About

Lorenzo Pacchiardi is a Researcher working with Prof. José Hernández-Orallo and Dr. Lucy Cheke on developing a robust framework for evaluating the capabilities of AI systems.

He obtained a Ph.D. in Statistics and Machine Learning from the University of Oxford. Before his Ph.D., Lorenzo completed a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and an MSc in Physics of Complex Systems at Politecnico di Torino and Université Paris-Sud, France. He carried out his MSc thesis at LightOn, a machine learning startup in Paris.

Research

Lorenzo’s research focuses on:

• Developing frameworks for evaluating the capabilities of AI systems
• Large language model evaluation and their broader implications
• AI policy and standards, with a particular focus on the European AI Act
• Bayesian simulation-based inference, probabilistic forecasting, and generative neural networks
• Applications of statistical and machine learning methods across disciplines