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With a background as a Lawyer, Law Teacher, and Researcher in the Philosophy of Law, fascinated by mathematical logic, which I met due to my philosophy studies in law school, I decided to pursue a career in Computer Science, believing information technology is taking over every aspect of society and every research field.
I obtained a PhD in Computer Science from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, researching ontology-driven conceptual modeling applied to the security domain, under the supervision of Enrico Franconi, Giancarlo Guizzardi, and Tiago Prince Sales.
Currently, I am interested in developing ontologically well-founded and logically rigorous technology solutions for risk management, particularly in cybersecurity.
Expertise Computer Science Alternative Semantics Ontology Industrial Management Earth and Planetary Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Organisations My research employs an ontology-driven approach to security modeling. In particular, I propose a general theory of prevention based on the Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO) to ground an ontology of security--termed the "Reference Ontology for Security Engineering" (ROSE). These two ontological theories have been applied to analyze and redesign artifacts (D3FEND ontology and ArchiMate language).
Currently, I am working on improving those theories and developing novel applications. I am interested in developing well-founded semantic solutions that are understandable, interpretable, and interoperable by both humans and machines.
Publications Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022
Ontological Foundations of Resilience (2024) In Conceptual Modeling: 43rd International Conference, ER 2024, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 28–31, 2024, Proceedings (pp. 396-416) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 15238). Springer. Barcelos, P. P. F., Calhau, R. F., Oliveira, Í. , Prince Sales, T., Gailly, F., Poels, G. & Guizzardi, G. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75872-0_21 Ontology-based security modeling in ArchiMate (2024) Software and systems modeling, 23 (4), 925-952. Oliveira, Í. , Sales, T. P., Almeida, J. P. A., Baratella, R., Fumagalli, M. & Guizzardi, G.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-024-01149-1 Boosting D3FEND: Ontological Analysis and Recommendations (2023) In Formal Ontology in Information Systems - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference, FOIS 2023 (pp. 334-348) (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications; Vol. 377). IOS. Oliveira, Í. , Engelberg, G., Barcelos, P. P. F., Sales, T. P., Fumagalli, M., Baratella, R., Klein, D. & Guizzardi, G. https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA231138 Toward a phishing attack ontology (2023) In ER-Companion 2023: Companion Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling: ER Forum, 7th SCME, Project Exhibitions, Posters and Demos, and Doctoral Consortium co-located with ER 2023 Lisbon, Portugal, November 06-09, 2023 (CEUR workshop proceedings; Vol. 3618). CEUR. Oliveira, Í. , Calhau, R. F. & Guizzardi, G. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3618/ A System Core Ontology for Capability Emergence Modeling (2023) In Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing: 27th International Conference, EDOC 2023, Groningen, The Netherlands, October 30 - November 3, 2023, Proceedings (pp. 3-20) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14367). Springer Nature. Calhau, R. F., Sales, T. P., Oliveira, I. J. d. S. , Kokkula, S., Pires, L. F., Cameron, D., Guizzardi, G. & Almeida, J. P. A. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46587-1_1 unibz-core/security-archimate: v1.0.0 (2023) [Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Da Silva Oliveira, Í. J. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10005209 italojsoliveira/data_analysis_chess_gm: Test (2023) [Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Da Silva Oliveira, Í. J. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo/zenodo.8391737 italojsoliveira/data_analysis_consumer_law: Test (2023) [Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Da Silva Oliveira, Í. J. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8383451 On the Semantics of Risk Propagation (2023) In Research Challenges in Information Science: Information Science and the Connected World: 17th International Conference, RCIS 2023, Corfu, Greece, May 23–26, 2023, Proceedings (pp. 69-86) (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 476). Fumagalli, M., Engelberg, G., Prince Sales, T., Da Silva Oliveira, Í. J. , Klein, D., Soffer, P., Baratella, R. & Guizzardi, G. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33080-3_5 Ontological analysis and redesign of security modeling in ArchiMate (2022) In The Practice of Enterprise Modelling: 15th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference, PoEM 2022, London, UK, November 23–25, 2022, Proceedings (pp. 82-98) (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 456). Springer. Da Silva Oliveira, Í. J. , Prince Sales, T., Almeida, J. P. A., Baratella, R., Fumagalli, M. & Guizzardi, G. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21488-2_6 An Ontology of Security from a Risk Treatment Perspective (2022) In Conceptual Modeling: 41st International Conference, ER 2022, Hyderabad, India, October 17-20, 2022, Proceedings (pp. 365-379) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13607). Springer Nature. Oliveira, Í. , Sales, T. P., Baratella, R., Fumagalli, M. & Guizzardi, G. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17995-2_26 Understanding and Modeling Prevention (2022) In Research Challenges in Information Science: 16th International Conference, RCIS 2022, Barcelona, Spain, May 17-20, 2022, Proceedings (pp. 389-405) (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 446). Springer Nature. Baratella, R., Fumagalli, M., Oliveira, Í. & Guizzardi, G. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05760-1_23 Research profiles