Niccolo Pescetelli
Associate Professor
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNiccolo Pescetelli is an associate professor and entrepreneur with 11+ years researching collective intelligence, human-machine collaboration, and group decision-making. As co-founder and chief scientist of PSi he built a scalable audio analytics platform, raised $1.6M, filed patents, and led a 1,300-resident civic consultation with the Mayor of London’s Office. He directs the Collective Intelligence Lab and has held roles at LIS, NJIT, MIT Media Lab, and Max Planck, publishing in Neuron and Nature Communications and holding a patent in swarm intelligence. His work blends rigorous Bayesian and computational modelling with large-scale online experiments that probe trust, leadership, and cooperation in digital teams. He teaches and designs active-learning courses in cyberpsychology and statistics, and his student-led work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals. Based in London, he combines academic rigor with product-driven impact—turning lab findings into deployed AI features for real-world collective decision problems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Dual Masters- Brain and Mind Sciences; Cogmaster, Master of Science (MSc) Dual Masters- Brain and Mind Sciences; Cogmaster at Ecole normale supérieureDPhil (PhD) Experimental Psychology, DPhil (PhD) Experimental Psychology at University of OxfordBachelor of Science (BSc) Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Cognitive Science at Università degli Studi di PadovaUniversity College London
English, French, Italian
Github Skills (14)
orientation3
decoding3
meteor-package3
python2
meteor2
simulation1
statistics1
regression1
mixed-models1
power-analysis1
svg-files1
visualization1
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matlab1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chri4354/global_vs_local
May 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 7 months
chri4354/kerosene_cans
Jul 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:6 pushes in 11 months
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