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Academic CV and research profile.

General Information

Full Name Gagan Narang, PhD
Email g.narang@pm.univpm.it
Affiliation Postdoctoral Researcher, Vision Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (VRAI) Lab, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Research Interests Artificial Intelligence, Public Policy Analysis, Policy Impact Evaluation, Innovation-Policy Co-Evolution, AI for Ageing Societies, AI Governance, Low-code Environments
Research Groups VRAI Lab; Technologies Change Informatics and Forecasting Lab; UnivPM Contamination Lab (cLab); EUAbout, Brussels
ORCID 0000-0001-9053-0758
Languages English, Hindi, Punjabi (native); German (A2)

Experience

  • 2025 – 2027
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Vision Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
    • Research Group of Prof. Adriano Mancini (since December 2025)
    • Research fellowship on AI and GenAI for the EU projects iStream and FOLOU
  • Aug 2025
    Doctoral Erasmus+ Research Mobility
    EUAbout, Brussels, Belgium
    • Research on the intersection of AI and public policy, including an educational visit to European Union institutions
  • 2025
    Visiting PhD Student
    KU Leuven, Belgium
    • Advisor: Prof. Geert Deconinck
    • Funded by MSCA RICE under the TRUST-RISE project
  • May 2024
    Academic Intern
    Jef Digital Innovation S.r.l., Italy
    • AI-driven strategic forecasting
    • Integration of patent and publication pipelines

Education

  • 2022 – 2025
    Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence Systems
    Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
    • Result: Excellent, with European Doctorate Certificate
    • Thesis: Artificial Intelligence for Spatiotemporal Data and Remote Sensing Applications in Monitoring Systems
    • Advisor: Prof. Adriano Mancini; Co-Advisor: Prof. Primo Zingaretti
  • 2020 – 2022
    M.Sc. Informatics
    University of Delhi, India
    • CGPA: 7.896 / 10 (First Division with Distinction)
  • Mar 2022
    Visiting Master's Student
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
    • Advisor: Dr. Usharani Hareesh Govindarajan
  • 2018 – 2020
    Master's in Physics (enrolled)
    Universität Bonn, Germany
  • 2015 – 2018
    B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics
    Lovely Professional University, India
    • CGPA: 9.29 / 10 (First Division with Distinction)

Teaching Experience

  • Winter 2026
    Advanced Python Programming (PhD course)
    Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
    • Doctoral-level course on core Python concepts and practical coding, with hands-on exercises and a written assessment
  • Summer 2024
    Deep Learning for Climate Change (MOOC)
    EU Horizon Smart4ENV Project
    • Enabling technologies (IoT, cloud computing, networking, remote sensing) and deep learning-based time series analysis
    • Recorded as a MOOC, available online for everyone
  • Summer 2023
    Teaching Assistant – AI & Citizen Development for International Business
    Summer School
    • Data management, AI, NLP and digital transformation through the Microsoft Power Platform
  • Spring 2022
    Head Teaching Assistant – Data Structures using Python
    Nanjing Audit University, China
    • Course design and delivery with Prof. Shenglei Chen
  • Winter 2022
    Teaching Assistant – Fundamentals of Information Systems
    emlyon business school, France
    • Troubleshooting and mentorship for students of the bachelor's course
  • Fall 2021
    Teaching Assistant – Artificial Intelligence for International Business
    SKEMA Business School, France
    • Teaching effectiveness evaluation of 4.2/5; prepared troubleshooting videos during the pandemic

Awards and Funding

  • Research Fellowship on AI and GenAI for the EU projects iStream and FOLOU, Università Politecnica delle Marche (2025 – 2027)
  • Erasmus+ Research Mobility Grant (1 month) for research on AI and public policy with EUAbout, Brussels
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) RICE travel grant (6 months) to Belgium under the TRUST-RISE project
  • Silver Award, 2024 Internet+ competition, Shanghai Regional Government
  • National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) PhD Scholarship, Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • International PhD Scholarship in Service Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (declined)
  • Regular PhD Scholarship in Operations Research, IIM Mumbai (declined)
  • Alumni Mentorship Award 2023, Lovely Professional University
  • Funded research internship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University for the Master's thesis

Publications

Selected Projects

  • 2026
    InfinityRobotics – Italian National Project
    • Computer vision models with few-shot anomaly detection for early defect detection in manufacturing
    • Reduced material waste and energy per unit produced through real-time quality control
  • 2026
    iStream – Multinational EU Research Collaboration
    • Coordinated research partnerships between institutions in Italy, Poland, France and Croatia
    • Led work packages and supported partnership building between principal investigators
  • 2025
    Co-founder, Affinexus Canada Inc.
    • Data-driven marketing venture applying analytics to growth strategy (affinexus.ca)
    • Partner onboarding, campaign optimisation and EU operations
  • 2024
    Contamination Lab XVIII Edition
    Università Politecnica delle Marche
    • Business plan, funding pitch and startup development in an interdisciplinary team, selected from several hundred applicants

Academic Service

  • 2027
    • Lead Co-chair, Special Session "Collaborative Robotics and Societies", 27th IEEE CSCWD 2027, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2026
    • Co-chair, Special Session "Collaborative Technologies for Ageing Societies", 26th IEEE CSCWD 2026
    • Master thesis advisor for 2 students, Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche
    • External Master thesis advisor, Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
  • 2025
    • Special Session organizer, "Remote Sensing and Multimodal Data Fusion for Marine Applications Management", IEEE MetroSea 2025, Genoa, Italy
    • Co-chair, Special Session "Collaborative Business Information and Technology", 25th IEEE CSCWD 2025
    • Reviewer for Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • 2024
    • Reviewer for ICIAP 2022, ICRA 2024, IROS 2024, ICRA 2025
  • 2023
    • Technical Committee Member, International Conference on AI, Big Data Computing and Data Communication Systems, South Africa
  • 2022
    • Youth Committee Member, International Conclave on Materials, Energy & Climate (ICMEC), Noida, India
    • Committee Member and Session Chair Assistant, IEEE CSCWD 2022, Hangzhou, China
  • 2021
    • Committee Member, International Conference on AI and its Applications (iCARTI), Mauritius

Engagements

  • 2026
    • Member, IEEE European Public Policy Committee, ICT Working Group
  • 2025
    • Vice-chair of the newsletter committee and newsletter graphic designer, United Nations Groundwater Youth Network
  • 2024
    • Time Series Analysis Summer School, Denmark
    • XR&AI Summer School, Italy
    • Summer School on climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture, Spain
    • Smart4ENV EU Project Executive Board Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
    • European Robotics Forum 2024
  • 2023
    • Social work and technology support for We Are Us (Comune di Ancona)
    • Invited guest lecture: AI and water resource management
  • 2022
    • Invited guest lecture: Healthcare management using emerging technologies