About Me

Elia is currently a visiting researcher at the University of Alberta with Prof. Levi Lelis. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pisa, supervised by Davide Bacciu and Vincenzo Lomonaco. He obtained his BSc in Computer Science from the University of Verona in 2020 and his MSc in Computer Science from the University of Pisa in 2022.

His research focuses on Reinforcement Learning, Lifelong Learning, and Compositionality. In particular, he studies modular and compositional approaches for agents that can continually acquire, refine, and reuse knowledge while acting in complex, non-stationary environments. His work explores how agents can build richer representations from foundational models, estimate uncertainty through world models, and transfer knowledge by reusing previously learned skills and policies. The long-term goal is to develop robust lifelong learning agents that can adapt to new scenarios by learning solely form experience.