Barbara Caputo
Also known as B Caputo, B. Caputo
Barbara Caputo is an AI researcher whose work includes computer vision and methods for adapting models across data domains. She earned a computer science PhD from KTH in 2005 and later worked at Idiap-EPFL and Sapienza. She received an ERC Starting Grant in 2014, co-authored AutoDIAL in 2017, and joined Politecnico di Torino in 2018. She became an ELLIS Fellow in 2019 and co-founded Focoos AI in 2022. As of October 2026, she is a full professor at Politecnico di Torino and director of AI@PoliTO.
- Works
- 543
- Citations
- 15,826
- h-index
- 60
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.
Timeline
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2005
A computer science doctorate
She receives a computer science PhD from KTH in 2005.
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2007–2013
Senior researcher at Idiap-EPFL
She serves as Senior Researcher at Idiap-EPFL from 2007 to 2013.
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2013–2018
Sapienza to Politecnico
She becomes an associate professor at Sapienza in 2013 and joins Politecnico di Torino in 2018. She receives an ERC Starting Grant in 2014. Her 2017 co-authored paper AutoDIAL develops Domain Alignment Layers that match source and target feature distributions.
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Since 2019
An ELLIS fellowship and board role
She becomes an ELLIS Fellow in 2019 and serves on its board as one of eight ELLIS society co-founders.
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2021
An honorary doctorate
The University of Southern Denmark awards her an honorary doctorate in 2021.
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November 2022–2023
Co-founding Focoos AI
She co-founds Focoos AI in November 2022 and serves as its president. The Politecnico spin-off wins Italy's 2023 National Innovation Prize for best innovative start-up.
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As of October 2026
Professor and AI hub director
She is a full professor at Politecnico di Torino and directs AI@PoliTO.
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