Prof. Marco Gavanelli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Ferrara since 2014. He graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Bologna and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His research primarily focuses on Logic Programming and Constraint Programming, with additional interests in Abductive Reasoning and Intelligent Agents. He is an expert in Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Languages for Constrained Optimization, which he has applied across various fields, including electronics, medicine, manufacturing, and hydraulics. 

Prof. Gavanelli serves as President of the Italian Association for Logic Programming (Gruppo ricercatori e Utenti Logic Programming, GULP) and as Conference Coordinator for the Association for Logic Programming. He received the Best Paper Award at the 27th International Conference on Logic Programming.

He is the coordinator of the Laurea Course (B.Sc.) in Electronics and Informatics Engineering, and of the Laurea Magistrale (M.Sc.) courses in Electronics Engineering for ICT and of Computer Science and Automation Engineering.

For a complete list of publications see: https://docente.unife.it/marco.gavanelli/pubblicazioni

DA COMPLETARE

• ePolicy Project: Scientific coordinator of the research unit at the University of Ferrara. This European project (Grant agreement no: 288147) received a final evaluation of "Excellent progress" from the European Commission.

• Technopole Project: Coordinated the initiative for the creation of the Technopole of Ferrara, established through a convention between the Emilia-Romagna Region and the University of Ferrara, as part of the POR FESR 2007-2013 for industrial research and technology transfer.

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• S4C | Support System for Sustainable Smart Cities (2023-2025) funded by Regione Emilia-Romagna (PR FESR 2021-2027), within the Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) and the Cohesion Development Fund

• PolisEye Project: Involved in the research project “POLIcy Support systEm for smart citY data governancE,” funded by the POR FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020 as part of the Smart Specialization Strategy (S3).

• Green-Smart Technology Project: Participated in the POR-FESR 2014-2020 initiative aimed at sustainable water resource management in buildings and urban areas.

• GNCS Projects: 

  • “DECORE - A DEClarative approach for Object REconstruction” (2017)

  • “Methods for handling uncertainty and imprecision in knowledge representation and revision” (2019)

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• Editorial Roles

  • Editorial Board Member:

    • Journal of Computer Science

    • Intelligenza Artificiale

    • Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Review Editor)

  • Area Editor: ALP Newsletter focusing on applications of logic programming.

• Conference and Workshop Organization

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• Program Co-chair

  • Served on the program committees for multiple conferences, including AI*IA and IJCAI.

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• Current Roles

  • Coordinator of undergraduate and master's degree programs in Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Ferrara

• Courses Taught 

  • Foundations of Computer Science

  • Logic Programming

• PhD Supervision: Supervised doctoral candidates including: Massimiliano Cattafi, Andrea Peano, Alessandro Bertagnon

• Seminars: Previously conducted seminars in Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Languages at the University of Bologna