Francesco Ricca is Full Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Calabria, Italy. He received his Laurea Degree in Computer Science Engineering (2002) and a PhD in Computer Science and Mathematics (2006) from the University of Calabria, Italy. Francesco Ricca research interests belong to the area of knowledge representation and reasoning, and in particular he is interested in Answer Set Programming. Francesco Ricca is co-author of more than 150 refereed research articles published in international journals (40+), collections, and conference proceedings. He is Area Editor of Association for Logic Programming newsletters, member of the Executive Board of the Italian Association of Logic Programming, and member of the steering committee of the Rule and Reasoning Association (RRA).