Hi! I’m Riccardo, an AI reseracher with a strong background in software engineering. After working for two years as a Software Engineer in Italy and the UAE, I recently completed my Master’s in Artificial Intelligence at Utrecht University, where I focused on Intelligent Agents, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, and Interpretability applications. Core skills: - Quick concept prototyping: during the last 2 yeasr I have quickly implemented AI algorithms and developed systems for both academia, hackathons and industry - Independent research and project management skills: I have guided multiple projects during my Master and independetly worked to defend my Master's Thesis. - AI Research experience with LLMs for both industry and research camp: at TNO I have built a Multi-agent system that employs CoT Distillation + Test Time Compute to improve accuracy by 11% - Published work in AI Safety: Are LLM Belief Updates Consistent with Bayes' Theorem?…

Riccardo Campanella

Hi! I’m Riccardo, an AI reseracher with a strong background in software engineering. After working for two years as a Software Engineer in Italy and the UAE, I recently completed my Master’s in Artificial Intelligence at Utrecht University, where I focused on Intelligent Agents, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, and Interpretability applications. Core skills: - Quick concept prototyping: during the last 2 yeasr I have quickly implemented AI algorithms and developed systems for both academia, hackathons and industry - Independent research and project management skills: I have guided multiple projects during my Master and independetly worked to defend my Master's Thesis. - AI Research experience with LLMs for both industry and research camp: at TNO I have built a Multi-agent system that employs CoT Distillation + Test Time Compute to improve accuracy by 11% - Published work in AI Safety: Are LLM Belief Updates Consistent with Bayes' Theorem?…

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Hi! I’m Riccardo, an AI reseracher with a strong background in software engineering.

After working for two years as a Software Engineer in Italy and the UAE, I recently completed my Master’s in Artificial Intelligence at Utrecht University, where I focused on Intelligent Agents, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, and Interpretability applications.

Core skills:

  • Quick concept prototyping: during the last 2 yeasr I have quickly implemented AI algorithms and developed systems for both academia, hackathons and industry
  • Independent research and project management skills: I have guided multiple projects during my Master and independetly worked to defend my Master’s Thesis.
  • AI Research experience with LLMs for both industry and research camp: at TNO I have built a Multi-agent system that employs CoT Distillation + Test Time Compute to improve accuracy by 11%
  • Published work in AI Safety: Are LLM Belief Updates Consistent with Bayes’ Theorem?
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Skills

Experience Level

Python
Expert
Django
Expert

Language

English
Advanced
Italian
Fluent

Work Experience

Chain-of-Thought Data Curator at Micro1
September 1, 2025 - Present
Develop and curate gold-standard Chain-of-Thought (CoT) datasets across diverse reasoning-heavy tasks, collaborating with AI trainers and model evaluators to refine benchmarks.
AI Research Intern at Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
June 1, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Evaluated SoTA MLLMs on Visual Question Answering benchmarks, crafted multimodal datasets, and fine-tuned LLMs to enhance reasoning processes.
Software Engineer at Hotdesk
July 1, 2023 - October 24, 2025
Enhanced existing systems with Python and Django, worked with Docker for app deployment, and produced design documents for features.
Software Engineer - Innovation Advanced Technology at NTT DATA
March 1, 2023 - October 24, 2025
Developed image recognition algorithms using Python and OpenCV, updated blockchain applications, and worked on microservices architecture.
Software Engineering Intern at Info Edge Technology
August 1, 2022 - October 24, 2025
Converted a C++ application to Scala and gained foundational skills in Scala programming.

Education

Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence at Utrecht University
September 1, 2023 - August 1, 2025
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering at University of Calabria
September 1, 2020 - June 1, 2022

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Education, Healthcare, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics