Curriculum vitae
Trustworthy (explainable and neuro-symbolic) AI for time series and multimodal signals, with an emphasis on logic-guided learning and representation, auditable explanations, and model monitoring, applied to healthcare, telemonitoring, and smart environments.
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Short biocontent/cv.yaml · profile.bio.short
Ionel Eduard Stan is an Assistant Professor (RTD/a) at the University of Milano-Bicocca (DISCo), within the Intelligent Sensing Laboratory (ISLab). His research builds trustworthy, interpretable artificial intelligence (AI) for sequential and multimodal data, combining modern learning with logic-based and neuro-symbolic representations to obtain explanations that can be inspected, validated, and monitored. His work targets high-impact settings—especially healthcare and telemonitoring—and extends to smart environments. He contributes to Italian programmes (ANTHEM/PNC; previously iNEST/PNRR) and serves the community as Associate Editor (Neurocomputing, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence), including as Lead Editor of a special issue on explainable AI (XAI) for human-centric healthcare, as well as Area Chair and Organizing/Program Committee member for major AI venues. He teaches Databases (B.Sc.), Intelligent Consumer Technologies (M.Sc.), and Foundations of AI (2nd-level Master's).
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Appointmentscontent/cv.yaml · appointments[]
- Assistant Professor (RTD/a)Milan, ItalyUniversity of Milano-Bicocca (Intelligent Sensing Laboratory—ISLab)
- Teaching (Instructor of record), thesis supervision, and mentoring activities.
- Research within the ANTHEM project (Piano Nazionale Complementare—PNC): XAI and neuro-symbolic methods for signals and healthcare-oriented AI.
- Research Fellow / Postdoctoral ResearcherBozen-Bolzano, ItalyFree University of Bozen-Bolzano (Database Group—DBS Group)
- Research in the iNEST ecosystem (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza—PNRR): time series analytics and applied machine learning.
- Research AssistantFerrara, ItalyUniversity of Ferrara (Applied Computational Logic and AI Laboratory—ACLAI Lab)
- Modal and interval temporal logic; symbolic / modal machine learning.
- Supervised and coordinated multiple theses; some outcomes published in international venues.
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Educationcontent/cv.yaml · education[]
- Ph.D. in Mathematics (Excellent cum laude)Parma, ItalyUniversity of ParmaNov 2019–Feb 2023
- M.Sc. in Computer Science (110/110 cum laude)Udine, ItalyUniversity of UdineOct 2017–Oct 2019
- B.Sc. in Computer Science (110/110 cum laude)Ferrara, ItalyUniversity of FerraraOct 2014–Jun 2017
content/cv.yaml — education[], 3 entries. Keys read: title, place, org, url, dates. The classification in each degree line (cum laude, 110/110) is part of the title string in the file, not added here.
Teachingcontent/cv.yaml · teaching[]
- University of Milano-Bicocca (DISCo)Official Lecturer (Instructor of Record) · Milan, Italy · Jul 2024–Present
- DatabasesB.Sc. Computer ScienceSQL; relational algebra; database design; lab/project work30 h/yr
- Intelligent Consumer TechnologiesM.Sc. AI for Society and Technology (AI4ST)XAI; ethical/legal/privacy aspects; agentic AI (overview)6 h/yr
- Bicocca Academy (2nd-level Master, DAI4Health)Official Lecturer (Instructor of Record) · Milan, Italy · Dec 2025–Present
- Foundations of Artificial Intelligence2nd-level Master (DAI4Health)NLP foundations; agentic AI (overview); ethical/legal/privacy aspects of AI in healthcare10 h/yr
- University of FerraraTeaching Assistant · Ferrara, Italy · Oct 2019–Feb 2023
- Algorithms and Data StructuresB.Sc. Computer ScienceLaboratory/project work21 h/yr
- Databases and LaboratoryB.Sc. Computer ScienceER-to-relational mapping; relational algebra; SQL; normal forms20 h/yr
- Statistics and Probability CalculusB.Sc. Computer ScienceDescriptive statistics; discrete/continuous random variables; confidence intervals; hypothesis testing20 h/yr
content/cv.yaml — teaching[], 3 entries holding 6 courses between them in their rows[] tables. Each heading line is that entry's org, title, place and dates; each row below it is one row of its rows[], with keys Course, Programme / Level, Key topics, Hours — and those keys, in the order the file writes them, are also the columns of the same table in the printed CV.
