About

HAIRI – Human-driven AI for Resilient Infrastructure – is an academic laboratory at the Department of Engineering, University of Basilicata.

Mission

HAIRI aims to become a reference at national and international level for the development of human-driven artificial intelligence methodologies dedicated to the safety, resilience and risk management of civil infrastructure. HAIRI will work to keep AI-based civil infrastructure management and maintenance fully aligned with engineering principles, national and international codes, always requesting a final decision from humans.

Human in the loop

Vision 2025–2030

The lab works towards a framework in which AI models are fully aligned with engineering principles, considering interpretability, verifiability and probabilistic risk as primary requirements rather than add-ons.

Scientific direction

Team

Full Professors

  • Angelo Masi
  • Gianni Mecca
  • Felice Ponzo
  • Aurelia Sole

Associate Professors

  • Raffaele Albano
  • Ugo Erra
  • Giuseppe Santarsiero

Assistant Professors

  • Nicola Capece
  • Rocco Ditommaso

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Gilda Manfredi
  • Mayank Mishra
  • Valentina Picciano
  • Enzo Veltri

Collaborations

The lab collaborates with road authorities, research centres and universities, contributing to national guidelines, working groups and European research projects devoted to infrastructure safety and resilience.