Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Ferrara, Italy

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Work

  • 2024 – present
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Ferrara, Italy
  • 2023 – 2024
    Research Fellow
    Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Italy
  • 2019 – 2020
    Research Intern
    Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), Pensacola, FL, USA

Education

  • 2024
    PhD in Engineering Science (cum laude)
    Thesis: An Entanglement-Aware Digital Twin Ecosystem
    University of Ferrara, Italy
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  • 2020
    MSc in Computer Science and Automation Engineering (110/110 cum laude)
    Thesis: Multi-Cluster Workload Management in Tactical Networks
    University of Ferrara, Italy
  • 2018
    BSc in Electronics and Computer Engineering
    University of Ferrara, Italy

Teaching

Courses

  • System and Network Administration & Cybersecurity (6 ECTS)
    2024/2025 – present
    BSc in Computer Science (L-31) and Electronics and Computer Engineering (L-8)
    University of Ferrara, Italy
  • Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (1 ECTS)
    2025/2026 – present
    BSc in Computer Science (L-31) and Electronics and Computer Engineering (L-8)
    University of Ferrara, Italy
  • AI-Assisted Coding (3 ECTS)
    2024/2025
    PhD in Engineering Science
    University of Ferrara, Italy
  • Operating Systems and Laboratory (1 ECTS)
    2024/2025
    BSc in Computer Science (L-31)
    University of Ferrara, Italy
  • Operating Systems and Internet Laboratory (3 ECTS)
    2023/2024
    BSc in Technologies for Digital Industry (L-P03)
    University of Ferrara, Italy

Seminars

  • The Road to Blockchain (7.5 hr)
    2022/2023 – present
    Distributed Systems
    MSc in Computer Science and Automation Engineering (LM-32)
    University of Ferrara, Italy
  • Digital Twins (2.5 hr)
    2023/2024 – present
    Industrial Internet of Things
    MSc in Computer Science and Automation Engineering (LM-32)
    University of Ferrara, Italy
  • AI-Assisted Programming with Copilot (2.5 hr)
    2023/2024
    Concurrent Programming
    MSc in Computer Science and Automation Engineering (LM-32)
    University of Ferrara, Italy

Tutoring

  • Distributed Systems
    2022/2023
    MSc in Computer Science and Automation Engineering (LM-32)
    University of Ferrara, Italy
  • Operating Systems
    2021/2022 – 2022/2023
    BSc in Electronics and Computer Engineering (L-8)
    University of Ferrara, Italy

Research

Awards

Projects

  • 2026 – present
    IST-240: Tactical Adaptivity Concept Convergence for Meshed Edge Service and Data Handling
    Technical team member
    NATO STO
  • 2024 – 2025
    Z4I: Zero Trust Architecture for the Industry Landscape
    Research unit member
    PNRR SERICS
  • 2023 – 2025
    DATRUST: Connecting the Physical and Digital Worlds through Trustworthy Data-Flows
    Research unit member
    PRIN
  • 2022 – 2025
    IST-193: Edge Computing at the Tactical Edge
    Technical team member
    NATO STO
  • 2019 – 2022
    IST-168: Adaptive Information Processing and Distribution to Support Command and Control
    Contributor
    NATO STO

Service

  • 2025 – present
    Technical editor
    Computer Communications, Elsevier

Publications

Journals

  • An Orchestration System for Digital Twin Trustworthiness in Industrial Environments
    N. Bicocchi, M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, E. Mingozzi, M. Picone, A. Virdis
    IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2026
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  • An Entanglement-Aware Middleware for Digital Twins
    P. Bellavista, N. Bicocchi, M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, M. Mamei, M. Picone
    ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, 2024
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  • Exploiting Microservices and Serverless for Digital Twins in the Cloud-to-Edge Continuum
    P. Bellavista, N. Bicocchi, M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, M. Mamei, M. Picone
    Future Generation Computer Systems, 2024
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  • ODTE: A Metric for Digital Twin Entanglement
    P. Bellavista, N. Bicocchi, M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, M. Mamei, M. Picone
    IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2024
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  • Requirements and Design Architecture for Digital Twin End-to-End Trustworthiness
    N. Bicocchi, M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, M. Picone, A. Virdis
    IEEE Internet Computing, 2024
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  • Chaos Engineering for Resilience Assessment of Digital Twins
    M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, F. Poltronieri, C. Stefanelli, M. Tortonesi
    IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2024
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  • Requirements and Design Patterns for Adaptive, Autonomous, and Context-Aware Digital Twins in Industry 4.0 Digital Factories
    P. Bellavista, N. Bicocchi, M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, M. Mamei, M. Picone
    Computers in Industry, 2023
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  • Application-Aware Network Traffic Management in MEC-Integrated Industrial Environments
    P. Bellavista, M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, C. Stefanelli
    Future Internet, 2023
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  • Software-Defined Networking in Wireless Ad Hoc Scenarios: Objectives and Control Architectures
    M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, C. Stefanelli
    Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2022
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  • Quantifying the Performance of Cloud-Oriented Container Orchestrators on Emulated Tactical Networks
    T. Kudla, M. Fogli, S. Webb, G. Pingen, N. Suri, H. Bastiaansen
    IEEE Communications Magazine, 2022
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  • Federated Control of Distributed Multi-Partner Cloud Resources for Adaptive C2 in Disadvantaged Networks
    H. Bastiaansen, J. van der Geest, C. van den Broek, T. Kudla, A. Isenor, S. Webb, N. Suri, M. Fogli, B. Canessa, A. Masini, R. Goniacz, J. Sliwa
    IEEE Communications Magazine, 2020
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Conferences and workshops

