--- title: "Jacopo Urbani — author profile and papers · Reasoning" description: "Jacopo Urbani, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2016–2026), h-index 21 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-urbani/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-urbani/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Jacopo Urbani # Jacopo Urbani Jacopo Urbani has 2 papers in our library, in 2016–2026, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Anna Rohrbach](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anna-rohrbach/), [Gerhard Weikum](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gerhard-weikum/), [Jan Piotrowski](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jan-piotrowski/). 2 papers in our library · 2016–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5090620447) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0717-3559) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66859471) · [**h-index 21**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5090620447) · [92 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5090620447) · [1,615 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5090620447&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-urbani/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 19 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-urbani/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10010](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/101/#star-10010) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Jacopo+Urbani) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Jacopo+Urbani) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Jacopo+Urbani) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Jacopo+Urbani) ## Affiliations [🎓**Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam** Amsterdam · Netherlands 2009–2026 · 61 papersEmployment · Department of Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/) · [🔬**Max Planck Institute for Informatics** Saarbrücken · Germany 2015–2016 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/max-planck-institute-for-informatics/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Decision Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/) · [Information Systems and Management · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/information-systems-and-management/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-urbani/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2016** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-urbani/year/2016/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Commonsense in Parts: Mining Part-Whole Relations from the Web and Image Tags](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tandon-2016-commonsense-parts-mining-part-whole/)** *(2016 · 31 citations)* Machines lack everyday knowledge about how things are composed: which objects have which parts, who belongs to which group, and what things are made of. 2. **[EvoScientist: Towards Multi-Agent Evolving AI Scientists for End-to-End Scientific Discovery](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lyu-2026-evoscientist-towards-multi-agent-evolving/)** *(2026 · 10 citations)* Most current LLM-based "AI scientist" systems follow fixed, hand-built pipelines. They do not learn from what happened in earlier runs, so they may retry experiments that already failed, miss promising directions, or chase ideas that cannot be implemented. EvoScientist addresses this with a multi-agent framework that… ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Column-Oriented Datalog Materialization for Large Knowledge Graphs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v30i1.9993) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Jacopo Urbani A, Ceriel J. H. Jacobs, Markus Krötzsch*2016 · 52 citations* 2. **[Commonsense in Parts: Mining Part-Whole Relations from the Web and Image Tags](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tandon-2016-commonsense-parts-mining-part-whole/) [Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-of-the-aaai-conference-on-artificial-intelligence/)**Niket Tandon, Charles Hariman, Jacopo Urbani, et al.*2016 · 31 citations* 3. [**EvoScientist: Towards Multi-Agent Evolving AI Scientists for End-to-End Scientific Discovery arXiv:2603.08127**Yougang Lyu, Xi Zhang, Xinhao Yi, et al.*2026 · 10 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lyu-2026-evoscientist-towards-multi-agent-evolving/) ## Co-authors here 9 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Anna Rohrbach](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anna-rohrbach/) - [Gerhard Weikum](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gerhard-weikum/) - [Jan Piotrowski](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jan-piotrowski/) - [Marcus Rohrbach](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marcus-rohrbach/) - [Niket Tandon](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/niket-tandon/) - [Wenxiang Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenxiang-hu/) - [Xi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xi-zhang/) - [Xiaohui Yan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaohui-yan/) - [Zaiqiao Meng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zaiqiao-meng/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-of-the-aaai-conference-on-artificial-intelligence/) ×2: [Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-of-the-aaai-conference-on-artificial-intelligence/2016/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 19 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [3 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-urbani/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026