Giancarlo Fortino
Scholar

Giancarlo Fortino

Google Scholar ID: ecImn1MAAAAJ
Prof. of Computer Engineering, University of Calabria, FIEEE,FAAIA,FAIIA,WoS Highly Cited Researcher
Artificial IntelligenceHuman-Machine SystemsInternet of ThingsWearable Computing
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
23,313
 
H-index
76
 
i10-index
315
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
83
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Highly Cited Researcher 2020-2022 in Computer Science by Clarivate; Currently has 20 highly cited papers in WoS, and h-index=73 with 19000+ citations in Google Scholar; Author of 600+ papers in international journals, conferences, and books; (Founding) Series Editor of IEEE Press Book Series on Human-Machine Systems and EiC of Springer Internet of Things series; AE of premier international journals such as IEEE TASE (senior editor), IEEE TAFFC-CS, IEEE THMS, IEEE T-AI, IEEE IoTJ, etc.; Chaired over 120 international workshops and conferences; Involved in more than 500 international conferences/workshops as IPC member; Guest-editor of 75+ special issues.
Research Experience
  • Currently a Full Professor of Computer Engineering at the Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics, and Systems (DIMES) of the University of Calabria; Distinguished Professor at Wuhan University of Technology and Huazhong Agricultural University (China); High-end expert at HUST (China); Senior Research Fellow at the Italian ICAR-CNR Institute; CAS PIFI visiting scientist at SIAT – Shenzhen; High-end expert of the Henan province; Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE Sensors Council (2021-23); Delegate to International Relations at Unical; Chair of the PhD School in ICT; Director of the Postgraduate Master course in INTER-IoT; Director of the SPEME lab; Co-chair of Joint labs on IoT established between Unical and WUT, SMU, and HZAU Chinese universities; Scientific responsible of the Digital Health group of the Italian CINI National Laboratory at Unical.
Education
  • Received a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Calabria in 2000.
Background
  • Research interests include wearable computing systems, e-Health, Internet of Things, and agent-based computing.
Miscellany
  • Cofounder and CEO of SenSysCal S.r.l., a Unical spinoff focused on innovative IoT systems; Recently cofounder and vice-CEO of the spin-off Bigtech S.r.l, focused on big data, AI, and related fields.