Lapo Santarlasci
Confidence 0.75 · 2 sources · last confirmed 2026-05-08
Economics PhD researcher at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italy). Doctoral work spans finance, applied econometrics, and machine learning — close to the methodological surface of the AI Index data pipeline. Listed advisors include Armando Rungi.
Beyond the Index, Santarlasci has published on the global geography of AI patenting (2010–2023 dataset), examining specialization and international diffusion of AI innovation with a focus on Europe’s position in the technology-sovereignty landscape — a research thread that has resurfaced as relevant context for the 2026 AI Index’s new AI sovereignty framework.
Co-authors with Loredana Fattorini, who completed her PhD at the same IMT Lucca economics program before joining Stanford HAI — the IMT Lucca → AI Index pipeline now visible across two consecutive Index editions.
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- 2026-04-28-ai-index-report-2025 — co-author, 8th edition.
- 2026-04-30-ai-index-report-2026 — co-author, 9th edition.