Nicolò Pagan

Dr. Nicolò Pagan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Social Computing Group within the Department of Informatics at the University of Zurich. He is also a member of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Automation. Pagan holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich (2021), an M.Sc. from EPF Lausanne, and a B.Sc. from Politecnico di Torino. His research focuses on AI ethics, fairness in automated decision-making systems, and generative AI applications for health interventions. He has published in top venues like Nature Communications and has supervised multiple student projects on topics like feedback loops in recommendation systems and generative AI modeling.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Automatic Control, ETH Zurich (2021)
• M.Sc. in Computational Science and Engineering, EPF Lausanne
• B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Politecnico di Torino

Research Interests:

• AI ethics and societal impact
• Feedback loops in automated systems
• Generative AI for health interventions
• Algorithmic fairness in social media
• Network formation dynamics

His recent work explores fairness effects of algorithmic systems and uses LLM-based generative AI to model large-scale human behavior for health campaigns. Over 10 peer-reviewed publications span topics like recommendation systems' societal impact and game-theoretic network analysis.

Advising and Grants: Supervised 5+ student projects on topics like opinion dynamics and fairness in ride-hailing systems. Active in NCCR Automation's interdisciplinary research initiatives.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Social Computing Group and NCCR Automation, collaborating on projects linking AI ethics to real-world systems.