Stefano Bocconi is an AI software engineer and senior developer based in Amsterdam with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and practical systems engineering. He builds AI solutions for information integrity—combining graph neural networks, social network analysis and NLP to detect fake news—and teaches privacy and fairness in AI to industry and university audiences. His background spans deep technical work (from real-time C systems to Python, Django, Neo4j and zero-knowledge proofs) and EU project leadership, giving him a rare mix of research rigor, project management and privacy-first design. Stefano’s work often focuses on decentralised, citizen-centric technologies—digital product passports, informed consent for DNA data and blockchain-informed content studies—showing a consistent interest in tech that empowers users. Practical and curious, he regularly translates complex academic ideas into deployable prototypes and training courses.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Intermedia/Multimedia, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Intermedia/Multimedia at Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
Engineer, Control Theory, Computer Science, Electronics, Mathematics, Engineer, Control Theory, Computer Science, Electronics, Mathematics at Università degli Studi di Firenze
High School, Italian Literature, Greek, Latin, Story, Philosophy, High School, Italian Literature, Greek, Latin, Story, Philosophy at Liceo Classico Galileo
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