Research Activity

Research Topics     Research Projects 

Current Research Topics

    Internet of Relevant Things
    • Security Issues in IEEE 802.15.4 TSCH
    • Network Formation Algorithms for IEEE 802.15.4e TSCH and DSME protocols
    Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart Cities
    • Cooperative Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring in Urban Areas
    • IoT for Energy Efficiency in Buildings
    Sustainable Computing
    • Context-Aware Power Management for Sustainable Computing in Large Environments
    • Energy Efficiency in P2P Systems and Applications

    Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)
    • Decentralized and Self-Adaptive Solutions for WSN-based Critical Systems
    • Adaptive MAC Parameters Tuning for Energy/Performance Optimization in IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee WSNs
    • Adaptive Sampling Strategies for WSNs with Energy-hungry Sensors
    • Adaptive Sleep Scheduling Algorithms for WSNs
    • Experimental Measurements of WSN Performance
    Opportunistic Networking
    • Cooperative Urban Sensing
    • Adaptive Strategies for Opportunistic Node Discovery in WSNs with Mobile Nodes
    • Reliable and Energy Efficient Data Transfer in WSNs with (Multiple) Mobile Sinks
    Mobile and Pervasive Computing
    • Pervasive Computing in Urban Areas
    • Power Management in Mobile Computing Environments
    • Energy-efficient Multimedia Streaming to Mobile Users

       

See also my list of selected publications.

 

Research Projects

2012 - 2014
SMARTY: SMARt Transport for a sustainable citY
Project funded by the Regional Government of Tuscany
2011 - 2014 SmartBuildings: An Ambient-Intelligence System for Energy Efficiency in a Complex of Buildings
POR Project funded by the Regional Government of Sicily
2009 - 2013 Energy Efficiency in Large-scale Distributed Systems
COST Action IC-0804, funded by the European COST Consortium
2008 - 2010 WiSe DeMon: Wireless Sensor Networks for Dependable Monitoring of Critical Applications
PRIN project funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
2006 - 2010 ArtDecO: Adaptive Infrastructures for Decentralized Organizations
FIRB project funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
2007 - 2008 GeoMon: Infrastructure Monitoring and Geo-physical Tests through Wireless Sensor Networks
Funded by EngiSud, Palermo, Italy
2006 - 2008 WiSeMAP: Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring Natural Phenomena
PRIN project funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
2006 - 2007 CityNet: A Sensing Infrastructure for Air Quality Monitoring in Urban Areas
Funded by TDGroup, Pisa, Italy
2006 - 2007 Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.16
Funded by Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
2004 - 2006 SMILE: WiFi-based System for Multimedia Applications in a Mobile Environment
Funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
2002 - 2005 VICOM: Virtual Immersive COMmunications
FIRB project funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
2002 - 2005 MobileMAN: Mobile Multi-hop Ad hoc Network
IST-FET project funded by the European Commission
2002 - 2004 Internet: Effiency, Integration and Security
Funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
2002 - 2003 Web Systems with QoS Guarantees
PRIN project funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
1998 - 2000 MOSAICO - Design Methodologies and Tools of High Performance Systems for Distributed Applications
PRIN project funded by the Italian Ministy for Scientific Research (MURST)
1997 - 1999 STRATM - Strategies for Resource Management in Mobile Networks with Multimedia Traffic
Funded by the Italian National Research Council (CNR)
1996 - 1998 Adavanced Environments for Packet Switched Communications
Funded by the Italian National Research Council (CNR)
1994 - 1995 Handling VBR Traffics in an Interconnected Environment
Funded by the Italian National Research Council (CNR)