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2023

  1. M. Arazzi, D.R. Arikkat, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, R. Rehiman, Vinod P., M. Conti (2023). NLP-Based Techniques for Cyber Threat Intelligence. arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.08807.
  2. M. Arazzi, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera (2023). A Fully Privacy-Preserving Solution for Anomaly Detection in IoT using Federated Learning and Homomorphic Encryption. Information Systems Frontiers, 1-24.
  3. M. Arazzi, D. Murer, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera (2023). How COVID-19 affects user interaction with online streaming service providers on twitter. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 13(1), 134.
  4. M. Arazzi, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera (2023). A Novel IoT Trust Model Leveraging Fully Distributed Behavioral Fingerprinting and Secure Delegation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.00953.
  5. M. Arazzi, M. Conti, S. Koffas, M. Krcek, A. Nocera, S. Picek, J. Xu. BlindSage: Label Inference Attacks against Node-level Vertical Federated Graph Neural Networks. arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.02465 (2023).
  6. M. Arazzi, M. Ferretti, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera. The role of social media on the evolution of companies: A Twitter analysis of Streaming Service Providers. Online Social Networks and Media 36 (2023): 100251.
  7. M. Arazzi, M. Ferretti, A. Nocera. (2023). Semantic Hierarchical Indexing for Online Video Lessons Using Natural Language Processing. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 7(2), 107.
  8. Arazzi, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, M. Zippo. The importance of the language for the evolution of online communities: An analysis based on Twitter and Reddit. Expert Systems with Applications 222, 119847.
  9. M. Arazzi, M. Cotogni, A. Nocera, L. Virgili. Predicting Tweet Engagement with Graph Neural Networks. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval. 2023.
  10. M. Arazzi, M. Conti, A. Nocera, S. Picek. Turning Privacy-preserving Mechanisms against Federated Learning. arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.05355.
  11. L. S. Q. N. Ngankem, C. Larizza, A. Nocera, G. Rombolà, S. Quaglini, R. Bellazzi, M. L. Costantino, G. Casagrande. A comparative study of the definitions of intradialytic hypotension correlated with increased mortality to identify universal predictors. International Journal of Medical Informatics 173, 104975.

2022

  1. T. Facchinetti, M. Arazzi, A. Nocera. Time series forecasting for predictive maintenance of refrigeration systems. IEEE Intl Conf on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Intl Conf on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, Intl Conf on Cloud and Big Data Computing, Intl Conf on Cyber Science and Technology Congress (DASC/PiCom/CBDCom/CyberSciTech).
  2. T. Facchinetti, G. Benetti, D. Giuffrida, A. Nocera. SLR-kit: A semi-supervised machine learning framework for systematic literature reviews. Knowledge-Based Systems 251, 109266.
  3. A. Aramini, M. Arazzi, T. Facchinetti, L.S.Q.N. Ngankem, A. Nocera. An enhanced behavioral fingerprinting approach for the Internet of Things. IEEE 18th International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS).
  4. M. Arazzi, M. Ferretti, A. Nocera. Analysis of Video Lessons: a Case for Smart Indexing and Topic Extraction.CEUR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS 3340, 156-167.
  5. E. Corradini, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, D. Ursino, L. Virgili. A two-tier Blockchain framework to increase protection and autonomy of smart objects in the IoT. Computer Communications 181, 338-356.

2021

  1. E. Corradini, A. Nocera, D. Ursino, L. Virgili. Investigating negative reviews and detecting negative influencers in Yelp through a multi-dimensional social network based model. International Journal of Information Management 60, 102377.
  2. E. Corradini, A. Nocera, D. Ursino, L. Virgili. Investigating the phenomenon of NSFW posts in Reddit. Information Sciences 566, 140-164.
  3. M. Ferretti, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera. H2O: secure interactions in IoT via behavioral fingerprinting. Future Internet 13 (5), 117.
  4. S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, D. Ursino. Anonymous access monitoring of indoor areas. IEEE Access 9, 56664-56682.
  5. M. Cotogni, C. Cusano, A. Nocera. Recursive recognition of offline handwritten mathematical expressions.25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), 3138-3145.
  6. E. Corradini, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, D. Ursino, L. Virgili. Increasing protection and autonomy in the IoT through a two-tier blockchain framework. CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Sun SITE Central Europe: Aachen, Germany.

2020

  1. C. Diamantini, A Nocera, D. Potena, E. Storti, D. Ursino. Querying the IoT using multiresolution contexts. IEEE Internet of Things Journal 8 (7), 6127-6139.
  2. E. Corradini, A. Nocera, D. Ursino, and L. Virgili. Defining and detecting k-bridges in a social network: The yelp case, and more. Knowledge-Based Systems, 195:105721, 2020.
  3. S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, D. Ursino, and L. Virgili. A privacy-preserving approach to prevent feature disclosure in an IoT scenario. Future Generation Computer Systems, 105:502–519, 2020.
  4. G. Quattrone, A. Nocera, D. Quercia, and L. Capra. Social Interactions or Business Transactions? What Customer Reviews Disclose about Airbnb Marketplace. In Proc. of the International World Wide Web Conferences (WWW 2020), Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.

