Education

· PhD in Computer Engineering, Applied Electromagnetics, and Telecommunications, University of Salerno, Italy, 2000. Dissertation: “Parallel and distributed object-oriented programming: an approach and a programming environment”, Advisor: Prof. M. Di Santo
· Laurea (5 years, equivalent to B.Sc and M.Sc) in Electronic Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, (110/110 cum laude) a.y. 1989/90. Dissertation: “Value-added services in telecommunications: some case studies”, Advisor: Prof. M. Raffa.
· High School diploma: Liceo Scientifico “G. Rummo”, Benevento, Italy, (60/60) 1982.

Record of Employment

· Associate Professor at University of Sannio - Dept. of Engineering, Mar. 2020-at present.
· Assistant Professor at University of Sannio - Dept. of Engineering, Mar. 2001-2019.
· Researcher at University of Salerno - Dept. of Electrical and Information Engineering, Sept. 1992 - Mar. 2001.
· PhD student at University of Salerno, 1997-2000.
· Scholarship student at University of Naples “Federico II” - Dept. of Computer Science and Systems, April 1991-Sept. 1992.

Academic Services/Responsibilities

· Member of Academic Senate, University of Sannio: 2016-2019.
· Member of Academic Senate, University of Sannio: 2013-2016.
· Member of Faculty Council, University of Sannio: 2004-2007.
· Member of Faculty Council, University of Sannio: 2001-2004.
· Member of Board of Governors of the excellence center “Research Center on Software Technologies (RCOST)”, co-funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research (MURST): 2001-2009.
· Member of Coordination Committee of University Master in “Software Technologies” and “Software Management and Technologies”: 2001-2006.
- Member of PhD Board in “Information Technologies for Engineering” at the University of Sannio since 2018.

Editorial Positions

· Associate Editor of International Journal of Cloud Computing and Services Science, ISSN: 2089-3337, 2012-2014.
· Associate Editor of International Journal of Information and Network Security, ISSN: 2089-3299, 2012-2014.
· Co-Editor in chief of International Journal of Social Networking and Virtual Communities, ISSN: 2252-8784, 2012-2014.
· Editor in chief of Journal of Telematics and Informatics, ISSN: 2303-3711, 2013-present.
· Associate Editor of International Journal of Advanced Smart Sensor Network Systems, ISSN: 2231-4482, 2013-present.
· Associate Editor of Telkomnika (Telecommunication, Computing, Electronics and Control), ISSN: 1693-6930, 2015-present.
· Associate Editor of Big Data and Cloud Innovation, ISSN: 2529-7805, 2017-present.
· Associate Editor of the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, ISSN: 1992-8645, 2018-present.
· Associate Editor of the International Journal of VLSI Design and Communication Systems, ISSN: 2831--328N, 2018-present.
· Topic Editor of the Journal of Sensor and Actuator Network, ISSN: 2224--2708, 2020-present.

