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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Tenured full professors | Knowledge Representation and Databases

Enrico Franconi

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Enrico Franconi is Full Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Engineering of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, where he conducts research and teaching in artificial intelligence, knowledge representation, databases, semantic technologies, and conceptual modelling. Since joining the university in 2002 as one of its earliest faculty members, he has played a central role in its development, serving in leadership positions including Vice-Rector for Research, Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute, and founder and long-time Director of the KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data. 

Courses

Computer Systems Architecture

76240 · INFO-01/A · Bachelor in Computer Science · EN

Data Semantics

73070 · INFO-01/A · Master in Computing for Data Science · EN

Research Focuses

The research area I am working on is related to the application of database, artificial intelligence, and semantic technologies to concrete problems in information systems design and maintenance, in data integration, intelligent access, analysis and restructuring of big data. This subject area is quite vast, and involves both theoretical and applicative skills: the appropriate balance between these two aspects can provide a unique added value to the research area. My goal is to let practitioners to apply foundational results, and push theoreticians to understand the complex nature of the real issues.

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Professor Franconi is internationally recognised for his contributions to knowledge representation and semantic technologies. He has delivered invited and keynote lectures worldwide, chaired major international conferences, and served on the programme committees of leading conferences in artificial intelligence, databases, and the Semantic Web. His work has led to widely used software tools and successful collaborations with organisations including the European Space Agency, IBM, and numerous SMEs. An experienced educator, he has taught undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses for over three decades, supervised numerous PhD students, and founded internationally recognised Erasmus Mundus master's programmes in Computational Logic. 

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