Giacomo De Colle is currently a UB PhD student. Giacomo first learned about ontology during his MA in Switzerland, during which he worked on the ontology of AI with Professor Barry Smith.  Giacomo then moved to UB and became a member of the group mapping the Provenance Ontology into the Basic Formal Ontology. Since then, he has worked with Professor John Beverley on projects related to the Common Core Ontologies, the methodology of ontology engineering, and the ontology of occupations. Moreover, he has worked with Professor Alexander Diehl on the ontology of protein conformations and has worked as an intern for OntoSys LLC as an ontology consultant specialist for Pistoia Alliance. Currently, Giacomo is devoting his research to the ontology of state actors and cybersecurity with Professors Barry Smith, John Beverley and Ryan Muldoon.