Rita Cucchiara has been, since 2005, Full Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. 

She is Director of the interdepartmental Artificial Intelligence Research and Innovation Center AIRI and  Scientific Responsible AImageLab a Research Laboratory in Computer Vision, Machine/Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Multimedia of the Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", and Scientific Advisor of the "AI Academy" of Modena, an initiative co-funded by the Emilia Romagna Region for research in Artificial Intelligence and technology transfer in local industries.

Her research field deals mainly with Artificial Vision and Deep Learning, with more than 350 publications on the subject. Rita Cucchiara holds a Degree in Electronic Engineering (1989) and a PhD in Computer Engineering (1993), both received at the University of Bologna.

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