GEAR Lab - Selected Publications

List of Publications

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2026

Keiwan Soltani, Federico Corò, Punyasha Chatterjee, Sajal K. Das : DATAMUt: Deterministic Algorithms for Time-Delay Attack Detection in Multi-Hop UAV Networks. ICDCN 113-122 (2026)

2025

Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Cristina M. Pinotti, Anil M. Shende: Dispatching point selection for a drone-based delivery system operating in a mixed Euclidean-Manhattan grid. Ann. Oper. Res. 351: 203-222 (2025)
Lorenzo Palazzetti, Daniele Giannetti, Antonio Verolino, Donato A. Grasso, Cristina M. Pinotti, Francesco Betti Sorbelli: AntPi: A Raspberry Pi based edge-cloud system for real-time ant species detection using YOLO. Ecol. Informatics 91: 103383 (2025)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Sajjad Ghobadi, Cristina M. Pinotti: Single- and Multi-Depot Optimization for UAV-Based IoT Data Collection in Neighborhoods. ACM Trans. Sens. Networks 21: 3:1-3:30 (2025)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Sajjad Ghobadi, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: Optimizing the Number of Drones for Aerial Power-Line Maintenance. ALGOWIN 46-60 (2025)
Papiya Das, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Punyasha Chatterjee, Cristina M. Pinotti: Urban Roads and Aerial Autonomy: Are Drones Safe Above Busy Roads? MASS 759-764 (2025)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Sajjad Ghobadi, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: Integrating Ground Communication for Extended Drone Visual Line of Sight. WiMob 1-6 (2025)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò: (Eternal) vertex cover numbers of infinite and finite grid graphs. Theor. Comput. Sci. 1042: 115261 (2025)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò, Neeldhara Misra, Saraswati Girish Nanoti, Giacomo Paesani: m-Eternal Domination and Variants on Some Classes of Finite and Infinite Graphs. FCT 68-81 (2025)
Mauro Conti, Federico Corò, Giulio Rigoni: Enhancing Uav Swarm Security Through an Rssi-based Protocol for Gnss-Compromised Environments. WiMob 1-6 (2025)
Timothé Pitault, Mauro Conti, Federico Corò: SPARKS: A Serverless Protocol for Authentication and Resilient Key Sharing in UAV Networks. WiMob 1-6 (2025)

2024

Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Alfredo Navarra, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti, Giuseppe Prencipe: Wireless IoT sensors data collection reward maximization by leveraging multiple energy- and storage-constrained UAVs. J. Comput. Syst. Sci. 139: 103475 (2024)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Punyasha Chatterjee, Federico Corò, Sajjad Ghobadi, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: A Novel Graph-Based Multi-Layer Framework for Managing Drone BVLoS Operations. IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag. 21: 5091-5105 (2024)
Aakash Khochare, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Yogesh Simmhan, Sajal K. Das : Improved Algorithms for Co-Scheduling of Edge Analytics and Routes for UAV Fleet Missions. IEEE/ACM Trans. Netw. 32: 17-33 (2024)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: Drone-Based Bug Detection in Orchards with Nets: A Novel Orienteering Approach. ACM Trans. Sens. Networks 20: 68:1-68:28 (2024)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Punyasha Chatterjee, Papiya Das, Cristina M. Pinotti: Risk Assessment in BVLoS Operations for UAVs: Challenges and Solutions. DCOSS-IoT 300-307 (2024)
Lorenzo Palazzetti, Aravind Krishnaswamy Rangarajan, Alexandru Dinca, Bas Boom, Dan Popescu , Peter Offermans, Cristina M. Pinotti: The hawk eye scan: Halyomorpha halys detection relying on aerial tele photos and neural networks. Comput. Electron. Agric. 226: 109365 (2024)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò, Simona Mancini: Autonomous data detection and inspection with a fleet of UAVs. Comput. Oper. Res. 168: 106678 (2024)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò, Simona Mancini: Management of a post-disaster emergency scenario through unmanned aerial vehicles: Multi-Depot Multi-Trip Vehicle Routing with Total Completion Time Minimization. Expert Syst. Appl. 251: 123766 (2024)

