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International Journals

• S. Ferretti & G. D'Angelo,
  On the Ethereum blockchain structure: a complex networks theory perspective,
  in Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, July 2019, accepted for publication.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti & M. Marzolla ,
  Fault Tolerant Adaptive Parallel and Distributed Simulation through Functional Replication,
  in Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Elsevier, September 2018, accepted for publication.
• R. De Michele, S. Ferretti, M. Furini,
  On Helping Broadcasters to Promote TV-shows through Hashtags,
  in Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, August 2018, accepted for publication.
  [pdf]
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti & V. Ghini ,
  Distributed Hybrid Simulation of the Internet of Things and Smart Territories,
  in Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, October 2017, accepted for publication.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1710.04252. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  Clustering of Musical Pieces through Complex Networks: an Assessment over Guitar Solos,
  in IEEE Multimedia, IEEE Computer Society, January 2018, DOI: 10.1109/MMUL.2018.112140114.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1709.0519. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  On the Complex Network Structure of Musical Pieces: Analysis of Some Use Cases from Different Music Genres,
  in Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, September 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s11042-017-5175-y.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1709.09708. [pdf]
• C. Prandi, S. Mirri, S. Ferretti & P. Salomoni,
  On the Need of Trustworthy Sensing and Crowdsourcing for Urban Accessibility in Smart City,
  in ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, ACM Press, July 2017, accepted for publication.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti & V. Ghini ,
  Multi-level Simulation of Internet of Things on Smart Territories,
  in Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Elsevier, vol. 73, April 2017. [pdf]
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1611.01325. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  On the Modeling of Musical Solos as Complex Networks,
  in Information Sciences, Elsevier, Volume 375, 1, January 2017, pp. 271-295, ISSN 0020-0255, DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2016.10.007 [pdf]
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1610.00468. [pdf]
• G. D'Angelo & S. Ferretti,
  Highly intensive data dissemination in complex networks,
  in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Elsevier, August 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2016.08.004.
• S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, C. Prandi & P. Salomoni,
  Automatic Web Content Personalization Through Reinforcement Learning,
  in Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, Volume 121, November 2016, Pages 157–169. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, V. Ghini & F. Panzieri,
  A Survey on Handover Management in Mobility Architectures,
  in Computer Networks, Elsevier, Volume 94, 15 January 2016, pp. 390-413. [pdf]
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1509.01396. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, C. Prandi & P. Salomoni,
  On Personalizing Web Content Through Reinforcement Learning,
  in Journal Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS), Springer, accepted for publication. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  Self-Healing Protocols for Connectivity Maintenance in Unstructured Overlays,
  in Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Springer, 2015, pp. 1-23. [pdf]
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1506.04512. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  Gossiping for Resource Discovering: an Analysis based on Complex Network Theory,
  in Future Generation Computer Systems, Elsevier, Volume 29, Issue 6, August 2013, pp. 1631-1644. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  Shaping Opportunistic Networks,
  in Computer Communications, Elsevier, Volume 36, Issue 5, 1 March 2013, Pages 481–503. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  On the Degree Distribution of Faulty Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks,
  in ICST Transactions on Complex Systems, ICST, October-December 2012, Volume 12, Issue 10-12, pag. 1-20. [pdf].
• M. Marzolla, S. Ferretti & G. D'Angelo,
  Dynamic Resource Provisioning for Cloud-based Gaming Infrastructures,
  in ACM Computers in Entertainment, ACM, Volume 10, Number 3, Dec. 2012, 1-20. [pdf]
• V. Ghini, S. Ferretti & F. Panzieri,
  m-Hippocrates: Enabling Reliable and Highly Interactive m-Health Services,
  in IT Professional 14(3): 29-35 (2012), IEEE. [pdf]
• V. Ghini, S. Ferretti & F. Panzieri,
  The "Always Best Packet Switching" architecture for SIP-based mobile multimedia services,
  in Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, Volume 84, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 1827-1851. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, M. Furini, C.E. Palazzi, M. Roccetti & P. Salomoni,
  WWW Recycling for a Better World,
  in Communications of the ACM, ACM, Vol. 53, N. 4, April 2010, 139-143. [pdf]
• C.E. Palazzi, M. Roccetti, & S. Ferretti
  An Inter-Vehicular Communication Architecture for Safety and Entertainment,
  in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE, Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2010, 90-99. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti & V. Ghini,
  Discovering Points of Interests Through A Web 2.0, Location-based Architecture,
  in International Journal On Advances in Internet Technology, IARIA, issn: 1942-2652, Vol. 2, N.2-3, 2009, 238-252. [pdf]
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  Smart Access Points on the Road for Online Gaming in Vehicular Networks,
  in Entertainment Computing, Elsevier, Vol. 1, N.1, 2009.
