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Andrea works on NLP for healthcare, in particular on generating and evaluating clinical documents such as discharge summaries.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s degree in software and data engineering from Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). His master’s thesis was on reducing waiting times and errors in hospital emergency departments.

Projects

AutoDischarge

Semi-automated generation of discharge summaries

Helps doctors write discharge letters faster by drafting them from the patient record, for the doctor to check and complete.

Applied 2025–now · Innosuisse

GURU (ENERGENIUS)

Conversational AI for energy-efficiency advice, a component of the ENERGENIUS project

A conversational interface where citizens ask in natural language about energy savings, costs and regulation.

Research 2024–now · European Commission, Horizon Europe (grant 101160720)

QUADRATIC

NLP in support of pharmacovigilance: Quality Adverse Drug Reaction Active Control

Finds reports of adverse drug reactions in clinical text, to support drug-safety monitoring.

Research 2024–2025 · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

Publications with the group