Silvia Anna Chiusano

Silvia Anna Chiusano is a Full Professor in the Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN) at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. She is a member of the DBDM - Database and Data Mining Group and the Interdepartmental Center SmartData@PoliTO - Big Data and Data Science Laboratory. She actively serves on PhD collegia for the Computer and Systems Engineering program and contributes to academic governance through course planning boards.

Research Interests: Her primary research areas include Data Science, Database Systems, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, Urban Intelligence, Business Intelligence, and E-health. Her work integrates advanced data analytics with real-world applications in urban mobility, transportation safety, cultural heritage digitization, and aerospace engineering. She applies techniques in natural language generation, explainable AI, and spatiotemporal data mining.

Recent Publications Trends: Her recent publications (2022–2025) reflect a strong focus on leveraging AI and data science for societal and industrial challenges. Key themes include autonomous vehicle safety, urban mobility forecasting, natural language generation from structured data, database design tools, and smart city applications. Her work appears in journals like INFORMATION and INFORMATION SYSTEMS, and conferences such as IEEE AICT, ADBIS, and SEBD.

Scientific Awards:

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Advising and Grants:
She supervises two PhD students: Andrea Avignone (Urban Data Science) and Davide Napolitano (Neural Explainers and Multimodal Learning). She has led multiple research projects, including:

• FI-WARE (EU-funded, 2014) – Scientific Director
• I-DREAM (2024–2027) – Scientific Head (Commercial)
• R&D Motion Sickness Prediction Model (2019) – Scientific Director
• Study and design of algorithms for Internet of Boilers (2017–2019) – Scientific Manager

These projects span EU and commercial funding, highlighting her ability to translate research into practical engineering solutions.

Labs and Research Groups:
She is a core member of the DBDM - Database and Data Mining Group (DAUIN) and contributes to the SmartData@PoliTO center, which focuses on big data and data science applications for societal and industrial innovation.