Simone Silvestri, Ph.D.

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Book Chapters

1 S. Silvestri, B. Holbert, P. Novotny, T. La Porta, A. Wolf and A. Swami, "Inferring Network Topologies in MANETs: Application to Service Redeployment" in "Advances in Computer Communications and Networks - from green, mobile, pervasive networking// to big data computing", River Publisher, December 2016, ISBN: 9788793379879. View

Journals

31 M. Cantor, E. Casella, S. Silvestri, D. Renaud, J. H. C. Costa,
"Using machine learning and behavioral patterns observed by automated feeders and accelerometers for the early indication of clinical Bovine Respiratory Disease status in preweaned dairy calves"
in Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022.		 View
30 J. Codispoti, A. R. Khamesi, N. Penn, S. Silvestri, E. Shin,
"Learning from Non-Experts: An Interactive and Adaptive Learning Approach for Appliance Recognition in Smart Homes"
in ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2022.		 View
29 F. B. Sorbelli, C. M. Pinotti, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das,
"Measurement Errors in Range-based Localization Algorithms for UAVs: Analysis and Experimentation"
in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 21, Issue 4, 2022.		 View
28 A. Timilsina, A. R. Khamesi, V. Agate, S. Silvestri,
"A Reinforcement Learning Approach for User Preference-aware Energy Sharing Systems"
in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Special Issue on Green Internet of Things: Challenges and Future Opportunities, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2021.		 View
27 S. Bhattacharjee, V. P. K. Madhavarapu, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das,
"Attack Context Embedded Data Driven Trust Diagnostics in Smart Metering Infrastructure"
in ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, Vol. 24, Issue 2, 2021.		  
26 K. Hazra, V. K. Shah, M. Bilal, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das, S. Nandi, S. Saha,
"Designing Efficient Communication Infrastructure in Post-disaster Situations with Limited Availability of Network Resources"
in Elsevier Computer Communication Journal (COMCOM), Vol. 164, 2020.		 View
25 E. Casella, A. R. Khamesi, S. Silvestri,
"A Framework for the Recognition of Horse Gaits Through Wearable Devices"
in Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Special Issue on Mobile and Social Sensing, Vol. 67, 2020.		 View
24 V. K. Shah, B. Luciano, S. Silvestri, S. Bhattacharjee, S. K. Das
"A Diverse Band-aware DSA Network Architecture for Delay-Tolerant Smart City Applications"
in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 17, Issue 2, 2020.		  
23 A. Khamesi, S. Silvestri, D. Baker, A. De Paola,
"Perceived-Value Driven Optimization of Energy Consumption in Smart Homes"
in ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2020.		  
22 A. Sturaro, S. Silvestri, M. Conti, Sajal K. Das,
"A Realistic Model for Failure Propagation in Interdependent Cyber-Physical Systems"
in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, Special Issue on Network Science for High -Confidence Cyber-Physical Systems, Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2020.		  
21 E. Casella, M. Ortolani, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das,
"Hierarchical syntactic models for human activity recognition through mobility traces"
in Springer Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2019.		  
20 F. Restuccia, P. Ferrero, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das, G. Lo Re
"IncentMe: Effective Mechanism Design to Stimulate Crowdsensing Participants with Uncertain Mobility"
in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 18, Issue 7, 2019.		  
19 S. Silvestri, R. Urgaonkar, M. Zafer, B. Ko,
"A Framework for the Inference of Sensing Measurements based on Correlation"
in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 15, Issue 1, 2019.		  
18 F. Restuccia, P. Ferrero, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das, G. Lo Re
"FIRST: A Framework for Optimizing Information Quality in Mobile Crowdsensing Systems"
in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 15, Issue 1, 2019.		  
17 V. K. Shah, S. Bhattacharjee, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das
"Designing Green Communication Systems for Smart & Connected Communities via Dynamic Spectrum Access"
in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 14, Issue 3-4, 2018		  
16 F. B. Sorbelli, S. K. Das, C. M. Pinotti, S. Silvestri
"Range based Algorithms for Precise Localization of Terrestrial Objects using a Drone"
in Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Vol. 48, 2018.		  
