TY - JOUR T1 - Big Data Research in Italy: A Perspective JF - Engineering Y1 - 2016 A1 - Sonia Bergamaschi A1 - Emanuele Carlini A1 - Michelangelo Ceci A1 - Barbara Furletti A1 - Fosca Giannotti A1 - Donato Malerba A1 - Mario Mezzanzanica A1 - Anna Monreale A1 - Gabriella Pasi A1 - Dino Pedreschi A1 - Raffaele Perego A1 - Salvatore Ruggieri AB - The aim of this article is to synthetically describe the research projects that a selection of Italian universities is undertaking in the context of big data. Far from being exhaustive, this article has the objective of offering a sample of distinct applications that address the issue of managing huge amounts of data in Italy, collected in relation to diverse domains. VL - 2 UR - http://engineering.org.cn/EN/abstract/article_12288.shtml ER -