Biography

Current position

• Full professor, School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Bologna, Italy (since 2000)

Instruction

• Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering, from the University of Bologna (1992)
  

  Thesis title:

  
  

  The Management of Data Dependencies in Cost Models for Relational Databases

• Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering, from the University of Bologna (1985) (my Laurea thesis was awarded the IBM-Italy Prize in 1986)
  

  Thesis title:

  
  

  Optimization of Logical Expressions in a Query Language for Relational DBMS's