Domenico Lembo

Domenico Lembo is a Full Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, affiliated with the Department of Computer, Automatic and Management Engineering. He is a leading figure in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, focusing on Description Logics, Semantic Web, and Ontology-Based Data Access (OBDA). His research spans information integration, inconsistency-tolerance, and controlled query evaluation, with significant contributions to theoretical and applied data management.

• Academic Roles: Full Professor (since 2004), Program Committee Chair for major AI/DB conferences (IJCAI, AAAI, ISWC), Co-founder of OBDA Systems startup
• Leadership: Head of CAIRNE Rome Office (since 2023), General Chair of SEBD 2025, Vice-President of RR Conference Steering Committee

Research Interests: Lembo's work bridges Description Logics with database theory, enabling efficient query answering over inconsistent data. He pioneered DL-Lite framework for tractable ontologies, developed tools like MASTRO and Graphol for visual ontology modeling, and advanced controlled query evaluation with epistemic policies for privacy-preserving systems.

Awards:

• 2021 AAAI Classic Paper Award for DL-Lite
• 2024 IJCAI Distinguished Paper Award
• 2020 ISWC Best Poster/Demo Award
• Exceptional Guest Editor, Semantic Web Journal (2014)

Teaching: He teaches courses on databases, data science, and computer science fundamentals. Currently coordinating 'Fondamenti di Programmazione I' and 'Data Management for Data Science', with extensive experience in course design and educational innovation.