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Nicola Guarino

Email:

nicola.guarino@cnr.it

Telephone:

+ 39 0461 314871

Fax:

+ 39 0461 314875

Address:

Via alla Cascata 56C - 38123 Povo (TN) - Italy

Resume:

guarinoenglishcv.pdf

Group membership:

Laboratory for Applied Ontology

Additional details

Profile

Position:

Research Director

Keywords: conceptual modeling, knowledge representation, ontology, ontological analysis, enterprise modeling, service science, open government

Short profile: I am presently research director at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council (ISTC-CNR), leading the ISTC-CNR Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) based in Trento. Since 1991 I have been playing a leading role in the ontology field, developing a strongly interdisciplinary approach that combines together Computer Science, Philosophy, and Linguistics. The impact of such approach is testified by a long list of widely cited papers and many keynote talks and tutorials in major conferences involving different communities. Among the most well known results of my lab, the OntoClean methodology and the DOLCE foundational ontology. Current research interests include the ontological foundations of knowledge representation and conceptual modeling, the cognitive transparency for technical artifacts (especially AI artifacts) and socio-technical systems, semantic interoperability within public administrations, service modeling and strategic enterprise modeling. I have been founder and editor-in-chief (with Mark Musen, Stanford University) of the Applied Ontology journal, founder and former president of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications, and editorial board member of Int. Journal of Semantic Web and Information Systems and Journal of Data Semantics. I am also founding member of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence and fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI).
I am especially interested in leveraging on ontological analysis and semantic technologies to improve the cognitive transparency and the social accountability of AI artifacts. More in general, I am interested in using AI technology to improve the transparency, the participatory governance, and the overall resilience of complex socio-technical systems.

Nicola Guarino, research director at the Italian National Research Council (CNR), works at the nation-wide Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR), leading the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) located in Trento. A graduate in electronic engineering at Padua university in 1978, since 1991 has been playing a leading role in the ontology field, developing a strongly interdisciplinary approach that combines together Computer Science, Philosophy, and Linguistics. His impact is testified by a long list of widely cited papers and many keynote talks and tutorials in major conferences involving different communities. Among the most well known results of his lab, the OntoClean methodology and the DOLCE foundational ontology. Current research interests include service science, socio-technical systems, and e-government. He is founder and former editor-in-chief (with Mark Musen of Stanford University) of Applied Ontology, founder and past president of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications, former general chair of the international conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS), editorial board member of Journal of Data Semantics, and editor of the IOS Press book series Frontiers in AI and Applications. He is also fellow of the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI).

Tags:

ontology

ontology design

conceptual modeling

knowledge representation

service science

sociotechnical systems

Research

Ontological foundations of knowledge representation and conceptual modelling
Relationships between ontology, cognition, and natural language
Ontology of services and organizations, socio-technical systems; semantic interoperability and enterprise integration

Projects

A Foundational ontology for Sematic Interoperability in e-Government

Project Funding:

Other - National

Project Timeframe:

15 Jul 2007 to 14 Jul 2010

ISTC Contact Person:

Roberta Ferrario

Group & ISTC Labs:

Laboratory for Applied Ontology

Publications

Contributo in volume

2018

Modeling manufacturing resources: An ontological approach

Sanfilippo E.M., Benavent S., Borgo S., Guarino N., Troquard N., Romero F., Rosado P., Solano L., Belkadi F., Bernard A.

Source: , pp. 304–313, 2018, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Sanfilippo E.M.; Benavent S.; Borgo S.; Guarino N.; Troquard N.; Romero F.; Rosado P.; Solano L.; Belkadi F.; Bernard A./titolo:Modeling manufacturing resources: An ontological approach/titolo_volume:/curatori_volume:/editore:/a

2017

Urban artefacts and their social roles: Towards an ontology of social practices

Calafiore, Alessia, Boella, Guido, Borgo, Stefano, Guarino, Nicola

Source: , 2017, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Calafiore, Alessia; Calafiore, Alessia; Boella, Guido; Borgo, Stefano; Guarino, Nicola/titolo:Urban artefacts and their social roles: Towards an ontology of social practices/titolo_volume:/curatori_volume:/editore:/anno:2017

Contributo in atti di convegno

2017

An Ontological Analysis of Value Propositions

Sales, Tiago Prince, Guarino, Nicola, Guizzardi, Giancarlo, Mylopoulos, John

Source: IEEE 21st International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC 2017), pp. 184–193, Quebec City, Canada, 10-13/10/2017, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Sales, Tiago Prince; Guarino, Nicola; Guizzardi, Giancarlo; Mylopoulos, John/congresso_nome:IEEE 21st International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC 2017)/congresso_luogo:Quebec City, Canada/congresso_dat

Business Processes and Their Participants: An Ontological Perspective

Adamo, Greta, Borgo, Stefano, Di Francescomarino, Chiara, Ghidini, Chiara, Guarino, Nicola, Sanfilippo, Emilio M.

