Riccardo Cantini

Assistant Professor (RTDA)

DIMES, University of Calabria

Short Bio

Riccardo Cantini is an assistant professor (RTDA) at the Department of Computer Science, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering (DIMES), University of Calabria. He graduated magna cum laude in Computer Engineering in 2019, and obtained his European Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technologies in 2023. In 2018 he joined the Scalable Computing and Cloud Laboratory (SCALab), and between 2021 and 2022 he worked as visiting researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS).
His research interests include social media and Big Data analysis, opinion mining, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, and sustainable AI.

Education

Ph.D. Europaeus in Information and Communication Technologies, 2023
University of Calabria
M.Sc. in Computer Engineering, 2019
University of Calabria
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, 2016
University of Calabria

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Recent Publications

Multi-dimensional Classification on Social Media Data for Detailed Reporting with Large Language Models

Every day, more and more people harness the power of social media platforms to express their thoughts, share information and personal experiences, and engage with others. All this …

Riccardo Cantini, Cristian Cosentino, Fabrizio Marozzo

DOI

Multi-dimensional Classification on Social Media Data for Detailed Reporting with Large Language Models

XAI-driven Knowledge Distillation of Large Language Models for Efficient Deployment on Low-Resource Devices

Large Language Models (LLMs) are characterized by their inherent memory inefficiency and compute-intensive nature, making them impractical to run on low-resource devices and …

Riccardo Cantini, Alessio Orsino, Domenico Talia

DOI

XAI-driven Knowledge Distillation of Large Language Models for Efficient Deployment on Low-Resource Devices

Detecting mental disorder on social media: a ChatGPT-augmented explainable approach

In the digital era, the prevalence of depressive symptoms expressed on social media has raised serious concerns, necessitating advanced methodologies for timely detection. This …

Loris Belcastro, Riccardo Cantini, Fabrizio Marozzo, Domenico Talia, Paolo Trunfio

DOI Project

Detecting mental disorder on social media: a ChatGPT-augmented explainable approach

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Books

Programming Big Data Applications
Scalable Tools and Frameworks for Your Needs

Domenico Talia, Paolo Trunfio, Fabrizio Marozzo, Loris Belcastro, Riccardo Cantini, Alessio Orsino

University of Calabria

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