Andrea Pazienza| Postdoctoral Researcher

The slides of "Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence Seminar" are available in the "Tutoring" Section.

Personal information

Address Campus Universitario
Via Edoardo Orabona, 4
70125 Bari,
Italy
E-mail andrea.pazienza_AT_uniba.it
Phone +39 080 5442298
Advisor Prof. Stefano Ferilli
Worked at LACAM 4th floor of Computer Science Dept.
University of Bari 'Aldo Moro'

Research Interests

- Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence
- Machine Learning, ILP, and Deep Learning
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
- Formal and Abstract Argumentation
- Data Mining, Argument Mining
- Natural Language Processing
- Semantic Web of Things, IoT, IoMT

Applications:
- Healthcare, eHealth, mHealth
- Industry 4.0
- Smart City, Ambient Intelligence
- Financial and Stock Market
- Social Network Analysis
- Automatic Document Processing
- Cyber Security and AI

  • Jan. 2018 - Jan. 2019

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Postdoc Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Qualification

  • March 2018

    PhD in Computer Science and Mathematics

    PhD Student in Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy.
    Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Ferilli
    Thesis Title: A New Integrated Framework to Handle Bipolar, Weighted and Trusted Information in Abstract Argumentation.
  • April 2014

    Master's Degree in Computer Science

    Master's Degree in Computer Science with full marks and honors, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy.
    Supervisors: Prof. Stefano Ferilli - Prof. Floriana Esposito.
    Thesis Title: Intelligent Support to Experimental Setting in Machine Learning.
  • December 2011

    First level Degree in Computer Science and Digital Communication

    Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Digital Communication with full marks, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy.
    Supervisor: Prof. Sebastiano Pizzutilo.
    Thesis Title: Security Communication between Computer Networks using IPSec Tunnel.

Activities

Editorship

  • S. Bistarelli, M. Giacomin, A. Pazienza. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence co-located with XVI International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2017), Bari, Italy, November 16-17, 2017, CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2012, CEUR-WS.org, 2017.

International Journals

  • E. Lella, A. Pazienza, D. Lofù, R. Anglani, F. Vitulano. An Ensemble Learning Approach Based on Diffusion Tensor Imaging Measures for Alzheimer’s Disease Classification, Electronics, 10(3), 249, 2021.
  • A. Pazienza, D. Grossi, F. Grasso, R. Palmieri, M. Zito, S. Ferilli. An Abstract Argumentation Approach for the Prediction of Analysts' Recommendations following Earnings Conference Calls, Intelligenza Artificiale, 13(2), 173-188, 2019.
  • S. Bistarelli, M. Giacomin, A. Pazienza. Special Issue: Selected Papers from AI^3 2017, the 1st Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence, Intelligenza Artificiale, 12(2), 179-180, 2018.

Proceedings of International Conferences

  • A. Pazienza, R. Anglani, G. Mallardi, C. Fasciano, P. Noviello, C. Tatulli, F. Vitulano. Adaptive Critical Care Intervention in the Internet of Medical Things, IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2020), IEEE, 2020.
  • A. Pazienza, G. Polimeno, F. Vitulano, Y. Maruccia. Towards a Digital Future: an Innovative Semantic IoT Integrated Platform for Industry 4.0, Healthcare, and Territorial Control, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2019), IEEE, 2019.
  • A. Pazienza, S. Ferilli. Exploring Abstract Argumentation-based Approaches to Tackle Inconsistent Observations in Inductive Logic Programming, 17th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2018), Springer, 2018.
  • S. Ferilli, A. Pazienza, S. Angelastro, A. Suglia. A Similarity-based Abstract Argumentation Approach to Extractive Text Summarization, 16th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2017), Springer, 2017.
  • A. Pazienza, S. Ferilli, F. Esposito. On the Gradual Acceptability of Arguments in Bipolar Weighted Argumentation Frameworks with Degrees of Trust, 23rd International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2017), Springer, 2017.
  • S. Ferilli, A. Pazienza, F. Esposito. Empowered Negative Specialization in Inductive Logic Programming, 14th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2015), Springer, 2015.
  • S. Ferilli, A. Pazienza, F. Esposito. Rule Generalization Strategies in Incremental Learning of Disjunctive Concepts, 9th International Web Rule Symposium (RuleML 2015), Springer, 2015.
  • S. Ferilli, B. De Carolis, A. Pazienza, F. Esposito, D. Redavid. An Agent Architecture for Adaptive Supervision and Control of Smart Environments, 5th International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems (PECCS 2015), IEEE, 2015.

