APPEAL - Applied Pervasive Architectures Lab

The APPEAL research team operates in the field of mobile and pervasive systems, with particular interest in tracking systems, natural interfaces , usability of the interfaces and the design of the user experience , with particular regard to their use in specific application contexts , such as the promotion of cultural heritage .

Projects and publications

• Selected recent publications
  2025

  1. Level Up Your Tutorials: VLMs for Game Tutorials Quality Assessment
     Proceeding
     

     Rege Cambrin, Daniele; Scaffidi Militone, Gabriele; Colomba, Luca; Malnati, Giovanni; Apiletti, Daniele; Garza, Paolo
     LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
     In: Computer Vision – ECCV 2024 Workshops
     Springer
     CV2: Computer Vision for Videogames Workshop at ECCV2024 (Milan (ITA)) September 29–October 4, 2024
     Vol.15624 pp.16 (pp.374-389) ISSN:0302-9743 ISBN:9783031923869 DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-92387-6_26

  2024

  1. Hermes, a low-latency transactional storage for binary data streams from remote devices
     Article
     

     Scaffidi Militone, Gabriele; Apiletti, Daniele; Malnati, Giovanni
     DATA & KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING
     ELSEVIER
     Vol.153 pp.14 ISSN:0169-023X DOI:10.1016/j.datak.2024.102315

  2023

  1. Combining fault-tolerant persistence and low-latency streaming access to binary data for AI models
     Proceeding
     

     Militone, Gabriele Scaffidi; Apiletti, Daniele; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData)
     IEEE
     2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData) (Sorrento (IT)) 15/12/2023 - 18/12/2023
     pp.5 (pp.3149-3153) ISBN:9798350324457 DOI:10.1109/bigdata59044.2023.10386896

  2022

  1. Theory-Guided Deep Learning Algorithms: An Experimental Evaluation
     Article
     

     Monaco, Simone; Apiletti, Daniele; Malnati, Giovanni
     ELECTRONICS
     MDPI
     Vol.11 pp.11 ISSN:2079-9292 DOI:10.3390/electronics11182850

  2020

  1. Effectiveness of Kotlin vs. Java in Android App Development Tasks
     Article
     

     Ardito, Luca; Coppola, Riccardo; Malnati, Giovanni; Torchiano, Marco
     INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
     Elsevier
     Vol.127 pp.16 ISSN:0950-5849 DOI:10.1016/j.infsof.2020.106374

  2. REDTag: A Predictive Maintenance Framework for Parcel Delivery Services
     Article
     

     Proto, Stefano; DI CORSO, Evelina; Apiletti, Daniele; Cagliero, Luca; Cerquitelli, Tania; Malnati, Giovanni; Mazzucchi, Davide
     IEEE ACCESS
     IEEE
     Vol.8 pp.12 (pp.14953-14964) ISSN:2169-3536 DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2966568

  3. Blockchain-based Mobility Verification of Connected Cars
     Proceeding
     

     Chiasserini, Carla Fabiana; Giaccone, Paolo; Malnati, Giovanni; Macagno, Michele; Sviridov, German
     In: IEEE CCNC 2020
     IEEE
     IEEE CCNC 2020 (Las Vegas (USA)) 10-13 Jan. 2020
     pp.6 ISBN:9781728138930 DOI:10.1109/CCNC46108.2020.9045104

  2019

  1. Exploiting scalable machine-learning distributed frameworks to forecast power consumption of buildings
     Article
     

     Cerquitelli, T.; Malnati, G.; Apiletti, D.
     ENERGIES
     MDPI AG
     Vol.12 pp.18 (pp.2933-2950) ISSN:1996-1073 DOI:10.3390/en12152933

  2018

  1. Exploring the values of writing collaboratively through a digital storytelling platform: a mixed-methods analysis of users' participation, perspectives and practices
     Article
     

     Rubino, Irene; Barberis, Claudia; Malnati, Giovanni
     INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
     Routledge
     Vol.26 pp.13 (pp.882-894) ISSN:1049-4820 DOI:10.1080/10494820.2017.1419499

  2016

  1. User-Customizable Web Components for Building One-Page Sites
     Proceeding
     

     Lisena, Pasquale; Xhembulla, Jetmir; Malnati, Giovanni; Morra, Pasquale
     In: The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions
     IARIA (STATI UNITI D'AMERICA)
     ACHI 2016, The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (Venezia, Italia) 24 - 28 Aprile, 2016
     pp.6 (pp.411-416) ISBN:9781612084688

  2015

  1. Integrating a Location-Based Mobile Game in the Museum Visit: Evaluating Visitors’ Behaviour and Learning
     Article
     

     Rubino, Irene; Barberis, Claudia; Xhembulla, Jetmir; Malnati, Giovanni
     ACM JOURNAL ON COMPUTING AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
     Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
     Vol.8 pp.18 (pp.1-18) ISSN:1556-4673 DOI:10.1145/2724723

