Antonio Piccinno

Curriculum

Antonio Piccinno is currently Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the Computer Science Department of the University of Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA).

He received the Laurea Degree in Computer Science with full marks and honors from the University of Bari in 2001. In March 2005 he got the PhD in Computer Science from UNIBA, discussing a thesis titled “Software environments for supporting End-User Development “.

Since April 2005, he worked at the Computer Science Department of UNIBA, first as research fellow, next as Assistant Professor and now as Associate Professor.

He is founding member of the IVU (Interaction, Visualization, Usability & UX) Lab of the University of Bari, where he coordinates research on the interplay between Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering though techniques of End-User Development.

During January-March 2008 he has been visiting scientist at the Center for LifeLong Learning and Design (L3D) - Department of Computer Science and Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado at Boulder (USA).

He has performed several shorter visits to international research institutions, collaborating with colleagues that are co-authors of some of his publications.

His research interests focus on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), specifically: Human-Centered Design (HCD), End-User Development (EUD), Adaptive Interfaces, Adaptive Multimedial and Multimodal Interaction, Interplay between Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering and, more recently, Secure software analysis and design.

He is, or has been, involved in the design, development and evaluation of software frameworks and methodologies for applying End-User Development in various domains and context, recently in ambient intelligence applied to the smart home.

He is author and co-author of about 90 papers published in journals, international conferences and collections.

He has collaborated to the network of excellence on End-User Development “EUD-Net IST-2001-37470 “, funded by the European Community, of which the Department of Computer Science of the University of Bari has been managing node. He also collaborated to other projects: IST-1999-12641 “FAIRWIS - Trade Fair Web-based Information Services “ (during 2000-2001) and IST-2001-34290 “FairsNet - On-line Solutions for Trade Fairs “ (during 2002-2003), funded by the European Community; DE_VISU project (during 2001-2002), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research.

He is in the Steering Committee of EUSSET, a European networked organizational forum dedicated to the development of technological tools and infrastructures that incorporate a human-centred design perspective, and of the International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD).

He has been involved in the scientific organization of several conferences:

• Full Papers Co-Chairsof the 19th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT 2023, York, UK, 2023.
• Full Papers Co-Chairs of the 18th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT 2021, Bari, Italy, 2021.
• Program Co-Chair of the third International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD), Torre Canne (Brindisi), Italy, 2011.
• Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair of the 11th Biannual Conference on Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly), Rome, Italy, 2015.
• Poster Co-Chair of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Bari, Italy, 2016.
• Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair of the fifth International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD), Eindhoven, The Netherland, 2017.

He served as Associate Chair (AC) in the Program Committe of a number of International Conferences:\

• INTERACT 2019 - International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Paphos, Cyprus.
• INTERACT 2017 - International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Mumbai, India.
• INTERACT 2015 - International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Bamberg, Germany.
• ACM AVI 2022 - International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces,ðFrascati, Rome, Italy.
• ACM AVI 2020 - International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Ischia Island, Italy.
• ACM AVI 2018 - International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Italy.
• ACM NordiCHI 2020, online.
• ECIS 2019 - European Conference on Information Systems, Associate Editor della track ðContemporary Socio-Technical Perspectivesð, Stockholm, Sweden.
• ECIS 2018 - European Conference on Information Systems, Associate Editor track ðSocio-technical Change: a Dialectic among Individuals, Technologies and Social Contextsð, Portsmouth, UK.

He served in the Program Committee of a number of International Conferences:

• INTERACT - IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2007.
• AVI - International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, 2014, 2016.
• HEALTHINF - International Conference on Health Informatics, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
• SEKE - International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
• DMS - International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.
• DMSVLSS - International DMS Conference on Visual Languages and Sentient Systems, 2016.
• DMSVIVA - International DMS Conference on Visualization and Visual Languages, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023.
• EICS - The ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020.
• ESEM - International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2021.
• HCSE - Working conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering, 2020, 2021, 2022.
• MUM - Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, 2019.
• CHSI - International Conference on Human System Interaction, 2010.
• IS-EUD - International Symposium on End-User Development, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023.
• COOPð International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, 2016.
• ISAMI - International Conference on Ambient Intelligence, 2018.
• CHItaly - Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, 2015, 2017, 2019.
• WIVACE - Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation, 2015.
• KITA - International Workshop on the design, development and use of Knowledge IT Artifacts in professional communities and aggregations, 2015.
• DIDAMATICA 2012.
• EUD4Services - Workshop on End-User Development of Software Services and Applications, 2010.
• Special track on Multimedia Software Engineering at DMS’2008.

