Emanuele Cavenaghi

Who we are

Emanuele Cavenaghi

CEO & Co-Founder

Emanuele leads the organization and strategy of Whysen, coordinating corporate growth and the development of its main initiatives.

General Information

An expert in Artificial Intelligence and causal models, Emanuele is completing a PhD in Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano with a thesis on causal models for decision-making processes applied to recommender systems. He has published numerous scientific articles and participated in international conferences. Today he combines research and strategic vision, transforming innovative ideas into concrete solutions.

Education

  • PhD in Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, University of Milano-Bicocca
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, University of Milano-Bicocca

Publications & Contributions

  • Towards a Causal Decision Making Model for Recommender Systems (ACM TORS, 2024)
  • Causal Discovery in Recommender Systems: Example and Discussion (arXiv, 2024)
  • Analysis of Relevant Factors in Online Hotel Recommendation Through Causal Models (CEUR, 2023)
  • A re-rank algorithm for online hotel search (ENTER22, 2023)
  • A Systematic Study on Reproducibility of Reinforcement Learning in Recommendation Systems (ACM TORS, 2023)
  • Non-stationary multi-armed bandit: Empirical evaluation of a new concept drift-aware algorithm (Entropy, 2021)