I'm Alberto G. Valerio

About

Hello,

I'm Alberto G. Valerio, a Ph.D. student in Digital Innovation and e-Health at the Department of Computer Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro" (Italy), under the guidance of Prof. Giovanna Castellano, Dr. Gabriella Casalino, and Dr. Gennaro Vessio from the Computational Intelligence Laboratory (CILab).

Expertise

My research spans multiple interconnected domains and areas of interest, combining theoretical foundations with practical implementations. I leverage modern frameworks and libraries to develop innovative solutions, focusing on both established and emerging technologies. Through my work, I aim to bridge theoretical concepts with real-world applications, contributing to the advancement of the digital health while addressing contemporary challenges.

Research

Below you will find a selection of my recent research contributions to peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. These publications reflect my ongoing work in advancing the field and collaborating with fellow researchers. Each entry includes links to the full text where available, along with any associated code repositories or supplementary materials.

@inproceedings{Mngione2026,
	author={Mangione, Walter and Valerio, "Alberto Gaetano" and Casalino, Gabriella and Ferrer, "Miguel {\'A}ngel" and Castellano, Giovanna and Diaz, Moises and Vessio, Gennaro},
	title={Contrastive Pretraining for Ensemble Graph Neural Networks in Alzheimer's Disease Classification},
	booktitle={2026 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)},
	year={2026},
	organization={IEEE},
	url={https://linklings.s3.amazonaws.com/organizations/WCCI/wcci2026/submissions/stype114/2NrSA-ijcnn_pap4596s2.pdf}
} 

@inproceedings{Casalino2026ijcnn,
	author={Casalino, Gabriella and Castellano, Giovanna and Kaczmarek-Majer, Katarzyna and Narracci, Giovanni and Nitti, Vittorio and Valerio, Alberto Gaetano and Zaza, Gianluca},
	title={A Human-Centered Explainability Framework for Latent Clustering Based on NMF, Fuzzy Logic, and LLMs},
	booktitle={2026 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)},
	year={2026},
	organization={IEEE},
	url={https://linklings.s3.amazonaws.com/organizations/WCCI/wcci2026/submissions/stype108/p31Cy-fuzz_pap327s2.pdf}
} 

@inproceedings{Casalino2025explimed,
	author={Casalino, Gabriella and Castellano, Giovanna and Margherita, Daniele and Valerio, Alberto Gaetano and Vessio, Gennaro and Zaza, Gianluca},
	title={Exploring the Expressive Power of Large Language Models in Neuro-Fuzzy System Explainability: A Study on EEG-Based Seizure Detection},
	booktitle={Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligence for the Medical Domain},
	series={CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
	volume={4059},
	year={2025},
	publisher={CEUR-WS.org},
	url={https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4059/paper15.pdf}
} 

@article{Valerio2025,
	title={From segmentation to explanation: Generating textual reports from MRI with LLMs},
	journal={Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine},
	volume={270},
	pages={108922},
	year={2025},
	month={10},
	issn={0169-2607},
	doi={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2025.108922},
	url={https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169260725003396},
	author={Valerio, Alberto Gaetano and Trufanova,  Katya and de Benedictis,  Salvatore and Vessio,  Gennaro and Castellano,  Giovanna}
} 

@inproceedings{Casalino2025ijcnn,
	author={Casalino, Gabriella and Castellano, Giovanna and Valerio, Alberto Gaetano and Vessio, Gennaro and Zaza, Gianluca},
	title={Enhancing the Explainability of Neuro-Fuzzy Systems with Large Language Models: A Case Study on EEG-Based Epileptic Seizure Classification},
	booktitle={2025 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)},
	year={2025},
	publisher={IEEE},
	month={06},
	pages={1-8},
	DOI={10.1109/ijcnn64981.2025.11229163}
} 

@inproceedings{Castellano2025,
	author={Castellano, Giovanna and Colonna, Emanuele and Fanelli, Nicola and Laraspata, Lucrezia and Rinaldi, Ivan and Valerio, Alberto Gaetano and Vessio, Gennaro},
	title={Generative AI Across Modalities: Insights from Our Research on Domain-Aware Content},
	booktitle={Joint Proceedings of the Thematic Workshops at Ital-IA 2025},
	year={2025},
	publisher={CEUR-WS.org},
	address={Trieste, Italy},
	month={jun},
	series={CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
	volume={4121},
	issn={1613-0073}
	url={https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4121/Ital-IA_2025_paper_35.pdf},
} 

@inbook{Spillo2025,
	author={Spillo, Giuseppe and Valerio, Alberto Gaetano and Franchini, Felice and De Filippo, Allegra and Musto, Cataldo and Milano, Michela and Semeraro, Giovanni},
	editor={Boratto, Ludovico and De Filippo, Allegra and Lex, Elisabeth and Ricci, Francesco},
	title={RecSys CarbonAtor: Predicting Carbon Footprint of Recommendation System Models},
	booktitle={Recommender Systems for Sustainability and Social Good},
	year={2025},
	publisher={Springer Nature Switzerland},
	address={Cham},
	pages={98--110},
	isbn={978-3-031-87654-7}
	issn={1865-0937}
	doi={10.1007/978-3-031-87654-7_10}
} 

News

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As part of my doctoral program in Digital Innovation and e-Health, a major attention is dedicated to supervising student theses, guiding project work, and assisting in teaching. In this section, you will find a selection of useful resources, including seminar presentations, teaching materials, and other educational content. Feel free to explore this repository and use any of the available materials to support your own research or educational endeavors.

Contact

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