Since October 2010 he is Associate Professor at the Department of Innovation Engineering at the University of Salento. He is professor of organizational systems and integrated design of business. He is the author of over 130 international publications. Angelo Corallo is responsible for the research laboratory Collaborative HOlistic Research Environment Design Laboraroty (CORE lab ex cPDM) within the Department of Innovation Engineering at the University of Salento, University of Salento – Italy.
The laboratory focuses, on technologies, methodologies and organizational models supporting collaboration among people (knowledge workers) and organizations (network of firms):
– collaboration among knowledge workers addressing the issue of Collaborative Working Environment (Knowledge Modelling and Ontology Engineering enabling prototype applications inspired by the logic of the Semantic Web) and the topic of knowledge management in complex environments (Knowledge-based Engineering and the Product Lifecycle Management). These two research topics are addressed in many of national and European research projects including: X@Work, X-Net.Lab, Syntesis (national projects), CRESCENDO (European projects).
– partnership among firms within industrial districts and clusters, dealing with the topic of Digital Ecosystems of Business and the topic of Internetworked Enterprise. These two research topics are addressed in many national and European research projects including: Discorso, Tekne, KITE.it; (national projects) and DBE, OPAALS, Secure SCM (European projects); The CORE Lab has affiliated five spin-offs. He is member of the Scientific Committee of the GeCo on the Product Lifecycle Management of the Milan Polytechnic. He is member of the Expert Group of the Ministry of Education (MIUR) in support of the activities of selection, control and monitoring provided for by Article 14 of the D.M. 593/2000.
Giovanni Scarafile, PhD in philosophy, is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Salento. He is in charge of the discipline of Ethics of Communication. He also serves as vice president of IASC (International Association for the Study of Conroversies). His research interests include applied ethics, philosophy of images, Leibniz’s theodicy. He is the editor of the book series “Controversies. Ethics and Interdisciplinarity” (John Benjamins, Amsterdam) and editor-in-chief of YOD MAGAZINE.
Mariangela Lazoi, PhD in Management Engineering, is Researcher in the Department of Innovation Engineering – University of Salento (Italy). She is scientific and technical responsible and exploitation leader in several research projects. Her research activity is focalized on methodologies and technologies for product design, product lifecycle management and business process management. She has a wide experience in the analysis of complex industrial sectors, mainly matured during action research in collaboration with manufacturing companies.