Nicola Gatti
Nicola Gatti is a full professor at Politecnico di Milano, where his research covers multi-agent systems and game theory. He earned a biomedical engineering degree in 2001 and a PhD in 2005, both at Politecnico di Milano. He joined the university as an assistant professor in April 2006. AIxIA named him the best young Italian AI researcher in 2011, and in 2020 NeurIPS gave its best paper award to a paper he co-wrote. EurAI appointed him a Fellow in 2021, and he co-directs the AI Observatory at Politecnico di Milano.
Timeline
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2001–2005
Degrees from Politecnico di Milano
He earns a biomedical engineering degree in 2001 and a PhD in 2005, both at Politecnico di Milano.
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April 2006
Assistant professor at Politecnico
In April 2006 he joins Politecnico di Milano as an assistant professor.
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2011
Best young Italian AI researcher
In 2011 he wins the AIxIA Marco Somalvico award, which goes to the best young Italian researcher in artificial intelligence.
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Since 2017
Co-directing the AI Observatory
In 2017 he becomes co-director of the Artificial Intelligence Observatory at Politecnico di Milano.
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2020
A NeurIPS best paper award
In 2020 NeurIPS gives its best paper award to a paper he co-writes with Andrea Celli, Alberto Marchesi and Gabriele Farina.
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2021
Appointed EurAI Fellow
He is appointed EurAI Fellow in 2021. The program, launched in 1999, recognizes lasting contributions to AI in Europe.
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As of October 2026
Full professor and co-director
He is a full professor at Politecnico di Milano and co-director of the AI Observatory and the ELLIS unit in Milan. His research interests include agents and multiagent systems, automated negotiations and game theory. ELLIS names him unit director and fellow.
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