Rosalba Giugno

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Position
Full Professor
Academic sector
INFO-01/A - Informatics
Research sector (ERC-2024)
LS2_11 - Bioinformatics and computational biology

PE6_13 - Bioinformatics, bio-inspired computing, and natural computing

PE6_6 - Algorithms and complexity, distributed, parallel and network algorithms, algorithmic game theory

Research sector (ERC)
LS2_10 - Bioinformatics

Office
Ca' Vignal 2,  Floor 1,  Room 83
Telephone
+39 045 802 7066
E-mail
rosalba|giugno*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.
Personal web page
https://infomics.github.io/InfOmics/

Office Hours

Thursday, Hours 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM,   Ca' Vignal 2, Floor 1, room 83

Curriculum
  • pdf   CV-EN   (pdf, en, 492 KB, 04/11/23)
  • pdf   CV-IT   (pdf, it, 209 KB, 04/11/23)

Rosalba Giugno è Professore Ordinario di Informatica presso il Dipartimento di Informatica dell'Università di Verona. Ha conseguito la Laurea in Informatica presso l'Università di Catania nel 1998 con Lode. Ha conseguito il Dottorato di Ricerca in Informatica presso l'Università di Catania nel 2003. Per il suo programma di dottorato ha trascorso tre anni di ricerca all'estero, presso l'Università del Maryland, la New York University e la Cornell University (NY). È referente del Master in Medical Bioinformatics. È PI del laboratorio InfoOmics dell'Università di Verona. Da quando si è trasferita a Verona nel 2016, guida un gruppo di ricerca composto da 5 dottorandi e diversi studenti di tesi di laurea magistrale. La sua ricerca è focalizzata su algoritmi per grafi e reti biologiche, integrazione e analisi di dati biomolecolari, modellazione di sistemi biologici per la medicina personalizzata. È autrice di 130 pubblicazioni scientifiche, 70 su riviste internazionali. È editor di Information Systems. Ha partecipato a diversi progetti nazionali ed europei, anche con partner industriali. Fa parte del comitato scientifico di congressi e scuole internazionali. Dal 2017 al 2022 è stata Direttore del laboratorio Infolife composto da 35 gruppi di ricerca denominati "nodi", che fanno capo ad altrettante Unità di Ricerca delle Università italiane. 

Modules

Modules running in the period selected: 22.
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Course Name Total credits Online Teacher credits Modules offered by this teacher
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Analisi di dati Multi-omics da single-cell (2024/2025)   6  eLearning
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming for bioinformatics (2024/2025)   12  eLearning (Teoria)
(Laboratorio)
PhD in Computer Science Multi Omics Patient Stratification (2024/2025)   3  eLearning
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Analisi di dati Multi-omics da single-cell (2023/2024)   6  eLearning
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming for bioinformatics (2023/2024)   12  eLearning (Teoria)
(Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Analisi di dati Multi-omics da single-cell (2022/2023)   6  eLearning
PhD in Computer Science Lezioni Dottorandi (2022/2023)   50  eLearning
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming for bioinformatics (2022/2023)   12  eLearning (Teoria)
(Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming for bioinformatics (2021/2022)   12  eLearning (Laboratorio)
(Teoria)
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming laboratory for bioinformatics (2020/2021)   12  eLearning (Laboratorio)
(Teoria)
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming laboratory for bioinformatics (2019/2020)   12  eLearning (Teoria)
(Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming laboratory for bioinformatics (2018/2019)   12  eLearning (Laboratorio)
(Teoria)
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming laboratory for bioinformatics (2017/2018)   12  eLearning 12 
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Information recognition and retrieval for bioinformatics (2016/2017)   12  eLearning (Teoria)
Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics Programming laboratory for bioinformatics (2016/2017)   12  eLearning 12 

Di seguito sono elencati gli eventi e gli insegnamenti di Terza Missione collegati al docente:

  • Eventi di Terza Missione: eventi di Public Engagement e Formazione Continua.
  • Insegnamenti di Terza Missione: insegnamenti che fanno parte di Corsi di Studio come Corsi di formazione continua, Corsi di perfezionamento e aggiornamento professionale, Corsi di perfezionamento, Master e Scuole di specializzazione.

