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: 2018-2021.

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

· It was a member of more than 100 technical program committees of International Conferences.

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 2014-2020, "NEON", local investigator.
· European FESR and Regione Campania POR 2018, “B.A.R.T.O.L.O. PLATFORM”, local investigator.
· Italian MIUR PON 2014-2020, "GEO-Archaeo", 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: Digital Design, University of Sannio, 2021.
· BSc Level: Computer Programming I, University of Sannio, 2015-present.
· BSc Level: Computer Architecture, University of Sannio, 2022.
· BSc Level: Network Security, University of Sannio, 2023-present.