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  Communities on the Road: Fast Triggering of Interactive Multimedia Services,
  in Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2009, 229-247. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, L.A. Muratori, M. Roccetti & P. Salomoni,
  Cooperative Multimedia Management for Participative Learning: A Case Study,
  in New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, Taylor & Francis, Volume 14 Issue 2, December 2008, 177-197.
• S. Ferretti,
  Cheating Detection Through Game Time Modeling: A Better Way to Avoid Time Cheats in P2P MOGs?,
  in Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, Volume 37, Number 3, May 2008, 339-363. [pdf] [bib]
• P. Salomoni, S. Mirri, S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  A Multimedia Broker to support Accessible and Mobile Learning through Learning Objects Adaptation,
  in ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, ACM Press, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2008, Article No.4, 9:23. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & C.E. Palazzi,
  Intelligent Synchronization for Mirrored Game Servers,
  in Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (JACIII), Fuji Technology Press, Vol.12, No.2, 2008, 132-141. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti, S. Mirri, L.A. Muratori & P. Salomoni,
  Why LAUGHing is Better than SMILing,
  in International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), World Scientific Publishing, December 2007, Vol. 1, No. 4, 497-519. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti, P. Salomoni & S. Mirri
  Custom E-learning Experiences: Working with Profiles for Multiple Content Sources Access and Adaptation,
  in Journal of Access Services, Haworth Press, July 2007, accepted for publication.
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & C.E. Palazzi,
  Web Content Search and Adaptation for IDTV: One Step Forward in the Mediamorphosis Process toward Personal-TV,
  in Advances in Multimedia, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, April 2007. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & C.E. Palazzi,
  An Optimistic Obsolescence-Based Approach To Event Synchronization For Massive Multiplayer Online Games,
  in International Journal of Computers and Applications, ACTA Press, Vol. 29, No. 1, February 2007, 33-43. [bib]
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti, G. Pau & M. Gerla,
  What's in that Magic Box? The Home Entertainment Center's Special Protocol Potion, Revealed,
  in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, Vol 52, No. 4, November 2006, 1280-1288. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, C.E. Palazzi, M. Roccetti, G. Pau & M. Gerla,
  FILA in Gameland, a Holistic Approach to a Problem of Many Dimensions,
  in ACM Journal of Computer in Entertainment, ACM Press, Vol. 4 , No. 4, October-December 2006. [pdf] [bib]
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti, S. Cacciaguerra & M. Roccetti,
  Interactivity-Loss Avoidance in Event Delivery Synchronization for Mirrored Game Architectures,
  in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Signal Processing Society, Vol. 8, No. 4, August 2006, 874-879. [pdf] [bib]
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti, S. Cacciaguerra & M. Roccetti,
  A RIO-like Technique for Interactivity Loss Avoidance in Fast-Paced Multiplayer Online Games,
  in ACM Journal of Computer in Entertainment, ACM Press, Vol. 3, No. 2, April/June 2005. [pdf] [bib]
• M. Roccetti, P. Salomoni, V. Ghini & S. Ferretti,
  Bringing the Wireless Internet to UMTS Devices: A Case Study with Music Distribution,
  in Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. (Formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V.), Vol. 25, No. 2, February 2005, 217-251. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  A Novel Obsolescence-based Approach to Event Delivery Synchronization in Multiplayer Games,
  in International Journal of Intelligent Games and Simulation, Vol. 3, No. 1, 7-19, March/April 2004. [bib]

Book Chapters

• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti,
  Client/Server Gaming Architectures,
  in Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, Springer, May 2018.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti,
  Online Gaming Architectures,
  in Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, Springer, May 2018.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti,
  Online Gaming Scalability,
  in Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, Springer, May 2018.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, M. Marzolla,
  Cloud for Gaming,
  in Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, Springer, September 2015. [bib]
• S. Ferretti,
  Synchronization in Multiplayer Online Games,
  in Handbook of Digital Games, Wiley-IEEE Press, April 2014, 978-1-118-32803-3, 175--196.
• F. Panzieri, O. Babaoglu, S. Ferretti, V. Ghini & M. Marzolla,
  Distributed Computing in the 21st Century: Some Aspects of Cloud Computing,
  in Brian Randell's Tales: A Festschrift Recognizing the Contributions of Brian Randell Cliff Jones and John Lloyd, eds. Springer Verlag, 2011, to appear.