2019

  1. F. Buccafurri, V. De Angelis, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. The challenge of privacy in the cloud. In Shoba Ranganathan, Michael Gribskov, Kenta Nakai, and Christian Schnbach, editors, Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, pages 265 – 271. Academic Press, Oxford, 2019.
  2. C. Diamantini, A. Nocera, D. Potena, E. Storti, and D. Ursino. Find the Right Peers: Building and Querying Multi-IoT Networks Based on Contexts. In Proc. of International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems (FQAS 2019), 2019.
  3. C. Diamantini, A. Nocera, D. Potena, E. Storti, and D. Ursino. Multi-Dimensional Contexts for Querying IoT Networks. In Proc. of the Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems (SEBD 2019), 2019.
  4. P. Lo Giudice, A. Nocera, D. Ursino, and L. Virgili. Building topic-driven virtual iots in a multiple iots scenario. Sensors, 2019.

2018

  1. F.Buccafurri, G.Lax, S.Nicolazzo, and A.Nocera. A System for Privacy-Preserving Access Accountability in Critical Environments. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2018. In Press.
  2. G. Quattrone, N. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, D. Quercia, and L. Capra. Is the sharing economy about sharing at all? A linguistic analysis of Aribnb reviews. In Proc. of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2018), Stanford, California, 2018.

2017

  1. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, D. Migdal, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, and C. Rosenberger. Contrasting False Iden- tities in Social Networks by Trust Chains and Biometric Reinforcement. In Proc. of the International Conference on CYBERWORLDS (CYBERWORLDS 2017), Chester, United Kingdom, 2017. Chester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom.
  2. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, Assunta Matassa, A. Nocera, and Luca Console. Discovering good links between objects in the Internet of Things. In Proc. of the International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems (WINSYS 2017), 2017.
  3. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A Model for Handling Multiple Social Networks and its Implementation. In Proc. of the Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems (SEBD 2017), 2017.
  4. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Not only databases: Social data and cybersecurity perspective. In A comprehensive guide through the Database research over the last 25 years. 2017.
  5. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Overcoming Limits of Blockchain for IoT Applications. In Proc. of the International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2017), Reggio Calabria, Italy, 2017.
  6. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Range Query Integrity in Cloud Data Streams with Efficient Insertion. In In Proc. of the the Italian Conference on Cybersecurity (ItaSec2017), Venice, Italy, 2017.
  7. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Using Twitter for Consensus: Tweetchain as Alterna- tive to Blockchain. In Proc. of the International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2017), Rome, Italy, 2017.
  8. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, and F. Ermidio. A system for privacy-preserving analysis of vehicle movements. In Proc. of the EAI International Conference on ICT Infrastructures and Services for Smart Cities (IISSC 2017), Brindisi, Italy, 2017.
  9. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, and F. Ermidio. Urban security: a SPID-based system for physical access control. In Proc. of the EAI International Conference on ICT Infrastructures and Services for Smart Cities(IISSC 2017), Brindisi, Italy, 2017.

2016

  1. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Comparing twitter and facebook user behavior: privacy and other aspects. Computers in Human Behavior, 52:87–95, 2015.
  2. F. Buccafurri, L. Fotia, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Smart Communities and the Cloud: Security and Privacy Issues. In In Proc. of the 2nd CINI Annual Conference on ICT for Smart Cities & Communities (I-Cities 2016), Benevento, Italy, 2016.
  3. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A Middleware to Allow Fine-Grained Access Control of Twitter Applications. In Proc. of the international conference on mobile, secure and programmable networking (MSPN 2016), pages 168–182, Paris, France, 2016. Springer.
  4. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A Privacy-Preserving Localization Service for Assisted Living Facilities. IEEE Transaction on Service Computing, 2016. In Press.
  5. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A threat to friendship privacy in Facebook. In Proc. of the International Cross Domain Conference and Workshop (CD-ARES 2016), pages 96–105, Salzburg, Austria, 2016. Springer.
  6. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Completeness, Correctness and Freshness of Cloud- Managed Data Streams. In Proc. of the Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems (SEBD 2016), pages 134–141, Lecce, IT, 2016.
  7. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Interest Assortativity in Twitter. In Proc. of the International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (Webist 16)), volume 1, pages 239–246, Rome, Italy, 2016. SCITEPRESS.
  8. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Range Query Integrity in Cloud Data Streams with Efficient Insertion. In Proc. of the 15th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security (CANS 2016), pages 719–724, Milan, Italy, 2016. Springer.
  9. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Range Query Integrity in the Cloud: the Case of Video Surveillance. In Proc. of the International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2016), Barcelona, Spain, 2016. IEEE.
  10. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A model to support design and development of multiple-social-network applications. Information Sciences, 331:99–119, 2016.
  11. G. Lax, F. Buccafurri, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, and L. Fotia. A new approach for electronic signature. In Proc. of the International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP 16), pages 440–447, Rome, Italy, 2016. SCITEPRESS.

