Francesca Spezzano, Ph.D.

Bio

Francesca Spezzano received a PhD degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Calabria, Italy, in 2012. From Oct 2010 to Jul 2011, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Computer Science Department (Database Group) of the University of California – Santa Cruz. After earning her PhD degree, she was a postdoc at the University of Calabria. From Aug 2013 to Aug 2015, she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies.

Education

• PhD degree in Computer Science Engineering from University of Calabria, Italy, 2012.
• M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from University of Calabria, Italy, 2008.
• B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from University of Calabria, Italy, 2006.

Research

• Social Media Mining, Social Networks Analysis: Identifying Bad Actors on Social Media, Information Diffusion, National Security.
• Data Exchange, Probabilistic Databases, Inconsistent Databases, Uncertainty Management, Logic Programming.

Areas of Interest

• Social Media Mining
• Social Network Analysis
• Data Science