• G. Rossi, G. D'Angelo & S. Ferretti,
  Multi-stage Congestion Games for Wireless Real-time Streaming,
  in Game Theory for Wireless Communications & Networking, (Y. Zhang, M. Guizani Eds.), CRC Press, to appear.
• S. Ferretti,
  Countermeasures for Time-Cheat Detection in Multiplayer Online Games,
  in Handbook of Digital Media in Entertainment and Arts, (B. Furht Ed.), Springer, ISBN: 978-0-387-89023-4, 2009, 157-174.
• P. Salomoni, S. Mirri, S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  Education,
  in Web Accessibility: A Foundation for Research, (S. Harper, Y. Yesilada Eds.), Springer London, ISSN 1571-5035, ISBN 978-1-84800-049-0, 2008, 263-271.
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & C.E. Palazzi,
  Adaptive Playout Buffering Schemes for IP Voice Communication,
  in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition, Idea Group Inc., 2009, 30-36.
• M. Roccetti, C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti & G. Pau,
  Wireless Home Entertainment Center: Protocol Communications and Architecture,
  in Encyclopedia of Wireless and Mobile Communications, (B. Furht Ed.), Taylor & Francis Group, London (UK) 2007, Vol. III, 1331-1338.
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & P. Salomoni
  On-line Gaming,
  in Encyclopedia of Multimedia, (B. Furht Ed.), Springer, January 2006, 653-660.
  Together with this publication, other subchapters are included in the same book, provided by the same authors:
  Dead Reckoning, 155,
  Fairness in Online Games, 252,
  Game Accessibility, 255,
  Game Event Synchronization, 256.
  
• M. Roccetti & S. Ferretti,
  Adaptive Playout Control Schemes for Speech over the Internet,
  in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, I-V, (Mehdi Khosrow-Pour ed.), Idea Group Publishing, Hershey (USA), January 2005, 53-57. [bib]
• M. Roccetti, P. Salomoni, V. Ghini, S. Ferretti & S. Cacciaguerra,
  Delivering Music over the Wireless Internet: from Song Distribution to Interactive Karaoke on UMTS Devices,
  in Wireless Internet Handbook: Technologies, Standards and Applications, (B. Furht, M. Ilyas eds.), CRC Press, Boca Raton (USA), March 2003, 537-565 [bib]

International Conferences & Workshops

• .M. Zichichi, M~Contu, S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo,
  Ensuring Personal Data Anonymity in Data Marketplaces through Sensing-as-a-Service and Distributed Ledger Technologies ,
  in Proc. of the 3rd Distributed Ledger Technology Workshop (DLT 2020), Ancona (Italy), January 2020.
• M. Zichichi, S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo,
  A Distributed Ledger Based Infrastructure for Smart Transportation System and Social Good,
  in Proc. of the IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2020), IEEE, Las Vegas (USA), January 2020.
• G. Gaminati, S. Klade, G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, V. Ghini,
  Fast Session Resumption in DTLS for Mobile Communications,
  in Proc. of the IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2020), IEEE, Las Vegas (USA), January 2020.
• M. Zichichi, V. Rodriguez-Doncel, S. Ferretti,
  The use of Decentralized and Semantic Web Technologies for Personal Data Protection and Interoperability,
  in Proceedings of the Workshop on GDPR Compliance - Theories, Techniques, Tools -- 32nd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (Jurix 2019), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Madrix (Spain), December 2019.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, G.S.H. Tan,
  Internet-Based Adaptive Distributed Simulation of Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks,
  in Proc. of the Winter Simulation Conference 2019 (WSC 2019), ACM/SIGSIM, IEEE/SMC, National Harbor (USA), December 2019.
• E. Rosa, S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo,
  Agent-based Simulation of Blockchains,
  in Proc. of the 19th Asia Simulation Conference, AsiaSim 2019, Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series, Springer, Singapore, October-November 2019.
• S. Ferretti, M. Furini, M. Montangero,
  Diabetes: what are Italian Twitter users talking about?,
  in Proc. of 1st International Workshop on Social Media Sensing -- 28th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2019), IEEE, July 2019, Valencia, Spain.
