F.Righetti, C.Vallati, G.Anastasi, S.K.Das, "Analysis and Improvement of the On-The-Fly Bandwidth Reservation Algorithm for 6TiSCH" IEEE 19th International Symposium on "A World of Wireless,Mobile and Multimedia Networks"(WoWMoM), Chania, Greece 2018

The IETF 6TiSCH Working Group (WG) is currently standardizing a novel architecture to integrate IEEE 802.15.4e TSCH Wireless Networks into the Internet of Things. Within the proposed 6TiSCH architecture, a Scheduling Function (SF) is used to manage the...

Averta, G., Della Santina, C., Battaglia, E., Ciotti, S., Arapi, V., Fani, S., & Bianchi, M. (2017, November). From humans to robots: The role of cutaneous impairment in human environmental constraint exploitation to inform the design of robotic hand

Averta, G., Della Santina, C., Battaglia, E., Ciotti, S., Arapi, V., Fani, S., & Bianchi, M. (2017, November). From humans to robots: The role of cutaneous impairment in human environmental constraint exploitation to inform the design of robotic hands....

Moscatelli, Alessandro, Matteo Bianchi, Alessandro Serio, Omar Al Atassi, Simone Fani, Alexander Terekhov, Vincent Hayward, Marc Ernst, and Antonio Bicchi. "A change in the fingertip contact area induces an illusory displacement of the finger." In In

Moscatelli, Alessandro, Matteo Bianchi, Alessandro Serio, Omar Al Atassi, Simone Fani, Alexander Terekhov, Vincent Hayward, Marc Ernst, and Antonio Bicchi. "A change in the fingertip contact area induces an illusory displacement of the finger." In...

E. Pezent, S. Fani, J. Bradley, M. Bianchi and M. K. O'Malley, "Separating haptic guidance from task dynamics: A practical solution via cutaneous devices," 2018 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS), San Francisco, CA, 2018, pp. 20-25. doi: 10.1109/HAPTIC

E. Pezent, S. Fani, J. Bradley, M. Bianchi and M. K. O'Malley, "Separating haptic guidance from task dynamics: A practical solution via cutaneous devices," 2018 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS) , San Francisco, CA, 2018, pp. 20-25. doi:...

S. Fani et al., "Simplifying Telerobotics: Wearability and Teleimpedance Improves Human-Robot Interactions in Teleoperation," in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 77-88, March 2018. doi: 10.1109/MRA.2017.2741579

Abstract: In recent years, wearability has become a new fundamental requirement for an effective and lightweight design of human–robot interfaces. Among the different application fields, robotic teleoperation represents the ideal scenario that can...

"A Novel Approach for Determining the Electromagnetic Properties of a Colloidal Fluid With Magnetic Nanoparticles for Hyperthermia Applications", IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, vol. 2(1), pp. 70-77, 2018.

Authors: D. Brizi, N. Fontana, G. Giovannetti, A. Flori, L. Menichetti, S. Doumett, G. Baldi, A. Monorchio Abstract: The paper presents a general analytical method for evaluating the magnetic properties of colloidal fluid with magnetic nanoparticles and...

A. Motroni, P. Nepa, A. Buffi, P. Tripicchio and M. Unetti, "RFID Tag Localization with UGV in Retail Applications," 2018 3rd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), Split, Croatia, 2018, pp. 1-5.

This paper presents the application of the phase-based SARFID technique to locate static tags through an Unmanned Grounded Vehicle (UGV) equipped with a UHF-RFID reader. The UGV is remote-controlled to move inside an indoor environment and the knowledge...

"Room-Temperature Low-Threshold Lasing from Monolithically Integrated Nanostructured Porous Silicon Hybrid Microcavities", ACS Nano, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 4536-4544, 2018

Authors: V. Robbiano, G. M. Paternò, A. A. La Mattina, S. G. Motti, G. Lanzani, F. Scotognella, G. Barillaro Abstract: Silicon photonics would strongly benefit from monolithically integrated low-threshold silicon-based laser operating at room...

A. Buffi, A. Motroni, P. Nepa, B. Tellini and R. Cioni, "A SAR-Based Measurement Method for Passive-Tag Positioning With a Flying UHF-RFID Reader," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

This paper presents and characterizes a measurement method for positioning of passive tags, by a drone equipped with a UHF-RFID reader. The method is based on a synthetic aperture radar approach and exploits the knowledge of the reader/drone trajectory,...

