Tiziana Catarci

Tiziana Catarci is a Full Professor (Professore Ordinario) at the Department of Computer, Automation and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti (DIAG) within the Faculty of Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Statistics at Sapienza Università di Roma since November 2000. She has had a distinguished academic career marked by numerous leadership roles at Sapienza, including serving as Pro-Rector for Infrastructure and Technologies (2010-2014) and directing the DIAG department (2018-2024).

Her research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, Data Quality, and Database Systems. In recent years, she has expanded her interests to include Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Gender Issues in STEM, co-founding the Italian Society for AI Ethics (SIpEIA) in 2020 and serving as its president since 2024. She has published over 200 articles in prestigious journals and conferences, and has edited or authored more than 20 books.

She has been actively involved in numerous national and international research projects including KIM, VENUS, FADIVA, LAURIN, SEWASIE, DELOS, Interop, WORKPAD, SM4All, PROMISE, and SmartVortex. Her recent publications cover topics ranging from visual analytics solutions to data management architectures, and from ethical considerations in AI to declarative process modeling.

Dr. Catarci has received several honors throughout her career, including:

• Stanford University's World's Top 2% Scientists (2020)
• Premio Le Tecnovisionarie (2021)
• Fellow of the European Alliance for Innovation (2018)
• Nominated among 100 Donne per la Scienza by Fondazione Bracco (2016)
• Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana (2015)
• IBM Eclipse Innovation Award for the SEAWER project (2003)

She is also a pioneer in promoting women in STEM fields, with activities that have been recognized by the Levi Montalcini Association in 2017, and has been included in InspiringFifty, a list of 50 women who serve as role models in the technology world.