Stefano Cacciaguerra

Bio

Stefano Cacciaguerra is a Primo Tecnologo at INGV - Department in Bologna

• In Autumn 1999, he worked as Instructor at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics UNESCO in Trieste
• In 2001, he worked as System Administrator (civilian service) at the Corso di Laurea di Scienze dell'Informazione in Cesena
• In October 2001, he received the Italian Laurea degree in Computer Science from the University of Bologna
• From 2002 to 2004, he worked as Ph.D Student in the research staff of the Departement in Computer Science at the University of Bologna
• In May 2005, he won a Ph.D in Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science of the University Bologna
• From May 2005 to April 2008, he worked as PostDoctoral Researcher in the staff of Museo dell'Informatica where he has the responsability of innovative applications
• In the first of May 2008, he becames a Technologist at the Department of INGV in Bologna
• In July 2017, he won a Master in Management of Research, Innovation and Technology at the Graduate School of Business of Politecnico di Milano
• In the 16th of June 2022, he becames a Primo Tecnologo at the Department of INGV in Bologna

Work

Mansioni

• Deputy Delegate of EOSC-A (16/01/2024 - Oggi)
• Referente INGV per ICDI - Italian Computing and Data Infrastructure (30/01/2020 - Oggi)
• Referente Scientifico delle attività connesse con l’infrastruttura EMSO per la Sezione di Bologna (10/03/2023 - Oggi)
• Responsabile Rete Dati e APM GARR della Sezione (01/05/2008 - Oggi)
• Responsabile del Laboratorio di Informatica presso la Sezione di Bologna (08/01/2020 - 16/01/2023)
• Responsabile Unico del Procedimento per gli acquisti del CED (29/11/2010 - 16/01/2023)
• Responsabile Centro Elaborazione Dati della Sezione (01/05/2008 - 16/01/2023)
• Consegnatario dei beni mobili ed immobili della Sezione (01/03/15 - 31/8/2022)
• Responsabile Unità Funzionale servizi tecnici ed Informatici (27/05/2014 - 31/08/2019)

Convenzione con INFN-CNAF

• Membro del Comitato per il trasferimento del CED INGVBO nel Tier1 INFN-CNAF
• Coordinatore del trasferimento del CED INGVBO 2021

Partecipazione a Gruppi di Lavoro

• Rete Dati (09/02/17 - Oggi)
• Backup e Servizi Dati (09/02/17 - 08/02/20)

Partecipazione a Associazioni

• Associazione BigData (Dicembre 2016 - Oggi)
• International Foundation Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Human Development (Novembre 2019 - Oggi)
• ICDI - Italian Computing and Data Infrastructure (Luglio 2019 - Oggi)

Partecipazione a Progetti

• Skills4EOSC - Skills for the European Open Science commons: creating a training ecosystem for Open and FAIR science - Project funded by Horizon Europe programme under the grant agreement 101058527 - 01/09/2022 - Oggi
• DT-GEO - A Digital Twin for GEOphysical Extremes - Project funded by Horizon Europe under the grant agreement No 101058129.
• ChEESE 2P - The Second phase of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Exascale in Solid Earth
• ATTEMPT - integrATed sysTEm for Mutli-hazard from sPace over mediTerranean (14 Aprile 2021 - Oggi) - Progetto Pianeta Dinamico
• eFlows4HPC - Enabling dynamic and Intelligent workflows in the future EuroHPC ecosystem (15 Marzo 2021 - Oggi) - Progetto EuroHPC
• MACMAP - A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Climate change indicators in the Mediterranean And Polar regions (9 Dicembre 2020 - Oggi) - Progetto Dipartimentale
• Eosc Pilot - European Open Science Cloud (Maggio 2017 - Oggi) - Progetto Eureopeo
• SUPER - Supercomputing Unified Platform-ER (Ottobre 2019 - Oggi) - Progetto Programma Operativo Regionale

Partecipazione alla Task Force ICDI

• Federated Cloud Platform (Luglio 2020 - Oggi)

Partecipazione a EMSO ERIC

• Commissario Gara per la fornitura di attrezzature informatiche per il potenziamento del data center di EMSO a Portopalo (SR) PON InSEA (Febbraio 2021)
• Progettazione e Realizzazione della Data Management Platform (NEREIDE) di EMSO PON InSEA a Portopalo (SR) (Settembre 2021 - Oggi)

Partecipazione a Tavoli di Lavoro

• Calcolo Scientifico (Febbraio 2019 - Oggi)