• M. Zichichi, M. Contu, S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo,
  LikeStarter: a Smart-contract based Social DAO for Crowdfunding,
  in Proc. of the 2nd Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains for Distributed Systems (CryBlock 2019), co-located with IEEE InfoCom 2019, IEEE, April 2019, Paris, France.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1905.05560 [pdf]
• A. Magnani, G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, M. Marzolla,
  Anonymity and Confidentiality in Secure Distributed Simulation,
  in Proc. of the 22nd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (IEEE/ACM DS-RT 2018), Madrid (Spain), IEEE, October 2018.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, M. Marzolla,
  A Blockchain-based Flight Data Recorder for Cloud Accountability,
  in Proc. of the 1st Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains for Distributed Systems (CryBlock 2018), co-located with ACM MobiSys 2018, ACM, Munich Germany), June 2018.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1806.04544 [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo, V. Ghini, M. Marzolla,
  The Quest for Scalability and Accuracy: Multi-Level Simulation of the Internet of Things,
  in Proc. of the 21th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (IEEE/ACM DS-RT 2017), Rome (Italy), IEEE, October 2017.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1710.02282 [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo, V. Ghini,
  Modeling the Internet of Things: A Simulation Perspective,
  in Proc. of the International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2017), tutorial paper, Genova (Italy), IEEE, July 2017.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1707.00832 [pdf]
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, M. Marzolla, L. Armaroli,
  Fault-Tolerant Adaptive Parallel and Distributed Simulation,
  in Proc. of the 20th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (IEEE/ACM DS-RT 2016), London (England), IEEE, September 2016.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1606.07310 [pdf]
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, V. Ghini,
  Simulation of the Internet of Things,
  in Proc. of the 2016 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation (HPCS 2016), tutorial paper, Innsbruck (Austria), IEEE, July 2016.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1605.04876 [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  Guitar Solos as Networks,
  in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2016), IEEE, Seattle, (USA), July 2016 [pdf].
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1603.04979 [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo, V. Ghini,
  Smart Multihoming in Smart Shires: Mobility and Communication Management for Smart Services in Countrysides,
  in Proc. of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication (ISCC 2016), Messina (Italy), IEEE, June 2016.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1604.07701 [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo,
  Smart Shires: The Revenge of Countrysides,
  in Proc. of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication (ISCC 2016), Messina (Italy), IEEE, June 2016.
  An extended version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1604.07076. [pdf]
• C. Prandi, S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, P. Salomoni,
  A Trustworthiness Model for Crowdsourced and Crowdsensed Data,
  in the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Internet of Things -- 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-15), IEEE, Helsinki (Finland), August 2015.
• C. Prandi, S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, P. Salomoni,
  Trustworthiness in Crowd- Sensed and Sourced Georeferenced Data,
  in 2nd International Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing Pervasive Systems and Communications -- International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communictions (PerCom 2015), IEEE, St. Louis (USA), March 2015.
• S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, C. Prandi, P. Salomoni,
  Exploiting Reinforcement Learning to Profile Users and Personalize Web Pages,
  in Proc. of the International Workshop on User Centered Design and Adaptive Systems (UCDAS 2014) -- 38th Annual International Computers, Software & Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2014), IEEE, Vasteras (Sweden), July 2014.
• S. Ferretti,
  On the Topology Maintenance of Dynamic P2P Overlays through Self-Healing Local Interactions,
  in Proc. of the IFIP Networking 2014 Conference, IEEE, Trondheim, (Norway), June 2014.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1405.4085. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  Searching in Unstructured Overlays Using Local Knowledge and Gossip,
  in Proc. of the 5th International Workshop on Complex Networks (CompleNet 2014) - Studies in Computational Intelligence Series, Springer-Verlag, Bologna (Italy), March 2014. [pdf]
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1403.3017. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, C. Prandi, P. Salomoni,
  User Centered and Context Dependent Personalization Through Experiential Transcoding,
  in Proc. of CCNC 2014: Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment (NIME'14), IEEE, Las Vegas (USA), January 2014.
• M. Marzolla, S. Ferretti, G. D'Angelo,
  Auction-Based Resource Allocation in Digital Ecosystems,
  in Proc. of 6th International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Applications (MobilWare 2013), Bologna (Italy), Nov 2013.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1109.0397. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  Resilience of Dynamic Overlays through Local Interactions,
  in Proc. of the 5th International Workshop on Simplifying Complex Networks for Pratictioners (SIMPLEX 2013) - World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2013), ACM, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), May 2013.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1209.5243, Sep 2012. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, V. Ghini, M. Marzolla, F. Panzieri,
  Walking with the Oracle: Efficient Use of Mobile Networks through Location-Awareness,
  in Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE Wireless Days 2012 Conference, IEEE Communication Society, Dublin (Ireland), IEEE, November 2012.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1209.5243, Sep 2012. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, V. Ghini, M. Marzolla, F. Panzieri,
  Modeling the Energy Consumption of Multi-NIC Communication Mechanisms,
  in Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications (IEEE GreenCom'12), IEEE Communication Society, September 2012.
