Bardh Prenkaj
Biography
Currently a postdoc in ML Privacy and Security at the Technical University of Munich.
From 10/2022 to 10/2024, I was a postdoc at Sapienza in anomaly detection and explainability. During this period (June-September 2023), I spent time at my current research group, RDS working on graph counterfactual explainability.
I received my PhD in Computer Science from the Sapienza University of Rome in 2022 with a thesis on “Latent Deep Sequential Learning of Behavioural Sequences”. In Rome, I worked in the AIIM - formerly IIM - group advised by Paola Velardi and Giovanni Stilo. I then worked as a senior researcher at the Department of Computer Science in Sapienza in anomaly detection for social isolation disorders (February - September 2022).
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- Anomaly Detection
- Machine Robustness
- Machine Unlearning
- AI for Healthcare
PhD in Computer Science, 2022
Sapienza University of Rome
MSc in Computer Science (Grade 110/110 with honors; GPA 4.00, top 1%), 2018
Sapienza University of Rome
BSc in Computer Science (Grade 110/110; GPA 4.00, top 1%), 2016
Sapienza University of Rome
Positions
AI Scientist Jun 2026 – PresentGaiaLogicRemote
Postdoc Apr 2024 – Mar 2026Technical University of MunichMunich, Germany
Postdoc Oct 2022 – Apr 2024Sapienza University of RomeRome, Italy- Research Fellow Dec 2021 – Sep 2022Sapienza University of RomeRome, Italy
- Research Assistant Jul 2017 – Oct 2018Sapienza University of RomeRome, Italy
Honors & Awards
- Oct 2026🏆 Top Reviewer Award NeurIPS 2026
- May 2026🏆 Golden Reviewer Award ICML 2026
- Apr 2025🎖️ Friedrich Schiedel Fellowship TUM Think Tank (see cohort)Won a grant of €20,000 for the project “Game–Theoretic Counterfactual Explainability for Ethical and Transparent AI in Society” (Jun 2025 – Apr 2026).
- Mar 2025🎓 Italian National Scientific Qualification (Habilitation) Italian Ministry of University and ResearchAssociate Professor (II Fascia) in the call 2023/2025 (Ministerial Decree n. 1796/2023) for the disciplinary field 01/B1 – Informatics. Valid until 03/2037.
- Aug 2024🏆 Outstanding Reviewer Award KDD 2024
- Feb 2024
- Feb 2024🎓 Subject Expert Sapienza University of Rome(“Cultore della Materia” Art. 42 del R.D. 04/06/1938, n. 1269) Award for highly-skilled researcher and technician on Machine Learning course in M.Sc. CS, Department of CS
- Dec 2023🏆 Highlighted Reviewer NeurIPS XAIA 2023 Workshop
- Mar 2023🎓 Subject Expert University of L’Aquila(“Cultore della Materia” Art. 42 del R.D. 04/06/1938, n. 1269) Award for highly-skilled researcher and technician on Deep Neural Networks course in M.Sc. CS, Department of Information Engineering, CS, and Mathematics
- Nov 2021 – Sep 2022
- May 2020 – Apr 2021
- Jul 2019 – Jul 2019📚 3rd International Summer School on Deep Learning IRDTAResearch training event about the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of deep learning
- Mar 2017🏅 Graduation Prize (B.Sc.) LazioDiSU, Ente per il Diritto agli Studi Universitari nel Lazio See certificateWinner of the Premio di Laurea distributed from LazioDiSU to excellent bachelor degree students. Winner num: 899, grade: 110/110, Sum: € 2,559.18
- Sep 2013 – Oct 2018🏅 Merit Scholarship in CS LazioDiSU, Ente per il Diritto agli Studi Universitari nel LazioWinner of the LazioDiSU Study Scholarship for B.Sc. (3 years) and M.Sc. (2 years). Yearly sum: € 5,118.36
