Prof. Sapino's  current research interests are in the areas of heterogeneous (including multimedia) data management, with strong emphasis on tackling the so called "Big Data challenges", including aspects related to the development of efficient techniques for tensor based big data analysis, and on various aspects related to indexing, classification, and querying of a large spectrum of data types. She is currently active in multiple interdisciplinary and industrial projects (including with RAI, Compagnia di San Paolo, and JCI) in building energy data management, epidemic data management, smart cities, and sustainable environments.