• S. Ferretti, V. Ghini, M. Marzolla, F. Panzieri,
  Modeling the Always Best Packet Switching Mechanism,
  in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST2012), Paris (France), IEEE CPS, September 2012.
• S. Ferretti,
  Publish-Subscribe Systems via Gossip: a Study based on Complex Networks,
  in Proc. of the 4th International Workshop on Simplifying Complex Networks for Pratictioners (SIMPLEX 2012) - World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2012), ACM, Lyon (France), April 2012.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1112.0416, Dec 2011. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, & V. Ghini,
  Mitigation of Random Query String DoS via Gossip,
  in Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management (ICISTM-2012), Grenoble, France, Springer Series in Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS), March 2012.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1109.4404. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, V. Ghini, & F. Panzieri,
  Scale-Free Opportunistic Networks: is it Possible?,
  in Proc. of the 8th International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing - IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM 2012), Lugano, Switzerland, IEEE, March 2012.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1107.1937. [pdf]
• V. Ghini, S. Ferretti, & F. Panzieri,
  "Always Best Packet Switching" for SIP Services,
  in Proc. of the 8th International PerCom Workshop on Pervasive Wireless Networking - IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM 2012), Lugano, Switzerland, IEEE, March 2012.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, & M. Marzolla,
  Time Warp on the Go,
  in Proc. of the International Workshop on DIstributed SImulation \& Online gaming (DISIO 2012) - ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2012), Desenzano (Italy), ICST, March 2012.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1206.2772. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, & G. D'Angelo,
  Mobile Online Gaming via Resource Sharing,
  in Proc. of the International Workshop on DIstributed SImulation \& Online gaming (DISIO 2012) - ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2012), Desenzano (Italy), ICST, March 2012.
  Draft version avaiable as a Tech. Rep. arXiv:1206.2774. [pdf]
• G. D'Angelo, & S. Ferretti,
  LUNES: Agent-based Simulation of P2P Systems,
  in Proc. of 2011 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2011), Istanbul (Turkey), IEEE, July 2011. [pdf]
  Draft version avaiable as a Technical Report arXiv:1105.2447v1 [pdf]
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti, V. Ghini & F. Panzieri,
  Mobile Computing in Digital Ecosystems: Design Issues and Challenges,
  in Proceedings of the 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2011), Istanbul (Turkey), IEEE, July 2011.
  Draft version avaiable as a Technical Report arXiv:1105.2458v1 [pdf]
• M. Marzolla, S. Ferretti & G. D'Angelo,
  Dynamic Scalability for Next Generation Gaming Infrastructures,
  in Proceedings of the International Workshop on DIstributed SImulation & Online gaming (DISIO 2011) - ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2011), Barcelona (Spain), ICST, March 2011.
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti & M. Marzolla,
  Adaptive Event Dissemination for Peer-to-Peer Multiplayer Online Games,
  in Proceedings of the International Workshop on DIstributed SImulation & Online gaming (DISIO 2011) - ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2011), Barcelona (Spain), ICST, March 2011.
  Draft version avaiable as a Technical Report arXiv:1102.0720v1 [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  A General Framework to Analyze the Fault-Tolerance of Unstructured P2P Systems,
  in Proceedings of the UKSim 4th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2010), Pisa (Italy), IEEE Computer Society, ISBN 978-0-7695-4308-6, 339-344, November 2010.
• V. Ghini, S. Ferretti & F. Panzieri,
  A Strategy for Best Access Point Selection,
  in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE/IFIP Wireless Days 2010 Conference, Venice (Italy), IEEE, October 2010.
• S. Ferretti,
  Modeling Faulty, Unstructured P2P Overlays,
  in Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2010), Zurich (Switzerland), IEEE, August 2010.
• S. Ferretti, V. Ghini, F. Panzieri & E. Turrini,
  Seamless Support of Multimedia Distributed Applications Through a Cloud,
  in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE Cloud 2010), Miami (USA), IEEE, July 2010.
• S. Ferretti, V. Ghini, F. Panzieri, M. Pellegrini & E. Turrini,
  QoS-aware Clouds,
  in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE Cloud 2010), Miami (USA), IEEE, July 2010.
• G. Rossi, G. D'Angelo & S. Ferretti
  Multistage Congestion Games for Live-Streaming,
  in Proceedings of 15th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2010), Riccione (Italy), IEEE, June 2010.
• V. Ghini, S. Ferretti & F. Panzieri,
  Mobile Games Through the Nets: a Cross-Layer Architecture for Seamless Playing,
  in Proceedings of the International Workshop on DIstributed SImulation & Online gaming (DISIO 2010) - ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2010), Torremolinos (Spain), ICST, March 2010.