Partecipazione alla scrittura del PNR 2020-2027

• Cluster: High Performance Computing and Big Data

Sistemista Informatico

• Sistemi Cloud
• Supercalcolo
• Infrastruttura di Rete
• Sistemi di Storage e Banche Dati
• Disaster Recovery

Paper

International and National Journals

• Locati, M., Tanlongo, F., Evangelinou, B., Dotta, G., Cocco, M., & Cacciaguerra, S. D3.3 Guidelines and best practices for Honest Brokers. Zenodo. Dicember 2023 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10447634
• S. Cacciaguerra, et al. Digital Twin Components for Geophysical Extreme Phenomena: the example of Volcanic Hazards within the DT-GEO project in Proceedings of Saperi Interconnessi (selected paper) Conference GARR, Firenze 14-16 June 2023 DOI: 10.26314/GARR-Conf23-proceedings-01.
• E. Serpelloni, ..., S. Cacciaguerra, Surface Velocities and Strain-Rates in the Euro-Mediterranean Region From Massive GPS Data Processing Frontiers in Earth Science, 06/2022.
• M. Locati, ..., S. Cacciaguerra Il percorso di adozione del paradigma Open Science all'INGV in Proceedings of Sostenibile/Digitale (selected paper) Conference GARR, Online 7-16 June 2021 DOI: 10.26314/GARR-Conf21-proceedings-14.
• Sanzio Bassini (CINECA), Tommaso Boccali (INFN), Stefano Cacciaguerra(INGV) et al. Turning Open Science and Open Innovation into reality ICDI Position paper on EOSC Partnership Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, 10/2020.
• L. Nannipieri, S. Cacciaguerra, Santi Mirenna, Mario Locati, Marco Marletta, Emanuele Gucciardi Making Linked Data more reliable with a failover server system: a case study with seismological data at INGV in Annals of Geophysics, 62, 2019.
• G. Pavoncello, M. Locati, S. Cacciaguerra Open Science per il futuro della Ricerca europea in Quaderni di Geofisica 148, 2018.
• M. Moretti et al. mergency structure activities perfomed after Emilia Romagna earthquake: Report on first month in Quaderni di Geofisica, 01/2013.
• M. Moretti et al. Rapid Response to the Earthquake Emergency of May 2012 in the Po Plain, Northern Italy in Annals of Geophysics, 55, 4, 2012, page 583-590.
• M. Moretti et al. Terremoto in Emilia: le attivitá del Pronto Intervento Sismico durante il primo mese di emergenza. Modalitá e tempistica in Quaderni di Geofisica, 01/2012.
• V. Ghini, G. Lodi, S. Cacciaguerra & F. Panzieri Meeting Interactivity Requirements in Mobile E-Witness: an Experimental Study in Wireless Personal Communications (Springer), Vol.52, n. 3, 2010, pp. 569-591..
• S. Cacciaguerra & G. D'Angelo The Playing Session: Enhanced Playability for Mobile Gamers in Massive Metaverses in International Journal of Computer Games Technology,vol. 2008, Article ID 642314, 9 pages, 2008.
• S. Cacciaguerra, Partecipazione a Mondi Virtuali e Utenti Mobili, in Sistemi Intelligenti, Anno XIX, Volume 1, Aprile 2007.
• S. Cacciaguerra, S. Mirri, M. Roffilli & P. Salomoni, Let Me Participate! Using Intelligent Agents to Support Inclusive Playing for Gamers in Disadvantaged Conditions., in WSEAS Transactions on Communications, Issue 10, Volume 5, October 2006, extended version of a participatory framework to support inclusive multi-playing for gamers in disadvantaged conditions
• S. Cacciaguerra, S. Mirri, M. Roffilli & P. Salomoni, A Participatory Framework to Support Inclusive Multi-Playing for Gamers in Disadvantaged Conditions, in WSEAS Transactions on Computers, Issue 10, Volume 5, October 2006.
• 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, N. 4, August 2006, 874-879.
• 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 ACM Journal of Computers in Entertainment , ACM Press, Vol. 3, N. 2, April/June 2005.

Chapters in Books

• S. Cacciaguerra , M. Roccetti & P. Salomoni, Multimedia Entertainment Applications, in Encyclopedia of Multimedia, ((B. Furht Ed.), Springer, 2005, 510-518, included also "Digital Cinema", "In-home, In-car, In-flight Entertainment", "Interactive Story Telling".
• 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.