Technical Program Committee Membership

· Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Sorrento, Italia, 2005.
· IEEE Int. Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Minori, Italia, 2006.
· Int. Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Application, Sorrento, Italia, 2006.
· 10th IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Dalian, Cina, 2008.
· 11th IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Seoul, Korea, 2009.
· Int. Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing, Kunming Yunnan, China, 2009.
· 12th IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Melbourne, Australia, 2010.
· 10th IEEE Int. Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Bradford, UK, 2010.
· Int. Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing, Shenzhen, China, 2010.
· 2011 IEEE Int. Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Barcelona, Spain, 2011.
· 11th IEEE Int. Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Pafos, Cipro, 2011.
· 13th IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Banff, Canada, 2011.
· 14th IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Liverpool, UK, 2012.
· 11th IEEE Int. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, Liverpool, UK, 2012.
· 11th IEEE Int. Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, Liverpool, UK, 2012.
· 12th IEEE Int. Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, Fukuoka, JP, 2012.
· 12th IEEE Int. Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, Melbourne, Australia, 2013.
· 11th IEEE Int. Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, Melbourne, Australia, 2013.
· 12th IEEE Int. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, Melbourne, Australia, 2013.
· 15th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Zhangjiajie, China, 2013.
· 13th IEEE Int. Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Sidney, Australia, 2013.
· 5th Int. Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security, Zhangjiajie, China, 2013.
· 13th Int. Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, Sorrento, Italia, 2013.
· 12th IEEE Int. Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, Milano, Italia, 2014.
· 14th Int. Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, Dalian, Cina, 2014.
· 14th IEEE Int. Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, Cina, 2014.
· 8th Int. Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, Roma, Italia, 2014.
· 13th IEEE Int. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, Chengdu, China, 2014.
· 13th IEEE Int. Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, Beijing, China, 2014.
· 9th Int. Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, Nice, France, 2015.
· UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, Special Session on Big Data and Computational Intelligence in Networking, Exter, UK, 2015.
· 9th Int. Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian, Cina, 2015.
· 15th Int. Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, Zhangjiajie, Cina, 2015.
· 8th Int. Conference on Dependability, Venezia, Italia, 2015.
· 15th IEEE Int. Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Liverpool, UK, 2015.
· 3th IEEE Int. Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Liverpool, UK, 2015.
· 14th IEEE Int. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, Liverpool, UK, 2015.
· 11th Int. Conference on Information Assurance and Security, Marrakesh, Marocco, 2015.
· 4th IEEE Int. Conference on Cloud Computing and Intelligent Systems, Beijing, China, 2016.
· 14th IEEE Int. Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Auckland, New Zealand, 2016.
· 9th Int. Conference on Dependability, Nizza, Francia, 2016.
· 10th Int. Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, Venezia, Italia, 2016.
· 16th Int. Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, Granada, Spagna, 2016.
· 15th IEEE Int. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, Granada, Spagna, 2016.
· 16th Int. Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, Porto, Portogallo, 2016.
· 6th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies, Porto, Portogallo, 2016.
· 16th Int. Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems, Marrakesh, Marocco, 2016.
· 16th IEEE Int. Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Shangri-La, Fiji, 2016.
· IEEE Int. Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing, ChengDu, Cina, 2016.
· 17th IEEE Int. Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Helsinki, Finlandia, 2017.
· 15th IEEE Int. Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2017.
· 11th Int. Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology, Exeter, UK, 2017.
· 13th IEEE Int. Conference on Green Computing and Communications, Exeter, UK, 2017.
· 15th IEEE Int. Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, Guangzhou, Cina, 2017.
· 16th IEEE Int. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, Guangzhou, Cina, 2017.
· 16th IEEE Int. Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, Sydney, Australia, 2017.
· 11th Int. Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, Barcellona, Spagna, 2017.
· IEEE Int. Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, 2017.
· 3rd Int. Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology, Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti, 2017.
· 20th IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Exeter, UK, 2018.
· 12th Int. Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, Atene, Grecia, 2018.
· 12th Int. Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology, Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti, 2018.
· 6th Int. Conference on on Foundations of Computer Science and Technology, Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti, 2018.
· 18th IEEE Int. Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Halifax, Canada, 2018.
· 16th IEEE Int. Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Atene, Grecia, 2018.
· 4th Int. Symposium on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications, Melbourne, Australia, 2018.
· 18th Int. Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, Guangzhou, Cina, 2018.
· 16th IEEE Int. Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, Melbourne, Australia, 2018.
· IEEE Int. Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing, Taichung, Taiwan, 2018.
· Int. Conference on Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 2019.
· 33rd Int. Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Kunibiki Messe, Matsue, Giappone, 2019.
· 17th IEEE Int. Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Fukuoka, Giappone, 2019.
· 5th Int. Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications, Guangzhou, Cina, 2019.
· 21st IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Zhangjiajie, Cina, 2019.
· High Performance Computing and Computational Intelligence Conference, Chengdu, Cina, 2019.
· 19th Int. Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, Melbourne, Australia, 2019.
· Int. Conference on Information Technology and Computer Communications, Singapore, 2019.
· 18th IEEE Int. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, Shenyang, Cina, 2019.
· 5th Int. Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical Engineering, Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti, 2019.
· 10th IEEE Int. Conference on Smart Computing, Networking and Services, Shenyang, Cina, 2019.
· 13th Int. Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, Porto, Portogallo, 2019.
· IEEE Int. Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing, Sydney, Australia, 2019. 
· 18th IEEE Int. Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Calgary, Canada, 2020.
· 7th Int. Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, Helsinki, Finland, 2020.
· 8th Int. Conference on Foundations of Computer Science & Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2020.
· 2nd Int. Conference on Information Technology and Computer Communications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2020.
· Int. Conference on Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks, Chennai, India, 2020.
· 34th Int. Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Caserta, Italy, 2020.
· 11th Int. Workshop on Collaborative Computing with Cloud and Client, Guangzhou, China, 2020.
· 18th IEEE Int. Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, Guangzhou, China, 2020.
· 2nd High Performance Computing and Computational Intelligence Conference, Chengdu, China, 2020.
· 18th IEEE Int. Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, Exeter, UK, 2020.
· 3rd Int. Conference on Information Technology and Computer Communications, Guangzhou, China, 2020.
· 10th IEEE Int. Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, Exeter, UK, 2020.
· 14th Int. Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, Nice, France, 2020. 
· 22nd IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Fiji, 2020.
· 15th IEEE Int. Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Shenyang, China, 2021.
· 19th IEEE Int. Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, virtual conference, 2021.
· 19th IEEE Int. Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, Shenyang, China, 2021.
· 11th Int. Conference on Software and Computing Technologies, Danang, Vietnam, 2021.
· 4th Int. Conference on Information Technology and Computer Communications, Guangzhou, China, 2022.