2015

  1. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. A system for extracting structural information from Social Network accounts. Software: Practice and Experience (SPE), 45(9):1251–1275, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/spe.2280.
  2. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Discovering Missing Me Edges across Social Networks. Information Sciences, 319:18–37, 2015.
  3. F. Buccafurri, L. Fotia, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A lightweight electronic signature scheme using Twitter. In Proc. of the Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems (SEBD 2015), pages 160–167, Gaeta, IT, 2015.
  4. F. Buccafurri, L. Fotia, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Trust, Security and Privacy in Smart Cities. In In Proc. of the 1st CINI Annual Conference on ICT for Smart Cities & Communities (I-Cities 2015), Palermo, Italy, 2015.
  5. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A Model Implementing Certified Reputation and its Application to TripAdvisor. In Proc. of the International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2015), pages 218–223, Touluse, France, 2015. IEEE.
  6. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Accountability-Preserving Anonymous Delivery of Cloud Services. In Proc. of the International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business (TRUSTBUS 2015), pages 124–135. Springer, 2015.
  7. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, and A. Nocera. A New Form of Assortativity in Online Social Networks. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 80:56–65, 2015.

2014

  1. F. Buccafurri, D. Caridi, L. Fotia, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. A Clustering-based Analysis of a Social Internetworking Scenario. International Journal of Society Systems Science, 6(2):101–119, 2014.
  2. F. Buccafurri, L. Coppolino, S. D’Antonio, A. Garofalo, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and L. Romano. Trust- Based Intrusion Tolerant Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proc. of the International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SAFECOMP 2014), pages 214–229, Firenze, Italy, 2014. Springer.
  3. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A Model to Support Multi-Social-Network Applications. In Proc. of the International Conference Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE 2014), pages 639–656, Amantea, Italy, 2014. Springer.
  4. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. A Privacy-Preserving Solution for Tracking People in Critical Environments. In Proc. of the International Workshop on Computers, Software & Applications (COMPSAC’14), pages 146–151, Va ̈stera ̇s, Sweden, 2014. IEEE Computer Society.
  5. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Fortifyng TripAdvisor against Reputation-System Attacks. In Proc. of the World Congress on Internet Security (WORLDCIS 2014), pages 21–22, London, UK, 2014. IEEE.
  6. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, and A. Nocera. Generating K-Anonymous Logs of People-Tracing Systems in Surveilled Environments. In Atti del Ventiduesimo Convegno Nazionale su Sistemi Evoluti per Basi di Dati (SEBD’14), pages 37–44, Sorrento Coast, Italy, 2014.
  7. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Driving Global Team Formation in Social Networks to Obtain Diversity. In Proc. of the International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2014), pages 410–419, Toulouse, France, 2014. Springer.
  8. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Moving from Social Networks to Social Internetworking Scenarios: the Crawling Perspective. Information Sciences, 256:126–137, 2014.
  9. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Experiences using bds: A crawler for social internetworking scenarios. In Social Networks: Analysis and Case Studies, pages 149–177. Springer, 2014.
  10. G. Marra, A. Nocera, F. Ricca, G. Terracina, and D. Ursino. Investigating Information Diffusion in a Multi-Social-Network Scenario via Answer Set Programming. In Proc. of the International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems (RR 2014), pages 191–196, Athens, Greece, 2014. Springer.
  11. G. Marra, A. Nocera, F. Ricca, G. Terracina, and D. Ursino. Investigating Node Influence Maximization and Influential Node Characterization in a Multi-Social-Network Scenario via Disjunctive Logic Programming. In Atti del Ventiduesimo Convegno Nazionale su Sistemi Evoluti per Basi di Dati (SEBD’14), pages 264–275, Sorrento Coast, Italy, 2014.
  12. P. De Meo, A. Nocera, G. Quattrone, and D. Ursino. A conceptual framework for community detection, characterization and membership in a Social Internetworking Scenario. International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management, 6(1):22–48, 2014.