2023

Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: YOLO-based detection of in orchards using RGB cameras and drones. Comput. Electron. Agric. 213: 108228 (2023)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti, Giulio Rigoni: On the Evaluation of a Drone-Based Delivery System on a Mixed Euclidean-Manhattan Grid. IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst. 24: 1276-1287 (2023)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti, Giulio Rigoni: How the Wind Can Be Leveraged for Saving Energy in a Truck-Drone Delivery System. IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst. 24: 4038-4049 (2023)
Chengyi Qu, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Rounak Singh, Prasad Calyam, Sajal K. Das : Environmentally-Aware and Energy-Efficient Multi-Drone Coordination and Networking for Disaster Response. IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag. 20: 1093-1109 (2023)
Lennart Almstedt, Davide Baltieri, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Davide Cattozzi, Daniele Giannetti, Amin Kargar , Lara Maistrello, Alfredo Navarra, David Niederprüm, Brendan O'Flynn, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Niccolò Patelli, Luca Piccinini, Cristina M. Pinotti, Lars C. Wolf, Dimitrios Zorbas: Technological Innovations in Agriculture for Scouting Halyomorpha Halys in Orchards. DCOSS-IoT 702-709 (2023)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Punyasha Chatterjee, Federico Coro, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: A Novel Multi-Layer Framework for BVLoS Drone Operation: A Preliminary Study. INFOCOM Workshops 1-6 (2023)
Alexandru Dinca, Dan Popescu , Cristina Maria Pinotti, Loretta Ichim, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Nicoleta Angelescu: Halyomorpha Halys Detection in Orchard from UAV Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks. IWANN (2) 315-326 (2023)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò: (Eternal) Vertex Cover Number of Infinite and Finite Grid Graphs (short paper). ICTCS 104-109 (2023)
Priyesh Ranjan, Ashish Gupta , Federico Coro, Sajal K. Das : Robust Federated Learning against Backdoor Attackers. INFOCOM Workshops 1-6 (2023)

2022

Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: On the Scheduling of Conflictual Deliveries in a last-mile delivery scenario with truck-carried drones. Pervasive Mob. Comput. 87: 101700 (2022)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti, Simone Silvestri, Sajal K. Das : Measurement Errors in Range-Based Localization Algorithms for UAVs: Analysis and Experimentation. IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 21: 1291-1304 (2022)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Stefano Carpin, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Alfredo Navarra, Cristina M. Pinotti: Speeding up Routing Schedules on Aisle Graphs With Single Access. IEEE Trans. Robotics 38: 433-447 (2022)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Alfredo Navarra, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti, Giuseppe Prencipe: Optimal and Heuristic Algorithms for Data Collection by Using an Energy- and Storage-Constrained Drone. ALGOSENSORS 18-30 (2022)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: Drone-based Optimal and Heuristic Orienteering Algorithms Towards Bug Detection in Orchards. DCOSS 117-124 (2022)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: Greedy Algorithms for Scheduling Package Delivery with Multiple Drones. ICDCN 31-39 (2022)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Emanuele Di Bella, Lara Maistrello, Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: A Drone-based Application for Scouting Halyomorpha halys Bugs in Orchards with Multifunctional Nets. PerCom Workshops 127-129 (2022)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò, Simona Mancini: A Realistic Model to Support Rescue Operations After an Earthquake via UAVs. IEEE Access 10: 6109-6125 (2022)
Federico Corò, Emilio Cruciani, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Stefano Ponziani: Exploiting social influence to control elections based on positional scoring rules. Inf. Comput. 289: 104940 (2022)
Mohammad Abouei Mehrizi, Federico Corò, Emilio Cruciani, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo: Election control through social influence with voters' uncertainty. J. Comb. Optim. 44: 635-669 (2022)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò, Simona Mancini: A Matheuristic for Multi-Depot Multi-Trip Vehicle Routing Problems. MIC 464-469 (2022)
Priyesh Ranjan, Ashish Gupta , Federico Coro, Sajal K. Das : Securing Federated Learning against Overwhelming Collusive Attackers. GLOBECOM 1448-1453 (2022)
Priyesh Ranjan, Federico Corò, Ashish Gupta , Sajal K. Das : Leveraging Spanning Tree to Detect Colluding Attackers in Federated Learning. INFOCOM Workshops 1-2 (2022)
Arindam Khanda, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das : Drone-Truck Cooperated Delivery Under Time Varying Dynamics. ApPLIED@PODC 24-29 (2022)

