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National
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Institute for Research
on Population
and Social Policies

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National
Research
Council

Institute for Research
on Population
and Social Policies

Fernando Ferri

IRPPS Researcher. He focuses on how the development of the information society has revolutionized work and living environments while leading to the emergence of new social, economic, and psychological issues.

Rome

fernando.ferri@irpps.cnr.it

+39 06 492724 216

Research Activities

The development of the information society has revolutionized work and living environments but has also led to the emergence of new social, economic, and psychological problems. These include the digital divide between those who access technologies and those unable to do so fully, increased economic inequalities, disorientation caused by the massive amount of information to manage, and various forms of addiction created by digital technologies (compulsive use) or misuse such as cyberbullying. My research activities are primarily framed within this context; through the research and projects developed, I have worked to overcome the various critical issues brought about by the advent of the information society.

– reducing the digital divide between those who access technologies and those unable to do so fully through the development of new, more user-oriented approaches based on visual interaction, natural language, and multimodal interaction. This research aimed to reduce digital inequalities.

– reducing economic inequalities through the development of approaches that facilitate online access to services for both citizens and businesses, with the goal of fostering economic development and growth.

– studies on addiction and online behavior.

– processing of geographic and spatial information with the aim of facilitating access, use, and spatial planning.

Activities in international and national projects

I have collaborated on approximately 40 projects funded through national and international calls. In particular, I have coordinated three European projects in the following sectors:

– Science with and for Society (H2020) – MARINA Project

– Environment (FP7) – INCA Project

– Science in Society (FP6) – MIDIR Project

I am currently involved (as a lead or participant) in the following H2020 projects:

– MARINA Project (Coordinator)

– HubIT Project (CNR Unit Lead)

– RRING Project (CNR Unit Lead)

– IC-Health Project (CNR Unit Lead)

– HERACLES Project (CNR Unit Participant)

– Biovoices (CNR Unit Participant)

– R&I Peers (CNR Unit Participant)

University Teaching Activities

I was a Contract Lecturer for the “Processing Systems” course from 1993 to 2000 at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Macerata.

I am currently an Extraordinary Professor of “Algorithms and Advanced Programming” at the Faculty of Engineering of the International University UniNettuno.

Main Publications

I am the author of approximately three hundred international publications, including about one hundred in international journals. Below is a selection of 20 publications: • Maria Chiara Caschera, Arianna D’Ulizia, Fernando Ferri, Patrizia Grifoni, MONDE: a method for predicting social network dynamics and evolution, Evolving Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2018, Abstract;
• Patrizia Grifoni Arianna D’Ulizia Fernando Ferri, Computational methods and grammars in language evolution: a survey, Artificial intelligence review, Blackwell Scientific Publications – Exeter UK 2016, Abstract;
• Tiziana Guzzo, Fernando Ferri, Patrizia Grifoni, A model of e-commerce adoption (MOCA): consumer’s perceptions and behaviours, Behaviour & information technology, Taylor & Francis, – London 2016, Abstract;
• Alessia D’Andrea, Arianna D’Ulizia, Fernando Ferri and Patrizia Grifoni, EMAG: An Extended Multimodal Attribute Grammar for Behavioural Features, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (formerly “Literary and Linguistic Computing”). Oxford University Press – Oxford, UK 2015, Abstract;
• Caschera Maria Chiara; Ferri Fernando; Grifoni Patrizia, InteSe: An integrated model for resolving ambiguities in multimodal sentences, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, – New York, NY, 2013, Abstract;
• S. Greiving, S. Pratzler-Wanczura, K. Sapountzaki, F. Ferri, P. Grifoni, K. Firus, and G. Xanthopoulos, Linking the actors and policies throughout the disaster management cycle by “Agreement on Objectives” – a new output-oriented management approach, Natural hazards and earth system science, Copernicus Publ. – Göttingen, Germany, 2012, Abstract;
• Fernando Ferri, Patrizia Grifoni, Tiziana Guzzo, New forms of social and professional digital relationships: the case of Facebook, Social network analysis and mining, Springer Vienna, 2012, Abstract;
• D’Ulizia Arianna; Ferri Fernando; Grifoni Patrizia, Moving GeoPQL: a Pictorial Language Towards Spatio-Temporal Queries, Geoinformatica, Kluwer Academic Publishers – Dordrecht 2012, Abstract;
• D’Ulizia Arianna; Ferri Fernando; Grifoni Patrizia, A Survey of Grammatical Inference Methods for Natural Language Learning, Artificial intelligence review, Blackwell Scientific Publications – Exeter, 2011, Abstract;
• D’Ulizia Arianna; Ferri Fernando; Grifoni Patrizia, A Learning Algorithm for Multimodal Grammar Inference, IEEE transactions on systems, man and cybernetics. Part B. Cybernetics. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, – New York, NY. USA. 2011, Abstract;
• D’Ulizia Arianna; Ferri Fernando; Grifoni Patrizia, Generating multimodal grammars for multimodal dialogue processing, IEEE transactions on systems, man and cybernetics. Part A. Systems and humans, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, – New York, NY, USA. 2010, Abstract;
• Bottoni, F. Ferri, P. Grifoni, P. Mussio, A. Marcante, M. Padula, A. Reggiori, e-Document management in situated interactivity: the WIL approach, Universal access in the information society, Springer. – Heidelberg, 2009, Abstract;
• Ferri F., Grifoni P., Padula M, Using Shape to Index and Query Web Document Contents, Journal of visual languages and computing, Academic Press. – London, UK, 2002, Abstract;
• Ferri F., Massari F., Rafanelli M, A Pictorial Query Language for Geographic Features in an Object-Oriented Environment, Journal of visual languages and computing, Academic Press. – London, UK, 1999, Abstract;
• F Ferri, DM Pisanelli, FL Ricci, F Consorti, A Piermattei, Toward a general model for the description of multimedia clinical data, Methods of information in medicine, Schattauer GmbH, 1998, Abstract;
• Ferri F.; Pourabbas E.; Rafanelli M.; Sindoni G., A System to Define and Allocate Health Care Resources on a Territory to Improve the Life Quality of the Populations in Developing Countries, Journal of biomedical informatics, Academic Press, – San Diego, CA, USA, 1997, Abstract;
• Fernando Ferri, The medical folder as an active tool in defining the clinical decision-making process, Informatics for health & social care, Informa Healthcare – London, UK, 1995, Abstract;
• Fernando Ferri, Domenico M Pisanelli, Fabrizio L Ricci, An object-oriented model for a multimedia patient folder management system, ACM SIGBIO Newsletter, 1996, Abstract;
• Ferri F., Rafanelli M. Maceratini R., Sindoni G., An object oriented decision support system for the planning of health resource allocation, Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, Elsevier – London, UK, 1995, Abstract;
• Ferri F, Grifoni P, Meo-Evoli L, Pisanelli DM, Ricci FL., ADAMS: Aggregate Data Management System for Epidemiologists and Health-Care Managers, Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, Elsevier – London, 1993, Abstract.