Hi! 👋🏼 I am a Research Fellow in Computer Science
at the University of Pisa,
for the NOUS European project.
My research primarily focuses on declarative approaches for multi-service applications and network management, emphasising data-awareness and simulation-emulation of the Cloud-Edge continuum.
To this end, I am one of the main authors and maintainers of
ECLYPSE, a Python framework for the simulation and emulation of Cloud-Edge environments.
I am actively involved in the academic community, serving as a Program Committee member and reviewer for various international conferences and journals.
Feel free to download my resume for a more detailed look at my work and achievements.
Experience
Research grant
University of Pisa • Pisa, Italy
09/2024 - now
Holder of the research grant "Ambienti per la programmazione strutturata parallela e distribuita di infrastrutture di calcolo all'Edge" associated with the NOUS EU-funded project, under the Horizon Europe programme.
Scholarship Holder
University of Pisa • Pisa, Italy
11/2021 - 09/2024
Holder of the scholarship "Efficient solutions and approaches for AI on Edge Computing platforms", associated with participation in the Ph.D. programme in Computer Science, funded by CNR-ISTI "A. Faedo".
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of Pisa / CNR-ISTI
11/2021 - 11/2025
This thesis investigates declarative methodologies for managing applications and networks across the Cloud-Edge continuum, focusing on data-aware placement and intent-based networking. The work introduces models and prototypes that enable automated, context-sensitive distributed service deployment, based on data properties and infrastructure dynamics. It also proposes novel approaches for intent modelling, translation, and conflict resolution to support scalable orchestration of application and network configurations. The solutions are validated through simulation, emulation, and real-world case studies.
M.Sc. in Computer Science
University of Pisa
10/2019 - 10/2021
This thesis proposes declarative modelling of Cloud-IoT infrastructures and multi-service applications that separately model computing and data services. Through formal logic reasoning, the methodology determines eligible service placements and data traffic routing over Cloud-IoT resources. The proposed methodology is prototyped in Prolog and assessed via simulation over a life-like use case.
B.Sc. in Computer Science
University of Pisa
09/2016 - 10/2019
This thesis presents the design and implementation of a hybrid voice-graphical interface for smart building environments, enabling natural language interaction with IoT devices through Amazon Alexa and a touchscreen display. The system integrates multiple microservices within the GIĂ’ framework, allowing users to access contextual information, manage smart room goals, and control devices via voice commands or graphical input. The solution is prototyped using Python and the Alexa Skills Kit, and its usability is evaluated through real-user testing in a university setting.
Research interests
My current research interests include, but are not limited to, what follows:
cloud-edge continuumdistributed systemsdeclarative programmingintent-based networkingsoftware-defined networkingsimulationemulation
Publications
The list is automatically generated from DBLP and follows the DBLP colour scheme.
Up-to-date profile can be found on: DBLP , Google Scholar , ResearchGate , Scopus , Web of Science .
| Source | Citations | h-index | i10-index |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Scholar | 87 | 6 | 3 |
| ResearchGate | 70 | 5 | — |
| Scopus | 50 | 4 | — |
| Web of Science | 38 | 4 | — |
Research
ECLYPSE (Edge-CLoud pYthon Platform for Simulated runtime Environments) is the first simulation library entirely written in Python for experimenting with deployment strategies under varying infrastructure conditions. It provides an interface to simulate deployments of service-based applications onto realistic infrastructures, both with and without an actual application implementation.
The guaranteed Latency Based Forwarding (gLBF) approach features per-hop bounded delays to meet
end-to-end latency requirements of data flows based on application needs. dGLBF introduces a
Prolog-based specification of gLBF for path selection and delay configuration. The prototype
determines paths and delays to meet latency targets, offering a concise and extensible solution.
EdgeWise shows a declarative programming approach combined with a Mixed-Integer Linear
Programming (MILP) formulation to identify eligible placements that minimise operational
costs and reduce the number of nodes involved, limiting data transfers. After evaluating
both approaches, EdgeWise reconciles them through a hybrid methodology that leverages
declarative pre-processing to accelerate the MILP solver while computing optimal solutions.
DIPS is a Prolog tool that uses a declarative methodology for modelling and processing
VNF-based service provisioning intents. It enables providers to specify high-level requirements
such as service type, edge placement constraints, Quality of Service (latency, bandwidth),
and non-functional properties like privacy or logging. DIPS leverages Prolog inference to
translate intents into provisioning specifications.
DA-Placer proposes a declarative solution that accounts for both functional and
non-functional aspects to determine service placements and SDN data routings
that satisfy application requirements. The solution leverages a Prolog reasoner
and continuous reasoning to speed up placement and routing decisions at runtime.
09/2024
Member
NOUS is a 36-month EU-funded project aiming to develop the architecture of a
European cloud service capable of integrating computational and data storage
resources from edge devices, supercomputers, HPC networks, and Quantum Computers.
Pisa, Italy
OSMWARE: hOlistic Sustainable Management of distributed softWARE systems
11/2022
Member
The project studies prototypes and technologies enabling holistic and sustainable
management of next-generation distributed software applications, also considering
their economic impact.
Pisa, Italy
01/2022
Member
The HPC Lab focuses on scalable algorithms and systems for computational and
data-intensive problems, including cloud systems, big data analytics, and
machine learning. They develop efficient solutions for managing large datasets
in near real-time, optimizing for resource constraints and application-specific
trade-offs.
Pisa, Italy
Research group coordinated by Prof. Antonio Brogi.
Pisa, Italy
GIĂ’: A Fog Computing Testbed for Research & Education
06/2019
Member
The project studies and experiments with innovative methodologies and techniques
for the realisation of ambient intelligence functions on a departmental Fog
network. It produced prototypes for plant monitoring and irrigation, natural
illumination self-regulation, and a graphic-conversational interface with an
updated interactive map of the Department.