2021

Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Sajal K. Das , Cristina M. Pinotti, Giulio Rigoni: A comprehensive investigation on range-free localization algorithms with mobile anchors at different altitudes. Pervasive Mob. Comput. 73: 101383 (2021)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Cristina M. Pinotti: Energy-Constrained Delivery of Goods With Drones Under Varying Wind Conditions. IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst. 22: 6048-6060 (2021)
Chengyi Qu, Rounak Singh, Alicia Esquivel Morel, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Prasad Calyam, Sajal K. Das : Obstacle-Aware and Energy-Efficient Multi-Drone Coordination and Networking for Disaster Response. CNSM 446-454 (2021)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti: Cooperative Truck-Drone Scheduling Approach for Last-Mile Deliveries. ICTCS 40-45 (2021)
Aakash Khochare, Yogesh Simmhan, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Sajal K. Das : Heuristic Algorithms for Co-scheduling of Edge Analytics and Routes for UAV Fleet Missions. INFOCOM 1-10 (2021)
Arindam Khanda, Federico Corò, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti, Sajal K. Das : Efficient Route Selection for Drone-based Delivery Under Time-varying Dynamics. MASS 437-445 (2021)
Lorenzo Palazzetti, Cristina M. Pinotti, Giulio Rigoni: A run in the wind: favorable winds make the difference in drone delivery. DCOSS 109-116 (2021)
Lorenzo Palazzetti: Routing Drones Being Aware of Wind Conditions: a Case Study. DCOSS 343-350 (2021)
Federico Coro, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Yllka Velaj: Link Recommendation for Social Influence Maximization. ACM Trans. Knowl. Discov. Data 15: 94:1-94:23 (2021)

2020

Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das , Alfredo Navarra, Cristina M. Pinotti: Speeding-up Routing Schedules on Aisle-Graphs. DCOSS 69-76 (2020)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti, Giulio Rigoni: Range-free Localization Algorithms with Mobile Anchors at Different Altitudes: A Comparative Study. ICDCN 3:1-3:10 (2020)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Stefano Carpin, Federico Corò, Alfredo Navarra, Cristina M. Pinotti: Optimal Routing Schedules for Robots Operating in Aisle-Structures. ICRA 4927-4933 (2020)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Mauro Conti, Cristina M. Pinotti, Giulio Rigoni: UAVs Path Deviation Attacks: Survey and Research Challenges. SECON Workshops 1-6 (2020)
Federico Corò, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Cristina M. Pinotti: Adding Edges for Maximizing Weighted Reachability. Algorithms 13: 68 (2020)
Federico Corò, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Vahan Mkrtchyan: On the Fixed-Parameter Tractability of the Maximum Connectivity Improvement Problem. Theory Comput. Syst. 64: 1094-1109 (2020)
Ruben Becker, Federico Corò, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Hugo Gilbert: Balancing Spreads of Influence in a Social Network. AAAI 3-10 (2020)
Mohammad Abouei Mehrizi, Federico Corò, Emilio Cruciani, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo: Election Control Through Social Influence with Unknown Preferences. COCOON 397-410 (2020)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò: A Realistic Model for Rescue Operations after an Earthquake. ICTCS 28-32 (2020)
Federico Corò, Roberto Verdecchia, Emilio Cruciani, Breno Miranda, Antonia Bertolino: JTeC: A Large Collection of Java Test Classes for Test Code Analysis and Processing. MSR 578-582 (2020)
Tiziana Calamoneri, Federico Corò: A Realistic Model for Rescue Operations after an Earthquake. Q2SWinet 123-126 (2020)

