National Research Council
Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies
Researcher

Fernando Ferri

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Fernando Ferri graduated in Electronic Engineering in 1990 and obtained a PhD in Medical Informatics at the “La Sapienza” University in Rome in 1993. He has been a senior researcher at the Italian National Research Council since 2001. He was a researcher from 1990 to 2001. From 1993 to 2000 he was a lecturer in “Processing Systems” at the University of Macerata. He is author of more than 160 papers in international journals, books and conference proceedings. He has coordinated and participated in several national and international research projects. He has organized several international events (scientific conferences and workshops). His main research areas are: social informatics, social computing, data and knowledge bases, human-machine interaction, user-machine natural interaction, user modelling, visual interaction, sketch-based interfaces, geographic information systems, risk management and medical informatics.

His latest 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 (the former name was “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 alllocation, Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, Elsevier – London, UK, 1995, Abstract;/p>

  • • 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.