Cigdem Beyan

Dr. Cigdem Beyan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Verona, with office located at Ca' Vignal 2, Floor 1, Room 87. She coordinates the Vision, Images, Patterns and Signals (VIPS) research group and serves on several departmental committees including the Faculty Board of PhD in Computer Science, Computer Science Teaching Committee, and Department Council.

Her research spans artificial intelligence, computer vision, and machine learning, with specialized focus on:

• Multimodal learning (audio/text/video integration)
• Domain adaptation/generalization
• Active/semi-supervised learning
• Affective computing (emotion recognition)
• Social AI and biometrics
• Medical image analysis
• Video surveillance systems

She leads the project TRANSFER AND ADAPTIVE LEARNING IN IMPERFECT MULTIMODAL DATA SCENARIOS (TALIM) and regularly publishes in top-tier computer vision and HCI conferences, serving as Area Chair. She mentors Master's students in computer vision and multimodal analysis topics.