Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, PhD
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica e Informatica (DIEEI) - Università degli Studi di Catania
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Lucia Lo Bello all’evento “Women in Technological Professions”
Lucia Lo Bello è Program Chair della 25-esima IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2020, Vienna, Settembre 2020
22-10-2019 - Lucia Lo Bello Officer dell'Industrial Electronics Society dell'Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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NEW: Orario di Ricevimento dal 2 ottobre 2019
Ogni martedì e venerdì dalle ore 11.00 alle ore 12.00
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Master Degree thesis work with ABB in Sweden
Tesi Specialistiche/Magistrali in collaborazione con STMicroelectronics di Catania
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Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, Ph.D.
Professor at the University of Catania, Italy, with the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering.
Latest Publications
G. Patti, L. Leonardi, G. Testa, L. Lo Bello, "PrioMQTT: A prioritized version of the MQTT protocol", Computer Communications, vol. 220, pp. 43-51, Apr. 2024
A. Messina, F. M. Mohun; L. Leonardi; L. Lo Bello; G. Patti, "Towards a Runtime Admission Control for Bluetooth Low Energy Connections over Real-Time Mesh Networks", IEEE 28th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Sinaia, Romania, Sept. 2023
A. Pirri, M. Pirri, L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "Towards Supporting Multiple MAC Protocols on a LoRaWAN End-Device for Industrial Applications", IEEE 28th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Sinaia, Romania, Sept. 2023
G. Testa, G. Canzonieri, L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "Comparative assessment of Time-Sensitive Networking transmission schemes in automotive applications", AEIT International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Technologies for Automotive (AEIT AUTOMOTIVE 2023), pp. 1-6, Modena, Italy, July 2023
G. Patti, L. Lo Bello, L. Leonardi, "Deadline-aware Online Scheduling of TSN Flows for Automotive Applications", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 5774 - 5784, Apr. 2023
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, A. Pirri, M. Pirri, "Combined Use of LoRaWAN Medium Access Control Protocols for IoT Applications", Applied Sciences, vol. 13, no. 4, Feb. 2023
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "MRT-LoRa: A multi-hop real-time communication protocol for industrial IoT applications over LoRa networks", Computer Communications, vol. 199, pp. 72-86, Feb. 2023
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "RESEMBLE: A Real-Time Stack for Synchronized Mesh Mobile Bluetooth Low Energy Networks", Applied System Innovation, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 2023
L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, L. Leonardi, "A Perspective on Ethernet in Automotive Communications—Current Status and Future Trends", Applied Sciences, vol. 13, no. 3, Jan. 2023
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, A. Pirri, M. Pirri, "Simulative Assessment of the Listen before Talk Adaptive Frequency Agility Medium Access Control Protocol for LoRaWAN Networks in IoT Scenarios", Applied System Innovation, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 2023
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "Combining Earliest Deadline First Scheduling with Scheduled Traffic Support in Automotive TSN-Based Networks", Applied System Innovation, vol. 5, no. 6, Dec. 2022
Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello, Elisa Mangiameli, Gaetano Patti, "Towards multi-hop real-time communications over LoRa networks for industrial applications", 27th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022), Stuttgart, Germany, Sept. 2022
Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, "Exploiting Software-Defined Networking to improve runtime reconfigurability of TSN-based networks", 27th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022), Stuttgart, Germany, Sept. 2022
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "LoRa support for long-range real-time inter-cluster communications over Bluetooth Low Energy industrial networks", Computer Communications, vol. 192, pp. 57-65, Aug. 2022
Giancarlo Iannizzotto, Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, "Personal Protection Equipment detection system for embedded devices based on DNN and Fuzzy Logic", Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 184, no. 1, Dec. 2021
Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, "Bandwidth Partitioning for Time-Sensitive Networking Flows in Automotive Communications", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 3258 - 3261, Oct. 2021
Bartolomeo Caruso, Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, "Design of a framework for enabling TSN support in heterogeneous platforms with virtualization and preliminary experimental results", 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2021), Vasteras, Sweden , Sept. 2021
Saad Mubeen, Lucia Lo Bello, Masoud Daneshtalab, Sergio Saponara, "Guest Editorial: Special issue on parallel, distributed, and network-based processing in next-generation embedded systems", Journal of Systems Architecture, vol. 117, Aug. 2021
