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