Massimo Callisto De Donato

I am Massimo Callisto De Donato, a Research Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Camerino, Italy. My research interests include the Internet of Things, Digital Twins, and Artificial Intelligence, with a particular focus on Smart Buildings.

I am currently involved in research activities exploring the combination of Smart Building models and IoT integration, investigating approaches and architectures that can support information retrieval, data analysis, and decision-making in Smart Building systems. In this context, I am particularly interested in how ontologies, knowledge graphs, and hybrid AI approaches can improve interoperability, semantic understanding, and building data integration.

A recent article on this topic is: Laurenzi, E., Callisto De Donato, M., & Porumboiu, D. (2026). A Hybrid LLM–Knowledge Graph Architecture for Information Retrieval in Smart Buildings. Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly, 46, 97–116. https://doi.org/10.7250/csimq.2026-46.05

As part of these activities, we are also organizing the international workshop “Digital Technologies for Smart and Sustainable Buildings” (DTSSB 2026), co-located with BIR 2026 in Olten, Switzerland. https://pros.unicam.it/dtssb/

I believe the Ontolog Forum could be a valuable community for exchanging ideas with researchers and practitioners working on ontology engineering and semantic technologies. For this reason, I would be pleased to join the forum and contribute to its activities.