Mohammad Ashjaei, Lucia Lo Bello, Masoud Daneshtalab, Gaetano Patti, Sergio Saponara, Saad Mubeen, "Time-Sensitive Networking in automotive embedded systems: State of the art and research opportunities", Journal of systems architecture, vol. 117, Aug. 2021
Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, Orazio Ragusa, "A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing System", Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1-18, June 2021
A. Biondi, D. Casini, G. Cicero, N. Borgioli, G. Buttazzo, G. Patti, L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, M. Solieri, P. Burgio, I. S. Olmedo, A. Ruocco, L. Palazzi, M. Bertogna, A. Cilardo, N. Mazzocca, A. Mazzeo, "SPHERE: A Multi-SoC Architecture for Next-Generation Cyber-Physical Systems Based on Heterogeneous Platforms", IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 75446-75459, May 2021
Antoni Grau, Marina Indri, Lucia Lo Bello, Thilo Sauter, "Robots in Industry. Past, present and future of a growing collaboration with humans", IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 50 - 61, Mar. 2021
Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, Giancarlo Vasta, "Assessments of Real-Time Communications over TSN Automotive Networks", Electronics, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 1-12, Feb. 2021
Valeriy Vyatkin, Lucia Lo Bello, Thilo Sauter, "Guest Editorial: Emerging Technologies and Novel Trends in Industrial Informatics", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 7709 - 7713, Dec. 2020
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "Performance assessment of the IEEE 802.1 Qch in an automotive scenario", AEIT International Conference of Electrical and Electronic Technologies for Automotive (AEIT AUTOMOTIVE), pp. 1-6, Turin, Italy, Nov. 2020
L. Lo Bello, M. Ashjaei, G. Patti, M. Behnam, "Schedulability analysis of Time-Sensitive Networks with scheduled traffic and preemption support", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 144, pp. 153-171, Oct. 2020
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "A Wireless Network Architecture for Monitoring of Hospitalized Patients", IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), pp. 1327-1330, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 2020
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "Towards Time-sensitive Networking in Heterogeneous Platforms with Virtualization", IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), pp. 1155-1158, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 2020
L. Lo Bello, A. Lombardo, S. Milardo, G. Patti, M. Reno , "Experimental Assessments and Analysis of an SDN Framework to Integrate Mobility Management in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 5586-5595, Aug. 2020
M. Reno, R. Rondón, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, A. Mahmood, A. Lombardo, M. Gidlund, "Relay Node Selection in Bluetooth Mesh Networks", IEEE 20th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2020), Palermo, Italy, June 2020
Giancarlo Iannizzotto, Andrea Nucita, Rosa Angela Fabio, Tindara Caprì, Lucia Lo Bello, "Remote eye-tracking for cognitive telerehabilitation and interactive school tasks in times of COVID-19", Information, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2020
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, S. Aglianò, "Priority-Based Bandwidth Management in Virtualized Software-Defined Networks", Electronics, vol. 9, no. 6, June 2020
L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, F. Battaglia, G. Patti, "Comparative Assessment of the LoRaWAN Medium Access Control Protocols for IoT: Does Listen before Talk Perform Better than ALOHA?", Electronics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 553:1-15, Mar. 2020
G. Patti, L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, "A Novel MAC Protocol for Low Datarate Cooperative Mobile Robot Teams", Electronics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 235:1-17, Feb. 2020
F. Battaglia, M. Collotta, L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "Novel Extensions to Enhance Scalability and Reliability of the IEEE 802.15.4-DSME Protocol", Electronics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 126:1-16, Jan. 2020
L. Leonardi, F. Battaglia, L. Lo Bello, "RT-LoRa: A Medium Access Strategy to Support Real-Time Flows Over LoRa-Based Networks for Industrial IoT Applications", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 10812-10823, Dec. 2019
L. Lo Bello, A. Lombardo, G. Patti, M. Reno, "A Platform for Evaluating Clustering Strategies in Mobile IEEE 802.15.4-TSCH networks", 24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2019), Zaragoza, Spain, Sept. 2019
G. Patti, L. Lo Bello, "Performance Assessment of the IEEE 802.1Q in Automotive Applications", AEIT International Conference of Electrical and Electronic Technologies for Automotive (AEIT AUTOMOTIVE 2019), Torino, Italy, July 2019
F. Battaglia, M. Collotta, L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, G. Patti, "A scalable approach for periodic traffic scheduling in IEEE 802.15.4-DSME networks", IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN 2019), Helsinki-Espoo, Finland, July 2019
S. Baglio, A. Cammarata, P. Cortis, L. Lo Bello, P. D. Maddio, S. Nicosia, G. Patti, S. Sciberras, J. Scicluna, V. Scuderi, R. Sinatra, C. Trigona, "Virtual biosensors for the estimation of medical precursors", IEEE International Symposium on Measurements & Networking (M&N 2019), Catania, Italy, July 2019