He is one of the founders and Co-Chairs of the seven editions of the International workshop on Culture of Participation in the Digital Age (CoPDA), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022. Other Co-chairs are Prof. Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado, US, Prof. Anders Morch, University of Oslo, Norway and Prof. Daniela Fogli, University of Brescia, Italy.

He is one the founders and Co-Chairs of the International workshop on Human Factors in Software Development Processes (HuFo), 2016 and 2017. Other Co-Chairs are Prof. Silvia Abrahao, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), Spain and Yvonne Dittrich, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

He is member of ACM (Association of Computing Machinery), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), ACM SIGCHI (ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction) and SIGCHI Italy (the Italian Chapter of ACM SIGCHI).

Currently, he is teaching Software Engineering, a basic course for undergraduates in Computer Science of the University of Bari, and Cloud Computing for graduate students in Computer Science of the University of Bari. He taught several courses for both undergraduate and graduate Computer Science curricula, for undergraduate Business Economics curricula, and for the PhD Program in Computer Science.

He has been supervisor of about 70 bachelor and masterð thesis, has supervised one PhD student and was and is in the evaluation committee of several PhD students.

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Publications

• M.K. Larusdottir, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, I. Visescu, M.F. Costabile, ðUCD Sprint: A Fast Process to Involve Users in the Design Practices of Software Companiesð, International Journal of HumanðComputer Interaction, 2023, pp. 1-18.
• V.S. Barletta, F. Cassano, A. Marengo, A. Pagano, J. Pange, A. Piccinno, ðSwitching Learning Methods during the Pandemic: A Quasi-Experimental Study on a Master Courseð, Applied Sciences, Volume 12, No. 17, 2022, pp. 8438
• F. Balducci, P. Buono, G. Desolda, D. Impedovo, A. Piccinno, ðImproving Smart Interactive Experiences in Cultural Heritage through Pattern Recognition Techniquesð, Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 131, pp. 142-149, 2020.
• C. Ardito, G. Desolda, R. Lanzilotti, A. Malizia, M. Matera, P. Buono, A. Piccinno, ðUser-defined semantics for the design of IoT systems enabling smart interactive experiencesð, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2020.
• D. Fogli, D., A. Piccinno, S. Carmien, G. Fischer, ðExploring design trade-offs for achieving social inclusion in multi-tiered design problemsð, Behaviour & Information Technology, Volume 39, No. 1, pp. 27-46, 2020.
• B.R. Barricelli, F. Cassano, D. Fogli, D., A. Piccinno, ðEnd-User Development, End-User Programming and End-User Software Engineering: a Systematic Mappingð, Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 149, pp. 101-137, 2019.
• D. Caivano, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, F. Cassano, ðSupporting end users to control their smart home: design implications from a literature review and an empirical investigationð, Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 144, pp. 295-313, 2018.
• P. Buono, F. Cassano, A. Legretto, A. Piccinno, ðEUDroid: a formal language specifying the behaviour of IoT devicesð, IET Software, Volume 12, No. 5, pp. 425-429, 2018.
• F. Cabitza, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðRule-based tools for the configuration of ambient intelligence systems: a comparative user studyð, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Volume 76, No. 4,ðpp. 5221-5241, 2016.
• F. Cabitza, D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ðFostering participation and co-evolution in sentient multimedia systemsð, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, Volume 25, No. 6, pp. 684-694, 2014.
• C. Ardito, P. Buono, M.F. Costabile, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, L. Zhu, ðOn the transferability of a meta-design model supporting End-User Developmentð, Universal Access in the Information Society Journal, pp. 1-18, 2014.
• C. Ardito, M.F. Costabile, G. Desolda, R. Lanzilotti, M. Matera, A. Piccinno, M. Picozzi, ðUser-Driven Visual Composition of Service-Based Interactive Spacesð, Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, Volume 25, No. 4, pp. 278-296, 2014.
• C. Ardito, P. Buono, M. F. Costabile, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðEnd users as co-designers of their own tools and productsð, International Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 78 - 90, 2012.