  2014

  1. Enhancing a Museum Mobile Application through User Experience Design: A Comparative Analysis
     Proceeding
     

     Rubino, Irene; Barberis, Claudia; DI CHIO, Lara; Xhembulla, Jetmir; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications, Computers and Applications (CSCCA '14)
     WSEAS Press
     3rd International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications, Computers and Applications (CSCCA '14) (Florence) 22-24 November 2014
     pp.6 (pp.295-300)

  2. Sistema per determinare in tempo reale la posizione e l’orientamento di un utente, relativo marcatore e procedimento di determinazione della posizione e dell’orientamento
     Patent
     

     Malnati, Giovanni; Bottino, ANDREA GIUSEPPE
     N.1408043

  3. Intrigue at the Museum: Facilitating Engagement and Learning through a Location-based Mobile Game
     Proceeding
     

     Xhembulla, Jetmir; Rubino, Irene; Barberis, Claudia; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 10 th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOBILE LEARNING 2014
     IADIS Press
     10th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2014 (Madrid, Spagna) 28/02/2014-02/03/2014
     pp.8 (pp.41-48) ISBN:9789898704023

  4. Experiencing indoor navigation on mobile devices
     Article
     

     Barberis, Claudia; Bottino, ANDREA GIUSEPPE; Malnati, Giovanni; Montuschi, Paolo
     IT PROFESSIONAL
     IEEE
     Vol.16 pp.8 (pp.50-57) ISSN:1520-9202 DOI:10.1109/MITP.2013.54

  2013

  1. MusA: Using Indoor Positioning and Navigation to Enhance Cultural Experiences in a museum
     Article
     

     Rubino, Irene; Xhembulla, Jetmir; Martina, Andrea; Bottino, ANDREA GIUSEPPE; Malnati, Giovanni
     SENSORS
     MDPI
     Vol.13 pp.27 (pp.17445-17471) ISSN:1424-8220 DOI:10.3390/s131217445

  2. Indoor Positioning and Navigation
     Other
     

     Bottino, ANDREA GIUSEPPE; Malnati, Giovanni; Montuschi, Paolo
     IEEE Computing Now - Monthly Theme, June 2013, Guest Editors' Introduction
     

  2011

  1. Design and evaluation of a collaborative system for content diffusion and retrieval in vehicular networks
     Article
     

     Barberis, Claudia; Malnati, Giovanni
     IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
     IEEE
     Vol.57 pp.8 (pp.105-112) ISSN:0098-3063 DOI:10.1109/TCE.2011.5735489

  2. A Customizable Visualization Framework for VANET Application Design and Development
     Proceeding
     

     Barberis, Claudia; Malnati, Giovanni; LE MINH, Tuan; Gueli, Enrico; Nassisi, Alessandro
     In: International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011
     IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (Las Vegas) January 9-12 2011
     pp.2 (pp.579-580) ISBN:9781424487097

  3. VET, an Epidemic Transport Protocol for Retrieving Multimedia Contents in Vehicular Networks
     Proceeding
     

     Barberis, Claudia; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011
     IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (Las Vegas) January 9-12 2011
     pp.2 (pp.119-120) ISBN:9781424487097

  2009

  1. DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM FOR STORING DIGITAL DATA
     Patent
     

     Castrogiovanni, P.; Malnati, Giovanni; Martini, G.
     N.PCT/EP2009/052610

  2. Mobile Communication and Localization Device
     Patent
     

     Malnati, Giovanni; Caputo, Gianfranco; Barberis, Claudia; RUO RUI, Paola
     N.PCT/IB2009/005939

  3. Epidemic information diffusion in realistic vehicular network mobility scenarios
     Proceeding
     

     Malnati, Giovanni; Barberis, Claudia
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     IEEE
     ICUMT '09. International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications & Workshops, 2009 (St. Petersburg, Russia) October 12-14 2009
     ISBN:9781424439416 DOI:10.1109/ICUMT.2009.5345435

  2008

  1. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING CONNECTION OF A WIRELESS INTERFACE
     Patent
     

     Castrogiovanni, P.; Malnati, Giovanni; Martini, G.
     N.PCT/EP2008/058352

  2. Low cost indoor navigation system for autonomous vehicle
     Article
     

     Chiesa, Sergio; DE IAKOVO, V; Malnati, Giovanni; Murciano, M; Plucinski, K; Stesina, Fabrizio; Zunino, C.
     INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND CONTROL
     Vol.09 (pp.3-16) ISSN:1590-8844

  3. Dispositivo mobile di comunicazione e di localizzazione
     Patent
     

     Malnati, Giovanni; Caputo, G; Barberis, Claudia; RUO RUI, P.
     N.to2008a000458

  4. JThreadSpy: a Tool for Improving the Effectiveness of Concurrent System Teaching and Learning
     Proceeding
     

     Malnati, Giovanni; Cuva, CATERINA MARIA; Barberis, Claudia
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     International Conference on Information Technology in Education (Wuhan, China) December 12-14, 2008
     

  5. Low Cost Indoor Navigation System For Autonomous Vehicle
     Article
     

     Chiesa, S; DE IACOVO, V; Malnati, Giovanni; Murciano, Marco; Plucinski, K. M.; Stesina, F; Zunino, C.
     INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND CONTROL
     Vol.9, Issue 1, Article 1 (pp.3-16) ISSN:1590-8844

