👋 Hello world, I'm Ivan!

"Just another AI trying to understand humans... oh wait, I'm the human." 🤖

My name is Ivan Vaccari, and I'm an AI expert and software developer with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and an unshakable obsession for all things machine learning, cybersecurity, and smart stuff that talks over Wi-Fi.

Currently, I'm taming Large Language Models 🦙 for a living and building intelligent systems that hopefully don't become self-aware before the next sprint planning.

🧠 What I actually do:

• Design and build Generative AI systems that can simulate content, automate tasks, and confuse your cat.
• Architect end-to-end AI pipelines for enterprise clients — and then explain them to non-tech people using food metaphors.
• Wrestle with datasets the size of small moons. 🌕
• Stay up late reading about the latest breakthroughs... and debugging why they break everything in production.

📜 Credentials, a.k.a. "Why You Should Trust Me"

• 🧑‍🎓 Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Genoa)
• 💼 AI Engineer @ RINA spa (Digital Innovation Unit)
• 💻 Published 30+ research papers, authored book chapters, and taught machine learning to the next generation of code slingers.

You can find me making AI magic and sipping espresso here:
LinkedIn • GitHub • Google Scholar • Kaggle

🛠️ Skills (Yes, I have a very particular set of them...)

# Languages & Frameworks
Python | C++ | C# | Java | MATLAB | PyTorch | TensorFlow

# Machine Learning & AI
LangChain | OpenAI SDK | Azure ML | Hugging Face | Scikit-learn

# Cloud & DevOps
Azure | AWS | GCP | Docker | Serverless | Bicep | CI/CD

# Data & Databases
SQL | MongoDB | CosmosDB | InfluxDB | Apache Spark | Power BI

# Cybersecurity
eWAPT | eJPT | IoT Security | Blockchain (Hyperledger)

# Other Notable Superpowers
🎓 Teaching AI | 🧠 Research | ☕ Espresso-fueled debugging | 📦 Git wizardry

📫 Contact

Feel free to connect or collaborate on LinkedIn.

“Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity. But I’m working on it.”