He received the Laurea Degree in Ingegneria Elettronica in 1989, and a PhD in Ingegneria Informatica in 1994, both from Politecnico di Milano. His main research interest is currently in the area of the integration of Web and databases. His research focuses also on active databases, object orientation, and software engineering methodologies. He is the author, with Stefano Ceri, of the book "Designing Database Applications with Objects and Rules: The IDEA Methodology" (Addison-Wesley 1997).