  2007

  1. JThreadSpy: Teaching Multithreading Programming by Analyzing Execution Traces
     Proceeding
     

     Malnati, Giovanni; Cuva, CATERINA MARIA; Barberis, Claudia
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     ACM Press
     2007 ACM workshop on Parallel and distributed systems: testing and debugging (London, United Kingdom) July 9-12, 2007
     pp.11 (pp.3-13) ISBN:9781595937483

  2. HoNeY: leveraging the MHP Platform to provide HOme NEtwork interoperabilitY
     Article
     

     Portelli, Giuseppe; Malnati, Giovanni; Forno, Fabio
     INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERVASIVE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS
     Emerald Group Publishing Limited
     Vol.4 pp.15 (pp.77-91) ISSN:1742-7371 DOI:10.1108/17427370810873129

  3. Gossip: Estimating Actual Travelling Time Using Vehicle to Vehicle Communication
     Proceeding
     

     Barberis, Claudia; Malnati, Giovanni; Cuva, CATERINA MARIA
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     Fourth International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation (Hamburg) 20/3/2007
     

  2006

  1. LOCAL POSITIONING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF ESTIMATING A POSITION OF A MOBILE WIRELESS UNIT IN A LOCALIZED AREA
     Patent
     

     Titli, ANDREA PIETRO; DI GANGI, Michele; Ferrari, A.; Prato, Roberto; Badella, Monica; Forno, Fabio; Carlevato, Andrea; Valera, L.; Tessitore, Luca; Malnati, Giovanni; Portelli, Giuseppe
     N.PCT/EP2006/063279

  2. SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND MANAGING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT IN INTERACTIVE MODE
     Patent
     

     Rivetti, G.; Malnati, Giovanni; Carlevato, Andrea
     N.PCT/EP2006/011292

  3. HoNeY: a MHP-based Platform for HOme NEtwork Interoperability
     Proceeding
     

     Forno, F; Malnati, Giovanni; Portelli, Giuseppe
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     IEEE PCAC 2006 (Vienna, University of Technology) April 18-20, 2006
     

  4. Bluetown: Extracting Floating Transport Data from Personal Mobile Devices via Bluetooth
     Proceeding
     

     Barberis, Claudia; Carlevato, A; Malnati, Giovanni; Portelli, Giuseppe
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     UMDS 2006 (Aalborg, Denmark) May 15-17, 2006
     

  2005

  1. Design and Implementation of a Bluetooth Ad Hoc Network for Indoor Positioning
     Article
     

     Forno, Fabio; Malnati, Giovanni; Portelli, Giuseppe
     IEE PROCEEDINGS. SOFTWARE
     IEE
     Vol.152, Issue 5 pp.6 (pp.223-228) ISSN:1462-5970 DOI:10.1049/ip-sen:20045027

  2003

  1. XMPP Based Overlay Networks and Virtual Identities fore Information Access and Delivery in Nomadic Computing
     Book chapter
     

     Forno, F; Malnati, Giovanni
     Building the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies
     (pp.132-141)

  1999

  1. Educational strategies and technical implementation: the experienceof Politecnico di Torino in remote tutoring
     Proceeding
     

     Farinetti, Laura; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1999. IEEE International Conference on (Florence, Italy) 06/07/1999 - 06/11/1999
     Vol.2 (pp.690-694) ISBN:9780769502533

  1997

  1. Formazione continua e didattica a distanza
     Proceeding
     

     Farinetti, Laura; Malnati, Giovanni; Mezzalama, Marco
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     Simposio Didattica e Informatica
     

  2. Le nuove esigenze didattiche nella società tecnologica
     Book chapter
     

     Farinetti, Laura; Malnati, Giovanni; Mezzalama, M.
     La formazione e il lavoro al tempo delle reti telematiche
     Rosenberg&Sellier (ITALIA)
     (pp.149-168)

  1996

  1. Remote tutoring: what we learned by a practical experience
     Proceeding
     

     Farinetti, Laura; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     of ED-TELECOM 96, World Conference on Educational Telecommunication 17-22 Giugno
     

  1994

  1. Pandora: a temporal logic based process engine
     Proceeding
     

     Lago, Patricia; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP) 13-18 giugno
     

  1992

  1. JDII: Parsing Italian with a Robust Constraint Grammar
     Proceeding
     

     Bolioli, A; Dini, L.; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     fifteenth International Conference on Computational Linguistics 23-28 agosto
     

  2. JDII: an Advanced Syntax Checker for Italian
     Proceeding
     

     Dini, L.; Malnati, Giovanni
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     Third Conference on Applied Natural Language Processing 31 marzo - 3 aprile
     

  1991

  1. A preference mechanism based on multiple criteria resolution
     Proceeding
     

     Dologlou, Y.; Malnati, Giovanni; Paggio, P.
     In: Titolo volume non avvalorato
     European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics 9-11 Aprile