His research interests include pattern recognition, machine learning, big data analytics, and data mining applied to data, signal, 2D and 3D image and video processing and analysis. Practical applications of the research activities have impacted on the biomedical applications, with reference to computer-aided diagnosis and decision support systems. Prof. Paolo Soda has received six external grants from both government funding agencies and industry, totalizing over 500 thousand euros in external funding. He has published over 85 refereed papers in international journals and conference proceedings, being also co-author of two international patents.