Gianluigi Greco

Gianluigi Greco

Full Professor

Professor of Computer Science, University of Calabria - President, Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIXIA)

Gianluigi Greco is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Calabria, where he has held the position of Department Director of Mathematics and Computer Science since 2018. Since January 2022, he has been the President of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA), a leading scientific association in the field, founded in 1988, with more than 1500 professors and researchers from public and private universities and research centers. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society for the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (SIpEIA).

With over 200 scientific publications in the field of Artificial Intelligence, he has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the AAIA Fellowship (2022), the EurAI Fellowship (2020), the IJCAI Distinguished Paper Award (2018), the Kurt Gödel Fellowship Award (2014), the Marco Somalvico Award (2009), and the IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Award (2008). He is a member of the editorial boards of numerous computer science journals and, in particular, serves as an Associate Editor of the Artificial Intelligence Journal.

In addition to his scientific activities, he has coordinated numerous initiatives in partnership with industry, focusing on the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies, and has promoted several start-up initiatives. He participated in the AGENAS working group for the definition of the national Artificial Intelligence platform for primary care, and is currently a member of the ethical committee of the PRO.DI.GI.T project of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) for the adoption of innovative tools for tax judges’ activities. He is responsible for the digital transformation and technology transfer activities of the Tech4You ecosystem for innovation in Calabria and Basilicata, and is a member of the scientific committee and advisory board of various innovation hubs and investment funds focused on digital technologies.