Marco Alfano Email & Phone Number

Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

- 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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)

County Dublin, Ireland

- 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Naples Area, Italy

− 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

Naples Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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)

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

− 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

Turin Area, Italy

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

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

Berkeley, California, Usa

− 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

Rome Area, Italy

− 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

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Palermo And Catania, Italy

− 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)

Palermo Area, Italy And Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

− 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

Palermo Area, Italy

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

Palermo Area, Italy

− Teacher of design elements of electronic components

Palermo Area, Italy

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

Dottorato Di Ricerca (Ph.D.), Electronics, Computer Science, And Telecommunications Engineering

Work performed at the Institute for Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Catania, Italy and Computer Science Dept..

B.Eng.+M.Eng. (Integrated), Electronic Engineering, 110/110 Magna Cum Laude - First Class Honours

Graduated with honors in Electronic Engineering. Thesis title: “Riduzione ottimale di modelli lineari a molte variabili (Optimal reduction.