PhD Students Supervision 

· Salvatore D’Onofrio, “Digital Copyright Protection: Watermarking and Digital Rights Management”, 2007.
· Federica Landolfi, “A Flexible and Modular Watermarking Protocol for the Web Context”, 2011.

Main Research Projects

· Italian MIUR[1] and CNR[2] 1992-1993, “Parallel Architectures”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR 1993-1994, “Computing Architectures for Distributed Systems”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR and CNR 1995-1996, “Design Methodologies and Tools for Parallel and Distributed Systems”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR 1997-1999, “Design Methodologies and Tools to Develop High Performance Distributed Applications”, local investigator.
· Regione Campania 2000-2001, “A middleware for metacomputing”, local investigator.
· Regione Campania 2001-2002, “Improving performances of web-based client-server applications”, local investigator.
· Industrial Project sponsored by Italian MIUR 2002-2003, “A new methodology to support decision-making processes based on information tools”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR and Competence Center of Regione Campania 2003-2005, “C-CUBO: Classified and Certificated Components”, local investigator.
· Industrial Project sponsored by Italian MIUR 2004, “Develop and Experimentation of a System to Support Virtual Districts Operativeness”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR PRIN[3] 2004, “Advanced Algorithms to Segment and Analyse Images and Videos in biomedicine”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR and Regione Campania 2005, “CLUOS: Cluster of ICT Companies”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR PON[4] 2005-2006, “Innovative Distance Learning System”, principal investigator.
· European FESR[5] and Regione Campania POR[6] 2008-2010, “COSMO: Contract & SLA Management Outlook”, Principal investigator.
· Italian MIUR PRIN 2008, “CHASE: Cloud@Home Autonomic Service Engine”, local investigator.
· European FESR and Regione Campania POR 2014, “MyOpenGov”, local investigator.
· European FESR and Regione Campania POR 2013-2015, “WISH”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR PON 2014-2016, “CAPRI”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR PON 2014-2016, “TELEMACO”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR PON 2015-2020, "NEON", local investigator.
· European FESR and Regione Campania POR 2018, “B.A.R.T.O.L.O. PLATFORM”, local investigator.

Teaching Activity

· University Master Level: Object-Oriented Programming, University of Sannio, 2000-2001.
· University Master Level: C++ Programming, University of Sannio, 2000-2001.
· University Master Level: Computer Networks I, University of Sannio, 2001-2002.
· University Master Level: Computer Networks II, University of Sannio, 2001-2002.
· University Master Level: Computer Networks, University of Sannio, 2002-2006.
· University Master Level: Network Security, University of Sannio, 2002-2006.
· University Master Level: Multimedia Applications and Quality of Services, University of Sannio, 2002-2006.
· MSc Level: Computer Architecture I, University of Sannio, 1994-1997.
· MSc Level: Computer Networks II, University of Sannio, 1999-2003.
· MSc Level: Computer Architecture II, University of Sannio, 2000-2003.
· MSc Level: Computing Systems, University of Sannio, 2000-2003.
· MSc Level: Advanced Architectures of Computer Networks, University of Sannio, 2003-2010.
· MSc Level: High Performance Computing Systems, University of Sannio, 2003-2010.
· MSc Level: Network Security, University of Sannio, 2004-2011.
· MSc Level: Network and Software Systems Security, University of Sannio, 2011-2014.
· BSc Level: System Programming, University of Sannio, 2003-2010.
· BSc Level: Computer Programming II, University of Sannio, 2011-2015.
· BSc Level: Computer Programming I, University of Sannio, 2015-present.
· BSc Level: Digital Design, University of Sannio, 2021-present.