Maria Luisa Sapino
Maria Luisa Sapino got her MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science at the University of Torino,
where she’s currently Full Professor, and where she leads the Heterogeneous Data and Multimedia management
group. Her initial contributions to computer science were in the area of
logic programming and artificial intelligence, specifically in the semantics of negation in logic programming,
and in the abductive extensions of logic programs. Since mid-90s she has been applying these techniques
to the challenges associated with database access control, and with heterogeneous and multimedia data management.
In particular, she
developed novel techniques and algorithms for similarity based information retrieval, content based image
retrieval, web accessibility for users who are visually impaired. She also focused on temporal and synchronization aspects
of distributed multimedia presentations in the presence of resource constraints. Her current
focus includes the modeling and investigation of various aspects of ambient intelligence systems.
Her active collaborations, at the national level, include
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RAI- Centro Ricerche e Innovazioni Tecnologiche- in Torino. Collaboration topics include
media classification and management.
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Telecom Italia lab. in Torino. Collaboration topics include digital TV.
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University of Napoli Federico II (prof. Antonio Picariello). Collaboration topics include
fuzzy image retrieval.
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University of Padova (dr. Ombretta Gaggi).Collaboration topics include
multimedia presentations and context adaptation.
At the international level, she is actively collaborating with
- Arizona State University (Prof. K. Selcuk Candan).
Common topics of interest are web accessibility for users who are visually impaired
(within the I-Care project, and within the
MAISON: Middleware for Accessible Information Spaces on NSDL project)
temporal and synchronization aspects
of distributed multimedia presentations in the presence of resource constraints ,
the modeling and investigation of temporal aspects of ambient intelligence systems
(within the ARIA project), and
data integration aspects (within the AOC: Archaeological Data Integration for the Study of Long-Term Human and Social Dynamics project)
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Maria Luisa Sapino spent her 2006/07 sabbatical year at ASU, as a Visiting Faculty.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Prof. Sibel Adali) . Collaboration topics
include multimedia information retrieval and semantic desktops .
- University of Maryland -College Park (Prof. V.S. Subrahmanian). Collaboration topics include
multimedia information modeling, retrieval and presentation ,
spatial abduction and logical models for data diffusion in social networks (in collaboration with
Dr. Paulo Shakarian )
Maria Luisa Sapino has
been serving as a reviewer for several international conferences and journals in the area.
She is guest editor for Multimedia Tools and Applications journal.
In 2004 she
was a program co-chair for MIS04 , the Tenth International Workshop on Multimedia Systems, in 2007 she was a
co-chair for AIMS07
, the IEEE International Workshop on Ambient Intelligence, Media and Sensing, and she is currently the
chair for AMDIT08, the International Workshop on Ambient Media Delivery and Interactive Television.
More detailed description of the ongoing research projects (including demonstration software)
Selected publications
Selected
publications (sorted by year)
Teaching activity (in Italian)
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