Developed self-adaptive field testing, BSN testing, and autonomous vehicle testing techniques
Created anomaly detection approaches and evaluation frameworks for autonomous systems
Conducted empirical industrial studies on motivations, challenges, and risks of adopting self-adaptation in practice
Initiated the Exosoul project to engineer trustworthy systems aligned with human values (safety, fairness, ethics, privacy)
Pioneered the discipline of robotic software engineering for service robots, focusing on safety, software variability, runtime verification, and field-based testing
Research Experience
Director of the Computer Science area at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Professor in Computer Science and Software Engineering at GSSI
Adjunct Professor at University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology
Associate member of Gran Sasso Tech, a non-profit academia-industry collaboration organization
Member of the government council of the EX EMERGE automotive excellence research center
Former Associate Professor at University of L’Aquila and Chalmers | University of Gothenburg
Former Visiting Professor at Charles University and Assistant Professor at University of L’Aquila
Held research positions at University of Paris Diderot, Swinburne University, ISTI-CNR, INRIA, University of Luxembourg, and Kansas State University
Background
Professor, consultant, and software engineer in Software Engineering and Computer Science
Research spans both solution-oriented and knowledge-oriented software engineering
Extensive experience in national (Italian, Swedish, Luxembourgish) and EU projects across multiple countries
Active in the research community with global industry collaborations
Core research areas: autonomous/self-adaptive/smart systems, engineering digital systems for humanity, and robotic software engineering