International Conferences & Workshops

• S. Cacciaguerra & S.Chiappini Virtual Data Centers: Fueling Data Science with OpenStack WORKSHOP GARR Net Makers 2023, 8 - 10 Ottobre 2023.
• S. Cacciaguerra, A. Costa, F. Quareni, P. Papale, F. Cannavo, A. Folch, G. Macedonio amd S. Barsotti Digital Twin Components for Geophysical Extreme Phenomena, The example of Volcanic Hazards within the DT-GEO project Conference GARR Saperi Interconnessi 2023, 13 - 16 Giugno 2023.
• S.Chiappini &S. Cacciaguerra Data Center INGV per EMSO e federazione Cloud con GARR WORKSHOP GARR Net Makers 2022, 26 - 28 Ottobre 2022.
• S. Cacciaguerra Community Cloud - Laboratorio di Informatica - INGV WORKSHOP Open Software Week 2021, online 29 Novembre - 2 Dicembre 2021.
• L. Nannipieri, S. Cacciaguerra, S. Mirenna, M. Locati, M. Marletta, E. Gucciardi Making Linked Data More Reliable With an EASY-TO-IMPLEMENT Failover Solution: The FIRM Method WORKSHOP GARR 2021, online 8-12 Novembre 2021.
• S. Cacciaguerra & P. Perfetti Cluster HPC ADA@INGV-BO 1.0 beta-release: un caso di studio Workshop ICT INGV 2021, online 5-8 Ottobre 2021.
• G. Tamburello, S. Cacciaguerra, A web app for processing volcanic gas data from Multi-GAS instruments, poster in Workshop A. RITTMANN , Catania (ITA), Febbraio 2020.
• V. Ghini, S. Cacciaguerra, G. Lodi & F. Panzieri Enhancing Mobile E-Witness with Access Point Selection Policies, in Proc. of ITNG 2008 (International Conference on Information Technology : New Generations), Las Vegas (USA), April 2008.
• S. Cacciaguerra & Gabriele D'Angelo Mobile Virtual Worlds: a Proximity Based Evolution, in Proc. of GAME-ON'2007, Bologna (Italy), November 2007.
• S. Cacciaguerra, On Guaranteeing Equity to Mobile Players in a Metaverse, in Proc. of GAME-ON'2006, Braunschweig (Germany), November - December 2006.
• S. Cacciaguerra, S. Mirri, P. Salomoni & M. Pracucci Wandering About the City, Multi-Playing a Game, in Proc. of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment , Las Vegas (USA), January 2006.
• V. Ghini, S. Cacciaguerra, F. Panzieri, P. Salomoni & M. Pracucci An hidden proxy for seamless & ABC multimedia mobile blogging, in Proc. the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment , Las Vegas (USA), January 2006.
• S. Cacciaguerra, C. Cagneschi & R. Fabbri The Architectonical Design of Virtual Environments Fuels a new Form of the WWW, in Proc. European Simulation and Modelling Conference 2005, Porto (Portugal), October 2005.
• 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 Proc. 14th ACM International World Wide Web Conference, Poster Track, Chiba (Japan), W3C/ACM, May 2005.
• S. Cacciaguerra, M. Roffilli Agent-based participatory simulation activities for the emergence of complex social behaviours, in Proc. of AISB05, Social Intelligence and Interaction in Animals, Robots and Agents, Hatfield, (England), April 2005.
• S. Cacciaguerra, S. Mirri, P. Salomoni & M. Baldassarri Almost Blue: The Design of a Cooperative Game by Integrating Accessible Interaction, in Proc. of Euromedia 2005 Toulouse, (France), April 2005.
• C. E. Palazzi, S. Ferretti,S. Cacciaguerra& M. Roccetti, On Maintaining Interactivity in Event Delivery Synchronization for Mirrored Game Architectures, in Proc. 1st IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment (NIME'04) - GLOBECOM 2004 - Satellite Workshop, Dallas (USA), IEEE Communications Society, November 2004.
• 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 Proc. 2nd ACM Annual International Workshop in Computer Game Design and Technology (GDTW2004) , (M. Merabti, J. Schell, N . Lee, C. Lindley, A. El Rhalibi Eds.), Liverpool (UK), November 2004, 113-119.
• S. Ferretti, M. Roccetti & S. Cacciaguerra On Distributing Interactive Storytelling: Issues of Event Synchronization and a Solution in Proc. 2nd International Conference on Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling and Entertainment (TIDSE 2004), (S. Gobel, U. Spierling, A. Hoffmann, I. Iurgel, O. Schneider, J. Dechau, A. Feix Eds.), Darmstadt (De), Lecture Notes in Computer Science n. 3105, Springer Verlag, June 2004, 219-231
• S. Cacciaguerra , M. Roccetti, M. Roffilli & A. Lomi, A Wireless Software Architecture for Fast 3D Rendering of Agent-Based Multimedia Simulations on Portable Devices in Proc. of the First Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), IEEE Communications Society, Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), January 2004.
• S. Cacciaguerra, M. Roccetti, V. Ghini, S. Ferretti, On Using An Emulative Middleware To Model Wireless Networks: Simulation Results And Validation in Proc. of the First European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESMC), Naples, Italy, Ottobre 2003, 169-174.
• A. Lomi, S. Cacciaguerra, The Emergence of Routines in an Organizational Decision Chemistry, in Proc. of the First European Social Simulation Association Conference (ESSA 2003), Groningen, Netherland, September 2003.
• S. Ferretti, S. Cacciaguerra, A Design for Networked Multiplayer Games: an Architectural Proposal, in Proc. of EUROMEDIA 2003, Plymouth (UK), April 2003.
• A. Lomi, S. Cacciaguerra, Organizational Decision Chemistry on a Lattice, in Proc. of the Seventh Annual Swarm Users/Researchers Conference (SwarmFest) 2003, Notre Dame, Indiana (USA), April 2003.
• S. Cacciaguerra, Wireless Simulation Modeling within Interceptor, in Proc. of Italian Society for Computer Simulation (ISCS) 2002, Brindisi, Italy, Dicember 2002.
• 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 Proc. of IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet and Information Technology (CIIT 2002), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (USA), November 2002, 346-351.
• M. Roccetti, V. Ghini, S. Cacciaguerra, Interceptor: a Tool for Enabling Large-Scale Simulation of Software Distributed Applications in a Networked Laboratory, in Proc. of 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (ISAS/SCI 2002), (N. Callaos,T. Leng, B. Sanchez Eds.), IIIS Press, Orlando (USA), July 2002, 242-246.