• C. Ardito, P. Buono, M. F. Costabile, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðEnabling interactive exploration of cultural heritage: an experience of designing systems for mobile devicesð, Knowledge Technology and Policy Journal, vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 79 - 86, 2009.
• C. Ardito, P. Buono, M.F. Costabile, R. Lanzilotti,A. Piccinno, A.L. Simeone, ðExploring Archaeological Parks by Playing Games on Mobile Devicesð, IxD&A - Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal, No. 5-6, pp. 81-85, 2009.\
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, A. Marcante, P. Mussio, L. Parasiliti Provenza, A. Piccinno, ðDesigning Customized and Tailorable Visual Interactive Systemsð, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 305 - 325, 2008.
• C. Ardito, P. Buono, M. F. Costabile, R. Lanzilotti, T. Pederson, A. Piccinno, ðExperiencing the Past through the Senses: An M-Learning Game at Archaeological Parksð, IEEE Multimedia, vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 76 - 81, 2008.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðVisual Interactive Systems for End-User Development: a Model-based Design Methodologyð, IEEE Transactions on System, Man and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 1029 - 1046, 2007.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðSupporting Work Practice Through End-User Development Environmentsð, Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, Volume 18, No. 4, pp. 43-65, 2006.
• D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ðEnvironments to support context and emotion aware visual interactionð, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing. Volume 16, pp. 386ð405, 2005.
• M. F. Costabile, D. Fogli, G. Fresta, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðSoftware Environments for End-User Development and Tailoringð, PsychNology Journal, Volume 2, No. 1, pp. 99 ð 122, 2004, http://www.psychnology.org/.
• G. Fischer, D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ðRevisiting and Broadening the Meta-Design Framework for End-User Developmentð, in “New Perspectives in End-User Development “, F. Paternð, V. Wulf (Eds.), Volume, Cham, Springer International Publishing, pp. 61-97, 2017.
• F. Cabitza, D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ððEach to His Ownð: Distinguishing Activities, Roles and Artifacts in EUD Practicesð, in “Smart organizations need smart artifacts: fostering interactions between people, technologies, and processes “, L. Caporarello, B. Di Martino, M. Martinez (Eds.), LNISO, Volume 7, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, pp. 193-205, 2014.
• D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ðRepresenting Visual Aspects of Web Servicesð. In M. De Marco, D. Teðeni, V. Albano and S. Za (Eds), ðInformation Systems: Crossroads for Organization, Management, Accounting and Engineeringð, Heidelberg, Germany, Springer-Verlag HD, pp. 189-197, 2011.
• B.R. Barricelli, P. Mussio, M. Padula, A. Piccinno, P.L. Scala, S. Valtolina, ðInteractive Task Management System Development Based on Semantic Orchestration of Web Services,ð in “Information Technology and Innovation trends in Organizations “, A. D'Atri, M. Ferrara, J. F. George, P. Spagnoletti (Eds.), Heidelberg, Germany, Physica-Verlag, 237-244, 2011.
• L. Parasiliti Provenza, A. Piccinno, ðDesigning Flexible User Interfacesð, in A. D'Atri, D. Saccð (Eds.), ðInformation Systems: People, Organizations, Institutions, and Technologiesð, Heidelberg, Germany, Physica-Verlag HD, pp. 539-547, 2010.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðSupporting Work Practice Through End-User Development Environmentsð, in S. Clarke (Ed.), ðEnd-User Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applicationsð, Hershey PA, USA, IGI Global, pp. 1823-1842, 2008.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, P. Mussio, L. Parasiliti Provenza, A. Piccinno, ðAdvancing End-User Development Through Meta-Designð, in S. Clarke (Ed.) “End User Computing Challenges and Technologies: Emerging Tools and Applications “, ISBN: 9781599042954. HERSHEY PA: Information Science Reference, pp. 143-16, 20087.
• D. Fogli, A. Marcante, P. Mussio, L. Parasiliti Provenza, A. Piccinno, A., “Multi-facet Design of Interactive Systems through Visual Languages “, in F. Ferri (Ed.) “Visual Languages for Interactive Computing: Definitions and Formalizations “, ISBN: 978-1-59904-534-4. HERSHEY PA: IGI Global, pp. 174-204, 2007.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðEnd-User Development: the Software Shaping Workshop Approachð, in H. Lieberman, F.Paternð, V.Wulf (Eds), ðEnd User Developmentð, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp. 183-205, 2006.
