Biagio (Mattia) La Rosa

I am a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a member of the AIEA lab led by Prof. Leilani Gilpin. I earned my PhD in Computer Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome, where my dissertation was honored as one of the top 5% of the university. My PhD research was supervised by the amazing Prof. Roberto Capobianco. I earned an M.S. degree in “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics” under the guidance of Prof. Roberto Capobianco and a B.S. degree in “Computer Science” under the supervision of Prof. Roberto Navigli, both from Sapienza University of Rome.

Research: I am mostly interested in theories, methodologies, and designs that make the most advanced AI techniques able to explain themselves. Specifically, I focus on foundational aspects of the emerging field of explanatory deep neural networks. My work typically integrates tools from adjacent fields (e.g., statistics, classical AI) with components embedded directly within deep neural networks to improve their interpretability. I am particularly interested in techniques that can be applied across multiple domains and interdisciplinary research. My research so far has investigated methods related to neuron analysis (mechanistic interpretability), memory-based networks, attention mechanisms, and novel designs for self-interpretable deep neural networks.

Name Disclaimer: My preferred name is Mattia, but you are welcome to use Biagio if that is more convenient for you. Currently, I publish under the name Biagio La Rosa, but I don’t exclude to use my preferred name for future publications.