Research Interests

As you can see below, I'm interested in many different topics under the umbrella of Data Science & AI.

If you want to see my Research Production (Papers, Datasets, Projects, etc), click here.

To see my current and past supervisees, click here.

Main Research Interests

I'm particularly interested in research themes related to natural language and geospatial information.

The work builds on a variety of research areas in computer science, including:

• Artificial Intelligence (e.g., Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Representation, Automated Reasoning);

• Conceptual Modelling;

• Advanced Databases.

The main thread of my research encompasses the following fields:

• Natural Language Processing (NLP) applied to different domains, encompassing tasks such as:

  • Text mining / information extraction;

  • Text classification;

  • Dialog Representation and analysis.

The work in NLP is applied to different (broader) fields of research, such as:

• • • Informatics in Education;

    • Communication Technologies;

    • Document Analysis;

    • Social Network Analysis.

• Geospatial Research:

  • Geographic Information Retrieval;

  • Linguistic aspects of space and space-time;

  • Handling Spatial Vagueness and Uncertainty;

  • Commonsense representations of space; cognitive and philosophical aspects of space;

The work in Geospatial Research is applied to different (broader) fields of research, such as:

• Volunteered Geographic Information - VGI;

• Geographic Information Retrieval - GIR (toponym resolution, spatio-temporal indexing, relevance ranking, query formulation and visualisation);

• Geographic Information Systems - GIS (spatial and spatio-temporal data modelling, user-aware/context-aware systems, user interaction and visualisation);

• Intelligent Transportation Systems - ITS;

• Smart Cities;

Other Research Interests

Many of the fields investigated have characteristics that are independent from space and time. Thus I'm also generally interested in:

• Everything that involves Machine Learning;

• Everything that involves representations of knowledge;

• Social Network Analysis, Social Media Mining, Text Mining;

• Information Retrieval in General;

• Data Modelling and Management;

Students

I welcome enquiries from potential MSc and PhD students interested in topics related to my research. To see my current and past supervisees, click here.