Paolo Rota
Scholar

Paolo Rota

Google Scholar ID: K1goGQ4AAAAJ
Associate Professor @ University of Trento
Computer VisionVideo UnderstandingVision and LanguageMotion Understanding
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
2,144
 
H-index
17
 
i10-index
27
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
18
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published papers at CVPR, NeurIPS, and ICCV; two papers accepted at NeurIPS 2025, one on video similarity estimation and another on feature reliance of ImageNet-trained CNNs; a paper accepted at ICIAP 2025 on automatic benchmarking of large multimodal models; a paper accepted at ICCV 2025 on open-world image classification; a paper accepted at CVPR 2025 on person image synthesis.
Research Experience
  • Associate Professor at CIMeC/DISI - University of Trento; research projects include estimating video similarity, revisiting feature reliance of CNNs, automatic benchmarking of large multimodal models, and more.
Background
  • Associate Professor at the University of Trento, working in computer vision, machine learning, and multimodal AI. Research focuses on vision-language models and activity recognition, with applications in video analytics and industrial AI. Recently, exploring topics such as zero-shot action recognition, temporal action localization, and vocabulary-free image classification.
Miscellany
  • Co-founded Mountain Maps, a startup that uses AI to enhance outdoor navigation and help people explore mountain environments more safely and enjoyably.