Sergio Tessaris

Sergio Tessaris is an Assistant Professor at the KRDB Research Center for Knowledge and Data, affiliated with the Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. His research focuses on semantic technologies, Description Logics, and data-aware workflows.

• University: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
• School: Faculty of Computer Science
• Emails: Sergio.Tessaris@unibz.it, tessaris@inf.unibz.it

Research Interests:

His work centers on semantic technologies for data access and process management, including Description Logics reasoning algorithms, declarative business processes, and ontology-driven systems. He has contributed to temporal event data analysis, chatbot design for legal reporting, and SQL null value handling. Recent publications emphasize business process verification, constraint mining, and deep learning applications.

Teaching Activities:

• Local coordinator of the European Masters Program in Computational Logic (EMCL)
• Lecturer for courses: Integrated Logic Systems, Computational Logic, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Non-monotonic Logics
• Teaching assistant for Semantic Web Technologies and XML/Semi-structured Databases

Organisational Contributions:

• Co-organiser of DL 2007 and DL 2002 workshops
• Former member of Description Logic steering committee
• Program committee member for conferences including AAAI-06, ESWC, ISWC, and ODBASE