• S. Ferretti & G. D'Angelo,
  Multiplayer Online Games over Scale-Free Networks: a Viable Solution?,
  in Proceedings of the International Workshop on DIstributed SImulation & Online gaming (DISIO 2010) - ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2010), Torremolinos (Spain), ICST, March 2010. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  On the Degree Distribution of Opportunistic Networks,
  in Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking, ACM/SIGMOBILE MobiOpp 2010, Pisa (Italy), ACM Press, New York, NY, 151-154, February 2010. [pdf]
• G. Rossi, S. Ferretti & G. D'Angelo,
  Equilibrium Selection in Multistage Congestion Games for Real-Time Streaming,
  in Proceedings of 3rd ICST/ACM International Workshop on Game Theory in Communication Networks, Pisa (Italy), ICST/ACM, October 2009. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti & V. Ghini,
  A Web 2.0, Location-based Architecture For A Seamless Discovery Of Points of Interests,
  in Proceedings of 5th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2009), Venice (Italy), IEEE Communications Society, May 2009. [pdf] [bib]
  BEST PAPER AWARD
• S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, M. Roccetti, C. Sermenghi & V. Conforti,
  Managing First Response Medical Aids With An Altruistic Web Application,
  in Proceedings of 3rd ICST/ACM/IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (Pervasive Health 2009), London (UK), ICST/ACM/IEEE, April 2009.
• G. D'Angelo & S. Ferretti,
  Simulation of Scale-Free Networks,
  in Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2009), Rome (Italy), ICST/ACM, March 2009. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & R. Zioni,
  A Statistical Approach to Cheating Countermeasure in P2P MOGs,
  in Proceedings of 6th IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2009), Las Vegas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, January 2009. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & B. Zamborlin,
  On SPAWC: Discussion on a Musical Signal Parser and Well-Formed Composer,
  in Proceedings of 6th IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2009), Las Vegas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, January 2009. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, P. Salomoni, M. Roccetti, S. Mirri & L.A. Muratori,
  At the Crossroads of Web and Interactive Multimedia: an Approach to Merge the Two Realms,
  in Proceedings of 6th IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2009), Las Vegas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, January 2009. [pdf] [bib]
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  Fast Multi-hop Broadcast over Vehicular Networks: A Real Testbed Evaluation,
  in Proceedings of 6th IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2009), Las Vegas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, January 2009. [pdf] [bib]
• C.E. Palazzi, M. Roccetti, S. Ferretti & S. Frizzoli,
  How to Let Gamers Play in Infrastructure-based Vehicular Networks,
  in Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE 2008), ACM Press, Yokohama (Japan), December 2008. [pdf] [bib]
• M. Roccetti, S. Ferretti, M. Furini, C.E. Palazzi & P. Salomoni,
  e-goisms: What Would the Web be Without the Others?,
  in Proceedings of the 10th ETHICOMP International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ETHICOMP2008), Mantua (Italy), September 2008, ETHICOMP Series.
• S. Ferretti,
  A Synchronization Protocol For Supporting Peer-to-Peer Multiplayer Online Games in Overlay Networks,
  in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems (DEBS'08), ACM Press, Rome (Italy), July 2008. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & F.G. Strozzi
  On Developing Tangible Interfaces for Video Streaming Control: a Real Case Study,
  in Proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV 2008), ACM Press, Braunschweig (Germany), May 2008, 51-56. [pdf] [bib]
• M. Roccetti, S. Ferretti & C.E. Palazzi,
  The Brave New World of Multiplayer Online Games: Synchronization Issues with Smart Solutions,
  in Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Object/component/service-oriented Real-time distributed Computing (ISORC 2008), Orlando (USA), IEEE Computer Society, May 2008. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, L.A. Muratori, M. Roccetti & P. Salomoni
  E-learning 2.0: you are We-LCoME!,
  in Proceedings of the 5th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A 2008) - 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2008), ACM Press, Beijing (China), April 2008. [pdf] [bib]
• M. Roccetti, S. Ferretti, C.E. Palazzi, M. Furini & P. Salomoni,
  Riding the Web Evolution: from Egoism to Altruism,
  in Proceedings of the IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2008), Las Vegas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, January 2008. [pdf]
• E. Manca, F. Parmeggiani, C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  The Anatomy of an Inter-Vehicular Gaming Communication Subsystem with Experiments,
  in Proceedings of the GAMEON'2007 International Conference, Bologna (Italy), Eurosis, November 2007,
  BEST PAPER AWARD.
