| 2019 | ER | Finding Preferred Objects with Taxonomies. | Paolo Ciaccia, Davide Martinenghi, Riccardo Torlone |
| 2019 | SISAP | A k-Skyband Approach for Feature Selection. | Marcos V. N. Bedo, Paolo Ciaccia, Davide Martinenghi, Daniel de Oliveira |
| 2018 | CIKM | FA + TA <FSA: Flexible Score Aggregation. | Paolo Ciaccia, Davide Martinenghi |
| 2017 | SISAP | The Power of Distance Distributions: Cost Models and Scheduling Policies for Quality-Controlled Similarity Queries. | Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella |
| 2015 | SIGMOD | Output-sensitive Evaluation of Prioritized Skyline Queries. | Niccol Meneghetti, Denis Mindolin, Paolo Ciaccia, Jan Chomicki |
| 2011 | ER | Modeling the Propagation of User Preferences. | Paolo Ciaccia, Riccardo Torlone |
| 2010 | SIGMOD | Multi-dimensional keyword-based image annotation and search. | Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia |
| 2009 | SISAP | Principles of Information Filtering in Metric Spaces. | Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella |
| 2008 | AVI | Scenique: a multimodal image retrieval interface. | Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia |
| 2008 | ICDE | The many facets of approximate similarity search. | Marco Patella, Paolo Ciaccia |
| 2008 | SISAP | The Many Facets of Approximate Similarity Search. | Marco Patella, Paolo Ciaccia |
| 2007 | ICDE | PIBE: Manage Your Images the Way You Want! | Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella |
| 2006 | CIKM | SaLSa: computing the skyline without scanning the whole sky. | Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella |
| 2002 | FQAS | Adding Flexibility to Structure Similarity Queries on XML Data. | Paolo Ciaccia, Wilma Penzo |
| 2002 | SPIRE | String Matching with Metric Trees Using an Approximate Distance. | Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella |
| 2001 | VLDB | FeedbackBypass: A New Approach to Interactive Similarity Query Processing. | Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia, Florian Waas |
| 2000 | ICDE | PAC Nearest Neighbor Queries: Approximate and Controlled Search in High-Dimensional and Metric Spaces. | Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella |
| 1999 | ADC | A Query-sensitive Cost Model for Similarity Queries with M-tree. | Paolo Ciaccia, A. Nanni, Marco Patella |
| 1998 | EDBT | Processing Complex Similarity Queries with Distance-Based Access Methods. | Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella, Pavel Zezula |
| 1998 | PODS | A Cost Model for Similarity Queries in Metric Spaces. | Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella, Pavel Zezula |
| 1997 | VLDB | M-tree: An Efficient Access Method for Similarity Search in Metric Spaces. | Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella, Pavel Zezula |
| 1996 | EDBT | Optimal Multi-Block Read Schedule for Partitioned Signature Files. | Paolo Ciaccia |
| 1995 | SEKE | From Formal Requirements to Formal Design. | Paolo Ciaccia, Paolo Ciancarini, Wilma Penzo |
| 1993 | VLDB | Hamming Filters: A Dynamic Signature File Organization for Parallel Stores. | Pavel Zezula, Paolo Ciaccia, Paolo Tiberio |