Anisa Rula

Anisa Rula

Department of Information Engineering (DII)

Università degli Studi di Brescia

Via Branze, 38 25123 Brescia - Italy

email: anisa.rula@unibs.it

Short biography

Anisa Rula is an Associate Professor in Data Management at the University of Brescia and a member of the Databases, Information Systems and Web (DBWIS) research group. Her research focuses on knowledge graph quality assessment, semantic data management, ontology-based knowledge extraction, and the integration of Large Language Models with semantic technologies for industrial applications.

Her work addresses the modelling, analysis, and evaluation of knowledge graphs and semantic data ecosystems, with applications in data integration and Industry 5.0 scenarios.

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Research Interests

• Knowledge Graph Quality Assessment and Validation

• Semantic Web and Knowledge Representation

• Ontology-based Knowledge Extraction

• Large Language Models for Knowledge Engineering

• Large-scale Data Ecosystems

Academic Positions

• Associate Professor — University of Brescia (2023–present)

• Assistant Professor — University of Brescia (2020–2023)

• Senior Researcher — University of Bonn (2017–2019)

• Postdoctoral Researcher — University of Milano-Bicocca (2014–2020)

Academic Leadership & Institutional Roles

• Unit Leader and Co-PI, PRIN 2022 national research project NEXTCART (University of Brescia)

• Member of the PhD Board — Technology for Health PhD Program, University of Brescia

• Responsible for student orientation and study plan approval — BSc Computer Engineering

• Member of the State Examination Committee for Professional Engineers (Italy)

• Scientific supervisor of funded research fellowships (Research Grants)

International Scientific Service (selected)

Editorial Boards:

• ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality (JDIQ)

• Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK)

Conference Roles:

• In-Use Track Chair — ESWC 2026

• Rule Challenge Chair — Declarative AI 2024

• Workshop & Tutorial Chair — SEMANTiCS 2023

• Poster & Demo Track Chair — ESWC 2022

• Track Chair — ISWC 2021

• Resources Track Chair — ESWC 2020

Program Committees (selected):

WWW • ISWC • ESWC • CIKM • IEEE BigData • SEMANTiCS and leading journals in Data Management and Semantic Web

Teaching

University of Brescia

• Basi di Dati (BSc)

• Sistemi di Gestione Dati e Processi (BSc)

• Knowledge Graphs: Fundamentals (PhD Program — Technology for Health)

Supervision: 4 PhD • 10+ MSc • 20+ BSc theses

Honors and Awards

• Best Demo Award — ESWC 2024 (KGHeartBeat)

• Best Demo Award — ESWC 2019 (MantisTable)

• Giovani Talenti Award (3rd Prize), University of Milano-Bicocca (2019)

• Best Student Research Paper Award — ESWC 2014