Tania Cerquitelli
General information
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| Researcher unique identifier: | ORCID: 0000-0002-9039-6226 | |
| Telephone: | (+39) 011 090 7178 |
EDUCATION
| 01/2004-03/2007 | Doctorate Research in “Information and System Engineering”. Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. Title: Data mining algorithms for evolving databases – Advisor: prof. E. Baralis |
| 09/1997-11/2003 | Master of Science in Computer Engineering. Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. Title: Query mediation service for distributed multimedia data: support to the construction and exploitation of multimedia warehouses. Advisor prof. E. Baralis |
| 08/2002-07/2003 | Master in Computer Science. Universidad De Las Américas Puebla, Puebla, México. Joint double-degree program between Politecnico di Torino and UDLAP. Advisors Dr. Vargas-Solar, Dr. Zechinelli-Martini |
CURRENT POSITION
| 17/10/ 2011 – today | Assistant Professor at Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy |
RESEARCH TOPICS
Tania research interests include the design of innovative algorithms to efficiently perform large-scale data mining, which is focused on automatic extraction of useful information hidden in large databases. The main research topics are:
- Itemset and assocation rule mining at a different abstraction levels
- Clustering algorithms
- Cloud-based services
- Medical data analysis
- Network traffic analysis
- Social network analysis
- Context-aware user and service profiling
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
A list of publications can be found here. A restricted list of database related publications is available at the DBLP Bibliography Server.
PREVIOUS POSITION
| 15/09/2011 – 15/10/2011 | Post-doctoral researcher at Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. |
| 15/05/2009 — 14/05/2011 | Post-doctoral researcher at Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. |
| 02/01/2007 – 14/05/2009 | Post-doctoral researcher at Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. |
CAREER BREAKS
| 29/05/2013- 02/11/2013 | Maternity leave – 5 months. |
| 15/04/2011- 14/09/2011 | Maternity leave – 5 months. |
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
| 05/2009-04/2011 | Fellowship for junior researchers on Information Technology. Department of Control and Computer Engineering. Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. |
| 01/2007 – 04/2009 | Research fellow on “Data mining techniques for very large databases”. Department of Control and Computer Engineering. Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy |
| 09/2008 – 09/ 2009 | Research fellow on “Context-aware User and Service Profiling”. Granted by TELECOM Italia Lab (Tilab), Torino, Italy |
| 01/ 2007 – 12/2008 | Research fellow on “Data integration to efficiently provide public services to Italian citizens”. Granted by CSI Piemonte, Torino, Italy |
| 01/ 2006 – 12/2006 | Research fellow on “Materialized view management under weak consistency constraints”.Granted by TELECOM Italia Lab (Tilab), Torino, Italy |
| 2004 – 2006 | Doctorate Research Fellowship. Granted by Politecnico di Torino, Italy. |
| 07/2003 | Best Student in the Master in Computer Sciences. Granted by the Universidad De Las Américas Puebla. |
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
| 2012-2013 | 12 young talents (master students) for a 2-year multidisciplinary project on the topic “Banking business customer internationalization”. Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP), Italy |
| 2011 – today | 14 Master Students. Politecnico di Torino, Torino. Italy |
ORGANISATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
| 2013 | Chair for “Special session on Big Data: New Trends and Applications”, in the 17th East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems. Genoa, Italy |
| 2009 | Chair for “Data management and exploitation track” in the IEEE Mexican International Conference on Computer Science. Mèxico City, Mèxico |
COMMISSION OF TRUST
| 2013-2014 | Reviewer for “Futuro in Ricerca” (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research) |
Reviewer for international journals:
- Computer Communications (2013);
- Information Sciences (2012-2013);
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (2012-2013);
- Data & Knowledge Engineering Journal (2010);
- Performance Evaluation journal (2010);
- Computer Networks (2008).
Program committee memberships:
- IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (2013-2014);
- European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (2011-2012-2014);
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IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (2013-2014)
- International Conference on Algorithms and Architecture for Parallel Processing (2010-2011-2012-2013-2014);
- International Symposium on Wireless sensor network Technologies and Applications for Smart Space (2012);
- International Conference on Future Information Technology (2012-2013);
- International Workshop on Data-intensive Process Management in Large-Scale Sensor Systems (2012-2013-2014);
- Flexible Database and Information System Technology (2011);
- Workshop on Mining Complex Patterns (2011);
- International Workshop on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery from Sensors and Streams (2009);
- International Workshop on Data and Services Management in Mobile Environments (2008).
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
Research activities in cooperation with
| 2009-today | Dr. Davide Susta, Dublin City University. |
| 2013-today | Dr. Rocca Giovanni and Dr. Eugenio Rondina – TelecomItaliaLAB, Torino, Italy – Topic: Control Centers for Smart Cities and Big Data for M2M |
| 2013-today | Dr. Carlo Alberto Licciardi and Dr. Giovanni Martini – TelecomItaliaLAB, Torino, Italy – Topic: Social TV |
| 2008-2009 | Dr. Marco Marchetti – TelecomItaliaLAB, Torino, Italy – Topic: Context-aware User and Service Profiling |
Participation to research projects
| 02/2014 – 01/2017 | Integrated Project “ONTIC” funded by European Union under the FP7 Grant Agreement n. 619633 |
| 02/2013-01/2016 | GenData2020 funded by Italian Ministry of Education, University ‘and Research |
| 11/2012 -10/2015 | Integrated Project ”mPlane” funded by European Union under the FP7 Grant Agreement n. 318627 |
| 03/2012 – 09/2013 | Web Intelligence (WEB-BI). Italian nationally funded project. Founded by Polo ICT Piemonte. Patners: Politecnico di Torino, Emisfera Società Cooperativa, IntelliSemantic. |
| 03/2012 – 09/2013 | Smart MeterIng for Local Energy Optimization (SMILE-O). Italian nationally funded project. Project founded by Polo ICT Piemonte. Patners: Politecnico di Torino, ISMB, Santer Reply, Vastalla. |
| 2009-2010 | “WiFI4Energy”, funded by the Piedmont Region, Italy |
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Professor at Politecnico di Torino [“Course name” (curriculum in)]
| since AA 2012-2013 | “Databases” (Computer Engineering); |
| since AA 2012-2013 | “Business Intelligence” (Management Engineering) |
| AA 2011-2012 | “Computer science I”(Computer Engineering) |
| AA 2011-2012 | “Database”, (Master in E-Business and ICT for Management). |
| AA 2011-2012 | “Advanced Database Applications”, (Master in E-Business and ICT for Management). |
Invited professor
| August 2006 | 5th Franco-Mexican Summer School on Distributed Systems. Ensenada, Baja California |
Teaching assistant at Politecnico di Torino [“Course name” (curriculum in)]
| since AA 2006-2007 | “Data mining: Concepts and algorithms” (PhD School in Computer Engineering) | |
| since AA 2009-2010 | “Database Management Systems” (Computer Engineering) | |
| from AA 2004-2005 to AA 2011-2012 | “Databases” (Management Engineering) | |
| from AA 2005-2006 to AA 2009-2010 | “Data Warehousing and Data Mining”(Computer Engineering) | |
| from AA 2005-2006 to AA 2010-2011 | “Databases” (Master in E-Business and ICT for Management) | |
| from AA 2005-2006 to AA 2010-2011 |
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| from AA 2004-2005 to AA 2009-2010 | “Computer networks I” (Computer Engineering) | |
| from AA 2004-2005 to AA 2007-2008 | “Database design and tuning”(Computer Engineering) |