15 R. Zhang, S. Newman, M. Ortolani, S. Silvestri
"A Network Tomography Approach for Traffic Monitoring in Smart Cities"
in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 19, Issue 7, 2018, special issue on Advances in Smart and Green Transportation for Smart Cities.		  
14 N.Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri
"On critical service recovery after massive network failures"
in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 25, Issue 4, 2017.		  
13 N.Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, S. Ciavarella, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta
"Autonomous mobile sensor placement in complex environments"
in ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, Vol. 12 Issue 2, 2017.		  
12 S. Silvestri, K. Goss,
"MobiBar: an autonomous deployment algorithm for barrier coverage with mobile sensors"
in Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 54, pp. 111-129, 2017		  
11 M. Lin, S. Silvestri, N. Bartolini, T. La Porta,
"Selective Activation in Dense Femtocell Networks"
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, , Vol. 15, Issue 10, pp. 7018 - 7029, 2016		  
10 S. Ciavarella, J.Y. Joo, S. Silvestri
"Managing Contingencies In Smart Grids Via The Internet Of Things"
in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 7, Issue 4, 2016.		  
9 N.Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta
"On the vulnerabilities of Voronoi-based approaches to mobile sensor deployment"
in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 15, Issue 12, 2016.		  
8 B. Holbert, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta, A. Swami,
"Network Topology Inference with Partial Path Information"
in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2015		 View
7 N.Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri
"On the vulnerabilities of the virtual force approach to mobile sensor deployment"
in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 13, Issue 11, 2014.		 View
6 N. Bartolini, A. Massini, S. Silvestri
"P&P: an Asynchronous and Distributed Protocol for Mobile Sensor Deployment"
in ACM/Springer Wireless Networks, Vol. 18 Issue 4, 2012.		  
5 N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. La Porta, C. Petrioli, S. Silvestri
"Sensor Activation and Radius Adaptation (SARA) in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks"
in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 8 Issue 3, 2012.		 View
4 N.Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri
"Autonomous deployment of heterogeneous mobile sensors"
in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 10, no. 6, 2011.		 View
3 N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, A. Massini, S. Silvestri
"On adaptive density deployment to mitigate the sink-hole problem in mobile sensor networks"
in ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 134, 2011.		 View
2 N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, E. G. Fusco, A. Massini, S. Silvestri
"Push and Pull: autonomous deployment of mobile sensors for a complete coverage"
in ACM/Springer Wireless Networks, Vol. 16, No. 3, pages 607-625, 2010.		 View
1 N.Bartolini, G.Bongiovanni, S.Silvestri
"Self-* through self-learning: overload control for distributed web systems"
in Elsevier Computer Networks, Computer Networks, Vol. 53, No. 5, pages 727-743, 2009.		 View

International Conferences and Workshops

53 R. Alden, A. Timilsina, S. Silvestri, D. Ionel
"V2G Optimization for Dispatchable Residential Load Operation and Minimal Utility Cost"
in Proceedings of the IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), 2023		 View
52 A. Timilsina, S. Silvestri,
"Prospect Theory-inspired Automated P2P Energy Trading with Q-learning-based Dynamic Pricing"
in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2022		 View
51 E. Casella, E. Sudduth, S. Silvestri,
"Dissecting the Problem of Individual Home Power Consumption Prediction using Machine Learning"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), 2022 - Work in Progress		 View
50 M. Cantor, E. Casella, S. Silvestri, D. Renaud, J. H. C. Costa,
"Using machine learning and precision livestock farming technology for early indication of health status in preweaned dairy calves"
in Proceedings of the European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (ECPLF), 2022		 View
49 E. Casella, M. C. Cantor, S. Silvestri, D. L. Renaud, J. H. C. Costa,
"Cost-aware Inference of Bovine Respiratory Disease in Calves using Precision Livestock Technology"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2022		 View
48 E. Casella, A. R. Khamesi, S. Silvestri, D. A. Baker, S. K. Das,
"HVAC Power Conservation through Reverse Auctions and Machine Learning"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), 2022		 View
47 A. R. Khamesi, S. Silvestri,
"Reverse Auction-based Demand Response Program: A Truthful Mutually Beneficial Mechanism"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), 2020		 View
46 A. R. Khamesi, R. Musmeci, S. Silvestri, D. A. Baker,