Proceedings of International Workshops

  • A. Pazienza, S. Ferilli. The Linear Algebra of Abstract Argumentation, 2nd Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence (AI^3 2018 @ AI*IA 2018), CEUR-WS.org, 2018.
  • A. Pazienza, S. Ferilli, F. Esposito. Constructing and Evaluating Bipolar Weighted Argumentation Frameworks for Online Debating Systems, 1st Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence (AI^3 2017 @ AI*IA 2017), CEUR-WS.org, 2017.
  • A. Pazienza, S. Ferilli, F. Esposito. Synthesis of Argumentation Graphs by Matrix Factorization, 1st Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence (AI^3 2017 @ AI*IA 2017), CEUR-WS.org, 2017.
  • G. Palestra, A. Pazienza, S. Ferilli, B. De Carolis, F. Esposito. RescueRobot: Modeling Complex Robots Behaviors in Emergency Situations, 4th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (AIRO 2017 @ AI*IA 2017), CEUR-WS.org, 2017.
  • A. Pazienza. Abstract Argumentation for Argument-based Machine Learning, 2nd Second Summer School on Argumentation: Computational and Linguistic Perspectives (SSA 2016), arXiv.org, 2016.
  • A. Pazienza, S. F. Pellegrino, S. Ferilli, F. Esposito. Clustering Underlying Stock Trends via Non-negative Matrix Factorization, 1st Workshop on MIning DAta for financial applicationS (MIDAS 2016 @ ECML-PKDD 2016), CEUR-WS.org, 2016.

Proceedings of National Conferences

  • A. Pazienza, N. Macchiarulo, F. Vitulano, A. Fiorentini, M. Cammisa, L. Rigutini, E. Di Iorio, A. Globo, A. Trevisi. A Novel Integrated Industrial Approach with Cobots in the Age of Industry 4.0 through Conversational Interaction and Computer Vision, 6th Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2019), CEUR-WS.org, 2019
  • S. Ferilli, A. Pazienza. An Abstract Argumentation-based Approach to Automatic Extractive Text Summarization, 14th Italian Research Conference on Digital Libraries (IRCDL 2018), Springer, 2018
  • A. Pazienza, F. Esposito, S. Ferilli. An Authority Degree-Based Evaluation Strategy for Abstract Argumentation Frameworks, 30th Convegno Italiano di Logica Computazionale (CILC2015), CEUR-WS.org, 2015

Proceedings of National Workshops

  • C. Ardito, T. Di Noia, C. Fasciano, D. Lofù, N. Macchiarulo, G. Mallardi, A. Pazienza, F. Vitulano. Towards a Situation Awareness for eHealth in Ageing Society, Italian Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for an Ageing Society (AI*AS 2020 @ AI*IA 2020), CEUR-WS.org, 2020
  • A. Pazienza, G. Mallardi, C. Fasciano, F. Vitulano. Artificial Intelligence on Edge Computing: a Healthcare Scenario in Ambient Assisted Living, 5th Italian Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Ambient Assisted Living (AI*AAL.it 2019 @ AI*IA 2019), CEUR-WS.org, 2019
  • S. Ferilli, A. Pazienza. Mining Arguments from Online Debating Systems, 6th Italian Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining (MLDM.it 2017 @ AI*IA 2017), CEUR-WS.org, 2017
  • S. Ferilli, A. Pazienza. An Abstract Argumentation-Based Strategy for Reading Order Detection, 1st AI*IA Workshop on Intelligent Techniques At LIbraries and Archives (IT@LIA 2015 @ AI*IA 2015), CEUR-WS.org, 2015

