Massimiliano de Leoni

Associate Professor in Computer Science at University of Padua. Expert in BPM, Process Mining, and Data Science.

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@ADeLaurentiis Veritiero. Tuttavia, un esame di coscienza perché il Napoli ha sempre così tanti infortunati - soprattutto muscolari. Non sono presente nel giorno per giorno, però qualcosa non torna: ritmi di lavoro troppo alti, nessuna turnazione, età troppo avanzata di talune, ecc.?

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

Il grande giornalismo del @Corriere si misura anche nella qualità della scrittura... Tuttavia, qualcuno dovrebbe ripetere le elementari...

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@GiorgiaMeloni Sicuramente è una buona notizia. Meno buona sarà la notizia - se mai uscirà - su che cosa sia stato offerto per la liberazione...

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

This is a great news when the @CAiSEConf deadline is approaching...

[Overleaf @overleaf]

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[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

🚨Publication Alert🚨
Alessandro Padella yesterday presented our paper at @CoopisConf on fairness in predictive process analytics, showing the benefits of Adversial FCNNs to better mitigate unfair bias while obtaining high f-scores. Preprint available at https://t.co/eQIfOwsR3z.

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@mirella848 Il referendum serve a verificare cosa pensa la maggioranza degli italiani a riguardo. Il problema è che sapete benissimo che la maggioranza degli italiani crede nella scienza: il referendum non passerà. Non c'è libertà nella scelta, perché la propria scelta influenza gli altri .

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@Israel_katz @antonioguterres On Sept, 25th, @antonioguterres rightly posted that "Nothing can justify the terror committed by Hamas on October 7th.". So, stop spreading lies. The truth is that the Israeli government does not tolerate criticism, or anybody/anything to stay in its way to deal with things.

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations."

- Article 2.4 of the UN Charter 🇺🇳

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@GiorgiaMeloni Giusto proteggere i confini dell'immigrazione clandestina, sbagliato è però andare oltre le leggi (inter)nazionali. I giudici giudicano sul rispetto delle leggi che, se non vi piacciono, provate a cambiarle. Fermo è restando che accanirsi su una singola nave suona come propaganda

[Maxim Vidgof @MaxVidgof]

Highlight of the day @BPMConf #BPM2024: paper “Repairing Process Models Through Simulation and Explainable AI” by Francesco Vinci & @maxdeleoni. Check it out at https://t.co/YZahdb4pwv

[Felix Mannhardt @fmannhardt]

Alessandro presenting work on resource allocation with consideration of their experience. nice result of his visit @PAGroupTUe. A collaboration with @maxdeleoni, @Irene_V1 and Francesco. #bpm24

Read more here: https://t.co/jeLKM7MWFT

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@pdmirandola La mia ipotesi: tanti meridionali hanno lavorato al nord e, una volta in pensione, sono torni ai loro luoghi di origine.

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

Special Issue on Verification, Control & Repair in #BPM aiming at design- and run-time settings, at the Elvesier's journal "Information Systems". Editors: @MatteoZavatteri, @maxdeleoni , Johann Eder, @manfredreichert. Deadline: 31 August. See full CfP at https://t.co/WKXSKWczgT.

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@Keir_Starmer It is also Israel to jeopardise the peace and stability by continuously attacking on foreign soil, but no mention is made in the statement. There was no need - except for propaganda - to conduct an attack in Iran: the leader could be murdered in many other ways and elsewhere.

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

I must immediately buy it! :)

[KITKAT @KITKAT]

Time to have a break... KitKat® anyone? 🍫

[Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi @NicoloCB]

Great talk by @ylecun yesterday, at the scientific symposium for the opening of the @ELLISInst_Tue! I took the liberty of summarizing one of his main take-home messages...

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

My opinion of @elonmusk
I like his cars (I own a 2015 S, and 2023 S), his rockets, his solar energy systems, and his satellite communication system.
I also like his positions on open source and patents.

But I very much disagree with him on a number of issues.

I disagree with how he treats his scientists.
Technology/product development may not need openness and publications to advance, but forward-looking *research* sure does, whether it's in AI, neural interfaces, material science, or whatever.
Secrecy hampers progress and discourages talents from joining the effort.

I also disagree with the hype. I mean, expressing an ambitious vision for the future is great.
But telling the public blatantly false prediction ("AGI next year", "1 million robotaxis by 2020", "AGI will kill us all, let'spause",...) is very counterproductive (also illegal in some cases).

More importantly, I think his public positions on many political issues, journalism, the media and the press, and academia, are not just wrong but dangerous for democracy, civilization, and human wellfare.
Say what you want about "traditional media" but you can't really have reliable information without professional journalists working for a free and diverse press. Democracy can't exist without it, which is why only authoritarian ennemies of democracy rail against the media.

Finally he doesn't seem to hesitate to disseminate batshit-crazy conspiracy theories as long as they serve his interests (e.g. boosting "PizzaGate", "illegal immigrants corrupt elections in the US", "person X is a pedo",...).
One would expect a technological visionary to be a rationalist. Rationalism doesn't work without Truth.

This has become particularly concerning since he bought himself a platform to disseminate his dangerous political opinions, conspiracy theories, and hype.
He has been quite naïve about the difficulties of running a social network and the (legal) necessity of doing content moderation. One can claim to be a 1st Amendment absolutist, but a lot of content *must* be taken down by law, e.g. terrorist propaganda, child exploitation, blatant hate speech (in the EU and other regions).
Then, there is dangerous disinformation that puts public health in danger or corrupts the democratic process. You have to moderate that too.
Content moderation is a complicated problem whose best answer is not an attitude of total laissez-faire but a complex trade-off.

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@Israel_katz @jmalbares @sanchezcastejon The embassy should either ignore your imposition, or stop providing services to anyone.

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@Osint613 The article at https://t.co/K6pI9qpnly seems to show a house (the same curtain at the windows, for instance). Stop sharing lies!!!

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@janmendling What she says is regrettable (and she apologized), by the way.

[Massimiliano de Leoni @maxdeleoni]

@janmendling https://t.co/rAMgWEq82Q