PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Daniele Nardi

Daniele Nardi is a computer scientist whose AI work spans mobile-robot planning and RoboCup. He earned an electronic engineering degree in Turin in 1981, joined Sapienza as a researcher in 1988, and became a full professor in 2000. He coauthored mobile-robot planning research, helped start Sapienza's master's in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in 2009, and was president of the RoboCup Federation at a public event in September 2014. His 2025 work addresses anomaly detection for table grapes with synthetic data. As of October 2026, he is a full professor at Sapienza and a board member of the FAIR Foundation.

Now at
Sapienza University of Rome and FAIR Foundation
Works
435
Citations
11,591
h-index
46
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1981–1984

    Engineering in Turin and Rome

    He earns an electronic engineering degree at Politecnico di Torino in 1981 and a specialization in control and automatic systems engineering at Sapienza in 1984.

  2. 1988–2000

    Sapienza academic posts

    At Sapienza's DIS, he becomes a researcher in 1988, an associate professor in 1992, and a full professor in 2000.

  3. 1997

    Planning a mobile robot

    In 1997, he coauthors “Planning with sensing for a mobile robot” with Giuseppe De Giacomo, Luca Iocchi, and Riccardo Rosati.

  4. 2009

    Starting Sapienza's AI master's

    In 2009, he chairs Sapienza's Computer Engineering curricula as the university starts its master's in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

  5. September 2014

    RoboCup Federation president

    In September 2014, he speaks at a public event as a Sapienza professor of artificial intelligence and president of the RoboCup Federation.

  6. 2019

    SPQR team contact

    In 2019, RoboCup's Standard Platform League lists him as a contact for SPQR at Sapienza.

  7. 2025

    Synthetic data for grapes

    In 2025, he coauthors a paper on synthetic data generation for anomaly detection on table grapes.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and FAIR board member

    As of October 2026, he is a full professor of artificial intelligence at Sapienza and a board member of the FAIR Foundation.

Career

  1. Since 1988Sapienza University of RomeResearcher, Associate Professor
  2. NowFAIR FoundationBoard member
  3. From 2014RoboCup FederationPresident

Education

  1. 1984Sapienza University of RomeSpecialization in Control and Automatic Systems Engineering
  2. 1981Politecnico di TorinoElectronic Engineering degree

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. The Description Logic Handbook2009 · 1,872 citationsWith Deborah McGuinness, Diego Calvanese, Franz Baader and Peter F. Patel-Schneider
  2. An Introduction to Description Logic2017 · 418 citationsWith Ronald J. Brachman
  3. Multirobot Systems: A Classification Focused on Coordination2004 · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) · 367 citations
  4. Search and Rescue Robotics2008 · Springer eBooks · 361 citationsWith Howie Choset and Robin R Murphy
  5. The Complexity of Concept Languages1997 · Information and Computation · 317 citationsWith Maurizio Lenzerini

From OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

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Sources and credits

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  1. Daniele Nardi | Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering diag.uniroma1.it. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Daniele Nardi's Publications (before 2004) diag.uniroma1.it. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Daniele Nardi : AI Expert - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. Shared Innovation mondodigitale.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Qualification Decisions for the International SPL 2019 – RoboCup Standard Platform League spl.robocup.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Synthetic Data Generation for Anomaly Detection on Table Grapes arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. AI in Italy: Bringing Research into Business and Society fondazione-fair.it. Checked 19 October 2026.