• S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, M. Roccetti & P. Salomoni,
  Notes for a Collaboration: On the Design of a Wiki-type Educational Video Lecture Annotation System,
  in Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Semantic Computing and Multimedia Systems (IEEE-SCMS'07) - IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC2007), IEEE Computer Society, Irvine (USA), September 2007. [pdf] [bib]
• C.E. Palazzi, M. Roccetti, S. Ferretti, G. Pau & M. Gerla,
  Online Games on Wheels: Fast Game Event Delivery in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks,
  in Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications 2007 (V2VCOM 2007) - IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2007, IEEE Computer Society, Istanbul (Turkey), June 2007.
• P. Salomoni, S. Mirri, S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  e-Learning Galore! Providing Quality Educational Experiences Across a Universe of Individuals with Special Needs through Distributed Content Adaptation,
  in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Distributed Frameworks for Multimedia Applications (DFMA'07), IEEE Computer Society, Paris (France), July 2007.
• P. Salomoni, S. Mirri, S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  Profiling Learners with Special Needs for Custom E-Learning Experiences, a Closed Case?,
  in Proceedings of the 4th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A 2007) - 16th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2007), ACM Press, Banff (Canada), May 2007. [pdf] [bib]
• M. Roccetti, M. Gerla, C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti & G. Pau,
  First Responders' Crystal Ball: How to Scry the Emergency from a Remote Vehicle,
  in Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Workshop on Research Challenges in Next Generation Networks for First Responders and Critical Infrastructures (NetCri 07) - 26th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC 2007), New Orleans (USA), April 2007, 556-561. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & A. Michetti,
  The Best of Both Worlds: Narrowing the Disconnect between the Web and a Responsive TV,
  in Proceedings of the IASTED European Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (EuroIMSA 2007), Chamonix (France), March 2007.
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & A. la Penna,
  Fast Synchronization of Mirrored Game Servers: Outcomes from a Testbed Evaluation,
  in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Intelligence Techniques in Computer Games and Simulations, Kusatsu Shiga, (Japan), March 2007. [pdf]
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti, G. Pau & M. Gerla,
  How Do You Quickly Choreograph Inter-Vehicular Communications? A Fast Vehicle-to-Vehicle Multi-Hop Broadcast Algorithm, Explained,
  in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2007), Las Vegas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, January 2007. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Mirri, P. Salomoni & S. Ferretti,
  Transcoding in Online Rich-media Edutainment: a Dynamic Approach based on Content/Context Awareness,
  in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2007), Las Vegas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, January 2007. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  MHP Meets The Web: Bringing Web Contents to Digital TV for Interactive Entertainment,
  in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2006), San Diego (USA), IEEE Computer Society, December 2006. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  Game Time Modelling for Cheating Detection in P2P MOGs: a Case Study with a Fast Rate Cheat,
  in Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Network & System Support for Games 2006 (NETGAMES 2006), Singapore, ACM Press, October 2006. [pdf] [bib]
• C.E. Palazzi, G. Pau, M. Roccetti, S. Ferretti & M. Gerla,
  Wireless Home Entertainment Center: Reducing Last Hop Delays for Real-time Applications,
  in Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE 2006), Hollywood (USA), ACM Press, June 2006. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  AC/DC: an Algorithm for Cheating Detection by Cheating,
  in Proceedings of the ACM International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV 2006), Newport, Rhode Island (USA), ACM Press, May 2006, 136-141. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & J. Andrich,
  Living the TV Revolution: Unite MHP to the Web or Face IDTV Irrelevance!,
  in Proceedings of the 15th ACM International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2006), Poster Track, Edinburgh (Scotland), W3C/ACM, May 2006. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, C.E. Palazzi, M. Roccetti, G. Pau & M. Gerla,
  Buscar el Levante por el Poniente: In Search of Fairness Through Interactivity in Massively Multiplayer Online Games,
  in Proceedings of the IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2006), Las Vegas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, January 2006, 1183-1187. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, C.E. Palazzi, M. Roccetti, G. Pau & M. Gerla,
  FILA, a Holistic Approach to Massive Online Gaming: Algorithm Comparison and Performance Analysis,
  in Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Annual International Conference in Computer Game Design and Technology (GDTW 2005), Liverpool (UK), ACM, November 2005, 68-76,
  BEST PAPER AWARD: selected for publication in the ACM Journal of Computers in Entertainment.
