Werner Nutt

Werner Nutt is a Professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, affiliated with the Faculty of Computer Science since 2005. He previously held academic positions as a Reader at Heriot-Watt University (2000-2005), Visiting Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Research Scientist at DFKI (1992-2000).

• Current Role: Professor, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
• Past Roles: Reader (Heriot-Watt), Visiting Professor (Hebrew University), Research Scientist (DFKI)

Research Interests focus on Data Management, Knowledge Representation, and Intelligent Information Extraction, with emphasis on modeling Construction Processes and ensuring Data Quality. His work bridges Semantic Web technologies with Business Process Management, notably through the COCkPiT project (2017-present) for construction process optimization.

Key Contributions include foundational work on Query Completeness in databases, SPARQL Reasoning, and Semantic Diagnostics. He has published extensively in venues like ISWC, BPM, and CIKM, with an h-index of 35 on Google Scholar. His 154+ publications span topics from Probabilistic XML to Construction Process Modeling.