Biography

My name is Marco L. Della Vedova (family name: Della Vedova) and I was born in Tirano, Valtellina, Italy, in 1984.

I am a Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at CHALMERS University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. I work in the Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systemss division, Department of [Mechanics and Maritime Sciences](https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/m2, as part of Prof. Mattias Wahde’s Applied Artificial Intelligence research group.

I am the Director of the Data science and AI master's programme (MPDSC) at Chalmers.

I’ve taught various courses in computer science and data analytics over the years. Currently, I teach Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization in Sports at Chalmers. More details about my teaching experience are available on the dedicated page. I have supervised over 50 students during their bachelor/master theses.

Research Interests

My current research interests include:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Interpretable and Explainable AI
  • Geospatial AI
  • Natural Language Processing and Conversational Agents
  • AI applications in Orienteering, Forestry, and Intelligent Transportation Systems

I have also previously worked on Cloud Computing, Fake news and hate speech online, Real-Time Physical Systems, Smart and Efficient Energy Management in Cyber-Physical Systems, Autonomous Mobile Robotics.

You can find more about my research on the Publications and Projects pages.

Chalmers University of Technology
Università di PaviaUC BerkeleyUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreUniversità di Bergamo

Education and Academic Career

I studied Computer Engineering (BSc'2006, MSc'2009, PhD'2013) at University of Pavia, Italy. I wrote my PhD dissertation, Real-Time Physical Systems and Electric Load Scheduling, under the amazing supervision of Prof. Tullio Facchinetti. Since Tullio’s former supervisor is Prof. Giorgio Buttazzo, I’m glad to be his grandchild in the lineage of research. My BSc and MSc theses were supervised by Prof. Lalo Magni and Prof. Antonella Ferrara, respectively.

During my doctoral studies, in 2011, I had the pleasure to spend one year at U.C. Berkeley (California, USA), hosted by Prof. Francesco Borrelli at the Model Based Predictive and Distributed Control Lab.

After the graduation, I started my academic career as a Post-Doc researcher (2012-2014) at the Robotics Lab, University of Pavia.

From 2014 to 2021, I was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Dept. of Mathematics and Physics - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy. I served as secretary of the MatHEX research center's board and as a funding members of MediaVox, the university observatory on online hate speech.

In 2022, I was Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Bergamo, Italy. I spent only few months in Bergamo because I had the opportunity to join Chalmers as faculty member, so I moved to Sweden. Despite the short period of time, I really enjoyed to be part of the group led by Prof. Stefano Paraboschi.

In 2022, I've been appointed as Senior Lecturer at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

In 2024, I received the title of Docent in Applied Artificial Intelligence and the Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from Chalmers.

Since 2025, I have served as Director of the Data Science and AI master's programme (MPDSC) at Chalmers.

Notable facts

  • Licensed Event Advisor for the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 2018.
  • President of FISO-Lombardia (2016-2025).
  • Coordinator of the ERASMUS+ project EUrienteering (2020-2022).
  • Judge for the IEEEXtreme programming competition (2014-2017); author of Snakes and bunnies, Mancala'h, and Orienteering problems
  • Scientific consultant in machine learning for Interlogica (2016-2021)
  • International House resident at Berkeley (2011)
  • Best PhD thesis award, Order of the Engineers of Bergamo (2013)
  • Italian champion of Il Cervellone (2012) with teammates Fabio Fattore and Marco Conte
  • Top Italian in the IEEEXtreme 6.0 (148th overall) (2012), with teammates Luigi Pasotti and Thiago Barroero
  • Premio Arturo Schena award, by Fondazione Credito Valtellinese (2010)