Angela Lombardi

Angela Lombardi is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy, with expertise in eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Complex Networks, and e-Health. She holds a Telecommunications Engineering degree (2014) and a PhD in Signal Processing & Computational Neuroscience (2018, cum laude) from Polytechnic University of Bari. Previously, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (2018–2020) and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Bari (2020–2022). Her research focuses on developing novel algorithms for neurodegenerative disease diagnosis using AI in distributed computing environments. She is affiliated with SisinfLab and part of the CLAIRE Research Network.

Education:

• BEng (Telecommunications Engineering), Polytechnic University of Bari, 2014
• PhD (Signal Processing & Computational Neuroscience), Polytechnic University of Bari, 2018

Research Interests:

• XAI for healthcare decision support
• Complex network modeling of biological systems
• Big data analytics for personalized medicine
• Neuroimaging and EEG-based emotion recognition

Publications Trends: Her recent work emphasizes XAI applications in neurological diagnostics, brain age prediction using CNN models, emotion recognition via EEG, and wearable BCI systems. Key themes include interpretability of AI models, clinical validation of algorithms, and interdisciplinary healthcare solutions.

Labs & Affiliations: Active in SisinfLab (Polytechnic University of Bari), contributing to projects like CyberChallenge2025@PoliBa and the 22nd International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2022).