Networks-for-humans:
a novel coGnitive pAradigm conNEcting eventS witH Agents

MUR Funding Admission: D.D. prot. n. 12308, 22/07/2025

ID proposal: FIS-2023-03527

CUP: B53C25002130001

PI: Dr. Benedetta Picano

Email:

benedetta.picanounifi.it

Research Lines

The project is structured into four main research lines

Formal Network Language and Cognitive Network Surrogates

Design of a formal language and cognitive network surrogates for explicit, structured representation of network state, events, actions, and causal relations.

Deductive Reasoning over Network Surrogates

Development of deductive reasoning mechanisms for multi-step, logic-driven inference, including causal and counterfactual reasoning.

Deductive–Inductive Integration and Human-Interrogable Networks

Integration of deductive reasoning with inductive learning, enabling natural language queries and interactive cognitive partnership.

End-to-End Theoretical Foundations and Performance Characterization

Rigorous theoretical analysis of reasoning correctness, stability, robustness, and new metrics for reasoning quality and explainability.

Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca

Fondo Italiano per la Scienza