"Reproducibility of Survey Results: A New Method to Quantify Similarity of Human Subject Pools"
in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2020		 View
45 S. M. Saghaian, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri, P. McDaniel,
"Improving Robustness of a Popular Probabilistic Clustering Algorithm Against Insider Attacks"
in Proceedings of the EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm), 2020		 View
44 E. Shin, A. R. Khamesi, Z. Bahr, S. Silvestri, D. A. Baker,
"A User-Centered Active Learning Approach for Appliance Recognition"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), 2020		 View
43 V. Agate, A. Khamesi, S. Gaglio, S. Silvestri,
"Enabling peer-to-peer User-Preference-Aware Energy Sharing Through Reinforcement Learning"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2020		 View
42 A. Khamesi, E. Shin, S. Silvestri,
"Machine Learning in the Wild: The Case of User-Centered Learning in Cyber Physical Systems" (invited paper)
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), 2020		 View
41 A. Khalifeh, N. Bartolini, S. Silvestri, G. Bongiovanni, A. Al-Assaf, R. Alwardat, S. Alhaj-Ali,
"Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks: A Prototype"
in Proceedings of the IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), 2019		 View
40 V. K. Shah, S. Roy, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das,
"Bio-DRN: Robust and Energy-efficient Bio-inspired Disaster Response Networks"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), 2019		 View
39 E. Casella, A. R. Khamesi, S. Silvestri,
"Smartwatch Application for Horse Gaits Activity Recognition"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), 2019		 View
38 V. K. Shah, S. Silvestri, B. Luciano, S. K. Das,
"X-CHANT: A Diverse DSA based Architecture for Next-generation Challenged Networks"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2019
Acceptance rate 19.7%		 View
37 K. Hazra, V. K. Shah, M. Bilal, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das, S. Nandi, S. Saha,
"A Novel Network Architecture for Resource-Constrained Post-Disaster Environments"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), 2019		 View
36 V. K. Shah, Satyaki Roy, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das,
"Towards Energy-efficient and Robust Disaster Response Networks"
in Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Emergency Response Technologies and Services (Emertes), 2019		 View
35 R. Musmeci, K. Goss, S. Silvestri, G. Lo Re,
"A Web Application for the Remote Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2019		 View
34 V. K. Shah, S. Bhattacharjee, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das,
"An Effective Dynamic Spectrum Access based Network Architecture for Smart Cities"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), 2018 (invited paper)		 View
33 V. Dolce, C. Jackson, S. Silvestri, D. Baker, A. De Paola,
"Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Energy Consumption in Smart Homes"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2018		 View
32 F. B. Sorbelli, S. K. Das, C. M. Pinotti, S. Silvestri
"On the Accuracy of Localizing Terrestrial Objects Using Drones"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2018		 View
31 F. B. Sorbelli, S. K. Das, C. M. Pinotti, S. Silvestri
"Precise Localization in Sparse Sensor Networks using a Drone with Directional Antennas"
in Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), 2018		 View
30 V. K. Shah, S. Bhattacharjee, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das
"Designing Sustainable Smart Connected Communities using Dynamic Spectrum Access via Band Selection"
in Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys) , 2017		 View
29 K. Goss, R. Musmeci, S. Silvestri
"Realistic Models for Characterizing the Performance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles"
in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) , 2017		 View
28 S. Silvestri, D. Baker, V. Dolce,
"Integration of Social Behavioral Modeling for Energy Optimization in Smart Environments"
in Proceedings of the ACM International Workshop on Social Sensing (SocialSense), 2017		 View
27 V. Shah, S. Roy, S. Silvestri and S. K. Das,
"CTR: Cluster based Topological Routing for Disaster Response Network"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2017		 View
26 S. Bhattacharjee, A. Thakur, S. Silvestri and S. K. Das,
"Statistical Security Incident Forensics against Data Falsification in Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure"
in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (CODASPY), 2017		 View
25 N.Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri
"Network recovery after massive failures"
in Proceedings of the IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2016
Acceptance rate 20%		 View
24 S. Silvestri,
"Providing Ubiquitous Wireless Connectivity in Smart Cities through Dense Small Cell Deployment"
in Proceedings of the IEEE Smart Cities Workshop-Kansas City, 2016		 View
23 A. Sturaro, S. Silvestri, M. Conti, Sajal K. Das,
