About the Lab

The VIA Systems Lab is a research lab at the University of Verona focusing on intelligent analytics systems, information access, and advanced data-centric methods.

Our mission is to design and study systems that enable reliable, validated, and interactive access to complex information spaces, bridging foundations in data management with human-centered analytics. Among others, we specialize in open data and digital archives for the digital humanities.

The lab is led by Matteo Lissandrini, Associate Professor of Computer Science, whose research spans data exploration, knowledge graphs, and intelligent analytical systems.

The Meaning of VIA

At the VIA Systems Lab we study and design intelligent analytics systems that integrate heterogeneous data, enable trustworthy AI, and support meaningful human interaction with complex digital archives.

  • Verifiable and Interpretable AI
    Building trustworthy, grounded, and explainable AI through validated data and transparent analytical pipelines.
  • Versatile Integration of digital Archives
    Integrating heterogeneous data, data lakes, and multimedia archives into unified, semantically rich analytics.
  • Verified Information Access
    Ensuring correctness, grounding, and trust in information retrieval and analytics.
  • Virtual Interlinked Archives
    Designing interconnected digital archives through semantic and graph-based technologies.
  • Visual Interaction with Archives
    Studying visual and interactive interfaces for effective data exploration of digital archives.
  • Virtual Interfaces for Analysis
    Creating interactive analytical environments for exploration and hypothesis testing.
  • Validated Information Analytics
    Embedding validation, evaluation, and explainability into analytics workflows by design.