Special Track @ ACM GoodIT 2026

Organizers & Committee

Meet the team behind the Agentic AI for Social Good special track

Track Organizers

Vincenzo Moscato

Vincenzo Moscato

Full Professor, University of Naples Federico II

Full Professor at the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Department of University of Naples Federico II, responsible for teaching Database Systems and Big Data Engineering. Coordinator of the Master's Degree Program in Data Science and leader of the PICUS research group. His research focuses on Big Multimedia Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Social Network Analysis. Director of CINI ITEM Research Lab, with numerous awards including grants from Oracle and Microsoft. Author of about 260 publications in international venues.

Valerio La Gatta

Valerio La Gatta

Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Fellow in Computer Science at Northwestern University, holding a PhD from University of Naples Federico II. His research focuses on agentic and generative AI systems for socially relevant domains, including social media, public information, and security. He studies the opportunities and risks of deploying autonomous AI systems in socially consequential domains, with a focus on impact, accountability, and alignment with social good.

Gian Marco Orlando

Gian Marco Orlando

PhD Student, University of Naples Federico II

PhD Student at the University of Naples Federico II. He earned his Master's Degree in Computer Engineering with honors. His thesis highlights his expertise in the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Social Network Analysis. His research interests lie in Social Network Analysis, Agent-Based Modeling, and Big Data Analytics.

Diego Russo

Diego Russo

PhD Student, University of Bergamo

PhD Student at the University of Bergamo. He earned his Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II. His thesis highlights his expertise in the challenges of Recommender Systems. His research interests lie in Recommender Systems, Social Network Analysis, and Big Data Analytics.

Technical Program Committee

Massimiliano Albanese
Full Professor, George Mason University
Ilaria Bartolini
Full Professor, University of Bologna
Fabio Mercorio
Full Professor, University of Milano-Bicocca
Mouzhi Ge
Professor, Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Fabio Persia
Associate Professor, University of L'Aquila
Angel M. García Pedrero
Associate Professor, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Luca Luceri
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Marco Postiglione
PhD, Northwestern University
Michela Gravina
PhD, University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Galli
PhD, University of Naples Federico II
Antonino Ferraro
PhD, Pegaso University
Lirika Sola
PhD Student, Northwestern University