Lamberto Ballan
Study Program Director, M.Sc. In Data Science
Padua, Veneto, Italy
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Top SchoolLamberto Ballan is an associate professor and Study Program Director for the M.Sc. in Data Science at the University of Padova, leading the Visual Intelligence and Machine Perception (VIMP) group with a research focus on large-scale computer vision, multimedia and machine learning. He brings over a decade of academic leadership and international research experience, including Marie Curie fellowships at Stanford AI Lab and the University of Florence, and a stint at Telecom ParisTech. Author of 40+ peer-reviewed papers with roughly 2,500 citations (H-index 25), he specializes in exploiting big data for visual recognition and multimedia understanding. Beyond publications, he has directed a UniPD–FBK data science joint lab, blending academic research with interdisciplinary collaboration and applied projects. Trained as a computer engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Florence, he combines deep theoretical knowledge with hands-on experience in building and steering research teams.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Engineering Multimedia and Telecommunication, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Engineering Multimedia and Telecommunication at Università degli Studi di FirenzeHigh School Mathematics and Computer Science, High School Mathematics and Computer Science at ITC Alessandro Volta, Bagno a Ripoli (FI)
Italian, English
Github Skills (4)
react10
science10
ranking10
computer-science10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
lambertoballan/CSrankings
Jan 2019 - Feb 2025
A web app for ranking computer science departments according to their research output in selective venues.
Contributions:33 pushes in 6 years 1 month
reactscienceresearch-outputselectivedepartments
lambertoballan/sift-forensic
Mar 2015 - Dec 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes in 7 years 10 months
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