Diego Reforgiato Recupero

Diego Reforgiato Recupero is a Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Cagliari, Italy, since December 2015. He is the director and creator of the Human-Robot-Interaction Laboratory (http://hri.unica.it) and co-director of the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Laboratory (http://aibd.unica.it). His roles include quality responsible for the department and membership in the Commission for start-up and spin-off at the University.

He teaches multiple courses across disciplines: Computers Architecture for Computer Science bachelor's, Big Data for Computer Science master's, and Web Design and Digital Storytelling for the Master's in Philosophy and Theories of Communication. His research spans interdisciplinary domains including

• Artificial Intelligence
• Big Data Analytics
• Knowledge Graphs
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Digital Transformation

His scholarly output demonstrates significant focus on AI applications in energy systems (smart grids, district heating), knowledge graph engineering (ontology generation, semantic conversion), and human-centric AI (conversational agents, digital coaching). Publications frequently address data augmentation techniques and transformer architectures across finance, tourism, and mental health domains.

He leads the Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory and co-founded the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Laboratory. His work integrates Apache Spark for big data processing, Unity for synthetic data generation, and RDF/OWL standards for knowledge representation.