Istella

Michele holds MSc in Computer Science from University of Pisa and likes computer and data science applied in distributed networks and multiple sources, such as: relational and NoSQL DBMS, audiovisual digital content, social media, web. He is enthusiastic about data mining, processing and analysis: at the moment Python is his favourite programming language. Previously, he […]

Entrepreneur and politician, Renato Soru graduated in Economic and Social Sciences at the Bocconi University of Milan. In 1997 he founded Tiscali, the first Internet provider conceived on the philosophy of low-cost communication, two years later listed on the Milan stock exchange market. The experience as an entrepreneur in the field of innovation has led […]

Domenico Dato holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Pisa, a degree in Computer Engineering magna cum laude from the University of Rome and has more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology. He started working on search engines and information retrieval systems in 1990. From 1992 to 1995 he worked […]

Luigi started programming as a kid on the Commodore 64 in BASIC and Assembler. He graduated with honors in Computer Engineering in Pisa and became a fan of Linux and C/C++. Luigi worked in Ask.com, IAC Search & Media, Intecs and Tiscali before Istella. In his spare time he likes reading John Grisham’s novels, playing […]

Following his passion for programming, Luigi graduated at University of Pisa where he studied Computer Science. He is interested in many fields, such as databases, data analysis, distributed systems and likes to play with a variety of technologies – but most of the time he’s playing around with web crawlers. When not spidering he enjoys […]

Monica earned her Master degree in Computer Science at the University of Pisa. She has about 20 years of working experience in the area of Information Retrieval Systems, Web Search, Ranking algorithms, Machine Learning and Big Data management. Before joining Istella she worked in R&D department for several international companies like Ask.com, IAC, Tiscali S.p.A. […]

After receiving his bachelor degree from University of Cagliari, he moved to Pisa to get his master degree in Computer Science. He is interested in Natural Language Processing, data analysis and knowledge extraction. He has more than 5 years experience in web apps design and development. Claudio loves driving for hours to reach the mountains, […]

Anna Maria holds a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Pisa. She started her career as software engineer in the area of search engines and data mining. Anna Maria has experience in program management, quality assessment and development of user experience strategy. She has been responsible for many European and national R&D projects, […]