Full Professor of Computer Engineering
Member of the Department’s Research Committee
Member of the Council of the Artificial Intelligence Research and Innovation Center (AIRI)
Member of the University’s Technology Transfer Commission
About me
I am a Full Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where I lead the Information Systems Group. My research addresses fundamental and applied aspects of data and information management, with a particular focus on how complex, heterogeneous, and large-scale data can be effectively accessed, analyzed, and exploited in real-world settings.
My work combines theoretical foundations, algorithmic solutions, and system-level design, often in close collaboration with industrial and academic partners. A recurring theme of my research is the central role of data quality, structure, and semantics in modern data-driven AI-based systems.
Research Interests
My current research focuses on data-centric approaches to scalable data science and artificial intelligence. Key topics include:
- LLM-based Knowledge Graph Enrichment
- Digital Intelligence Assistant
- Symbolic regression
- Multi /Many Objective Optimization
- Multi Criteria Decision Making
- Methods for managing real-world data in ML pipelines
Earlier in my career, I worked extensively on non-conventional data models and access methods, including:
- Personalized and adaptive data access
- Temporal and versioned data
- Graph and network data
Editorial and Professional Service
I am actively involved in the research community through editorial and organizational roles. My recent service includes:
- Associate Editor of Data Science and Engineering (Elsevier)
- Associate Editor of Frontiers in High-Performance Computing – section High Performance Big Data Systems
- Review Editor of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence – section AI in Business
- PC member of the leading conferences such as AAAI 2027 and IEEE Big Data 2026
- Speaker at the three-day symposium “Global Health in the Age of AI,” hosted by Fondazione Giorgio Cini, and organized by Prof.Luciano Floridi
- Co-chair of the first workshop on Data-centric and Artificial Intelligence (DEARING) co-located with ECML PKDD 2024
I regularly serve as reviewer for top-tier journals and conferences in the areas of data management, data science, and artificial intelligence.
Selected Pubblications
Below is a selection of recent publications representative of my research interests. A complete and up-to-date list is available through the Google Scholar link and in my UNIMORE page.
- Luca Mariotti, Veronica Guidetti, Federica Mandreoli: SCoRE: Streamlined corpus-based relation extraction using multi-label contrastive learning and Bayesian kNN. Knowl. Based Syst. 333: 115024 (2026)
- Jessica Morley, Emmie Hine, Huw Roberts, Renee Sirbu, Hutan Ashrafian, Charlotte Blease, Marisha Boyd, John L. Chen, Alexandre Chiavegatto Filho, Enrico W. Coiera, Glenn I. Cohen, Amelia Fiske, Nandini Jayakumar, Angeliki Kerasidou, Federica Mandreoli, Melissa D. McCradden, Stella Namuganza, Elaine O. Nsoesie, Ravi B. Parikh, Sandeep Reddy, Jana Sedlakova, Tamara Sunbul, Sophie van Baalen, Hannah van Kolfschooten, Luciano Floridi: Global Health in the Age of AI: Charting a Course for Ethical Implementation and Societal Benefit. Minds Mach. 35(3): 31 (2025)
- Mattia Billa, Veronica Guidetti, Luca La Rocca, Federica Mandreoli: Mining Trustworthy Symbolic Regression Models in Federated Settings. IEEE ICDM 2025: 1055-1064 (2025)
- Adriano Izzi, Jerin George Mathew, Flavia Monti, Donatella Firmani, Francesco Leotta, Federica Mandreoli, Massimo Mecella: Data Service Composition in Cyber-Physical Systems Adopting LLMs. IEEE ICWS 2025: 625-636 (2025)