• V.S. Barletta, D. Caivano, M. De Vincentiis, A. Magrð, A. Piccinno, ðQuantum Optimization for IoT Security Detectionð, Proceedings of the Ambient IntelligenceðSoftware and Applicationsð13th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, Springer International Publishing, L'Aquila (Italy), 2023/01/01, 2023, pp. 187-196.
• V.S. Barletta, F. Caruso, T. Di Mascio, A. Piccinno, ðSerious Games for Autism Based on Immersive Virtual Reality: A Lens on Methodological and Technological Challengesð, Proceedings, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2023, pp. 181-195.
• M. De Vincentiis, F. Cassano, A. Pagano, A. Piccinno, ðQAI4ASE: Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Automotive Software Engineeringð, Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Quantum Programming for Software Engineering, Association for Computing Machinery, Singapore, 2022, pp. 19ð21.
• V.S. Barletta, F. Cassano, A. Pagano, A. Piccinno, ðNew perspectives for cyber security in software development: when End-User Development meets Artificial Intelligenceð, Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT), 20-21 Nov. 2022, 2022, pp. 531-534.
• G. Desolda, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, V. Rossano, ðA System to Support Children in Speech Therapies at Homeð, Proceedings of the CHItaly 2021: 14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly '21), ACM, Bolzano, Italy, July 11-13, 2021.
• F. Cassano, A. Piccinno, ðProviding a Notifications System to Software Services with HomeSerBotð, Proceedings of the End-User Development, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2021//, 2021, pp. 196-203.
• P. Buono, M.F. Costabile, P. Marra, V. Moretto, A. Piccinno, L. Tedesco, ðSupporting the Analysis of Inner Areas of a Territoryð, Proceedings of the Human-Computer-Interaction ð INTERACT 2021, Springer International Publishing, Bari, Italy, 2021, pp. 285-289.
• M.T. Baldassarre, V.S. Barletta, D. Caivano, A. Piccinno, ðIntegrating Security and Privacy in HCD-Scrumð, Proceedings of the CHItaly 2021: 14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly '21), ACM, Bolzano, Italy, July 11-13, 2021.
• M.T. Baldassarre, V.S. Barletta, D. Caivano, A. Piccinno, ðA Visual Tool for Supporting Decision-Making in Privacy Oriented Software Developmentð, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Association for Computing Machinery, Salerno, Italy, 2020, pp. Article 45.
• P. Buono, F. Cassano, A. Piccinno, M.F. Costabile, ðSmart Objects for Speech Therapies at Homeð, in “Human-Computer Interaction ð INTERACT 2019 “, D. Lamas, F. Loizides, L. Nacke, H. Petrie, M. Winckler, P. Zaphiris (Eds.), Volume 11749, Cham,Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 672-675.
• F. Cassano, A. Piccinno, P. Regina, ðEnd-User Development in Speech Therapies: A Scenario in theSmart Home Domainð, in “End-User Development “, A. Malizia, S. Valtolina, A. Morch, A. Serrano, A. Stratton (Eds.), LNCS, Volume11553, Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 158-165.
• D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ðEnd-User Development in Industry 4.0: Challenges and Opportunitiesð,in “End-User Development “, A. Malizia, S. Valtolina, A. Morch, A. Serrano, A. Stratton (Eds.), LNCS, Volume 11553, Cham, SpringerInternational Publishing, 2019, pp. 230-233.
• C. Ardito, P. Buono, M.F. Costabile, G. Desolda, R. Lanzilotti, M. Matera, A. Piccinno, ðEnabling End Users to Define the Behavior of Smart Objects in AALEnvironmentsð, in “Ambient Assisted Living “, A. Leone, A. Caroppo, G. Rescio, G. Diraco, P. Siciliano (Eds.), LNEE, Volume 544, Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 95-103.
• F. Cassano, A. Piccinno, T. Roselli, V. Rossano, ðGamification and Learning Analytics to Improve Engagement in University Coursesð, in “8th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning(MIS4TEL) “, T. Di Mascio, P. Vittorini, R. Gennari, F. De la Prieta, S. Rodrðguez, M. Temperini, R. Azambuja Silveira, E. Popescu, L. Lancia(Eds.), AISC, Volume 804, Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 156-163.
• P. Buono, F. Cassano, A. Piccinno, T. Roselli, V. Rossano, F. Berni, “Multimedia technologies to support delivery of health services to migrants by enhancing the inclusion of migrants “, 2019 23rd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), 2-5 July 2019, Paris, pp. 370-375.
