Francesco Scarcello

Francesco Scarcello is a Full Professor in Computer Science (SSD ING-INF/05) at the University of Calabria. He is affiliated with the Department of Computer Engineering, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Science (DIMES) and has held his current position since 2001.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, University of Calabria (1997)

His research spans database theory, constraint satisfaction, computational complexity, graph theory, knowledge representation, and game theory. He is renowned for developing hypertree-width decomposition methods, which identify tractable classes of complex problems in databases and CSPs.

His publications focus on structural decomposition techniques, conjunctive queries, and disjunctive logic programming. These works have significantly influenced database theory and artificial intelligence.

Scientific Awards:

• 2008 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
• 2009 ACM PODS Alberto O. Mendelzon Test-of-Time Award

Professor Scarcello serves as an Associate Editor for the Artificial Intelligence journal and actively participates in international conference program committees. He co-founded two University of Calabria spin-offs: Artémat and DLVSystem Evo-Bi, focusing on technology transfer in knowledge-based systems.