Paolo Laurenti
Hi!
I'm Paolo. I have a background in engineering and finance, with particular interest in understanding and solving complex problems. I would say I am naturally curious, enjoy learning across disciplines, and pursuing challenging ideas that push me beyond what I already know.
My interests are related to efficient machine learning models, robotics (particularly manipulators and autonomous systems), portfolio optimization, and algorithmic systems. I'm especially drawn to problems at the intersection of mathematics, engineering, and computation.
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Education
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MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Engineering Cum Laude
Sapienza University of Rome
2024 – 2026
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MSc in Finance
Nova School of Business and Economics, Scholarship of Merit
2023 – 2025
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Bachelor's in Business Administration
Sapienza University of Rome, banking, administration and securities markets
2020 – 2023
Projects
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Multi-byte decoding for tokenizer-free language models
A one-layer drafting head and a gated verification scheme that make byte-level models generate faster, with output identical to greedy decoding.
2026
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Hierarchical Reasoning Models with Iterative Revision
Two language models under 600M parameters, pre-trained from scratch, that exploit a recursive architecture
2025
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Our Memories
An iOS app for couples, with twelve dates to live together, letters sealed for the right moment, songs dedicated to each other and Home Screen widgets. Live on iOS.
2025 – present
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TIAGo as a social guide
A multimodal human-robot interaction system that lets a TIAGo robot guide visitors at a technology fair, with socially aware navigation and a dialogue engine with memory.
2025 – 2026
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Blacklight
A first-person horror game built from scratch on three.js, with no game engine and every animation written by hand.
2026