Group Recommender Systems

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cagliari, Cagliari (Italy). I am a research scientist with a background on Information Retrieval. Most of my research involves discovering patterns in user behavior, to provide useful information to the users. I have worked on recommender systems, clustering algorithms, social media analysis, and natural language processing. My current research interests focus on algorithmic bias on the Web, to generate fair and non-discriminating rankings.

Alexander Felfernig is a full professor at the Graz University of Technology (Austria) since March 2009. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Klagenfurt. Alexander directs the Applied Software Engineering & Artificial Intelligence research group (ASE). His research interests include configuration systems, recommender systems, sustainability aspects, model-based diagnosis, software requirements engineering, different aspects of human decision making, and knowledge acquisition methods.

Graz University of Technology (Austria)

Associate professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (FAMNIT) at the University of Primorska in Koper, Slovenia. I aim at improving personalized services (e.g. recommender systems) through the usage of psychological models in personalization algorithms. To achieve this, I use diverse research methodologies, including data mining, machine learning, and user studies.