Giudalab Crew

Salvatore Ammirato holds the position of Director at the GIUDAlab. He serves as an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical, Energy, and Management Engineering at the University of Calabria in Italy. At the university, Salvatore imparts his knowledge and expertise in the field of Business Management to undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students through his crafted courses. After completing his PhD, Salvatore was appointed as an External Researcher at the "Centre for Research in Transnational Empowerment, Leadership, and Performance" at the University of Canberra in Australia. From 2013 to 2020, he assumed the role of scientific coordinator for the "Human Resource Development, Management, and Organization" group within the Centre. Additionally, Salvatore was appointed as a Visiting Professor at Tampere University of Technology in Pori, Finland, from 2013 to 2015. Salvatore has taken on significant responsibilities as a principal investigator for research and industrial projects. He has also served on steering committees for various international projects focused on organization change and digitalization. His contributions to the field are evident through his extensive publication record, which includes over 90 papers published in esteemed international journals and conference proceedings. Furthermore, Salvatore has authored a book titled "Adaptive Decision Making and Intellectual Styles," published by Springer. Salvatore actively contributes to the academic community as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Electronic Trade and as a Guest Editor for special issues in various reputable scientific journals. Currently, he spearheads the MySLR© project.

Assistant professor of Economics and Management Engineering at DIMEG (Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management). He received his Laurea cum Laude in Computer Science Engineering from University of Calabria in 1991 and has been carrying out researches and studies for 25 years in the areas of Computer Science, Information Systems and Management Engineering. He's PhD  in Computer Science Engineering on “Tecnologie Didattiche Multimediali e Sistemi di Comunicazione”. He has authored some chapters in books and over 30 papers in these areas. His current research interests include Internet of Foods, Digital Tourism, Digital Marketing and Communication, Social Media, e-Learning, e-Commerce and e-Business, e-Government, Mobile computing and Mobile commerce.

Alberto Michele Felicetti is Tenure-track assistant professor (RTD-B) at the Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering at the University of Calabria (ITALY), where he teaches courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of Business management. After gaining his PhD, he was appointed as visiting senior researcher at Tampere University of Technology - Finland. Alberto participated in several National and International funded Research Projects. He is charged as principal investigator of the Unical Local Unit for the project INSPIRE funded through the PRIN 2022 PNRR Program. Overall, he is the author of more than 50 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. He is member of the Editorial Advisory Board di European Journal of Innovation Management. He acted as Guest Editor for several Special Issues in peer reviewed journals (Measuring Business Excellence, Sustainability, British Food Journal) on the themes of Innovation, Digitalization and Sustainability. He is involved in the design and development of MySLR. For what concern his teaching activity, in 2021 he received a Special Mention within the Gianluca Spina Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation – assigned by AiIG (Associazione Italiana Ingegneria Gestionale).

Antonio P. Volpentesta has been carrying out research and studies for almost 40 years in the areas of operation research, information systems, economics and management engineering. He has published some books and over 100 papers in these areas, many of them on international referred journals. He acts as referee or associate editor for many scientific journals, and member of many conference program committees. He has been the founder of the GIUDAlab and the former Director. His current research interests include collaborative networks, knowledge management, learning systems, social media marketing, food information management.