Mattia G. Campana, Franca Delmastro: "Recommender Systems for Online and Mobile Social Networks: A survey", Online Social Networks and Media, Volumes 3–4, 2017

Recommender Systems (RS) currently represent a fundamental tool in online services, especially with the advent of Online Social Networks (OSN). In this case, users generate huge amounts of contents and they can be quickly overloaded by useless...

Mattia G. Campana, Dimitris Chatzopoulos, Franca Delmastro, Pan Hui: "Lightweight Modeling of User Context Combining Physical and Virtual Sensor Data", CPD-UbiComp, Singapore, October 8-12, 2018

Context-awareness refers to the ability of a system to adapt and respond proactively to the changes in the user's situation. The multitude of data generated by sensors available on users' mobile devices, combined with advances in machine learning...

F. Righetti, C. Vallati and G. Anastasi, "IoT Applications in Smart Cities: A Perspective Into Social and Ethical Issues," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 2018.

The possibility of interconnecting any kind of device to the Internet is driving the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm also in a city environment. Many IoT applications are making the Smart City concept real, offering advanced services...

C.Vallati,F.Righetti,G.Tanganelli,E.Mingozzi and G.Anastasi,"ECOAP:Experimental Assessment of Congestion Control Strategies for CoAP Using the WiSHFUL Platform,"2018 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP),Taormina,Sicily,Italy

Future Smart Cities will be enabled by a pervasive fabric of sensors and actuators, seamlessly integrated within information systems. This large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) will bring a new level of challenges to existing communication networks and...

M. Moscadelli, M. Diani, G. Corsini, A. Riccobono, A. Porta - Polynomial-fitting Temperature and Emissivity Separation in LWIR Hyperspectral Imaging. 9th IEEE WHISPERS Conference, 23rd-26th September 2018, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

P. Nannipieri, D.Davalle, L. Fanucci, "A Novel Parallel 8B/10B Encoder: Architecture and Comparison with Classical Solution", IEICE TRANS. FUNDAMENTALS, VOL.E101–A, NO.7 JULY 2018

8B/10B is an encoding technique largely used in different communication protocols, with several advantages such as zero DC bias. In the last years transmission rates have grown rapidly, thus the need of encoders with better performance in terms of...

P. Nannipieri, G. Dinelli, D.Davalle, L. Fanucci, "A SpaceFibre multi lane codec System on a Chip: enabling technology for low cost satellite EGSE", PRIME 2018 conference, Prague

In the last few years, data rate requirement on onboard satellite communication systems significantly grown. The need of high speed networks led to the birth of the SpaceFibre protocol, which is able to run at several Gigabit per second and operates...

P. Nannipieri, G. Dinelli, D.Davalle, L. Fanucci, "A SpaceFibre multi lane codec System on a Chip: enabling technology for low cost satellite EGSE", PRIME 2018 conference, Prague

In the last few years, data rate requirement on onboard satellite communication systems significantly grown. The need of high speed networks led to the birth of the SpaceFibre protocol, which is able to run at several Gigabit per second and operates...

M. Moscadelli, A. Riccobono, C. Giunti, E. Guadagnoli, A. Porta, Polynomial-fitting Temperature-Emissivity Separation in Thermal IR Hyperspectral Imagery - Polaris Innovation Journal, Issue 35, Leonardo S.p.A. Technical Review, September 2018.

This paper presents a new algorithm for the Temperature-Emissivity Separation (TES) task in LWIR hyperspectral imagery. The joint retrieval of both physical quantities from the measured radiance represents an ill-posed problem. Moreover, the atmosphere...

D. Mulfari, G.Meoni, M.Marini, L. Fanucci (2018) - Towards a Deep Learning Based ASR System for Users with Dysarthria, 16th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, University

In this paper, we investigate the benefits of deep learning approaches for the development of personalized assistive technology solutions for users with dysarthria, a speech disorder that leads to low intelligibility of users’ speaking. It prevents...

Structural and Thermoanalytical Characterization of 3D Porous PDMS Foam Materials: The Effect of Impurities Derived from a Sugar Templating Process

José Gonzàlez-Rivera, Rossella Iglio, Giuseppe Barillaro, Celia Duce and Maria Rosaria Tinè Polymers 2018 , 10 (6), 616; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10060616 Abstract Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymers are extensively used in a wide range of research...