Alessandro Morelli

Alessandro Morelli, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant at the Engineering Department of the University of Ferrara. His research interests include: distributed systems, peer-to-peer systems, opportunistic and heterogeneous networking, and Information-Centric Networking.

Biography

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Alessandro Morelli was born in Portomaggiore, Ferrara, Italy on January 9th, 1987. He received his Laurea Triennale (Bachelor's degree) in Information Engineering from the University of Ferrara in July 2009 with a score of 110/110 with honors. Mr. Morelli received his Laura Magistrale (Master's degree) in Computer Engineering from the University of Ferrara on March 27th, 2012 with a score of 110/110 with honors, and he received a commendation letter from the Evaluation Commission.

On January 1st, 2013 he became a Ph.D. Student in Computer Engineering at the Engineering Department of the University of Ferrara and joined the Distributed System Research Group, led by Prof. Cesare Stefanelli and Dr. Mauro Tortonesi.

Mr. Morelli maintains a prolific collaboration with the NOMADS research group at the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) in Pensacola, FL (USA), led by the PI, Dr. Niranjan Suri. Mr. Morelli joined the NOMADS research group and worked under the supervision of Dr. Suri several times in his career for research purposes: from June 2011 to January 2012, from May 2012 to November 2012, and, finally, from June 2014 to December 2014.

 

 

Research Interests

The scientific work of Alessandro Morelli focuses on two main branches.

First, he studies the design and the development of methodologies and tools to support communications in challenged and extremely dynamic wireless environments, such as mobile ad-hoc, opportunistic, heterogeneous, and tactical edge networks. More specifically, Mr. Morelli is involved in the implementation of a comprehensive middleware solution to support the overlying applications with many features specifically devised for challenged and dynamic networking environments. These features include: adaptation of component off-the-shelf (COTS) and Service-Oriented Application (SOA) software, context-aware resource management and decision-making, opportunistic resource exploitation, and smart, adaptive information dissemination. This activity is carried out in collaboration with the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition in Pensacola, FL (USA), with the United States Army Research Laboratory (ARL), with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), with the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR).
The ACM NetProxy project is the result of Mr. Morelli's research activity in this field.

The other research activity concerns the study of solutions for supporting applications in the next-generation networking scenario. Applications in the future will be prevalently designed around the mobile user, and they will assume continuous connection to the Internet, will be location- and context-aware, provide a rich set of social-based functionalities, and they will be capable of interacting with other connected components of the surrounding environment (Internet of Things). These features will pose a heavy demand on next-generation networks, mainly wireless and strongly heterogeneous, hence the need for efficient solutions to manage the resources available both at the node- and the network- level.
The research efforts of Mr. Morelli on these topics resulted in the implementation of the ICeDiM and ICeONE projects.

 

 

Review Activities

Mr. Morelli has served as reviewer for the following international conferences and workshops:

  • The 2015 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM);
  • The 2014 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM);
  • The 2013 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM);

 

Mr. Morelli is serving / has served as reviewer for the following international journals and magazines:

  • Wireless Networks: The Journal of Mobile Communication, Computation, and Information (Springer)

 

 

Teaching and Tutoring

In 2010, Alessandro Morelli has served as the tutor of the “Computer Science” class, taught by Prof. Marco Gavanelli, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ferrara, Italy.

In 2014 and 2015, Alessandro Morelli has served as the tutor of the “Operating Systems” class, taught by Prof. Cesare Stefanelli, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ferrara, Italy.

From March 2013 to June 2016 Alessandro Morelli regularly held a series of lectures on “Multithreading in Java” for the “Operating System” class at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ferrara, Italy.

From September 2013 to November 2015 Alessandro Morelli regularly held a series of lectures on “Multithreading in Java” and “POSIX Threads” for the “Concurrent Programming” class at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ferrara, Italy.

 

 

List of Publications

International Journals

[J.1] M. Tortonesi, A. Morelli, C. Stefanelli, R. Kohler, N. Suri, S. Watson, "Enabling the Deployment of COTS Applications in Tactical Edge Networks", IEEE Communications Magazine, ISSN 0163-6804, Vol. 51, No. 10 (Special Issue on Military Communications), pp. 66-73, October 2013.

