- Definition of main activities of research, engagement, and communication of IVI Digital Health and Wellbeing Cluster- Design/development of an intelligent health assistant for facilitating health and wellbeing management of senior citizens- Running PPI focus groups with senior citizens on the use of digital technology for health and wellbeing- Design/development of an intelligent empowering agent for provision of tailored, easily understood, and trusted health information- Design of a methodology for the use of Responsible AI for person empowerment on health and wellbeing- Evaluation of the use, usability, and experience of a haemophilia patient portal- Design and development of a web application for facilitating understanding of medical texts related to Endometriosis

− Definition of the main activities of research, dissemination and training− Research and training in the field of Internet with particular reference to computer networks, e-learning and search of educational content on the net− Realization of platforms and tools for e-learning and search of multimedia educational content (in collaboration with the Dept. of Computer Science of the University of Palermo)− Partner of the European project “FETCH − Future Computing in Education and Training: How to support learning at anytime anywhere” on innovative processes and tools for training on computing at anytime and anywhere (on-going project)− Partner of the European projects “TN-ECET − European Thematic Network Computing Education and Training” and “ETN-DEC − European Thematic Network for Doctoral Education in Computing” on the harmonization and innovation of university education in the field of computing and "ETN-TRICE − Training, Research and Innovations in Computing Education” (completed projects)

- Analysis of communication models in healthcare for patient empowerment- Design/development of advanced e-health services for patient empowerment- Design/development of a digital platform to facilitate acquisition, comprehension and learning of online health information- Public engagement and execution of focus groups with patients and medical professionals- Participation to project proposals for Horizon 2020 SC1 calls- Definition of health research activities and student mentoring inside the Business Informatics Group (BIG)- Creation of workshops and networking opportunities with the key healthcare stakeholders- Successful application for three travel grants from Enterprise Ireland- Acquisition of advanced research, communication and supervision skills

− Creation of public awareness on laws, processes, tools and initiatives in the fields of Open Government and Open Data− Realization, as a community of citizens, of a portal (NON-portal) of Open Data of the Sicilian Region− Activation and monitoring of Open Government projects and initiatives in the City of Palermo for increasing transparency and participation− Modification of the municipal charter through the strengthening of existing participatory tools and the introduction of new instruments of direct and participatory democracy− Application of legislation on transparency and improvement of accessibility and usability of documents and information of the municipal web site− Creation of European projects on Open Government and Open Data− Creation of municipal guidelines on Open Data, analysis and categorization of the municipal datasets and evaluation of the Open Data publication activities− Organization of the participatory process to initiatives and plans/programs/projects of the City of Palermo− Design of the e-participation platform of the City of Palermo for participation of community to administrative activities and decisions

− Writing of the planning documents of the Digital Agenda for PO FESR 2014-2020− Revision of the broadband indicators targets for the Performance Framework of PO FESR 2014-2020− Compliance assessment of the Digital Agenda initiatives for PO-FESR 2014-2020− Update and monitoring of the broadband regional project for PO-FESR 2014-2020− Definition of the Sicilian requirements for the LINKORD project on Linked Open Data in Research and Innovation

− Writing of the Sicilian Digital Agenda in relation to the Three-year Plan for ICT for PA and S3 Sicily 2014-2020− Preparation of an interconnection scheme between the Three-year ICT Plan for PA, the S3 Digital Agenda missions and objectives, the PO FESR results and actions and the 2016-2018 programming procedures− Compliance assessment of the Digital Agenda initiatives for PO-FESR 2014-2020− Preparation of the broadband regional project for PO-FESR 2014-2020− Analysis of the Open 2.0 platform of the Lombardy Region for the implementation of the S3 Sicily 2014-2020

− Design and development of e-health services for patient empowerment− Analysis of health Open Data and creation of a health data repository and related metadata− Design and development of a mobile app to support understanding of medical texts− Design and development of weather/pollution measurement services for citizen wellbeing

− Cost/benefit analysis of ICT projects for PO FESR 2007-2013 and evaluation of actions to rationalize ICT resources in line with the Three-year Plan for ICT for PA− Writing of an operational plan for the creation of a cloud service centre for Campania − Writing of the management plan for Campania enabling platforms (SPID, PagoPA, FatturaPA, ...)− Creation of a website for the use of base digital services of Campania Region by cities− Design and development of the Open Data Labs initiative for Campania schools

− Analysis of the POR FESR 2007-2013 and the ICT initiatives in Campania for preparing an analysis of the regional context in the framework of the Europe 2020 objectives− Evaluation of the 2007-2013 ICT projects to find the best interventions in terms of innovation and integration of hardware and software for a possible reuse in line with the initiatives of the new programming cycle− Analysis of the interventions on ultra broadband at 30 Mbps and 100 Mbps in the Campania territory and finding of residual needs in terms of bandwidth and network access− Analysis of guidelines on electronic payments (e-payments), evaluation of existing regional platforms of e-payments for their reuse and preparation of the documents for allowing Campania to join the national PagoPA node− Writing Digital Agenda part of the "RIS3 Campania 2014-2020" (Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation for the Campania Region) and Axis II - "ICT and Digital Agenda" of the POR FESR 2014-2020 of the Campania Region− Preparation of the "Strategic Plan - Campania Digital Agenda 2020” starting from the European and Italian Digital Agendas to the full digitization of PA and participatory implementation of services to citizens, professionals and businesses

