Scholar
Giancarlo Ruffo
Google Scholar ID: tTIeDa4AAAAJ
Full Professor, DISIT, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro"
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,634
H-index
20
i10-index
34
Publications
20
Co-authors
57
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Chair of the Orientation Committee at the University of Turin (2021-2022)
- - Coordinator of the Master's Degree Program in 'Networks and Computational Systems' at the University of Turin (2015-2022)
- - Co-Founder and Partner at NetAtlas s.r.l., a company specializing in business intelligence, machine learning, big data, data analysis, and information visualization solutions (2013-2021)
- - ISI Fellow, selected to be an external member of the ISI Foundation research community, working on scientific problems spanning across multiple disciplines including mathematics, physics, biology, social sciences, humanities, in pursuit of breaking new grounds in complex systems and network science, data and computational science, information technologies, computational epidemiology & public health, and statistics.
Research Experience
- - Current research interests: centrality-based anomaly detection systems, quantification of urban hyperproximity, diffusion of misinformation, polarisation of opinion, hate speech in social media, dynamics of scientific migration, and visualisation and application of signed networks.
- - Past research areas also include: computer and network security, distributed applications, peer-to-peer systems, micropayment systems, proactive password checking, web and data mining, recommendation systems, machine learning, and inductive logic programming.
Education
- - Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Turin (February 1995 - February 2000)
- - Master's Degree, summa cum laude, University of Catania (September 1990 - July 1995)
- - Full Professor, Department of Science and Technological Innovation, University of Eastern Piedmont (2025 - present)
- - Associate Professor, Department of Science and Technological Innovation, University of Eastern Piedmont (October 2022 - 2025)
- - Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Turin (October 2006 - 2022)
- - Visiting Professor, Schools of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University (August 2010 - March 2011)
- - Visiting Scholar, Schools of Informatics and Computing, New York University (August 2008 - October 2008)
- - Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Turin (October 2000 - October 2006)
Background
- Loves science, enjoys both theoretical and applied challenges. Involved in large and complex projects, co-authored peer-reviewed papers with scientists from various disciplines such as physics, sociology, philosophy, and communication science. Believes that groundbreaking societal innovations are fundamentally based on multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborations. Main areas of expertise include complex networks, network science, network analysis, social media analysis, and computational social science.