[J.2] G. Benincasa, A. Morelli, C. Stefanelli, N. Suri, M. Tortonesi, "Agile Communication Middleware for Next-generation Mobile Heterogeneous Networks", IEEE Software, ISSN 0740-7459, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Special Issue on Next Generation Mobile Computing), pp. 54-61, March-April 2014.

[J.3] A. Morelli, M. Tortonesi, C. Stefanelli, N. Suri, "Information-Centric Networking in Next-generation Communications Scenarios", Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), ISSN 1084-8045, Vol. 80, No. 15, pp. 232-250, 15 February 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2016.12.026

 

International Conferences and Workshops

[C.1] A. Morelli, R. Kohler, C. Stefanelli, N. Suri, M. Tortonesi, "Supporting COTS Applications in Tactical Edge Networks", Proceedings of 2012 IEEE Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2012, Orlando, FL, USA, 29 October - 1 November 2012

[C.2] G. Benincasa, E. Casini, R. Lenzi, A. Morelli, E. Benvegnu, N. Suri, K. Boner, S. Watson, "Extending Service-Oriented Architectures to the Tactical Edge", Proceedings of 2012 IEEE Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2012, pp. 1-7, Orlando, FL, USA, Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012

[C.3] R. Lenzi, G. Benincasa, E. Casini, N. Suri, A. Morelli, S. Watson, J. Nevitt, "Interconnecting Tactical Service-Oriented Infrastructures with Federation Services", Proceedings of 2013 IEEE Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2013, pp. 692-697, San Diego, CA, USA, 18-20 Nov. 2013

[C.4] A. Morelli, C. Stefanelli, N. Suri, M. Tortonesi, “Mobility Pattern Prediction to Support Opportunistic Networking in Smart Cities”, in Proceedings of the 6th International ICST Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE (Mobilware 2013), Bologna, Italy, 11-12 November 2013

[C.5] N. Suri, A. Morelli, J. Kovach, L. Sadler, R. Winkler, "Agile Computing Middleware Support for Service-oriented Computing over Tactical Networks", International Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing in Disconnected, Intermittent and Limited (DIL) Networks - VTC 2015 Spring, Glasgow, Scotland, 11-14 May 2015

[C.6] M. Breedy, P. Budulas, A. Morelli, N. Suri, "Transport Protocols Revisited", Proceedings of 2015 IEEE Military Communications Conference – MILCOM 2015, Tampa, FL, USA, 26-28 October 2015

[C.7] A. Morelli, R. Lenzi, C. Stefanelli, N. Suri, M. Tortonesi, "A Proxy Gateway Solution to Provide QoS in Tactical Networks and Disaster Recovery Scenarios", 11th ACM International Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (ACM Q2SWinet 2015) – ACM MSWiM 2015, Cancún, Mexico, 2-6 November 2015

[C.8] M. Tortonesi, J. Michaelis, A. Morelli, N. Suri, M. Baker, "SPF: An SDN-­based Middleware Solution to Mitigate the IoT Information Explosion", 21st IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications – IEEE ISCC 2016, Messina, Italy, 27-30 June 2016

[C.9] E. Casini, G. Benincasa, A. Morelli, N. Suri, M. Breedy, "An Experimental Evaluation of Data Distribution Applications in Tactical Networks", Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Military Communications Conference - MILCOM 2016, Baltimore, MD, USA, pp. 1267-1272, 1-3 November 2016

[C.10] R. Fronteddu, A. Morelli, M. Tortonesi, N. Suri, C. Stefanelli, R. Lenzi, E. Casini, "DDAM: Dynamic Network Condition Detection and Communication Adaptation in Tactical Edge Networks", Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Military Communications Conference - MILCOM 2016, Baltimore, MD, USA, pp. 970-975, 1-3 November 2016

[C.11] M. Govoni, J. Michaelis, A. Morelli, N. Suri, M. Tortonesi, "Enabling Social- and Location-Aware IoT Applications in Smart Cities", 2nd EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good (GOODTECHS 2016), Venice, Italy, pp. 1-10, 30 November - 1 December 2016

[C.12] M. Govoni, J. Michaelis, A. Morelli, S. Russell, C. Stefanelli, N. Suri, M. Tortonesi, "Leveraging Internet of Things within the Military Network Environment - Challenges and Solutions", IEEE 3rd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2016), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 111-116, 12-14 December 2016