Davide Morelli

I design systems that think.

Work

AI & software development consultant. Fractional CTO and Head of AI for startups and scale-ups, with focus on technology and healthcare.

Capabilities
  • 01Designing AI systems that survive production and scrutiny.
  • 02Translating research into deployable products with clear operational constraints.
  • 03Providing technical leadership where product, engineering, and regulation intersect.
  • 04Aligning founders, engineers, and investors around what is feasible now.
Academic research directions

Physiological Signal Modeling with Deep Learning

Heart Rate Variability interpreted via deep learning, spanning peer-reviewed research and patented methods. Focused on extracting clinically meaningful structure from noisy physiological data.

Probabilistic Deep Learning

Uncertainty-aware modeling and inference in deep systems, with emphasis on robustness, interpretability, and decision-critical applications.

Large Language Models

Research on LLMs as computational systems, including Herbert, with focus on behavior, structure, and applicability beyond prompt-level usage.

Affiliations
  • PhDComputer Science — University of Pisa
  • DPhilBiomedical Engineering — University of Oxford
  • NowOngoing academic affiliation — University of Oxford
Open source
  • 01Skill per Ingegneri — Open-source, free AI agent skills for Italian engineers. Regulated technical work (safety plans, risk assessments, technical reports) grounded in official standards, with domain-expert review. Built with the Ordine degli Ingegneri di Livorno. In Italian.
  • 02AI Act Skill — Open-source EU AI Act compliance support for engineering teams. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, structured tasks, article-level citations. Works with Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and AGENTS.md-aware agents.
  • 03Math games — A small collection of math mini-games I built for my daughter. In Italian.
Profiles

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