• S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  Fast Delivery of Game Events with an Optimistic Synchronization Mechanism in Massive Multiplayer Online Games,
  in Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE 2005), Valencia (Spain), ACM, June 2005, 405-412. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Cacciaguerra, S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & M. Roffilli,
  Car Racing through the Streets of the Web: a High-Speed 3D Game over a Fast Synchronization Service,
  in Proceedings of the 14th ACM International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2005), Poster Track, Chiba (Japan), W3C/ACM, May 2005, 884-885. [pdf] [bib]
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti, S. Cacciaguerra & M. Roccetti,
  A RIO-like Technique for Interactivity Loss Avoidance in Fast-Paced Multiplayer Online Games: a Preliminary Study,
  in Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Annual International Workshop in Computer Game Design and Technology (GDTW 2004), Liverpool (UK), ACM, November 2004, 113-119,
  (an extended version has been published in the ACM Journal of Computer in Entertainment).
• C.E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti, S. Cacciaguerra & M. Roccetti,
  On Maintaining Interactivity in Event Delivery Synchronization for Mirrored Game Architectures,
  in Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment (NIME'04) - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference Workshops (GLOBECOM 2004), Dallas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, November 2004, 157-165. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & S. Cacciaguerra,
  On Distributing Interactive Storytelling: Issues of Event Synchronization and a Solution,
  in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling and Entertainment (TIDSE 2004), LNCS 3105, Darmstadt (Ge), June 2004, 219-231. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  Event Synchronization for Interactive Cyberdrama Generation on the Web: A Distributed Approach,
  in Proceedings of the 13th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2004), WWW2004 Poster Track, W3C/ACM, New York (USA), May 2004, 226-227. [pdf] [bib]
• S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  The Design and Performance of a Receiver-Initiated Event Delivery Synchronization Service for Interactive Multiplayer Games,
  in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation (Game-On 2003), (Q. Mehdi, N. Gough, S. Natkin Eds.), Eurosis, London (England), November 2003, 211-218. [bib]
• S. Cacciaguerra, M. Roccetti, V. Ghini & S. Ferretti,
  On Using an Emulative Middleware to Model Wireless Networks: Simulation Results and Validation,
  in Proceedings of the European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESMC'03), Naples (Italy), October 2003, 169-173.
• S. Ferretti & M. Roccetti,
  On Designing an Event Delivery Service for Multiplayer Networked Games: An Approach Based on Obsolescence,
  in Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA 2003), August 13-15, 2003, Honolulu (USA).
• S. Ferretti & S. Cacciaguerra,
  A Design for Networked Multiplayer Games: an Architectural Proposal,
  in Proceedings of 8th Euromedia Conference (Euromedia 2003), April 14-16, 2003, Plymouth (England).
• M. Roccetti, P. Salomoni, V. Ghini, S. Ferretti, S. Cacciaguerra & A. Sorcinelli,
  MoKa: a Wireless Internet Application for Delivering Mobile Karaoke on UMTS Devices,
  in Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet and Information Technology (CIIT 2002), November 2002, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (USA).

Letters and Columns

• S. Ferretti, V. Ghini, F. Panzieri,
  Structuring Clouds for Mobile Mutimedia,
  in E-Letter of the IEEE MultiMedia communications Technical Committee Newsletter, IEEE Communications Society, April 2011.

Ph.D. Thesis

• S. Ferretti,
  Interactivity Maintenance for Event Synchronization in Massive Multiplayer Online Games,
  Ph.D. Thesis, Tech. Rep. UBLCS-2005-05, University of Bologna (Italy), March 2005. [pdf]

Other Technical Reports

• F. Panzieri, O. Babaoglu, S. Ferretti, V. Ghini, & M. Marzolla,
  Distributed Computing in the 21st Century: Some Aspects of Cloud Computing,
  Tech. Rep. UBLCS-2011-03, University of Bologna (Italy), May 2011. [pdf]
• G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti & M. Marzolla,
  Adaptive Approaches for Data Dissemination in Unstructured Networks,
  Tech. Rep. UBLCS-2011-02, University of Bologna (Italy), January 2011. [pdf]
• M. Marzolla, S. Ferretti & G. D'Angelo,
  Dynamic Scalability for Next Generation Gaming Infrastructures,
  Tech. Rep. UBLCS-2010-12, University of Bologna (Italy), December 2010. [pdf]
• S. Ferretti,
  Modeling Self-Organizing, Faulty Peer-to-Peer Systems as Complex Networks,
  Tech. Rep. UBLCS-2010-03, University of Bologna (Italy), February 2010. [pdf]
• G. Rossi, S. Ferretti & G. D'Angelo,
  Equilibrium Selection via Strategy Restriction in Multi-Stage Congestion Games for Real-time Streaming,
  Tech. Rep. UBLCS-2009-11, University of Bologna (Italy), April 2009. [pdf]