Luisa Dall'Acqua

Luisa Dall’Acqua is a senior cognitive scientist. She is an author, reviewer, and editor for several international scientific journals and book editions, and was a committee member for international Workshops/Conferences. Since 1990 she performed teaching activities, training students, teachers in service, headmasters and professionals; and since 2003 she was a member of international projects and research teams (USA, Europe, Asia). After an MSc in Philosophy, Luisa received a Ph.D. in Sociology of Legal Institutions and Policies, and a second Ph.D. in Psychological and Social Sciences. The main field of research is an engineering and social-cognitive approach to the intelligence and problem solving, and in particular to the decision-making risk under stress, conflict, and unpredictability, ranging from individual, collective, institutional intelligence applications to computational intelligence. The new risk scenarios, which she is working on, are Cyber-criminal profiling and Cyber-Intelligence in safety and security sectors of analysis. Furthermore, she is an expert Instructional Technologist and a digital communication professional. Currently, she is a permanent teacher at the TCO Scientific Lyceum (Italy) and an adjunct professor at the University of Bologna.

Publications

Bioethics of Cognitive Ergonomics and Digital Transition
Luisa Dall'Acqua. © 2024. 310 pages.
Experts are constantly trying to understand the complex relationships between humans and evolving technologies. Cognitive ergonomics, the science behind human-machine...
Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Risk Management and Cyber Intelligence
Luisa Dall'Acqua, Irene Maria Gironacci. © 2021. 273 pages.
The emergence of artificial intelligence has created a vast amount of advancements within various professional sectors and has transformed the way organizations conduct...
Computational Thinking for Problem Solving and Managerial Mindset Training
Luisa Dall'Acqua. © 2021. 293 pages.
The cultural, social, and economic history of mankind is characterized by a succession of needs and problems that have stimulated the invention of operational and conceptual...
Cognitive Science, Orientism Management (OM), and Intelligence Analysis
Luisa Dall'Acqua. © 2021. 20 pages.
Intelligence analysts are a task force of experts in the field of politics, economics, technology, military, and terrorism analysis. They possess the knowledge, sufficient...
Exploring Cognitive Biases, Groupthink, and Polythink Syndrome in Security Decisions and Business Outcomes
Luisa Dall'Acqua. © 2021. 15 pages.
Cognitive bias among workers can undermine security work and lead to critical misinterpretations of data. Understanding cognitive biases can improve understanding of how...
Scientific Intelligence, Decision Making, and Cyber-Security
Luisa dall'Acqua. © 2021. 23 pages.
Because of the huge amount of data and information in the decision-making and strategic choices processes, basing decisions on information directly collected from the sources is...
Artificial Intelligence, Human Intelligence, and Orientism Management Framework: A Way to Improve Managerial Mindset and Manage Emergency
Luisa Dall'Acqua. © 2021. 30 pages.
The chapter intends to be a theoretical contribution for developers in the field of artificial intelligence. It also means a practical guideline for leaders, as decision-makers...
Models for Strategic Thinking in Intelligence Analysis
Luisa Dall'Acqua. © 2021. 12 pages.
Intelligence is a field of activity that has a rich history, yet it still lacks clarity of definition and agreement. This is not to denigrate the performance of many of its...
Political Decision-Making and Security Intelligence: Recent Techniques and Technological Developments
Luisa Dall'Acqua, Irene M. Gironacci. © 2020. 169 pages.
The enormous spread of devices gives access to virtual networks and to cyberspace areas where continuous flows of data and information are exchanged, increasing the risk of...
Scientific Intelligence, Decision Making, and Cyber-Security
Luisa dall'Acqua. © 2019. 31 pages.
Because of the huge amount of data and information in the decision-making and strategic choices processes, basing decisions on information directly collected from the sources is...
Orientism Management Strategy for Training Policy-Makers in Emergency Decision-Making
Luisa dall'Acqua. © 2019. 36 pages.
Policy-making is asked to define criteria and decisional support to respond to emergencies and a complex mix of social, environmental, economic, and cultural problems. Politics...
International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences (IJSDS)
Saeed Tabar. Est. 2010.
The vast amount of information that must be considered to solve inherently ill-structured and complex strategic problems creates a need for tools and techniques to help decision...