%0 Journal Article %J Engineering %D 2016 %T Big Data Research in Italy: A Perspective %A Sonia Bergamaschi %A Emanuele Carlini %A Michelangelo Ceci %A Barbara Furletti %A Fosca Giannotti %A Donato Malerba %A Mario Mezzanzanica %A Anna Monreale %A Gabriella Pasi %A Dino Pedreschi %A Raffaele Perego %A Salvatore Ruggieri %X 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. %B Engineering %V 2 %P 163 %8 06/2016 %G eng %U http://engineering.org.cn/EN/abstract/article_12288.shtml %L 10-1244/N %R 10.1016/J.ENG.2016.02.011