University of Milano-Bicocca (DISCo): 2, Bicocca Academy (2nd-level Master, DAI4Health): 1, University of Ferrara: 3 courses. 46 contact hours a year currently, across the 2 posts whose dates run to Present; 107 h/yr summed across all 3 posts on record, the ended ones included (30 h/yr + 6 h/yr + 10 h/yr + 21 h/yr + 20 h/yr + 20 h/yr). Both totals are computed here from the leading number of each Hours column; neither is a figure written in the file.
Supervisioncontent/cv.yaml · supervision
Total supervision: 10+ B.Sc. theses/internships; 5+ M.Sc. theses/internships. Supervision includes problem definition, methodological guidance, implementation support, evaluation protocols, and thesis/report writing.
Topic coverage: Formal Methods; Knowledge-Based AI; Symbolic AI; Robotics; Human–Computer Interaction; Healthcare AI (e.g., dementia prediction); Trustworthy/Explainable AI.
- B.Sc. theses / internshipsEnd-to-end supervision of short-to-medium projects, including prototyping and empirical evaluation10+
- M.Sc. theses / internshipsSupervision of research-oriented projects with stronger methodological depth and experimental design5+
- Erasmus⁺ visiting student (traineeship)Hosted and supervised a 3-month Erasmus⁺ internship (incoming student from TED University, Turkey)1
content/cv.yaml — supervision, written as a map: the note paragraphs above, then entries[], 3 rows with keys title, count, detail. The counts in the right-hand column are the count field verbatim, open-ended (10+, 5+, 1) exactly as the file writes them.
Awards and scholarshipscontent/cv.yaml · awards[]
- Finalist (2nd place) & Team LeaderHuawei Italy University ChallengeNov 2021
- 3-year Ph.D. Full ScholarshipMinistero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)Sep 2019
- Best M.Sc. Graduate Student in Computer ScienceUniversity of Udine
- Awarded by the Rector at the Dacia Arena Stadium; prize €1000.
- Erasmus⁺ Full ScholarshipUniversity of FerraraSep 2016
content/cv.yaml — awards[], 4 entries with keys title, detail, dates, items. 1 carry an items list.
Leadership and representationcontent/cv.yaml · leadership[]
- Ph.D. Representative (35th Ph.D. Cycle)Parma, ItalyAcademic Board, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Universities of Parma, Reggio-Emilia, and FerraraNovember 2019 – February 2023
- Deputy CoordinatorFerrara, ItalyAssociazione Dottorandi e Dottori di Ricerca in Italia (ADI), Ferrara's Unit
- Led the campaign to reduce Ph.D. students' taxes at the University of Ferrara by 75%.
- Organized many cultural dissemination events on Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence and Ethics, and the Evolution of Science with more than 200 attendees.
- Secured a 3-month extension for all Ph.D. scholarships at the national level due to COVID-19.
- Ph.D.s' RepresentativeFerrara, ItalyDepartment Council (Consiglio di Dipartimento), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of FerraraOctober 2019 – September 2022
- Students' RepresentativeUdine, ItalyAddressing Committee for periodic consultations with the labour market (Comitato di indirizzamento per le consultazioni periodiche con il mondo del lavoro), Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, University of UdineOctober 2018 – September 2019
- Students' RepresentativeUdine, ItalyQuality Assurance Commission (Commissione Assicurazione Qualità), Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, University of UdineOctober 2018 – September 2019
content/cv.yaml — leadership[], 5 entries with keys title, detail, dates, place, items. It is an ordinary section of the file that cv/cv.tex does not print, which is the whole answer to keeping a section off the PDF and on the site: leave its \cvpart line out.
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Languagescontent/cv.yaml · languages[]
- Romaniannative
- Italianfluent
- Englishfluent
- Spanishfluent
- Frenchbasic
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