Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari” · Department of Economics “Marco Biagi” · UNIMORE DIEF · DEMB · UNIMORE

Consulting

DTALab collaborates with companies and public institutions on applied research projects that translate methods in data management and artificial intelligence into solutions for real-world problems.

Our collaborations span data integration, machine learning, explainable AI, NLP and LLMs, time-series analytics, financial AI and decision support.

2026-PResent

Supplier Matching and Product Classification

IUNGO S.p.A. · Industry

Development of a data-integration pipeline for consolidating duplicate supplier records, classifying heterogeneous product descriptions according to the UNSPSC taxonomy and identifying alternative sourcing opportunities.

Entity Matching

Product Classification

Supplier Analytics

2024–2026

Counterfactual Explanations for Credit Scoring

CRIF S.p.A. · Industry

Development of expert-guided counterfactual explanations for credit-scoring models, aimed at producing transparent, realistic and actionable alternatives for model decisions.

Explainable AI

Counterfactual Explanations

Credit Risk

2023

Analysis of Experimental Data in Alumina Sintering

Bitossi · Industry

Analysis of the quality and characteristics of experimentally collected data from the alumina sintering process, supporting the assessment of data reliability and subsequent analytical activities.

Industrial Data

Data Quality

Advanced Analytics

2022

Store Visits and Sales Analysis

Ceramiche Polis S.p.A. · Industry

Analysis of store-visit patterns and their relationship with sales data to support the identification of relevant commercial and behavioural patterns.

Sales Analytics

Retail Analytics

Decision Support

2020

Advanced Sales Data Analysis and Production Scheduling

Italgraniti S.p.A. · Industry

Advanced analysis of orders and sales to support production planning, including the development of software for automated analysis of company sales data.

Sales Analytics

Production Planning

Decision Support

2019

Spatial and Temporal Open Data Platform

Autorità di Bacino Distrettuale del Fiume Po · Public Institution

Development of methods and prototype software for managing, exploring and publishing spatial and temporal metadata, supporting their dissemination and reuse as open data.

Open Data

Spatial Data

Metadata Management

2019

Time-Series Analysis and Performance Indicators

Ceramiche Polis S.p.A. · Industry

Time-series analysis of retail sales data and identification of performance indicators, supported by the development of automated data-analysis software.

Time-Series

Retail Analytics

Performance Indicators

2016

Data Analysis for Public Administration

Comune di Reggio Emilia · Public Institution

Development of studies and prototype software for data-analysis activities supporting public-sector information management.

Data Analytics

Public Administration