Matteo Francia

Matteo Francia is an assistant professor (junior) at the University of Bologna, where he got his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering. His teaching subjects are big data, cloud platforms, and principles of informatics. His research focuses on advanced big data analytics, with particular reference to databases, mobility data, and precision agriculture. He authored publications in international conferences and journals, including Information Systems, Information Systems Frontiers, IEEE TKDE, DOLAP, ADBIS, ER, and EDBT, where he was awarded the best demo paper in 2021. He served as program chair at DATAPLAT (2022-2024) and as guest editor for the Future Generation Computer Systems and Information System Frontiers international journals. He collaborated with several companies in the fields of mobility data and precision agriculture. He was a visiting scholar at The University of Queensland in 2019. He received the MSc and BSc with honors from the University of Bologna in 2017 and 2014, respectively.