Fabio is the director of the Venice Project Center (VPC) and Santa Fe Project Center (SFPC). In addition to a number of scientific papers, his work has been repeatedly featured in National Geographic magazine, MIT’s Technology Review magazine, the Smithsonian magazine, Wired, New Scientist and Science. He was also featured on RAI play, BBC Radio and in a National Geographic video dedicated to his work in his hometown of Venice, Italy.

Fabio’s main research focus has been on complex emergent systems and in particular on the gradual and systematic accumulation of urban and environmental information for the creation of comprehensive municipal information infrastructures that will sustainably and continually support maintenance, management and planning operations, as well as education and outreach. He has recently created a benefit company in Venice, called SerenDPT, whose mission is to foster the creation of high quality employment in Venice, in order to retain its young people and to attract new citizens to repopulate the city. To support SerenDPT's mission, in 2022 Fabio  launched the MITdesignX Venice (MDXV) startup accelerator, which mentors 10 Venetian startups every year.