Monica Palmirani, full professor of Computer Science and Law at Bologna University, School of Law, Italy. Graduated in Mathematic, Ph.D. in Legal Informatics and IT Law, teacher of several courses since 2001 on Legal Informatics, eGovernment, Legal drafting techniques, and Legal XML.
She is member of CIRSFID, one of the main centers of excellence in Italy and one of the leading centers at the international level for the area of computer science and law.
She is the Director of Ph.D. International Program Erasmus Mundus Law, Science and Technology (http://www.last-jd.eu), coordinator of the eGov module in the Master in the Law of New technologies, Director of the Summer School Legislative XML (http://summerschoollex.cirsfid.unibo.it) organized by the University of Bologna, Ravenna, with the goal of disseminating the usage of Legal XML in the public agencies, respecting and guaranteeing the legal principles embedded in the legal document form. She leads the LEXML.it group inside of a European legal XML network, she is co-chair of LegalRuleML and LegalDocML OASIS TCs (2012).