Pisa, Italy
| Conferences | |
|---|---|
| ACR | International Conference on Advances in Computing Research |
| CCGRID | International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing |
| ESOCC | European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing |
| I3E | IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society |
| IEEE CLOUD | International Conference On Cloud Computing |
| IEEE ISCC | Symposium on Computers and Communications |
| IEEE SOSE | International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering |
| IEEE STI | Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators |
| MSCC | Mediterranean Smart Cities Conference |
| PDP | Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing |
| Journals | |
|---|---|
| Computers | |
| Computing | |
| EMSE | Empirical Software Engineering |
| FGCS | Future Generation Computer Systems |
| Heliyon | |
| IEEE TCC | IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing |
| IEEE TSC | IEEE Transactions on Services Computing |
| IJNDC | International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing |
| JNCA | Journal of Network and Computer Applications |
| JSS | Journal of Systems & Software |
| SNCS | SN Computer Science |
| Sensors | |
| TIOT | ACM Transactions on Internet of Things |
| Program Chair | |
|---|---|
| AHPC3 2026 | 3rd Workshop on Accelerated HPC in the Cloud Edge Continuum @ PDP 2026 |
| AHPC3 2025 | 2nd Workshop on Accelerated HPC in the Cloud Edge Continuum @ IC2E 2025 |
| AHPC3 2024 | 1st Workshop on Accelerated HPC in the Cloud Edge Continuum @ PDP 2025 |
| Program Committee Member | |
|---|---|
| ACR 2027 | 5th International Conference on Advances in Computing Research |
| ACR 2026 | 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing Research |
| IEEE CCNC 2026 | 23rd IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference |
| CLOUD COMPUTING 2026 | 17rd International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization |
| HPDC 2026 | 35th ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing |
| CSC 2026 | 12th International Conference on Connected Smart Cities |
| IEEE SOSE 2026 | 20th IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering |
| ESOCC 2026 | 12th European Conference On Service-Oriented And Cloud Computing |
| ACR 2025 | 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computing Research |
| ESOCC 2025 | 12th European Conference On Service-Oriented And Cloud Computing |
| I3E 2025 | 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society |
| CSC 2025 | 11th International Conference on Connected Smart Cities |
| MoCS 2025 | 15th Workshop on Management of Cloud and Smart City Systems |
| IEEE SOSE 2025 | 19th IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering |
| Smart-City 2025 | 23rd International Conference on Smart City |
| CSC 2024 | 10th International Conference on Connected Smart Cities |
| IEEE SOSE 2024 | 18th IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering |
| ACSOS 2023 | 4th International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems |
| Microservices 2023 | 5th International Conference on Microservices |
| ESOCC 2023 | 10th European Conference On Service-Oriented And Cloud Computing |
| Web Chair | |
|---|---|
| GECON 2026 | 21st International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services |
| HPDC 2024 | 33rd International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing |
| Junior Editor | |
|---|---|
| IJNDC | International Journal on Networked and Distributed Computing |
Teaching
Solid understanding of JavaScript / TypeScript, key programming paradigms
(imperative, functional, and object-oriented), and core development tools including
debugging, version control (Git), and testing.
2025/26
2 CFU
B.Sc.
12/2025
B.Sc.
La tesi propone un'estensione carbon/cost-aware del framework dgLBF per selezionare percorsi di rete che rispettino vincoli temporali stringenti minimizzando al contempo emissioni e costi energetici, grazie a un modello energetico dei router e a una formulazione del problema come ottimizzazione lessicografica.
La valutazione sperimentale su topologie Barabási-Albert mostra riduzioni tipiche del 2-3% di emissioni e costi rispetto a soluzioni non carbon-aware, mentre la variante branch-and-bound consente di certificare l'ottimalità a fronte di tempi di calcolo più elevati.
Supervisors: Antonio Brogi, Patrizio Dazzi, Stefano Forti, Jacopo Massa, Federica Paganelli
Andrea Caggiani
Valutazione sperimentale di un approccio per il leasing di infrastrutture Cloud-Edge
10/2025
B.Sc.
The work proposes a framework for resource leasing on Cloud-Edge infrastructures,
integrating FogCutter and ECLYPSE to optimize infrastructure configuration and simplify user-provider interaction.
Supervisors: Stefano Forti, Antonio Brogi, Jacopo Massa
10/2023
B.Sc.
The project's aim is to study prototypes and technologies to enable holistic
and sustainable management of next-generation distributed software applications,
also considering the economic impact.
Supervisors: Antonio Brogi, Stefano Forti, Jacopo Massa
Events
05/2025
Organiser
Speaker
DAYstributed is a half-day event on distributed/decentralized systems and related
research topics. It is organised at the Dept. of Computer Science of the
University of Pisa, Italy. During the day there will be a series of pitch talks,
where each speaker has 5 minutes to present and start a discussion on their research topic.
Organisers: Jacopo Massa, Patrizio Dazzi
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pisa
A poster session aimed at introducing M.Sc. students to the research carried out by Ph.D. students
11/2024
Organiser
Speaker
The event consists of a poster session introducing M.Sc. students to the research carried out by Ph.D. students.
These could become starting points for future dissertations or encourage them to continue their academic career with a Ph.D.
Organisers: Jacopo Massa, Riccardo Massidda
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pisa
"Incontra Informatica" educational guidance event
04/2025
05/2024
"UniPi Orienta" educational guidance event
10/2023
"Incontra Informatica" educational guidance event
04/2021
Contacts
Contact info
(+39) 050 2212731
Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, Pisa, PI 56127
Dept. of Computer Science, Building C - Floor 2, Room 385