Stefano Ceri

Stefano Ceri is Professor of Database Systems at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) of Politecnico di Milano, Italy, with prior visiting professorship at Stanford University's Computer Science Department (1983-1990).

His four-decade research trajectory (1976-2016) pioneered extensions to database technologies including distribution, object-orientation, rules, and streaming data. Post-Web evolution saw his focus shift to Web-based application engineering and search systems, with recent work in crowd searching, social media analytics, and genomic computing.

Major recognition includes:

• ACM-SIGMOD Edward T. Codd Innovation Award (2013)
• ACM Fellow designation
• Two ERC Advanced Grants: Search Computing (SeCo) for multi-domain query integration (2008-2013) and Data-Centered Genomic Computing (GeCo) for genomic dataset abstractions (2016-2021)
• Membership in Academia Europaea

His research leadership spans foundational database innovations to contemporary genomic data challenges, driving significant European-funded projects while maintaining active academic engagement through keynote addresses at DATA 2017 and ICSOFT 2017.