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| After receiving a BS and MS in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Milan, Andrea was employed for some time in the information technology (IT) department of a large logistics and warehousing company. Andrea soon discovered that the nine-to-five life was rather dull for him; so, in search of more stimulating experiences, he established his own IT practice. At first he just helped small enterprises get started with IT, but soon this activity became more and more structured as a network of collaborations took shape, for example, on the academic side with AICA (Associazione Italiana Calcolo Automatico). Andreas collaborated with AICA in the establishment of the European e-Competence Framework, a reference to the competences needed in the information and communications technology (ICT) profession and a project developed on behalf of the European Union (EU). Nowadays, with the ever-growing strategic role of ICT in companies of all sizes, Andrea’s practice has expanded into an established network of collaborators that offer advice and solutions on most aspects of enterprise ICT, from infrastructure design to application development to data husbandry, transforming the ICT infrastructure of his customers from an undefined assortment of almost casual activities to a structured driver for business value. Andrea often lectures on these topics for enterprises and professional associations, as well as the general public. He has been a reviewer for Computing Reviews since 2004. He is currently working on transforming his experiences in the field into guidelines, for the establishment and evolution of a sound IT environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). |
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Predictive and simulation analytics: deep insights for better business decisions Paczkowski W., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 395 pp. Type: Book (3031318862) In a world where complexity is increasing by the day, a group of disciplines collectively known as “data science” is becoming more and more important and useful in addressing compelling problems in an increasing number of scientific br...
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Developing a workflow management system simulation for capturing internal IaaS behavioural knowledge Al-Haboobi A., Kecskemeti G. Journal of Grid Computing 21(1): 1-26, 2023. Type: Article Scientific datasets are huge compared to even the most complex business ones, and their analysis methods are accordingly complex. These methods, called scientific workflows, consist of a large number of dependent jobs with complex priority constra...
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Computer networks: a systems approach (6th ed.) Peterson L., Davie B., Morgan Kaufmann, Cambridge, MA, 2021. 848 pp. Type: Book (978-1-281820-08-2)
These days networking is not as hot a buzzword in information technology (IT) as many others, such as artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning; nevertheless, without networking, there would be neither AI nor machine learning. T...
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Aug 10 2022 |
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TSLAM: A Trust-enabled Self-Learning Agent Model for Service Matching in the Cloud Market Li W., Cao J., Qian S., Buyya R. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems 13(4): 1-41, 2019. Type: Article Cloud services and cloud computing in general have experienced explosive growth. Undoubtedly it is easier for users, even sophisticated ones, to leave the task of running information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure to specialize...
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Designing robot teams for distributed construction, repair, and maintenance Wareham T. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems 14(1): 1-29, 2019. Type: Article
Human beings consider some environments hostile, such as deep space, nuclear reactors, or contaminated areas, and thus are not very keen on working in them. In cases such as these, robots might just step in to accomplish tasks in place...
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Self-awareness in software engineering: a systematic literature review Elhabbash A., Salama M., Bahsoon R., Tino P. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems 14(2): 1-42, 2019. Type: Article
As researchers in the field of distributed software systems, the authors feel as though software self-awareness is becoming more and more fundamental to their work. On the one hand, they see a great number of scientific publications av...
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C is not a low-level language Chisnall D. Queue 16(2): 18-30, 2018. Type: Article
Early computers were programmed with low-level languages that were very close to their physical architecture. Although those languages guaranteed efficient use of machine resources, they were not particularly user-friendly, meaning it ...
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Data sketching Cormode G. Queue 15(2): 49-67, 2017. Type: Article
This lively article deals with the creation of datasets for testing as standalone projects separate from their underlying applications. The starting assumption is simple: as live data is generally not suitable for demos due to privacy ...
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C programming and numerical analysis: an introduction Nomura S., Morgan&Claypool Publishers, San Rafael, CA, 2018. 200 pp. Type: Book (978-1-681733-11-1)
It is often assumed that scientists are proficient in computer programming--after all, they use computers as their primary work tools, don’t they? Well, this is not always the case: computer programming is a field of...
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Take it or leave it: a survey study on operating system upgrade practices Farhang S., Weidman J., Kamani M., Grossklags J., Liu P. ACSAC 2018 (Proceedings of the 34th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec 3-7, 2018) 490-504, 2018. Type: Proceedings
Periodic software updates are a necessary evil to keep computers and other digital devices protected from viruses and other malicious forms of exploitation; still, many users resent reminders from vendors, often finding them rather agg...
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