2013

  1. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Measuring Betweennes Centrality in Social Internetworking Scenarios. In Proc. of International Workshop on Social and Mobile Computing for collaborative environments (SOMOCO’13), pages 666–673, Gratz, Austria, 2013. Springer Verlag.
  2. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Bridge-Driven Search in Social Internetworking Scenarios. In Atti del Ventunesimo Convegno Nazionale su Sistemi Evoluti per Basi di Dati (SEBD’13), pages 175– 182, Roccella Jonica, Italy, 2013.
  3. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Internetworking assortativity in Facebook. In Proc. of the International Conference on Social Computing and its Applications (SCA 2013), pages 335–341, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013. IEEE Computer Society.
  4. A. Nocera and D. Ursino. A new ego network model and an approach to extracting an ego network compliant with this model from a Social Internetworking System. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 9(4):483–518, 2013.
  5. F. Buccafurri, D. Caridi, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Restoring Information Needed for Social Internetworking Analysis from Anonymized Data. In Proc. of the International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology (ICCGI 2013), Nice, France, 2013. IARIA XPS Press.
  6. F. Buccafurri, V.D. Foti, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Bridge Analysis in a Social Internetworking Scenario. Information Sciences, 224:1–18, 2013. Elsevier.

2012

  1. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, B. Liberto, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Supporting Community Mining and People Recommendations in a Social Internetworking Scenario. In Proc. of the International Workshop on Mining Communities and People Recommenders at ECML/PKDD 2012 (COMMPER 2012), pages 24–31, Bristol, UK, 2012.
  2. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Crawling Social Internetworking Systems. In Proc. of the International Conference on Advances in Social Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2012), pages 505–509, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012. IEEE.
  3. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Discovering hidden me edges in a Social Internetworking Scenario. In Atti del Ventesimo Convegno Nazionale su Sistemi Evoluti per Basi di Dati (SEBD’12), pages 15–26, Venezia, Italy, 2012.
  4. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Discovering Links among Social Networks. In Proc. of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD 2012), pages 467–482, Bristol, United Kingdom, 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer.
  5. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. SISO: a conceptual framework for the construction of “stereotypical maps” in a Social Internetworking Scenario. In Proc. of the International Workshop on New Frontiers in Mining Complex Knowledge Patterns at ECML/PKDD 2012 (NFMCP 2012), pages 160–171, Bristol, UK, 2012.
  6. F. Buccafurri, G. Lax, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. Supporting Information Spread in a Social Internet- working Scenario. Post-Proceedings of the International Workshop on New Frontiers in Mining Complex Knowledge Patterns at ECML/PKDD 2012 (NFMCP 2012), pages 200–214, 2012. Lecture Notes in Ar- tificial Intelligence, Springer.
  7. A. Nocera and D. Ursino. An approach to deriving a virtual thematic folksonomy based system from a social inter-folksonomy based scenario. Web Intelligence and Agent Systems Journal, 10(4):361–384, 2012.
  8. A. Nocera and D. Ursino. PHIS: a system for scouting potential hubs and for favoring their “growth” in a Social Internetworking Scenario. Knowledge-Based Systems, 36:288–299, 2012. Elsevier.

2011

  1. P. De Meo, G. Fiumara, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. The Role of Schema and Document Matchings in XML Source Clustering. XML Data Mining: Models, Methods, and Applications, pages 125–153, 2011.
  2. P. De Meo, A. Nocera, G. Quattrone, and D. Ursino. A conceptual framework and an underlying model for community detection and management in a Social Internetworking Scenario. In Atti del Diciannovesimo Convegno Nazionale su Sistemi Evoluti per Basi di Dati (SEBD’11), pages 387–394, Maratea (PZ), Italy, 2011.
  3. P. De Meo, A. Nocera, D. Rosaci, and D. Ursino. Recommendation of reliable users, social networks and high-quality resources in a Social Internetworking System. AI Communications, 24(1):31–50, 2011. IOS Press.
  4. P. De Meo, A. Nocera, G. Terracina, and D. Ursino. Recommendation of similar users, resources and social networks in a Social Internetworking Scenario. Information Sciences, 181(7):1285–1305, 2011. Elsevier.
  5. P. De Meo, A. Nocera, and D. Ursino. A Component-based Framework for the Integration and Exploration of XML Sources. XML Data Mining: Models, Methods, and Applications, pages 343–377, 2011.
  6. A. Nocera and D. Ursino. An approach to providing a user of a “social folksonomy” with recommendations of similar users and potentially interesting resources. Knowledge-Based Systems, 24(8):1277–1296, 2011. Elsevier.

2009-2010

  1. P. De Meo, A. Nocera, G. Quattrone, D. Rosaci, and D. Ursino. Finding reliable users and social networks in a social internetworking system. In Proc. of the International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium (IDEAS 2009), pages 173–181, Cetraro, Italy, 2009. ACM Press.
  2. A. Nocera, G. Quattrone, G. Terracina, and D. Ursino. Exploitation of user actions to recommend similar users, resources and social networks in a Social Internetworking Scenario. In Atti del Diciottesimo Convegno Nazionale su Sistemi Evoluti per Basi di Dati (SEBD’10), pages 42–53, Rimini, Italy, 2010.