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Luciano Serafini

Luciano Serafini is an AI researcher at Fondazione Bruno Kessler whose work connects knowledge representation with machine learning. He earned a master's degree in information science at the University of Milan and joined ITC-IRST, now FBK, as a junior researcher in 1988. He helped define Multi-Context Systems, worked on semantic matching, developed a quantum programming language, and coauthored Logic Tensor Networks, which integrate automated learning and logical reasoning. He became a EurAI Fellow in 2020 and received the AIJ Prominent Paper Award in 2026 for his Logic Tensor Networks work. At FBK, he is a Principal Researcher and heads the Data and Knowledge Management Unit.

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Timeline

  1. 1988

    A degree and first research role

    He earns a master's degree in information science at the University of Milan in 1988. In October 1988, he joins ITC-IRST, now Fondazione Bruno Kessler, as a junior researcher.

  2. 1994

    Multilanguage logics and MCS

    With Fausto Giunchiglia, he coauthors “Multilanguage Hierarchical Logics” in 1994, which organizes distinct first-order languages in a hierarchy. Early in his career, he also contributes to Multi-Context Systems, an approach to contextual reasoning.

  3. 2000–2013

    Quantum programming and semantic matching

    Between 2000 and 2004, he helps develop the Q language for quantum programming and a compiler for quantum gate circuits. From 2000 to 2013, he works on semantic matching for heterogeneous schemas and proposes encoding the task as propositional satisfiability.

  4. 2016

    Logic Tensor Networks

    He starts developing Logic Tensor Networks during a visit to the Research Centre for Machine Learning at City University London. In 2016, he coauthors a paper with Artur d'Avila Garcez presenting LTN as a framework that integrates logical knowledge representation with machine learning.

  5. 2020

    A EurAI Fellowship

    In 2020, he becomes a EurAI Fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence.

  6. August 2026

    An IJCAI keynote

    In August 2026, he delivers the IJCAI keynote “Neuro-Symbolic AI and Logic Tensor Networks” on integrating neural learning and symbolic reasoning.

  7. 2026

    The AIJ Prominent Paper Award

    In 2026, he receives the AIJ Prominent Paper Award for his work on Logic Tensor Networks, which integrate neural networks and logical reasoning.

  8. As of October 2026

    Head of DKM at FBK

    As of October 2026, he is a Principal Researcher and head of the Data and Knowledge Management Unit within FBK's Center for Augmented Intelligence.

Career

  1. Since 1988Fondazione Bruno KesslerJunior Researcher

Education

  1. 1988University of MilanMaster's degree in information science

From the biography.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Fondazione Bruno Kessler. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Milan. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI each year from 1955 to 2025, tracing the shift from university labs to companies.
  4. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIWe estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.

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  1. LucianoSerafini - Ontolog Forum ontologforum.net. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. The FBK scientist Luciano Serafini has become fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EURAI). - FBK fbk.eu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Multilanguage Hierarchical Logics or: How we can do Without Modal Logics — Lacuna lacuna.tiptreesystems.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Luciano Serafini - FBK MAGAZINE magazine.fbk.eu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. 2022-SC2377-001PD-2022-SCP7079318-N0-SC2377: Click here to join the seminar | STEM stem.elearning.unipd.it. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. [1606.04422] Logic Tensor Networks: Deep Learning and Logical Reasoning from Data and Knowledge arxiv.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. The AI that thinks: double international recognition for Luciano Serafini - FBK MAGAZINE magazine.fbk.eu. Checked 20 October 2026.