Research groups

Algorithmic Bioinformatics and Natural Computing
Application of theoretical methods and data analysis to model information underlying biological processes: graph and string algorithms for systems biology; advanced data structures for sequence data; distance measures for biological sequences; natural (biotechnological, membrane) computing; pattern recognition, machine learning for biomedical data.
INdAM - Research Unit at the University of Verona
We collect here the scientific activities of the Research Unit of Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica INdAM at the University of Verona
InfOmics
Our research aims to analyse biomedical data efficiently, in particular we develop new methods to mining biological networks, integrate heterogeneous data, analyse omics, reconstruct pangenomes, analyse genomes haplotype-aware and to classify patients. We use theory coming from machine learning, data science, mathematics and graph theory.
Research interests
Topic Description Research area
Active learning In active learning, the model iteratively queries an oracle (typically a human annotator) to label only the most informative data points that would contribute most to improving the model's accuracy. By doing so, active learning reduces the labeling cost and accelerates the model's learning process. This approach is particularly useful when labeled data is scarce or expensive to obtain. The research focuses on developing effective selection criteria to identify the most informative data points for labeling, thereby improving the efficiency of the active learning process. Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Unsupervised learning Is an approach where models are trained on unlabeled data, with the goal of identifying hidden patterns or structures within the data without predefined labels. It is commonly used for tasks like clustering, dimensionality reduction, and anomaly detection. Open research in unsupervised learning focuses on improving the ability to discover meaningful structures in complex, high-dimensional datasets, often with limited prior knowledge. Key challenges include developing more effective clustering algorithms, improving the interpretability of models that uncover latent structures, and handling high levels of noise or sparsity in data. Additionally, there is ongoing work to bridge the gap between unsupervised learning and other paradigms, such as semi-supervised, self-supervised or contrastive learning, and to enhance the robustness of unsupervised models in real-world applications. Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Supervised learning Is an approach where models are trained on labeled data to learn a mapping from inputs to outputs, enabling them to predict correct labels for new, unseen data. While widely used for tasks like classification, regression, and time series forecasting, open research in this field addresses several challenges. Key questions include how to make models more robust to label noise and inconsistencies, improve sample efficiency to reduce the need for large labeled datasets, and enable effective transfer learning across different tasks and domains with limited labeled data. Additionally, addressing issues of fairness and bias in supervised models, as well as improving scalability to handle large datasets without compromising performance, and attention/transformer-based approaches remain active areas of exploration. Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Bioinformatics and Natural Computing Our research is mainly focused on the following topics: 1) Discrete and algorithmic analyses of biological dynamics (metabolism and replication, and their interplay in cellular processes); 2) Informational and computational analysis of genomes (genomic dictionaries, genomic indexes, genomic distributions of specific parameters, genome representations, genome synthesis and reconstruction from dictionaries). In these research areas, theories and algorithms are investigated and software packages are developed for computational experiments and analyses. Bioinformatics and medical informatics
Life and medical sciences
Computational Biology Efficiently analyze biomedical data by developing innovative methods for mining biological networks, integrating diverse datasets, analyzing omics data, reconstructing pangenomes, performing haplotype-aware genome analyses, predicting drug repurposing and combination therapies, identifying optimal treatments, and implementing advanced strategies for patient classification and stratification. Information Systems and Data Analytics
Computational Biology
Deep learning Focuses on training neural networks with multiple layers to automatically learn patterns and representations from large amounts of data. Using architectures such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for images, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) for sequential data, and transformers for diverse tasks, deep learning excels at complex tasks like image recognition, natural language processing, speech recognition, reinforcement learning, time series analysis, and autonomous driving. Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Systems Biology, Computational Network Biology Design of algorithms and methods to understand biological systems using data mining and bioinformatics techniques. The focus is on biological network modeling, perturbation and analysis; classification of phenotypes by coding and non-coding expression profiles; drug synergy and mechanism of action by drug target/off-target/combination prediction. Bioinformatics and medical informatics
Life and medical sciences
Projects
Title Starting date
PREPARE - Personalized Engine for Prostate cancer Evaluation 7/1/23
A platform for the development of Artificial Intelligence applications based on Intelligent Video Analysis for commercial catering activities with table service 10/1/20
EDIPO: A computational solution for bringing neuroimaging genetic into translational research 4/1/20
ADAIR - From air pollution to brain pollution - novel biomarkers to unravel the link of air pollution and Alzheimer's disease 1/1/20
Genomics and matagenomics in agro-industrial research 4/16/19
Distributed Optimization for Large-scale Statistical Modeling 2/26/19
INFO-BACT-MAR: Development of a computational platform for the traceability of microorganisms in agro-food processes using patented HPME markers. 9/1/18
Genomics and matagenomics in agro-industrial research 8/29/18
High-Performance Decision Support System to Diagnose Uncharacterized Eye Diseases 3/9/18
vEyes Wear: open hardware and software wearable platform 1/15/18
Computaitonal analysis of genomic diseases 10/1/17
PREDYCOS: Personalized REsponsive Dynamic COmplex System 7/10/17
High performing computational models for biomedical information extraction and integration 1/1/17
InfoGenAgriFood: a bioinformatics integrated platform for the genomics of agricolture food production. 9/1/16
Integrating national and international spontaneous adverse drug reaction knowledge bases for pattern discovery in pharmacovigilance. 1/1/16




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