Healing with Artificial Intelligence

Daniele Caligiore is a Research Director at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy (ISTC-CNR), where he works on AI for the study of the brain. He is the director and co-founder of the Advanced School in AI for the interdisciplinary study of artificial intelligence. He is also among the founding partners of AI2Life, a spin-off company of ISTC-CNR focused on AI solutions for social development and human well-being. Additionally, he teaches 'Artificial Intelligence Systems in Social Contexts' at the Libera Universita Maria Santissima Assunta (LUMSA) in Rome. He has published more than 90 scientific articles in international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He is the author of the interdisciplinary books IA istruzioni per l'uso (2022) and Curarsi con l'Intelligenza Artificiale (2024), both published by Il Mulino, as well as Simulating the Brain: A Four-Step Method Using Ordinary Differential Equations and Python (2025), published by Springer. He serves as an evaluator for the Italian Ministry of University and Research and the European Commission, reviewing research project proposals in the fields of artificial intelligence and neuroscience.