Ph.D. candidate in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi , 39th cycle (2023-2026)
Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN)
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PhD
Research topic
Exploring the Social Media and Instant Messaging Networks and Ecosystems: Implications for Cybersecurity and Misinformation
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Biography
My research lies at the intersection of data science, artificial intelligence, and complex networks. I study how online platforms influence information flow, individual behavior, and collective coordination.
In particular, my work focuses on Telegram, analyzing political discourse, misinformation, and collective dynamics through large language models, graph mining, and statistical anomaly detection.
In parallel, I contribute to research projects in the field of anti–money laundering, where I apply AI techniques to identify suspicious transaction patterns and support financial forensics.
I hold a Master’s degree in Physics of Complex Systems and previously worked at ISI Foundation, gaining experience in social network analysis and computational social science.
My broader research interests include interdisciplinary approaches to data-driven problems, open data, and the use of AI for social good.
Teaching
Teachings
Master of Science
- Data science and machine learning for engineering applications/Reservoir geomechanics (modulo di Data science and machine learning for engineering applications). A.A. 2024/25, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
- Machine learning for networking. A.A. 2023/24, COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
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- Paoletti, Giordano; Almeida, Jussara M.; Vassio, Luca; Gonçalves, Marcos André; Mellia, ... (2025)
Join the Chat: How Curiosity Sparks Participation in Telegram Groups. In: International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, Copenhagen (DK), June 23–26, 2025, pp. 1493-1509. ISSN 2334-0770
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Paoletti, Giordano; Ferreira, Carlos H. G.; Vassio, Luca; Rocha, Leonardo; Almeida, ... (2025)
Tracing the 2024 U.S. election debate on Telegram with LLMs and graph analysis. In: SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND MINING, vol. 15. ISSN 1869-5469
Contributo su Rivista - Paoletti, Giordano; Giobergia, Flavio; Giordano, Danilo; Cagliero, Luca; Ronchiadin, ... (2025)
MAD: Multicriteria Anomaly Detection of Suspicious Financial Accounts from Billions of Cash Transactions. In: KDD '25: The 31st ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Toronto ON (CAN), August 3 - 7, 2025, pp. 4751-4760. ISBN: 979-8-4007-1454-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Perlo, Alessandro; Paoletti, Giordano; Jha, Nikhil; Vassio, Luca; MARQUES DE ALMEIDA ... (2025)
Topic-wise Exploration of the Telegram Group-verse. In: 15th Temporal Web Analytics Workshop (TempWeb 2025) in conjunction with The Web Conference 2025, Sidney (AUS), 28 April - 2 May 2025, pp. 1792-1801. ISBN: 9798400713316
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Paoletti, Giordano; Gioacchini, Luca; Mellia, Marco; Vassio, Luca; Almeida, Jussara (2025)
CoDÆN: Benchmarks and Comparison of Evolutionary Community Detection Algorithms for Dynamic Networks. In: ACM TRANSACTIONS ON THE WEB, vol. 19. ISSN 1559-114X
Contributo su Rivista