− Analysis of techniques for patient empowerment in the health field for the development of user-centered social and health services− Design and development of an on-line system to support understanding of medical texts by translating medical/technical terms in lay terms and adding a lay explanation− Design and development of a search engine for medical information, for both experts and non-experts, which searches and ranks web pages according to their level of medical information and used language− Development of search methodologies of medical information based on the type of used language and correlation level with the keyword(s)

− Collection and classification of datasets of the Sicilian Region for publication in Open Data− Creation of a georeference system for the projects financed by the Operational Programme PO FESR 2007-2013− Mapping and classification of administrative processes and implementation of the related database for publication in Open Data− Analysis of administrative procedures and processes for their optimization and implementation of advanced on-line services for citizens− Redesign of the URP web site for a better organization of information and a more efficient interaction with citizens

− Writing the "Plan of Regional Technological Innovation" (PITRE) and definition of regional strategies and projects related to broadband and data centres− Preparation of tenders for twinning on ICT among governments and activation of a twinning for the reuse of the Open Data platform of the Piemonte Region in Sicily− Development of methodologies, criteria and tools for the technical and economic evaluation of ICT projects− Creation of an observatory on market trends and costs of ICT− Assessment of ICT regional plans and projects subjected to technical-economic evaluation by the “Coordination of Regional Information Systems” commission− Development of the web site of the “Coordination of Regional Information Systems”− Creation of a system for monitoring the progress of ICT projects implemented by the regional administration− Evaluation of the technical and economic progress of the projects carried out by the regional companies and preparation of the documentation for the audits− Analysis of the Open Data laws and preparation of the draft law in the field of Open Data for the Sicilian Region− Realization of Open Data section on the web portal of the Sicilian Region− Organization of ICT events with the participation of representatives of the European Commission, the national government and the regional and local governments− Collection and analysis of information for the creation of statistical reports on the development of ICT and e-government in Sicily

− Support to the “Coordination of Regional Information Systems” commission in the technical and economic assessment of ICT plans and projects− Creation of the guidelines and a cost-analysis model for the submission and evaluation of ICT projects − Realization of an observatory on ICT costs and market trends− Support to regional and local governments in the design of ICT and e-government projects submitted under the POR 2000-2006 program and verification of their state of realization− Analysis of regional policy documents on ICT and writing of the ICT section of the PO FESR 2007-2013 program− Preparation of reports and studies on the advancement of ICT and e-government in Sicily

− 2003-2008, lecturer of "Computer Networks" (physical transmission of signals, LAN, MAN and WAN network architectures, Internet applications and protocols)− 2005-2006, lecturer of "Programming Languages for the Web" (html, php and sql)− 2007-2008, lecturer of "Laboratory of Information and Communication Technologies" for the SISSIS of the University of Palermo (computers, computer networks, Internet, office automation, creation of multimedia contents and web sites)− Research on e-learning, search engines for educational content and creation of knowledge paths on Internet− Theses supervisor on e-learning and search engines

− Definition of the main lines of activities together with the R&D centers in Ottawa and Paris− Analysis of new opportunities in the Wireless Internet for the creation of innovative and customer-oriented services− Management of a project for the development of a system for wireless signaling via SIP protocol over IP networks − Management of a project for the creation of a system for monitoring and optimizing performance and QoS (Quality of Service) of a UMTS network− Creation of a laboratory for the development of GSM intelligent network services and realization of a testplant reproducing the network of a mobile operator

− Coordinator of the international project "QUASIMODO - Quality of Service Methodologies and solutions Within the service framework: Measuring, Managing and Charging QoS" realized inside the EURESCOM international consortium of telecom operators− Creation of IP/Internet services with differentiated Quality of Service (QoS) − Measurement and control of the QoS and definition of the charging strategies− Support to Telecom Italia to configure, manage and measure the performance of services provided on fixed and mobile networks− Definition of methodologies, development of tools and creation of a testplant for measuring and monitoring the quality of applications and the network performance in a multi-protocol and multi-provider environment− Design and implementation of a tool for measuring the performance parameters (delay, jitter, loss, etc.) of TCP / IP protocols on live network traffic− Experimental evaluation of the QoS of video, audio and data applications both in the context of laboratories and real environments

− Analysis and optimization of the QoS of multimedia applications in IP/Internet with particular reference to Tele-Astronomy

− Design and development of an architecture for a cooperative multimedia environment on Internet with QoS control− Test of the influence of network and computer performance on the QoS of multimedia applications− Analysis of the management and performance aspects of BAGNet (a 155 Mb/s IP/ATM network that connects fifteen sites in the San Francisco Bay Area) and MAY (an intercontinental IP/ATM network that connects North America to Europe) − Design and development of a video-telephony application on the Internet

− Management of telecommunications networks and related services with object-oriented methodologies− Construction of a QoS management architecture using the "Telecommunications Management Network" (TMN) standard and the CORBA technology

− Design and development of a configurable scheduler for distributed applications in terms of response time, reliability and cost− Development of analytical models of distributed applications− Experimentation on interprocess communication and parallel execution of numerical algorithms with the use of distributed platforms such as Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) and Network Computing System (NCS)

− Analysis of mainframe architectures (360, 370, 370/XA) and operating systems for mainframes and workstations (IBM VM, Unix)− Analysis of the main architectures of local, metropolitan and wide area networks and development of interprocess-communication applications based on TCP/IP protocols− Design of local, metropolitan and wide area networks with the use of TCP/IP protocols

− Analysis of basic computer architectures, operating systems and main network protocols

− Teacher of design elements of electronic components

− Teacher of elements of analog and digital electronics and electrical engineering