Nicola Leone

Nicola Leone is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Calabria, Italy, within the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Since 2000, he has held key academic and administrative roles, including Head of Department, Coordinator of the PhD Program in Mathematics and Informatics, Member of the Academic Senate, and Director of the PhD School in Systems Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, and Operation Research.

His research spans foundational and applied areas in Artificial Intelligence and Database Systems, with a focus on knowledge representation and reasoning, deductive databases, semantic web, answer set programming, and ontologies. He has been instrumental in advancing the theoretical and practical aspects of these fields, contributing to both academic discourse and real-world applications.

Leone has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the EurAI Fellowship, the ACM-PODS Alberto O. Mendelzon Test-of-Time Award, and multiple civic honors for scientific excellence. He has served on over 100 program committees and held editorial roles in top-tier journals.

He has supervised 25 PhD dissertations and over 200 master’s theses, with many of his former students now holding professorships and contributing significantly to AI research. His leadership in education and research has shaped a generation of scholars in computer science and AI.