Magazine Essays

  • A. Pazienza. Intelligenza Artificiale e CyberSecurity: come acquisire la consapevolezza del contesto, Exprivia Magazine, 2020
2020 2019
  • IEEE SMC 2019 (2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics) Bari, Italy, October 6-9, 2019
  • CILC 2019 (34th Italian Conference on Computational Logic) Trieste, Italy, June 19-21, 2019
2018
  • CLAR 2018 (2nd Chinese Conference on Logic and Argumentation) Hangzhou, China, June 16-17, 2018
  • AI^3 2018 (2nd Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence) Trento, Italy, November 20-23, 2018
  • IEEE ICDM 2018 (IEEE International Conference on Data Mining) Singapore, November 17-20, 2018
  • ISMIS 2018 (24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems) Limassol, Cyprus, October 29-31, 2018
  • ILP 2018 (28th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming) Ferrara, Italy, September 2-4, 2018
  • BRACIS 2018 (7th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems) São Paulo, Brazil, October 22-25, 2018
  • ECML-PKDD 2018 (European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases) Dublin, Ireland, September 10-14, 2018
  • IJCAI-ECAI-18 (27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence) Stockholm, Sweden, July 13-19, 2018
  • CMNA 2018 (18th Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument) Liverpool, UK, April 4-6, 2018
2017
  • Information Sciences, Journal ISSN: 0020-0255, 2017
  • ILP 2017 (27th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming) Orléans, France, September 4-6, 2017
  • ICAART 2018 (International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence) Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, January 16-18, 2018
  • AAAI-18 (32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence) New Orleans, USA, February 2-7, 2018
  • IJCAI-17 (26th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence) Melbourne, Australia, August 19-25, 2017
  • RCRA 2017 (24th RCRA International Workshop on Experimental Evaluation of Algorithms for Solving Problems with Combinatorial Explosion) Bari, Italy, November 14-17, 2017
2016
  • Computational Intelligence, Journal ISSN: 1467-8640, 2016
  • AI*IA 2016 (15th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence) Genova, Italy, Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2016
  • ILP 2016 (26th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming) London, UK, September 4-6, 2016
  • NFmcp 2016 (15th International Workshop on New Frontiers in Mining Complex Patterns ) Riva del Garda, Italy, September 19-23, 2016
  • IJCAI-16 (25th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence) New York City, USA, July 9-15, 2016
  • CILC-16 (31th Convegno Italiano di Logica Computazionale) Milan, Italy, June 20-22, 2016
2015
  • ICAART 2016 (International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence) Rome, Italy, February 24-26, 2016
  • IEEE ICDM 2015 (IEEE International Conference on Data Mining) Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, November 14-17, 2015
  • BRACIS 2015 (4th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems) Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, November 4-7, 2015
  • ECMLPKDD 2015 (European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases) Porto, Portugal, September 7-11, 2015
  • CILC 2015 (30th Convegno Italiano di Logica Computazionale) Genova, Italia, July 1-3, 2015
  • AI 2015 (28th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 2-5, 2015
2014
  • ICAART 2015 (International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence) Lisbon, Portugal, January 10-12, 2015
  • ADMA 2014 (International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications) Guilin, China, December 19-21, 2014
Artificial Intelligence A.Y. 2017-2018 (taught by Prof. Stefano Ferilli)
  • 1 - Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence Seminar - Slides
Intelligenza Artificiale A.A. 2015-2016 (taught by Prof. Floriana Esposito and Prof. Stefano Ferilli)
  • 1 - Prolog Lists - Slides
  • 2 - Prolog Built-in Predicates Review - Slides
  • 3 - Seminario su InTheLEx - Slides
Tutorato Speciale A.A. 2015-2016
  • Algoritmi e Strutture Dati, BSc in Computer Science (Bari)
    • Lezione 1 - 14/04/16 - Slides , Esempi
    • Lezione 2 - 22/04/16 - Slides , Esempi1 , Esempi2
    • Lezione 3 - 29/04/16 - Slides , Esempi
    • Lezione 4 - 05/05/16 - Slides , Esempi
    • Lezione 5 - 13/05/16 - Slides
    • Lezione 6 - 20/05/16 - Slides
    • Lezione 7 - 26/05/16 - Slides
    • Lezione 8 - 01/06/16 - Slides
    • Lezione 9 - 10/06/16 - Slides
    • Lezione 10 - 24/06/16 - Slides
    • Lezione 11 - 01/07/16 - Slides
    • Lezione 12 - 05/07/16 - Slides
A.A. 2015-2016 A.A. 2014-2015
  • Laboratorio di Informatica, BSc in Computer Science and Software Production Technologies (taught by Prof. Corrado Mencar)
  • Laboratorio di Informatica, BSc in Computer Science (taught by Prof. Fabio Calefato)
Tutorato Speciale A.A. 2014-2015
  • Algoritmi e Strutture Dati, BSc in Computer Science and Digital Communication (Taranto)
  • ARGUER - ARGuing Using Enhanced Reasoning
  • SEX^3<<1 - EXpert System for EXperimental Setting and EXecution Support
  • InTheLEX - INcremental THEory Learner from EXamples

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