Enrico De Santis earned his Master's degree (cum laude) and Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering from the “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. During his doctoral studies, he worked for five years as a research assistant and later as a postdoc at the Department of Computer Science at Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. He is currently a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Information, Electronics, and Telecommunications Engineering (DIET) at the “Sapienza” University of Rome, teaching courses in “Pattern Recognition” and “Computational Intelligence”.

His research interests, conducted within the CIPAR LABS at DIET, include artificial intelligence, complex systems and data-driven modeling, natural language processing (NLP), computational intelligence, neural networks, and fuzzy systems, with applications in various technical areas such as Large Language Models (LLM), Smart Grids, high power Li-ion battery modeling and predictive maintenance. In the field of natural language processing, his interests range from theoretical advances in language modeling and meaning representation concerning complex systems theory to technical applications in text mining. He is also interested in science's ontological and epistemological aspects and the connection between cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence.

In the context of complexity theory, he studies how language structure can be analyzed using fractal systems and how meaning is represented through long-term correlations, a distinctive feature of complex systems.

Enrico De Santis is the author of several publications in national and international venues and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Since 2017, he has collaborated with the innovative startup SisterPomos at “Sapienza” University and, in 2024, co-founded the innovative startup TensorLoops, managing artificial intelligence projects in production environments.

In 2021, he published a book with ARACNE titled "Umanità, Complessità, Intelligenza Artificiale. Un connubio perfetto." The interdisciplinary essay weaves together various themes related to the relationship between intelligent systems, which form the foundation of artificial intelligence, and complex systems, adopting a human-centered and systemic perspective.

In September 2023, he published an article on large language models and their relationships with language theory for the quarterly magazine “Prometeo” by Mondadori, titled: "Apocalissi digitali e alchimie artificiali: il linguaggio nell'era della sua riproducibilità tecnica".

International Conferences

• (chairing – speaker) 2013 IFSA World Congress NAFIPS Annual Meeting Edmonton, Canada June 24-28, 2013.

• (speaker) 2014 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2014), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014.

• (speaker) 2014 International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IJCCI 2014), Rome, Italy, 22-24 October, 2014.

• (speaker) 2015 The International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2015), Killarney, Ireland, July 12 - 17, 2015.

• (speaker) 2017 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2017 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain, June 5-8, 2017

• (speaker) 2017 Intermediate Scientific Meeting of the ITALIAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY Florencem STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE: NEW CHALLENGES, NEW GENERATIONS, June 28-30, 2017

• (speaker) 2018 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2018), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 8-13, 2018.

• (speaker) 2022 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2022), Padova, Italy, July 18-23, 2022.

• (chairing – speaker) 2023 International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IEEE IJCNN 2023), Gold Coast, Australia, June 18-23, 2023.

• (chairing) 2024 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2024), Tokyo, Japan, June 29 - July 5, 2024.

• (chairing – speaker) 2025 International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IEEE IJCNN 2025), Rome, Italy, June 30 – July 5, 2025; (upcoming).

Main Events and University Third Mission

Roma – Sapienza Università di Roma – Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale – 15/11/2024
Conference Title: Saperi delle ingegnerie e questioni deontologiche
Presentation Title: IA e epistemologia

Milano – U.I.L., Unione Italiana del Lavoro, UIL CAMP – 14/10/2024
Conference Title: Intelligenza Artificiale e mondo del lavoro. Un dialogo aperto tra tecnologia, etica e diritti dei lavoratori
Presentation Title: Intelligenza Artificiale e Apprendimento Automatico

Formia – University Village – training school – 02/10/2024
Conference Title: Dalla digitalizzazione all’Intelligenza Artificiale
Presentation Title: Intelligenza Artificiale tra etica e lavoro

Vasto (Chieti) – U.I.L., UIL CAMP – 13/09/2024
Conference Title: Transizione Industriale e AI, persone e tecnologia insieme per un futuro migliore
Presentation Title: Impatti dell’IA sul Mondo del Lavoro

Borgo Lanciano – U.I.L., Esecutivo Nazionale – 18/07/2024
Conference Title: Intelligenza Artificiale. Passaggio imprescindibile
Presentation Title: Impatti dell’IA sul Mondo del Lavoro

Fiumicino – Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “Paolo Baffi” – Organized by Confimprese Italia – 08/07/2024
Presentation Title: Intelligenza Artificiale. Una nuova frontiera della conoscenza e del lavoro

Roma – U.I.L., Sede Centrale, Via Lucullo, 6 – 21/05/2024
Conference Title: Intelligenza Artificiale e mondo del lavoro. Un dialogo aperto tra tecnologia, etica e diritti dei lavoratori
Presentation Title: Intelligenza Artificiale tra etica e lavoro

Formia – San Giuseppe Lavoratore – training school – 17/05/2024
Presentation Title: Intelligenza Artificiale tra etica e lavoro

Latina – Sapienza Università di Roma – Faculty of Engineering – 19/04/2024
Conference Title: Convivere con l’incertezza nell’era dell’Intelligenza Artificiale
Presentation Title: Apocalissi digitali e alchime artificiali, Il linguaggio nell’epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica

Formia – Liceo Classico “Cicerone Pollione” – training school – 10/04/2024
Presentation Title: Un nuovo rinascimento: umanesimo e Intelligenza Artificiale nell’educazione

Gaeta – Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “Enrico Fermi” – 28/02/2024
Presentation Title: Dal Liceo all’impresa passando per la ricerca accademica. Un percorso nella rivoluzione dell’Intelligenza Artificiale

Roma – Sapienza Università di Roma – Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale – 31/01/2024
Conference Title: L'Intelligenza Artificiale e l'impossibilità di una mente autonoma
Presentation Title: IA: Cosa si Cela tra Possibilità e Impossibilità?

Pontinia (LT) – ICS «Gaetano Manfredini» – 10/01/2024
Conference Title: Intelligenza Artificiale a Scuola: Sfide e Opportunità per il Cambiamento
Presentation Title: Intelligenza Artificiale: passato, presente e prospettive future

Torino – Regione Piemonte – Masterclass “Complessità” – 22/11/2023
Conference Title: Nuove Intelligenze e Nuovi Strumenti
Presentation Title: Nuove intelligenze e nuovi strumenti

Latina – Sapienza Università di Roma – Faculty of Engineering – 24/11/2023
Conference Title: Convivere con l’incertezza nell’era dell’Intelligenza Artificiale
Presentation Title: Apocalissi digitali e alchime artificiali, Il linguaggio nell’epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica

Gaeta – Ufficio Scuola Arcidiocesi di Gaeta, Palazzo De Vio – 16/09/2023
Conference Title: Scuola e Intelligenza Artificiale: l'IA in classe: opportunità e sfide
Presentation Title: L’IA tra etica della tecnologia e tecnologia dell’etica