Pierangela Samarati

Pierangela Samarati is a Professor in Informatics at the University of Milan, Italy. She has held visiting positions at George Mason University and Stanford University (USA). Her academic journey includes roles as Full Professor (2000–present), Associate Professor (1998–2000), and Assistant Professor (1990–1998) at the University of Milan, and research roles at SRI International (USA) during 1997–1999.

• Department: Computer Science Department
• Academic Rank: Professor
• Key Positions: PI for EU and MUR-funded projects like GLACIATION, MARSAL, MOSAICrOWN, and ESCUDO-CLOUD.

Research Interests focus on data protection, security, and privacy, with an emphasis on privacy-preserving data sharing, access control models, and secure interoperation of distributed systems. She has coordinated numerous projects addressing privacy-aware solutions for cloud computing, genomic data, and healthcare information systems.

Recent Trends in Publications include work on cloud security, database integrity, and data anonymization. Notable examples are her 2014 DBSec Best Paper on cloud integrity checks and 2013 DBSec runner-up on secure data fragmentation.

Scientific Honors include:

• ACM and IFIP Fellow (2021)
• ESORICS Outstanding Research Award (2018)
• IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2016)
• IEEE Fellow (2012)

Professional Contributions span editorial leadership (e.g., Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Cryptography), steering committee roles (ACM WPES, ESORICS, ERCIM WG STM), and organizing ~50 international conferences as General/Program Chair. She has served on ~500 PC committees and delivered ~100 keynotes.

Grants and Projects include leading EU Horizon Europe initiatives (GLACIATION), H2020 projects (MARSAL, MOSAICrOWN), and MUR-funded research (POLAR, SPDP). She has also secured industry collaborations with BT, Dell-EMC, IBM, and MasterCard.