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Gaia Cecchi
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Gaia Cecchi

▸ Based in Siena, Italy

Research Scholar · University of Siena (DISPOC)

Research that ships.

I turn research into working software people can understand, trust, and audit — for cybersecurity, healthcare, and the industrial edge.

Open to roles in applied AI · AI product · UX research

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Explainable AI · UX research · LLM fine-tuning & RAG · Edge AI · Design Thinking · 4 peer-reviewed publications

Portfolio

Applied research, shipped.

A curated selection of case studies where theoretical models meet production constraints.

01 · Featured

Cracker Breaker

The AI security product that makes Wazuh SIEM logs readable for everyone: LLMs turn raw alerts into human-readable, actionable intelligence for SMEs.

Cybersecurity · LLM engineering · Explainable AI · Wazuh SIEM

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~90%
false positives filtered out
<1 min
real-time response on critical alerts
3
role-differentiated views

HEART / DiDi

Clinical AI assistant for patient safety, from pre-op hygiene protocols to post-discharge monitoring: RAG over clinical records, privacy-first OCR at the edge, and an interface designed to stimulate — not replace — clinical judgment.

Healthcare AI · RAG · Privacy by design · Human-in-the-loop

+40%

comprehension of out-of-range values

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SAAM — Seco AI Apps Market

Edge AI research with SECO: benchmarking sub-8B LLMs on industrial chipsets, RAG over technical manuals during machine faults, and voice interfaces — all running on-device, where the data stays.

Edge AI · On-device LLMs · Benchmarking · Industrial IoT

<8B

parameters, running fully on-device

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About

UX researcher by training, LLM engineer by practice.

I work at the intersection of two disciplines that rarely share a desk: user experience research and applied large-language-model engineering. My degrees — both summa cum laude, in Communication Sciences and in Experience Design — trained me to start from people; my research position at the University of Siena trained me to end with working systems.

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Publications

Peer-reviewed, not just prototyped.

The methods behind my projects have survived review: three journal articles (MDPI) and a book chapter.

  • 2026First author

    Connecting the Dots: A Systematic Literature Review of Explainable AI, Cybersecurity, Human-Centered Design and Edge Computing

    Cecchi, G.; Benelli, F.; Caronna, M.; Palma, G.; Rizzo, A. · Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy (MDPI), 6(3), 91 · Peer-reviewed journal article

  • 2025

    Leveraging Large Language Models for Scalable and Explainable Cybersecurity Log Analysis

    Palma, G.; Cecchi, G.; Caronna, M.; Rizzo, A. · Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy (MDPI), 5(3), 55 · Peer-reviewed journal article

  • 2025

    Large Language Models for Predictive Maintenance in the Leather Tanning Industry: Multimodal Anomaly Detection in Compressors

    Palma, G.; Cecchi, G.; Rizzo, A. · Electronics (MDPI), 14(10), 2061 · Peer-reviewed journal article

  • 2024

    Comunicare col pensiero: le Brain-Computer Interfaces

    Cecchi, G.; Masi, L. · Tecnorama Vol. 2: Etica. Tecnologie. Sostenibilità (O. Parlangeli, Ed.), C&P Adver Effigi · Book chapter

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Contact

Let’s talk

For roles, collaborations, or project work alike — the fastest way to reach me is email; I’m also active on LinkedIn.

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