Research Areas
Cloud Computing:
- Cloud Certification: The process of systemically assessing the quality of cloud services and issuing reliable and trustworthy certificates proving the quality of the provided services.
- Cloud Adaptation: self-adaptation of cloud infrastructure to maintain high quality and meet consumers requirements
Blockchain and IoT:
- Blockchain: blockchain platforms, trust management, Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, blockchain applications for IoT
- IoT and Edge computing: IoT architectures, container technology, orchestration protocols.
Security:
- Mobile applications security: Android apps security, Hybrid apps security, Ionic
- Security certification: open source security, cloud services security, web services security
Computational Thinking:
- Software engineering education: K-12 SE education, teaching programming to kids, visual programming
- Internet security education: web security, social networks security, privacy in the Internet
Projects
- Computational Thinking Assisted Language Learning – ctALL (2016-ongoing), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- Green software for drone energy consumption optimization - green4drones (2016-ongoing), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- Embedded Software QUAlity – ESQUA (2014 - 2016), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- FUnctional and Non-functional properties of Virtual Machines - FUN-VM (2014 - 2016), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- QUAlity of Mobile apps – QUAM (2013 - 2014), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- Open Source processes for SMEs – OSP (2010 - 2011), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- Software Development support with Open Source tools – SDOS (2010 - 2011), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- Web Service Certification – WSC (2010 - 2011), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- Software Process Improvement for SMEs – SPISME (2009 - 2011), funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
- NESSI Open Service Framework – NEXOF (2009 - 2010), A European project.