Research Topics
- Collaborative Filtering
- Preference-based Query Processing in Large Databases
- Multi-modal Image and Video Retrieval
- 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 (PANDA)
Projects
- 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
Professional Activities
Publications