Marco Palomino's research lies on the area of natural language processing and, particularly, sentiment analysis, the process of computationally identifying and categorising opinions expressed in text. Recently, Marco and his students have participated in the SemEval competition, an ongoing series of evaluations intended to explore the nature of meaning in language.

Marco has the following responsibilities at the University of Plymouth:

• Associate Professor of Big Data and Information Systems
• Programme Manager for the Digital and Technology Solutions Professional (DTSP) Degree Apprenticeship
• Admissions Tutor ( School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics )

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)
• Professional Member of the British Computing Society (MBCS)

• Chair of the Southwest Branch Committee of the BCS
• Member of the Reviewer Board of the Mathematics journal (ISSN 2227-7390) - Impact Factor: 2.258 (2020)
  
• Member of the Reviewer Board of the Big Data and Cognitive Computing (BDCC) journal (ISSN 2504-2289)
  

Academic Year 2019-2020

Undergraduate modules

• ISAD157 - Databases: Analysis, Design and Development (Module Leader): An introduction to the analysis and design concepts that are essential for developing and implementing databases.

Postgraduate modules

• SOFT562 - Software Development and Databases (Module Leader): A postgraduate module that provides knowledge and skills in software development and database design.

Academic Year 2018-2019

Undergraduate modules

• ISAD156 - Databases: Analysis, Design and Development (Module Leader): An introduction to the analysis and design concepts that are essential for developing and implementing databases.

• SOFT165 - Programme Introduction and Web Development: An introduction for first-year undergraduate students to the concepts, study methods and technical content relevant to their programme.

• ISAD251HK - Database Applications Development (Module Leader): An introduction to server-side applications and multi-user, networked databases. This module is offered, exclusively, to students registered with the Hong Kong University School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE).

• PRCO304HK - Computing Project (Module Leader): A module where students tackle a major computing-related problem in an approved topic area relevant to cybersecurity. This module is offered, exclusively, to students registered with the Hong Kong University School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE).

Postgraduate modules

• SOFT562 - Software Development and Databases (Module Leader): A postgraduate module that provides knowledge and skills in software development and database design.

• AINT514 - Computer Science Workshop: A workshop-based module that presents an overview of cutting-edge computer science topics through the research expertise and interests of the academic staff.