"Towards a realistic model for failure propagation in interdependent networks"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2016		 View
22 M. Lin, S. Silvestri, N. Bartolini, T. La Porta,
"Energy-Efficient Selective Activation in Femtocell Networks"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), 2015
Acceptance rate 26%		 View
21 S. Silvestri, B. Holbert, P. Novotny, T. La Porta, A. Wolf and A. Swami,
"Inferring Network Topologies in MANETs Applied to Service Redeployment"
in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN), 2015
Acceptance rate 25%		 View
20 S. Silvestri, R. Urgaonkar, M. Zafer, B. Ko,
"An online method for minimizing network monitoring overhead"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2015
Acceptance rate 12.8%		 Donwload
19 B. Holbert, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta, A. Swami,
"Network Topology Inference with Partial Path Information"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2015		 View
18 S. Tati, S. Silvestri, T. He, T. La Porta,
"Robust Network Tomography in the Presence of Failures"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2014
Acceptance rate 13%		 Donwload
17 N.Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri, F. Vincenti
"Voronoi-based Deployment of Mobile Sensors in the Face of Adversaries"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2014		 View
16 B. Holber, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, A. Swami, T. La Porta,
"Effects of Partial Topology on Fault Diagnosis"
in Proceedings of the the IEEE Military Communications Conference (MilCom), 2013.		 View
15 N.Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri
"On the security vulnerabilities of the virtual force approach to mobile sensor deployment"
in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2013
Acceptance rate 17.4%		 View
14 S. Silvestri
"MobiBar: Barrier Coverage with Mobile Sensors"
in Proceedings of the the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2011
Acceptance rate 36%		 View
13 N.Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri
"GREASE: grid and release, deployment of mobile sensors in an unknown environment"
in Proceedings of the the IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM mini-conference), 2010		 View
12 L. Benini, D. Brunelli, C. Petrioli, S. Silvestri
"GENESI: Green sEnsor NEtworks for Structural monItoring" (Poster)
in Proceedings of the the IEEE International Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2010		 View
11 N.Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. La Porta, A. Massini, S. Silvestri
"Autonomous deployment of heterogeneous mobile sensors"
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), 2009, Best Paper Award
Acceptance rate 18.2%		 View
10 E. Gelenbe, S. Silvestri
"Reducing Power Consumption In Wired Networks"
in Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Sympoium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS), 2009		 View
9 E. Gelenbe, S. Silvestri
"Optimisation of Power Consumption in Wired Packet Networks"
in Proceedings of the Third ICST International Workshop on Advanced Architectures and Algorithms for Internet DElivery and Applications (AAA-IDEA), 2009		 View
8 N.Bartolini, A. Massini, S. Silvestri
"P&P protocol: local coordination of mobile sensors for self-deployment"
in Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM), 2009
Acceptance rate 23.5%		 View
7 N.Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, A. Massini, S. Silvestri
"Variable density deployment and topology control for the solution of the sink-hole problem"
in Proceedings of the International ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness (QShine), 2009		 View
6 N.Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, E. G. Fusco, A. Massini, S. Silvestri
"Autonomous deployment of self-organizing mobile sensors for a complete coverage"
in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems (IWSOS), 2009		 View
5 N.Bartolini, G.Bongiovanni, S.Silvestri
"Self-* overload control for distributed web systems"
in IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS), 2008
Acceptance rate 35.6%		 View
4 N.Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, E. G. Fusco, A. Massini, S. Silvestri
"Snap and Spread: a self-deployment algorithm for mobile sensor networks"
in IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2008		 View
3 N.Bartolini, G.Bongiovanni, S.Silvestri
"Distributed Server Selection and Admission Control in Replicated Web Systems"
in IEEE Proceedings of the International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC), 2007		 View
2 N.Bartolini, G.Bongiovanni, S.Silvestri
"An Adaptive Admission Control Policy for Geographically Distributed Web Systems"
in ACM Proceedings of the International Conference on Scalable Information Systems (INFOSCALE), 2007		 View
1 N.Bartolini, G.Bongiovanni, S.Silvestri
"An autonomic admission control policy for distributed web systems"
in IEEE Proceedings of the International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), 2007		 View