Proceedings of National Conferences & Workshops

• G. Zerbinato, et al. Trasloco dell'infrastruttura ICT del Centro di Monitoraggio delle attivitá  del Sottosuolo, in negli atti di Rapporti Tecnici INGV n. 467, https://doi.org/10.13127/rpt/467.
• M. Moretti , et al. Terremoto in Emilia Romagna: le attività del Pronto Intervento Sismico durante il primo mese di emergenza. Modalità e tempistica, in negli atti di Quaderni di Geofisica n. 110, anno 2013, ISSN 1590-2595.
• N. Alessi, S. Cacciaguerra & P. Perfetti Descrizione del Cluster di Calcolo Parallelo Nerod della Sezione Bolognese dell'INGV, in Proc. of HPC@INGV 2009 Workshop, Rome (Italy), November 2009.
• S. Cacciaguerra, Sistemi MultiAgente che pilotano altri Sistemi MultiAgente per Migliorare la Rappresentazione di Sistemi Complessi: un esempio con Netlogo, in elettronic Proc. of Workshop Italiano di Vita Artificiale e Computazione Evolutiva (WIVACE), Ragusa (Italy), September 2007.
• S. Cacciaguerra, Il Nuovo WWW: Strumenti per la Progettazione Architettonica di una Realtá Alternativa, in Proc. of Congresso annuale dell'AICA, Cesena (Italy), September 2006.
• S. Cacciaguerra & M. Pracucci, Blues: un Sistema Context-Aware Bluetooth che fornisce Servizi a Dispositivi Mobili, in Proc. of Congresso annuale dell'AICA, Cesena (Italy), September 2006.
• S. Cacciaguerra, A. Bernardi & M. Garisio, Sumowar: Studio e Sviluppo di Algoritmi per la Competizione tra Agenti Robotici, in Proc. of Congresso annuale dell'AICA, Cesena (Italy), September 2006.

Ph.D Thesis

• S. Cacciaguerra, Experiences with Synthetic Network Emulation for Complex IP based Networks, Ph.D. Thesis, Tech. Rep. UBLCS-2005-04, University of Bologna (Italy), March 2005.

Project Work Master

• G. Pavoncello, M. Locati & S. Cacciaguerra, Big Data e Open Science per la Futura Scienza Europea, Project Work Master, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), July 2017.

Contact

Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Sezione di Bologna
Via Berti Pichat, 6
40128 Bologna (BO) - Italy
e-mail: stefano.cacciaguerra(AT)ingv.it

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