Active Evaluation for Generative AI: Towards an Adaptive Life-cycle

Generative Artificial Intelligence, particularly text-to-image models, has achieved remark- able progress, yet this rapid scaling has introduced critical bottlenecks in reliability, control- lability, and computational sustainability. Current evaluation protocols, typically relying on post-hoc global metrics such as LLM-based scores, are insufficient for diagnosing fine-grained failures or guiding resource-efficient generation. This thesis argues for an evaluation-centric lifecycle, in w...

LE INTERRELAZIONI NEL SISTEMA DEL ‘DOPPIO BINARIO’ TRIBUTARIO E PENALE

Title: Interrelations in the Tax and Criminal ‘Double Track’ System This PhD thesis investigates the critical issues of the Italian tax sanctions system, characterized by the so-called “double track” (doppio binario) between administrative-tax proceedings and criminal proceedings. Although the legislator asserts the autonomy of the two judgments, the analysis demonstrates the existence of profound and disorganized interrelations that undermine the coherence of the legal system. The research ...

The Moral Side of Dehumanization: From Harm to Reparation across Interpersonal and Intergroup Relations

Adopting an interpersonal perspective on dehumanization, recent research has shown that immorality leaves traces not only in how we perceive others in human terms, but also in how we view ourselves. While victims’ self-dehumanization has been associated with negative consequences that may perpetuate cycles of violence, the meaning and function of perpetrators’ loss of humanity remain less well understood. Therefore, the present dissertation examines when and how perpetrators’ self-perceived h...

Adriaan Koerbagh. La teologia-politica nel circolo di Spinoza tra democrazia e socinianesimo

Gendered subtleties in career trajectories: Individual and systemic impacts of covert workplace mistreatment

This dissertation consists of four empirical studies aimed at examining how subtle workplace mistreatment and neodiscrimination kick start a series of processes that ultimately stall female career progression. The dissertation focuses on three key subtle mistreatment/neo-discrimination constructs: GCQ, lookism, and workplace incivility, across individual and systemic levels, to provide an explanation for the continuance of gender inequities in the workplace. The first study (N = 1,088) develo...

Different approaches to biomarker research for ALS: in search of novel neuronal markers associated with extracellular vesicles

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, complex, neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of motor neurons. Its highly heterogeneous clinical presentation and underlying molecular biology make it difficult to diagnose the disease and manage patients effectively. The development of new drugs is hindered by the lack of preclinical models representing sporadic forms of ALS, which account for 90% of total cases. Currently, biomarker research for ALS is actively seek...

Diverging Trajectories? Educational Stratification and Life Opportunities of LGB Adolescents

Sexual orientation has increasingly gained attention in public debate and sociological research, not least because the share of individuals who identify and openly report as LGB(TQIA*) is steadily growing. Yet, educational inequalities, one of the main roots of social stratification, remains understudied among LGB people. Existing literature has primarily focused on the United States, leaving cross-national differences largely unexplored, and is often constrained by data limitations that hind...

La collaborazione intergovernativa nella prospettiva del «regionalismo differenziato»

Security Implications of Web Caching

The World Wide Web relies heavily on caching to improve performance and scalability, yet the security aspects of this mechanism remain poorly understood. This thesis investigates the security posture of web caches following three incremental steps: web cache detection, exploitation, and uncovering of novel attack primitives. First, we introduce methodologies to detect web caches using response headers, timing analysis, and subtle header variations, comparing their effectiveness and limitation...