Research Topics

• Distributed Query Processing in Big Data Domains
• Indexing and Querying of Genomic Data
• Collaborative Filtering and Advertising
• Preference-based Query Processing in Very Large Databases
• Multi-modal Image and Video Retrieval (SHIATSU)
• Image/Video Tagging
• Shot Detection
• Data Mining for Image Databases
• Browsing (PIBE)
• Learning Techniques (FeedbackBypass)
• Semi-automatic Techniques for Semantic Annotation
• Content-Based Image Retrieval (WindSurf framework with software library!!)
• Region Fragmentation
• Query Processing
• Relevance Feedback
• Patterns Comparison Within a Unified and Flexible Framework

Projects

• EU ICT Scientific Coordinator of DETECt (Detecting Transcultural Identity in European Popular Crime Narratives) - RIA, Research and Innovation Action, funded by the H2020 "Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies" Work Programme of European Community
• IoTwins (Distributed Digital Twins for industrial SMEs: a big-data platform) - IA - Innovation action, funded by the H2020 ICT Programme of European Community
• EPI (European Processor Initiative) - H2020 Project
• OPRECOMP (Open transPREcision COMPuting) - RIA, Research and Innovation Action, funded by the H2020 FET Proactive Programme of European Community
• Algorithms for Real-time Analysis of Big Data in Cyber Security - University of Bologna and Leornardo Finmeccanica joint Project
• Multimedia Technologies for the Automatic Detection of Disease - University of Bologna Interdepartmental Project
• Authorship, varianti, stili: Frontiere dell'analisi testuale tra filologia, linguistica, matematica e computer science - FARB Project
• GenData 2020 (Data-Centric Genomic Computing) - MIUR PRIN Project
• CoOPERARE (Content Organization, Propagation, Evaluation and Reuse through Active Repositories) - MIUR PRIN Project
• Context Awareness and Autonomic Networks - University of Bologna and Gruppo Telecom Italia joint Project
• WISDOM (Web Intelligent Search based on DOMain ontologies) - MIUR PRIN Project
• PANDA (Patterns for Next-Generation Database Systems) - Thematic Network funded by the IST/FET Programme of European Community
• D2I (Integration, Warehousing, and Mining of Heterogeneous Data Sources) - Italian MURST Project

Students

• Young Hoe Kim, PhD student with topic "Big Data Analytics and AI for Next Generation Fashion Industry" (PhD Program in Data Science and Computation)
• Francesco Urbinelli, "Assegno di Ricerca" by "EPI: European Processor Initiative" project
• Andrea Di Luzio, "Assegno di Ricerca" by "DETECt: Detecting Transcultural Identity in European Popular Crime Narratives" project
• Paolo Bonora, PhD student with topic "Semantic Web for the Design, Development, and Advanced Access of Music Archives" (PhD Program in Cultural Heritage)
• Andrea Di Luzio, "Assegno di Ricerca" by "Multimedia Technologies for the Automatic Detection of Disease" project
• Francesco Calabria, fellowship by "Algorithms for Real-time Analysis of Big Data" project
• Michele Furini, fellowship by "Algorithms for Real-time Analysis of Big Data" project
• Abhidnya Deshpande, PhD student with topic "Smart Management of Multimedia Databases" (PhD Program in Computer Science and Engineering)
• Emanuele Dall'Ospedale, fellowship by "Algorithms for Real-time Analysis of Big Data" project
• Piero Montanari, fellowship by "GenData 2020" project
• Corrado Romani, fellowship by "CoOPERARE" project
• Guido Stromei, fellowship by "Context Awareness and Autonomic Networks" project

