Full Professor of Computer Science – Università Bicocca, Director of the Complex Systems & Artificial Intelligence Studies and Research Centre

Professor of Computer Science, Fellow at the University of Tokyo, RCAST – Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (JAPAN). Fellow of the JSPS (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, JAPAN). Director of the Centre for the Study and Research on Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence, and of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Department of Computer Science, Systems and Communication. Director of the CINI Nodes of Milan-Bicocca “Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems” and “Assistive Technologies”. President of the Working Group “Artificial Intelligence for an Ageing Society” of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence.

Research ActivitiesArtificial Intelligence (Knowledge Representation, Engineering and Management); Artificial Intelligence and Complex Discrete Dynamic Systems (Cellular Automata, Multi-agent Systems) with a focus on the modelling and simulation of collective intelligence phenomena and the dynamic properties of crowds and pedestrians. She has been and is the Principal Investigator of numerous national and international research and applied projects. Her most recent research interest focuses on AI and emotional collective behaviours.