Serena Villata

Serena Villata is the Deputy Scientific Director of 3IA Côte d'Azur and a senior researcher (Directrice de recherche) at CNRS, affiliated with the I3S research centre in Sophia Antipolis. She is a member of the SPARKS-WIMMICS Research Team, focusing on foundational and applied aspects of artificial intelligence and human-centered reasoning systems.

Her research interests include:

• Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Representation
• Argumentation Mining and Explainability
• Computational Linguistics and Semantic Web
• AI Applications in Law and Human-Machine Collaboration

The available publications and article trends could not be determined from the provided text. However, her work centers on enabling intelligent machines to understand human language, emotions, intentions, and behaviors, and to explain their decisions transparently.

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Regarding advising and grants, no specific details about students, PhD supervision, or funded projects are mentioned in the current text. She plays a leadership role as Deputy Scientific Director at 3IA Côte d'Azur, indicating involvement in strategic research direction and collaboration.

She is affiliated with the SPARKS-WIMMICS research team at the I3S laboratory, which is focused on semantic processing, knowledge representation, and intelligent web modeling, contributing to the broader AI ecosystem of the 3IA Côte d'Azur initiative.