Donika Xhani is a PhD candidate in the BMS faculty, IEBIS group at the University of Twente. Her current field of research is focusing on the development of Next-gen cross- sectoral data platforms as part of the 4TU - Redesign project.
In October 2023, she successfully graduated from the EngD BIT program. The title of her EngD thesis is: "Ontology Driven Explainable AI for Tyre Engineering".
Expertise
Computer Science
- Ontology
- Data Sharing
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence
- Privacy Preserving
- Recommender Systems
- Interoperability
Food Science
- Food Sector
- Food systems
Organisations
Publications
2025
Ontology forĀ Personalized Recipe Recommendations Supporting Sustainability, Personal Preferences, andĀ Health Restrictions (2025)In Conceptual Modeling: 44th International Conference, ER 2025, Poitiers, France, October 20ā23, 2025, Proceedings (pp. 376-392) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 16189). Springer. Xhani, D. & Guizzardi, R.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-08623-5_20The Role and Applications of Semantic Interoperability Tools and eXplainable AI in the Development of Smart Food Systems: Findings from a Systematic Literature Review (2025)Intelligent Systems with Applications, 27. Article 200547. Xhani, D., Sedrakyan, G., Gavai, A., Guizzardi, R. & van Hillegersberg, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswa.2025.200547Agricultural data Privacy: Emerging platforms & strategies (2025)Food and Humanity, 4. Article 100542. Gavai, A. K., Bouzembrak, Y., Xhani, D., Sedrakyan, G., Meuwissen, M. P. M., Guizzardi-Silva Souza, R., Marvin, H. J. P. & van Hillegersberg, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100542
2024
FAIR Data Management for Explainable Machine Learning (2024)[Contribution to conference › Poster] ICT Open 2024. Xhani, D., Rebelo Moreira, J. L., van Sinderen, M. J. & Ferreira Pires, L.Next Generation Cross-Sectoral Data Platform for the Agri-Food Sector (2024)In Proceedings of the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO) - Episode X: The Tukker Zomer of Ontology, and satellite events co-located with the 14th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2024): Enschede, The Netherlands, July 15-19, 2024 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. Vol-3882). CEUR. Xhani, D., Gavai, A., Sedrakyan, G., Guizzardi-Silva Souza, R. & van Hillegersberg, J.Next generation cross-sectoral data platform for the food system (2024)In JOWO 2024 The Joint Ontology Workshops: Proceedings of the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO) - Episode X: The Tukker Zomer of Ontology, and satellite events co-located with the 14th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2024), Enschede, The Netherlands, July 15-19, 2024 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 3882). CEUR. Xhani, D.https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3882/Next Generation Cross-Sectoral Data Platform for the Food System (2024)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 14th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information System, FOIS 2024. Xhani, D., Gavai, A., Sedrakyan, G., Guizzardi - Silva Souza, R. & van Hillegersberg, J.XMLPO: An Ontology for Explainable Machine Learning Pipeline (2024)In Formal Ontology in Information Systems: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference (FOIS 2024) (pp. 193-206) (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications; Vol. 394). IOS. Xhani, D., Rebelo Moreira, J. L., van Sinderen, M. J. & Ferreira Pires, L.https://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/71405
2023
Ontology Driven Explainable AI for Tyre Engineering (2023)[Thesis › EngD Thesis]. University of Twente. Xhani, D.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558594
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Netherlands
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