2019

Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti, Vlady Ravelomanana: Range-free localization algorithm using a customary drone: Towards a realistic scenario. Pervasive Mob. Comput. 54: 1-15 (2019)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Cristina M. Pinotti, Anil M. Shende: Automated Picking System Employing a Drone. DCOSS 633-640 (2019)
Luca Bartoli, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Cristina M. Pinotti, Anil M. Shende: Exact and Approximate Drone Warehouse for a Mixed Landscape Delivery System. SMARTCOMP 266-273 (2019)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti: Ground Localization with a Drone and UWB Antennas: Experiments on the Field. WOWMOM 1-7 (2019)
Federico Corò, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Yllka Velaj: Recommending Links to Control Elections via Social Influence. Algorithms 12: 207 (2019)
Federico Corò, Emilio Cruciani, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Stefano Ponziani: Vote For Me!: Election Control via Social Influence in Arbitrary Scoring Rule Voting Systems. AAMAS 1895-1897 (2019)
Mohammad Abouei Mehrizi, Federico Corò, Emilio Cruciani, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Stefano Ponziani: Models and Algorithms for Election Control through Influence Maximization. ICTCS 97-103 (2019)
Federico Corò, Emilio Cruciani, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Stefano Ponziani: Exploiting Social Influence to Control Elections Based on Scoring Rules. IJCAI 201-207 (2019)
Federico Corò, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Yllka Velaj: Recommending Links to Maximize the Influence in Social Networks. IJCAI 2195-2201 (2019)

2018

Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Sajal K. Das , Cristina M. Pinotti, Simone Silvestri: Range based algorithms for precise localization of terrestrial objects using a drone. Pervasive Mob. Comput. 48: 20-42 (2018)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Sajal K. Das , Cristina M. Pinotti, Simone Silvestri: On the Accuracy of Localizing Terrestrial Objects Using Drones. ICC 1-7 (2018)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Sajal K. Das , Cristina M. Pinotti, Simone Silvestri: Precise Localization in Sparse Sensor Networks using a Drone with Directional Antennas. ICDCN 34:1-34:10 (2018)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina Maria Pinotti: On the localization of sensors using a drone with UWB antennas. RSFF 18-29 (2018)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti, Vlady Ravelomanana: Range-Free Localization Algorithm Using a Customary Drone. SMARTCOMP 9-16 (2018)
Federico Coro, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Cristina M. Pinotti: On the Maximum Connectivity Improvement Problem. ALGOSENSORS 47-61 (2018)
Amitabha Bagchi, Federico Coro, Cristina M. Pinotti, Vlady Ravelomanana: Border effects on connectivity for randomly oriented directional antenna networks. Med-Hoc-Net 1-8 (2018)

2017

Pericle Perazzo, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Mauro Conti, Gianluca Dini, Cristina M. Pinotti: Drone Path Planning for Secure Positioning and Secure Position Verification. IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 16: 2478-2493 (2017)

2016

Cristina M. Pinotti, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Pericle Perazzo, Gianluca Dini: Localization with Guaranteed Bound on the Position Error using a Drone. MobiWac 147-154 (2016)

2015

Amitabha Bagchi, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Maria Cristina Pinotti, Vinay J. Ribeiro: Connectivity of a Dense Mesh of Randomly Oriented Directional Antennas Under a Realistic Fading Model. ALGOSENSORS 13-26 (2015)