Professional Activities

• VLDB 2024 (Program Committee member)
• EDBT 2024 (Program Committee member)
• IEEE Big Data 2023 (Program Committee member)
• ACM SIGMOD 2023 (Associate Editor)
• IEEE ICDE 2023 (Publication co-Chair)
• SISAP 2022 (General co-Chair)
• IEEE Big Data 2022 (Vice Chair of Big Data Search and Mining track)
• ACM ICMR 2022 (Doctoral Symposium co-Chair)
• ACM Multimedia 2022 (Program Committee member)
• SEBD 2022 (Program Committee member)
• ICDE 2022 (Program Committee member)
• SISAP 2021 (Doctoral Symposium Chair, Doctoral Symposium Program Committee Chair, SISAP 2021 Program Committee member)
• ACM SIGMOD 2021 (Program Committee member)
• EDBT 2021 (Program Committee member)
• ACM Multimedia 2021 (Program Committee member)
• SEBD 2021 (Program Committee member)
• ITS 2021 (Program Committee member)
• MMM 2021 (Program Committee member)
• APWeb-WAIM 2021 (Program Committee member)
• VLDB 2020 (PVLDB Review Board: Research Track Program Committee, Session Chair)
• ACM Multimedia 2020 (Program Committee member)
• SISAP 2020 (Doctoral Symposium Chair, Doctoral Symposium Program Committee Chair)
• APWeb-WAIM 2020 (Program Committee member)
• CIKM 2020 (Program Committee member, Demo and Poster )
• SEBD 2020 (Program Committee member, Session Chair "Multimedia Content Analysis")
• MHCI 2020 (Scientific Committee member)
• VLDB 2019 (Ph.D. Workshop Program Committee Co-Chair; PVLDB Review Board: Research Track Program Committee; VLDB 2019 Session Chair)
• SISAP 2019 (Doctoral Symposium Chair, Doctoral Symposium Program Committee Chair, SISAP 2019 Program Committee member, SISAP 2019 Panelist)
• ACM Multimedia 2019 (Program Committee member)
• ICMR 2019 (Program Committee member)
• APWeb-WAIM 2019 (Program Committee member)
• MMM 2019 (Program Committee member)
• MHCI 2019 (Scientific Committee member)
• CIKM 2018 (Program Committee member - Demo Papers)
• APWeb-WAIM 2018 (Program Committee member)
• MMM 2018 (Program Committee member)
• MHCI 2018 (Scientific Committee member)
• ITS 2017 (Program Committee member)
• APWeb-WAIM 2017 (Senior Program Committee member)
• SMA2 2017 - Social Media Networks Analytics and Applications (Program Committee member)
• icSoftComp 2017 (Program Committee member)
• SEBD 2017 (Program Committee member)
• MMM 2017 (Program Committee member)
• KEYS 2016 (Program Committee member)
• ITS 2016 (Program Committee member)
• DBKDA 2016 (Program Committee member)
• MHCI 2016 (Scientific Committee member)
• ITS 2015 (Program Committee member)
• ACM Multimedia 2015 (External reviewer)
• APWeb 2015 (Publicity Co-Chair and Program Committee member)
• ITS 2014 (Program Committee member)
• SEBD 2014 (Program Committee member)
• SIGMOD 2013 (Program Committee member and Session Chair)
• ITS 2013 (Program Committee member)
• WISE 2013 (Program Committee member)
• DH-case 2013 (External reviewer)
• SEBD 2013 (Program Committee member)
• DASFAA 2013 (Program Committee member, Demo Track)
• MHCI 2013 (Scientific Committee member)
• SITIS 2012 (Program Committee member, Internet-Based Computing and Systems (IBCS) Track)
• ITS 2012 (Program Committee member)
• DASFAA 2012 (Program Committee member, Demo Track)
• SITIS 2011 (Program Committee member, Internet-Based Computing and Systems (IBCS) Track)
• IEEE IFIP EUC 2011 (Program Committee member, Multimedia and Data Management Track)
• SEBD 2011 (Program Committee member)
• DASFAA 2011 (Demo reviewer)
• IEEE IFIP EUC 2010 (Program Committee member, Multimedia and Data Management Track)
• SITIS 2009 (Program Committee member, Information Management and Retrieval Technologies (IMRT) Track)
• SITIS 2008 (Program Committee member, Information Management and Retrieval Technologies (IMRT) Track)
• CVDB 2007 (Program Committee member)
• DBMAN 2007 (Program Committee member)
• GCC 2006 (Program Committee member)
• XWICT 2006 (Program Committee member)
• CVDB 2005 (Program Committee member)
• FWV 2004 (Expo, slides)
• CVDB 2004 (Program Committee member)

Publications

• Complete list
• DBLP list (thanks to Michael Ley)
• Citations profile by Google Scholar
• Citations according to Google Scholar