Deep Learning, Foundation Models, and Data Science.

Mediterranean Machine Learning (M2L) Summer School 2023
American College of Thessaloniki (ACT), Thessaloniki, Greece
📅 Aug 28 – Sep 2, 2023
Intensive program on Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Generative Models.

💼 Experience

Research Fellow – CARES Project (“Climate-Aware Robotics for Energy Systems”)

University of Siena – DIISM (with Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie / Baker Hughes group)
📍 Siena, Italy · 📅 Sep 2025 – Present

Development of AI-based solutions for robotic inspection and gas-leak detection.
Research funded by the FESR Tuscany 2021–2027 Programme.
Work on multimodal sensing, environment understanding, and intelligent automation.

AI & Software Engineer – Eye Tracking System Development

Private Research Collaboration — Scandicci, Italy
📅 Apr 2025 – Present

Designed and developed an AI-based eye-tracking system integrated into a clinical C# application for orthoptists and ophthalmologists.
Led the full vision pipeline: acquisition setup, model design, training, and deployment.
Implemented C#-Python integration for real-time inference and user interaction.

Visiting PhD Researcher

Radboud University Medical Center – Diagnostic Image Analysis Group (DIAG)
📍 Nijmegen, The Netherlands · 📅 Sep – Nov 2024

Conducted research on multimodal deep learning for automatic MRI scan classification by modality (T1w, T2w, FLAIR, …).
Combined DICOM metadata and image-based features for reliable MRI protocol identification.
Collaborative work under supervision of Prof. Henkjan Huisman.

Research Assignment – University of Siena (DIISM)

📍 Siena, Italy · 📅 Feb – Mar 2025

Study of approaches for 2D-to-3D mapping and categorization based on algorithmic complexity.
Conducted within a joint project between the Department of Information Engineering and Mathematical Sciences and Baker Hughes.

Teacher – Professional Course “Technician, Designer and Software Developer”

FISM Formazione — Florence, Italy
📅 Jan 2025 – Present

Instructor for courses on Programming Languages (20 h) and Programming Techniques (62 h)
within the Regione Toscana funded “Prog.eS.S.” program.

Software Developer – Zucchetti Centro Sistemi S.p.A.

📍 Florence, Italy · 📅 Oct 2023

Developed a video-processing system for robotic lawnmower control.
Performed software testing and debugging of real-time systems.

Web Developer – Sistemi POS S.r.l.

📍 Caserta, Italy · 📅 Feb – Sep 2022

Designed and implemented a web application for dynamic Digital Signage interface customization.
Stack: JEE, SQL, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, React.

IT Technician – Centro DSA Prato

📍 Prato, Italy · 📅 Jan 2023 – Present

System upgrades for the clinic’s web platform and internal management software.

Intern – LENS (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy)

📍 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy · 📅 May – Jun 2015

Designed and built electronic circuits (audio amplifiers, PID controllers, etc.).

🧩 Academic Service

Program Committees and Reviewing

Reviewer – Soft Computing (Springer)
Reviewer – IEEE MetroXRAINE 2023 (Milan, Italy) and 2025 (Ancona, Italy)
Reviewer – AI-ML Systems 2025 (Bangalore, India)
Reviewer Certificate – IEEE MetroXRAINE 2023
Session Chair – AI-ML Systems 2025 (Bangalore, India)
Co-supervisor of M.Sc. Thesis – University of Siena, DIISM
Presenter – AICS Workshop (AI and Computer Systems), Satellite of CCS 2025, Turin (Italy)

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Extracurricular Activities

Vice President and Executive Manager – Non Solo Libri ONLUS

📍 Prato, Italy · 📅 Aug 2010 – Oct 2018

Organized and managed all association activities supporting economically disadvantaged families through a non-profit used-book resale network.
Led volunteers, trained new operators, managed treasury and logistics.
Directed the design and development (2015–2016) of the internal web management platform.

Vice President & Co-founder – Studialibero Association

📍 Prato, Italy · 📅 Jan 2019 – Present

Co-founded a non-profit association offering free tutoring and study support to reduce school dropout.
Coordinated volunteers and managed administration and communication.

🧰 Skills

AI & Machine Learning:
Deep Learning, Computer Vision, LLMs, Generative AI, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, OpenCV, Torchvision, Hugging Face, Transformers

Software Engineering:
Python, C#, Java, React, HTML/CSS/JS, Django, FastAPI, Docker, Git, REST APIs

Data & Visualization:
SQL, MongoDB, Matplotlib, Plotly, Open3D, Pandas, NumPy

Languages:
Italian (Native), English (Professional Fluency)

📚 Publications

Di Maio C., Nunziati G., Mecocci A. (2024). Deep-Learning-Based Action and Trajectory Analysis for Museum Security Videos. Electronics 13(7): 1194.
Marziali S., Nunziati G., Prete A.L., Niccolai N., Bianchini M. (2024). SADIC v2: A Modern Implementation of the Simple Atom Depth Index Calculator. SoftwareX 27: 101803.
Marziali S., Nunziati G., Prete A.L., Niccolai N., Brunetti S., Bianchini M. (2024). A Discrete Geometry Method for Atom Depth Computation in Complex Molecular Systems. Springer ICDGMM 2024.
Nunziati G., Di Maio C., Martinez A.P., Mecocci A. (2023). Enhancing Museum Security with Advanced Scene-Based Action Recognition Techniques. IEEE MetroXRAINE 2023.
Nunziati G., Porri A., Andreini P., Bonechi S., Bianchini M., Pecci R., Ronchetti M., Scarselli F., Vanni S. (2025). Enhancing Museum Security with Advanced Scene-Based Action Recognition Techniques. IEEE MetroXRAINE 2025 (in press).
Melacci S., Nunziati G., Corradini B.T., De Magistris G., Fiorucci M., Schillaci G. (2025). Mixed 2D–3D Object Recognition for Autonomous Inspection in Industrial Environments. AI-ML Systems 2025 (in press).
Nunziati G., Marziali S., Romagnoli F., Brunetti S. (under review). SADIC: Improving Protein Atom Depth Computation Using Morphological Transformations. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.