The group has significant expertise and experience on distributed systems, cybersecurity and high performance computing.

Current research topics:

  • Parallel and distributed algorithms
  • Internet of Things
  • Machine learning based anomaly detection
  • Edge-to-Cloud continuum
  • Peer-to-peer systems
  • Blockchain
  • Secure computation

Contact person: Francesco Zanichelli  francesco.zanichelli@unipr.it

Recent Research Projects

  • 2021-2022: “Technological Enablers for Preserving Data Integrity of Georeferenced and Position Information”, ESA Contract no. 4000135821/21/NL/CRS/mkn
  • 2019-2021: “POSITIVE” Regional Project (POR FESR 2014-2020)
  • 2018-2020: “NAVIGATE” EU project (ERASMUS+ 2017-1-BG01-KA203-036383)
  • 2018: “Model-driven Maintenance 4.0”
  • 2017: “Security Protocols for the Cloud-oriented Internet of Things (SeCIoT)” Galileo project (G16-31)
  • 2016-2018: “ALADIN” Regional Project (POR FESR 2014-2020)
  • 2011-2014: “CALIPSO” EU Project (FP7-ICT-2011-7-288879)

Selected publications

  1. M. Amoretti, R. Pecori, Y. Protskaya, L. Veltri, F. Zanichelli, A scalable and secure publish/subscribe-based framework for industrial IoT, IEEE Trans. On Industrial Informatics, vol.17, no.16, 2021
  2. S. Cavalli, M. Amoretti, CNN-based multivariate data analysis for bitcoin trend prediction, Applied Soft Computing, 101 (107065), 2021
  3. L. Aversano, M.L. Bernardi, M. Cimitile, R. Pecori, L. Veltri, Effective Anomaly Detection Using Deep Learning in IoT Systems, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2021, 2021
  4. S. Cirani, M. Picone, L. Veltri, L. Zaccomer, F. Zanichelli, ZWT: A new cross-platform graphical interface framework for Java applications, SoftwareX, vol.12, no.100599, 2020
  5. L. Veltri, L. Davoli, R. Pecori, A. Vannucci, F. Zanichelli, NEMO: A flexible and highly scalable network EMulatOr, SoftwareX, vol.10, no.100248, 2019
  6. M. Amoretti, G. Brambilla, F. Medioli, F. Zanichelli, Blockchain-based Proof of Location, IEEE Int. Conf. On Software Quality, Reliability and Security, 2018
  7. O. Alphand, M. Amoretti, T. Claeys, S. Dall’Asta, A. Duda, G. Ferrari, F. Rousseau, B. Tourancheau, L. Veltri, F. Zanichelli, IoTChain: a Blockchain Security Architecture for the Internet of Things, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Barcelona, Spain, 2018
  8. M. Amoretti, F. Zanichelli, P2P-PL: A pattern language to design efficient and robust peer-to-peer systems, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, 11 (3), 2018
  9. M. Amoretti, O. Alphand, G. Ferrari, F. Rousseau, A. Duda, DINAS: a Lightweight and Efficient Distributed Naming Service for All-IP Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 4 (3), 2017
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