L. Leonardi, M. Ashjaei, H. Fotouhi, L. Lo Bello, "A Proposal Towards Software-Defined Management of Heterogeneous Virtualized Industrial Networks", IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN 2019), Helsinki-Espoo, Finland, July 2019
L. Lo Bello, W. Steiner, "A Perspective on IEEE Time-Sensitive Networking for Industrial Communication and Automation Systems", Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 107, no. 6, pp. 1094-1120, June 2019
L. Lo Bello, R. Mariani, S. Mubeen, S. Saponara, "Recent Advances and Trends in On-Board Embedded and Networked Automotive Systems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1038-1051, Feb. 2019
L. Leonardi, F. Battaglia, G. Patti, L. Lo Bello, "Industrial LoRa: a Novel Medium Access Strategy for LoRa in Industry 4.0 Applications", 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2018), Washington D.C., USA, Oct. 2018
L. Lo Bello, A. Lombardo, S. Milardo, G. Patti, M. Reno, "Software-Defined Networking for Dynamic Control of Mobile Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks", 2018 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), pp. 290-296, Turin, Italy, Sept. 2018
G. Iannizzotto, L. Lo Bello, A. Nucita, G. M. Grasso, "A Vision and Speech Enabled, Customizable, Virtual Assistant for Smart Environments", 2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI), pp. 50-56, Gdansk, Poland, July 2018
S. Agliano, M. Ashjaei, M. Behnam, L. Lo Bello, "Resource Management and Control in Virtualized SDN Networks", The CSI International Symposium on Real-Time and Embedded Systems and Technologies (RTEST 2018), pp. 47-53, Tehran, Iran, May 2018
L. Leonardi, G. Patti, L. Lo Bello, "Multi-Hop Real-Time Communications Over Bluetooth Low Energy Industrial Wireless Mesh Networks", IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 26505-26519, May 2018
F. Battaglia, L. Lo Bello, "A novel JXTA-based architecture for implementing heterogenous Networks of Things", Computer Communications, vol. 116, pp. 35-62, Jan. 2018
H. Zhu, A. S. F. Chang, R. S. Kalawsky, K. F. Tsang, G. P. Hanke, L. Lo Bello, W. K. Ling, "Review of state-of-the-art wireless technologies and applications in smart cities", 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017), Nov. 2017
A. Grau, M. Indri, L. Lo Bello, T. Sauter, "Industrial robotics in factory automation: From the early stage to the Internet of Things", 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017), Nov. 2017
M. Ashjaei, G. Patti, M. Behnam, T. Nolte, G. Alderisi, L. Lo Bello, "Schedulability analysis of Ethernet Audio Video Bridging networks with scheduled traffic support", Real-Time Systems, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 526-577, July 2017
L. Leonardi, G. Patti, F. Battaglia, L. Lo Bello, "Simulative assessments of the IEEE 802.15.4 CSMA/CA with Priority Channel Access in Structural Health Monitoring scenarios", IEEE 15th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN`2017), July 2017
L. Lo Bello, J. Akerberg, M. Gidlund, E. Uhlemann, "Guest Editorial Special Section on New Perspectives on Wireless Communications in Automation: From Industrial Monitoring and Control to Cyber-Physical Systems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 1393-1397, June 2017
L. Lo Bello, M. Behnam, P. Pedreiras, T. Sauter, "Guest Editorial Special Section on Communications in Automation-Innovation Drivers and New Trends", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 841-845, Apr. 2017
G. Patti, L. Lo Bello, "A Priority-Aware Multichannel Adaptive Framework for the IEEE 802.15.4e-LLDN", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 6360 - 6370, Oct. 2016
G. Patti, L. Leonardi, L. Lo Bello, "A Bluetooth Low Energy real-time protocol for industrial wireless mesh networks", 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Oct. 2016
F. Battaglia, G. Iannizzotto, L. Lo Bello, "JxActinium: a runtime manager for secure REST-ful CoAP applications working over JXTA", Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing SAC'16, pp. 1611-1618, Apr. 2016
F. Battaglia, G. Iannizzotto, L. Lo Bello, "A person authentication system based on RFID tags and a cascade of face recognition algorithms", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Feb. 2016
G. Patti, G. Alderisi, L. Lo Bello, "SchedWiFi: An Innovative Approach to support Scheduled Traffic in Ad-hoc Industrial IEEE 802.11 networks", 2015 IEEE 20th Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Sept. 2015
G. Alderisi, S. Girs, L. Lo Bello, E. Uhlemann, M. Björkman, "Probabilistic Scheduling and Adaptive Relaying for WirelessHART Networks", IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), Sept. 2015
G. Alderisi, G. Patti, O. Mirabella, L. Lo Bello, "Simulative assessments of the IEEE 802.15.4e DSME and TSCH in realistic process automation scenarios", IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), July 2015
G. Patti, G. Muscato, N. Abbate, L. Lo Bello, "Towards Low-datarate Communications for Cooperative Mobile Robots", IEEE World Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), May 2015
M. Collotta, L. Lo Bello, G. Pau, "A novel approach for dynamic traffic lights management based on Wireless Sensor Networks and multiple fuzzy logic controllers", Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 42, no. 13, pp. 5403–5415, Mar. 2015
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