Retrospective and Prospective Views on Information Systems Engineering Contributions in Honor of Barbara Pernici on the Occasion of Her Retirement

Cinzia Cappiello
is an associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Her research focuses on data and information quality, data architectures and management. She contributed to the assessment and improvement of data quality across Big Data, crowdsourcing, service-based, and Web applications, as well as streaming data. Currently, her research is focused on data preparation and data-centric AI. She obtained her PhD under Barbara’s supervision and continues to collaborate with her on various research projects.

Marco Comuzzi
is an associate professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, in Korea. His research focuses on process mining and blockchain systems, most recently concentrating on how large language models help improve and extend process mining functionality. Marco obtained a PhD in information technology under Barbara’s supervision in 2007, on the topic of quality negotiation in service-oriented systems.

Massimo Mecella
is a professor at Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. His main research interests include information systems engineering, software and service engineering, business process management, application of AI to smart environments (smart factories, smart buildings, space). Recently, he coedited the book on Engineering Information Systems with Large Language Models. Massimo has taken inspiration and collaborated with Barbara Pernici since the time of his PhD.

Pierluigi Plebani
is an associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His research interests include information systems engineering with particular emphasis on multi-party business process monitoring and compliance, as well as on computational data governance in federated settings. He obtained his PhD under Barbara’s supervision and has since maintained a collaborative relationship with her on diverse research projects within the field of information systems engineering.

Monica Vitali
is an associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Her research interests include adaptive information systems, data management in heterogeneous infrastructures, and energy-aware information systems management. She obtained her PhD in 2014 under Barbara’s supervision, and she has been collaborating with her and her group since then.