Researcher

Oliviero Stock

Oliviero Stock founded and led the natural language processing group at IRST in 1988. His work included bidirectional chart parsing and the AlFresco system for combining language interaction with visual information. Stock directed IRST from 1997 to 2001. His later cultural heritage work included adaptive mobile guides and joint research with the University of Haifa from 2003 to 2011. Stock directed PerTe from 2012 to 2017. The project examined language-based persuasion, small-group interaction, narrative negotiation and ethical issues in automated influence.

Works
228
Citations
3,870
h-index
32

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

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Timeline

  1. 1988

    Language research group

    Oliviero Stock founded and led the natural language processing group at IRST in 1988. His work included bidirectional chart parsing and the AlFresco system for combining language interaction with visual information.

  2. 1997–2001

    Institute leadership

    Stock directed IRST from 1997 to 2001. His later cultural heritage work included adaptive mobile guides and joint research with the University of Haifa from 2003 to 2011.

  3. 2012–2017

    Persuasion and ethics

    Stock directed PerTe from 2012 to 2017. The project examined language-based persuasion, small-group interaction, narrative negotiation and ethical issues in automated influence.

Sources and credits

Photo: magazine.fbk.eu; Oliviero Stock - FBK MAGAZINE; creator not stated. License: Not stated by source. Source: magazine.fbk.eu. Cropped to a square and resized. Ask us to remove or replace this photo.

  1. Oliviero Stock - FBK MAGAZINE (https://magazine.fbk.eu/en/spotlight/oliviero-stock/) magazine.fbk.eu. Checked 13 October 2026.