DIBRIS

BARBARA CATANIA - RESEARCH

Research Interests

Current
- approximate and adaptive query processing for advanced models and applications
- geo-spatial data management
- knowledge management
Past:
- indexing and optimization for non-traditional models (XML documents, constraint databases, deductive databases, object-oriented databases)
- digital document management
- access control models

Past PhD Students

Anna Maddalena (2006), now at IIT
Paola Podesta (2010), now post-doc researcher at DIBRIS
Paolo Perlasca, now researcher at the University of Milan, Italy

Publications

List of publications from DBLP Bibliography

Projects

European project Conceptual indexing, querying and retrieval of digital documents (CONCERTO, 1998-2000), in the context of the University of Milano Unit:
European Project IST/FET Working Group (IST-2001-33058) Patterns for Next-Generation Database Systems (PANDA, 1/12/2001- 31/5/2003), in the context of the University of Milano Unit
National project Representation and Processing of Spatial Data in Geographic Information Systems (SPADA, 22/12/2000-21/12/2002)
National project Rappresentazione e gestione di dati spaziali e geografici in ambiente Web (SPADA@WEB, 12/2003,12/2005)

Conference organization

16th International Conference on Extending Database Technology and 16th International Conference on Database Theory (EDBT-ICDT'13)
17th East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS'13)
14th East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS'10)
17th Italian Symp. on Advanced Database Systems (SEBD'09), 2009.
International Workshop on Database Technologies for Handling XML information on the Web (in conjunction with EDBT'2008)
International Workshop on Database Technologies for Handling XML information on the Web (in conjunction with EDBT'2006)
International Workshop on Database Technologies for Handling XML information on the Web (in conjunction with EDBT'2004) (DATAX'2004, Crete, Greece, March 2004)
1st ECOOP Workshop on XML and Object Technology (in conjunction with ECOOP'2000) (XOT'2000, Sophie Antipolis, France, June 2000)

Partecipation to Journal Editorial Boards