Marco Gori
Marco Gori is a computer scientist whose AI research spans graph neural networks and constraint-based machine learning. He earned an electronics engineering degree in Florence in 1984, completed a Bologna PhD in 1990, and joined Siena's faculty in 1995. With Franco Scarselli, Ah Tsoi, Markus Hagenbuchner, and Gabriele Monfardini, he co-authored The Graph Neural Network Model in 2009. His 2017 book explored a constraint-based approach to machine learning, and his 2019–2023 3IA chair research connected learning, inference, and reasoning. He became an IAPR Fellow in 2014, received the 2025 Donald Hebb Award from INNS, co-founded UNaIVERSE in 2026, and as of October 2026 is a professor at Siena and a 3IA chairholder.
- Now at
- University of Siena
- Works
- 678
- Citations
- 22,478
- h-index
- 48
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1984–1990
Education at Florence and Bologna
He earns an electronics engineering degree at Florence in 1984 and completes a Bologna PhD on supervised learning in multilayer neural networks in 1990.
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1991–2000
Faculty posts in Florence and Siena
He joins the University of Florence as an assistant professor in 1991 and becomes an associate professor there in 1992. In 1995, he joins Siena as an associate professor and becomes a full professor in 2000.
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2009
The graph neural network model
With Franco Scarselli, Ah Tsoi, Markus Hagenbuchner, and Gabriele Monfardini, he co-authors The Graph Neural Network Model in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks in 2009.
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2014
An IAPR fellowship
IAPR names him a Fellow in 2014 for contributions to neural networks and machine learning models for pattern recognition.
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2017–2023
A book and a research chair
In 2017, he publishes Machine Learning: A Constraint-Based Approach, which covers neural networks and kernel machines within a constraint-based account of machine learning. From 2019 to 2023, he holds a 3IA Côte d’Azur chair focused on unifying learning, inference, and reasoning through constraints.
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2025
A Donald O. Hebb Award
The International Neural Network Society names him the 2025 Donald O. Hebb Award recipient and presents it at WCCI/IJCNN 2026.
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2026
Launching UNaIVERSE
In 2026, he becomes a co-founder and scientific director of UNaIVERSE, a University of Siena spin-off.
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As of October 2026
Professor at Siena
As of October 2026, he is a professor of computer science at the University of Siena and a 3IA chair at Université Côte d’Azur.
Sources and credits
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- Biography – SAILab
- The graph neural network model – Monash University
- IAPR Fellows for 2014 – International Association for Pattern Recognition
- Machine Learning – Edition 1 – Elsevier Educate
- Chairholder | Marco Gori – 3IA Côte d’Azur
- INNS Award Recipients
- UNaIVERSE: Startup! – Collectionless AI
- A Maastricht il professor Marco Gori riceve un prestigioso riconoscimento | Culture
- Marco Gori – SAILab