Erica Cau

About me

I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the National Ph.D. Program in Artificial Intelligence for Society at the University of Pisa and a Research Fellow at KDD Lab (ISTI-CNR) in Pisa.

My research focuses on LLM-based social simulations, with the aim of understanding the biases and behavior of LLM agents when included in complex social scenarios, such as social networks.

I also study online discussions to understand how polluted information environments, such as echo chambers, emerge and evolve.

Research interests

Large Language Models

LLM agents, opinion dynamics, and social simulations.

Social simulations and Opinion dynamics with LLM agents

Data-driven analysis of interactions and information diffusion in online social networks. Computational methods for analyzing language, discussions, and online communities.

Education