Source: Conference of Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AI*IA 2017., pp. 215–228, Bari, 14-17/11/2017, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Adamo, Greta; Borgo, Stefano; Di Francescomarino, Chiara; Ghidini, Chiara; Guarino, Nicola; Sanfilippo, Emilio M./congresso_nome:Conference of Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AI*IA 2017./congresso_luogo:Bari/con

2016

How software changes the world: The role of assumptions

Wang, Xiaowei, Mylopoulos, John, Guizzardi, Giancarlo, Guarino, Nicola

Source: IEEE Tenth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2016), pp. 1–12, 1-3/6/2016

Ontological Considerations About the Representation of Events and Endurants in Business Models

Guizzardi, Giancarlo, Guarino, Nicola, Almeida, Joao Paulo A.

Source: Business Process Management. 14th International Conference (BPM 2016), pp. 20–36, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18-22/9/2016

Relationships and events: Towards a general theory of reification and truthmaking

Guarino N., Guizzardi G.

Source: 15th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2016), pp. 237–249, Genova, 28/11/2016-1/12/2016

Towards an ontology of value ascription

Andersson B., Guarino N., Johannesson P., Livieri B.

Source: Formal Ontology in Information Systems. 9th International Conference (FOIS 2016), pp. 331–344, Amnecy, France, 6-9/7/2016

2015

Ontology-based Modeling of Cloud Services: Challenges and Perspectives

Livieri B and GUARINO N. and Zappatore M and Bochicchio M and Longo A and Nardi J and Quirino G and Barcelos M and Falbo R

Source: 8th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modelling (PoEM 2015), pp. 61–70, Valencia, Spain, 10-12/11/2015

Towards a Service Ontology Pattern Language

Quirino G and Nardi J and Barcelos M and Falbo R and Guizzardi G and Longo A and GUARINO N. and Bochicchio M and Zappatore M and Livieri B

Source: 35th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2015), pp. 187–195, 19-22/10/2015

We need to discuss the relationship: Revisiting relationships as modeling constructs

Guarino N., Guizzardi G.

Source: Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 27th International Conference, CAISE 2015, pp. 279–294, Stockholm, 8-12/6/2015

Articolo

2015

A commitment-based reference ontology for services

Nardi, Julio Cesar, Falbo, Ricardo de Almeida, Almeida, Joao Paulo A., Guizzardi, Giancarlo, Pires, Luis Ferreira, van Sinderen, Marten J., Guarino, Nicola, Fonseca, Claudenir Morais

Source: Information systems (Oxf.) 54 (2015): 263–288. doi:10.1016/j.is.2015.01.012, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Nardi, Julio Cesar; Falbo, Ricardo de Almeida; Almeida, Joao Paulo A.; Guizzardi, Giancarlo; Pires, Luis Ferreira; van Sinderen, Marten J.; Guarino, Nicola; Fonseca, Claudenir Morais/titolo:A commitment-based reference ontology

Applied ontology: The next decade begins

Guarino, Nicola, Musen, Mark

Source: Applied ontology 10 (2015): 1–4. doi:10.3233/AO-150143, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Guarino, Nicola; Musen, Mark/titolo:Applied ontology: The next decade begins/doi:10.3233/AO-150143/rivista:Applied ontology/anno:2015/pagina_da:1/pagina_a:4/intervallo_pagine:1–4/volume:10

Ten Years of Applied Ontology

Guarino N, Musen M

Source: Applied ontology 10 (2015): 1–2. doi:10.3233/AO-150160, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Guarino N; Musen M/titolo:Ten Years of Applied Ontology/doi:10.3233/AO-150160/rivista:Applied ontology/anno:2015/pagina_da:1/pagina_a:2/intervallo_pagine:1–2/volume:10

2014

Software as a Social Artifact: A Management and Evolution Perspective

Wang, Xiaowei, Guarino, Nicola, Guizzardi, Giancarlo, Mylopoulos, John

Source: Lecture notes in computer science 8824 (2014): 321–334., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Wang, Xiaowei; Guarino, Nicola; Guizzardi, Giancarlo; Mylopoulos, John/titolo:Software as a Social Artifact: A Management and Evolution Perspective/doi:/rivista:Lecture notes in computer science/anno:2014/pagina_da:321/pagina_a:

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