Research Interests
- XML schema evolution and document adaptation (EXup)
- XML approximate retrieval and similarity measures
- adaptively approximate query processing
- (spatio)-temporal data at different level of details
Past Research Interests
- object-oriented data model (composite objects, roles, views)
- active databases and triggers in object-oriented databases
- temporal databases
- semi-structured information
Research Group
member of the databases and information systems group at DISI
PhD Students
Past PhD Students
- Elena Camossi (2005)
now Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Thesis: Spatio-temporal multigranularity in an object data model - Marco Mesiti (2003)
now Researcher, DICO, University of Milano
Thesis: A Structural Similarity Measure for XML Documents - Isabella Merlo (2001)
now consultant in ICT companies
Thesis: Extending the ODMG Object Model with Temporal and Active Capabilities