Elia Pacioni is a Research Assistant at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) and a PhD student at the University of Extremadura. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer and Automation Engineering from the Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy) and two Master’s degrees from the University of Extremadura (Mérida, Spain): one in Research Engineering and Architecture, specializing in Information and Communications Technology, and another in Technology Innovation Management. His research interests include evolutionary algorithms, federated learning, hybrid AI, and computer vision.