  • Zero Trust Architecture and Digital Twin to Improve the Cybersecurity Posture of Distributed Smart Factory Environments
    M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, E. Mari, C. Stefanelli
    International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2025
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  • Cyber-Physical Interaction Engineering of Industrial Digital Twin Ecosystems
    M. Fogli, G. Mazziotta, S. Burattini, M. Picone, C. Giannelli, C. Stefanelli
    International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2025
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  • State Management Strategies for Stateful Digital Twin Migration in Industrial Scenarios
    M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, G. Rossi, C. Stefanelli
    International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2025
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  • Evaluating Scheduling Algorithms for Adaptive Orchestration in Federated Tactical Edge Cloud Environments
    A. Amato, H. Bastiaansen, J. Coleman, W. Datema, M. Fogli, J. van der Geest, B. Krishnamachari, T. Kudla, P. Sanchez, N. Suri
    International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS), 2025
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  • Harmonizing Physical and Digital Twins Lifecycles
    M. Picone, R. Morandi, A. Barbone, S. Burattini, M. Fogli, N. Bicocchi, C. Giannelli, A. Ricci
    IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture Companion (ICSA-C), 2025
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  • Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Distributed Workflow Orchestration at the Tactical Edge
    A. Amato, A. Morelli, M. Fogli, R. Galliera, N. Suri
    IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2024
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  • A Performance Cost/Benefit Analysis of Adaptive Computing in the Tactical Edge
    A. Amato, H. Bastiaansen, W. Datema, M. Fogli, R. Fronteddu, R. Galliera, J. van der Geest, T. Kudla, P. Sanchez, N. Suri, S. Watson
    International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS), 2024
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  • A Taxonomy for Workload Deployment Orchestration in the Edge-Cloud Continuum
    T. Albers, M. Fogli, E. Harmsma, E. Lazovik, H. Bastiaansen
    European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing (ESOCC), 2023
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  • Measuring Digital Twin Entanglement in Industrial Internet of Things
    P. Bellavista, N. Bicocchi, M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, M. Mamei, M. Picone
    IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023
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  • A Framework for QoS-Enabled Semantic Routing in Industrial Networks: Overall Architecture and Primary Protocols
    P. Bellavista, M. Fogli, L. Foschini, C. Giannelli, L. Patera, C. Stefanelli
    IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF), 2022
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  • Joint Orchestration of Content-Based Message Management and Traffic Flow Steering in Industrial Backbones
    M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, C. Stefanelli
    IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 2022
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  • Edge-Powered In-Network Processing for Content-Based Message Management in Software-Defined Industrial Networks
    M. Fogli, C. Giannelli, C. Stefanelli
    IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2022
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  • Towards a COTS-Enabled Federated Cloud Architecture for Adaptive C2 in Coalition Tactical Operations: A Performance Analysis of Kubernetes
    M. Fogli, G. Pingen, T. Kudla, S. Webb, N. Suri, H. Bastiaansen
    IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2021
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  • QoS-Enabled Semantic Routing for Industry 4.0 Based on SDN and MOM Integration
    P. Bellavista, M. Fogli, L. Foschini, C. Giannelli, L. Patera, C. Stefanelli
    IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), 2021
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  • Performance Evaluation of Kubernetes Distributions (K8s, K3s, KubeEdge) in an Adaptive and Federated Cloud Infrastructure for Disadvantaged Tactical Networks
    M. Fogli, T. Kudla, B. Musters, G. Pingen, C. van den Broek, H. Bastiaansen, N. Suri, S. Webb
    International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS), 2021
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