• P. Buono, F. Balducci, F. Cassano, A. Piccinno, ðEnergyAware: A Non-intrusive Load Monitoring System to Improve the Domestic Energy Consumption Awarenessð, Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on Ensemble-Based Software Engineering for Modern Computing Platforms (EnSEmble ð19), ACM, Tallinn, Estonia, August 26.
• D. Caivano, F. Cassano, D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ðEUD4SH: A EUD Model for the Smart Homeð, in “Ambient Intelligence ðSoftware and Applications ð, 9th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2018) “, P. Novais, J. J. Jung, G. VillarrubiaGonzðlez, A. Fernðndez-Caballero, E. Navarro, P. Gonzðlez, D. Carneiro, A. Pinto, A. T. Campbell, D. Durðes (Eds.), AISC, Volume 806, Toledo(Spain), Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 86-93.
• P. Buono, F. Cassano, A. Legretto, A. Piccinno, ðA Modular Pill Dispenser Supporting Therapies at Homeð, in “CurrentTrends in Web Engineering. ICWE 2018. “, C. Pautasso, F. Sðnchez-Figueroa, K. Systð, J. M. Murillo Rodrðguez (Eds.), LNCS,Volume 11153, Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp. 71-82.\
• P. Buono, F. Cassano, A. Legretto, A. Piccinno, ðA Homemade Pill Dispenser Prototype Supporting Elderlyð, in “Current Trends in Web Engineering(ICWE) “, I. Garrigðs, M. Wimmer (Eds.), Volume LNCS Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp. 120-124.
• F. Cassano, A. Piccinno, ðAn IoT model for coping with trade-offs in designing smart environmentsð, Proceedings of the Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age Workshop (CoPDA), CEUR-WS, Castiglione della Pescaia (GR), Italy, May 29, pp. 80-88, 2018.
• D. Caivano, F. Cassano, A. Piccinno, ðWiP: a Model for Assessing IoT Devicesð, Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), IEEE, Taormina, Italy, 2018.
• D. Caivano, F. Cassano, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðTowards an IoT model for the assessment of smart devicesð, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, ACM, Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Italy, May 29 - June 01, pp. 1-3, 2018.\
• B.R. Barricelli, G. Fischer, D. Fogli, A. Mðrch, A. Piccinno, S. Valtolina, ðCultures of Participation in the Digital Age: Design Trade-offs for an Inclusive Societyð, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, ACM, Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy, May 29-June 1, 2018.
• D. Caivano, F. Cassano, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðWe@Home: A Gamified Application for Collaboratively Managing a Smart Homeð, in “Ambient Intelligenceð Software and Applications ð 8th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2017) “, J. F. De Paz, V. Juliðn, G. Villarrubia, G. Marreiros, P. Novais (Eds.), Volume, Cham, Springer International Publishing, pp. 79-86, 2017.
• D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðEnd-User Development Tools for the Smart Home: A Systematic Literature Reviewð, in “Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions: 4th International Conference, DAPI 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17-22, 2016, Proceedings “, N. Streitz, P. Markopoulos (Eds.), Volume, Cham, Springer International Publishing, pp. 69-79, 2016.
• D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, P. Tosi, ðAmI@Home: A Game-Based Collaborative System for Smart Home Configurationð, Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), ACM, Bari, Italy, pp. 308-309, 2016.\
• B.R. Barricelli, G. Fischer, D. Fogli, A. Mðrch, A. Piccinno, S. Valtolina, ðCultures of Participation in the Digital Age: From “Have to “ to “Want to “ Participateð, Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI), ACM, Gothenburg, Sweden, pp. 1-3, 2016.
• V. Bevilacqua, F. Cassano, G. Dimauro, F. Girardi, A. Piccinno, ðA dynamic approach to medical data visualization and interactionð, Proceedings of the 2016 Workshop on Valuable Visualization of Healthcare Information, VVH 2016, CEUR-WS, pp. 7-12, 2016.\
• F. Benzi, F. Cabitza, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðGamification Techniques for Rule Management in Ambient Intelligenceð, in “Ambient Intelligence “, B. De Ruyter, A. Kameas, P. Chatzimisios, I. Mavrommati (Eds.), Volume 9425, Springer International Publishing, pp. 353-356, 2015.
• B.R. Barricelli, G. Fischer, A. Mðrch, A. Piccinno, S. Valtolina, ðCultures of Participation in the Digital Age: Coping with Information, Participation, and Collaboration Overloadð, in “End-User Development “, P. Dðaz, V. Pipek, C. Ardito, C. Jensen, I. Aedo, A. Boden (Eds.), LNCS, Volume 9083, Springer International Publishing, pp. 271-275, 2015.
• S. Abrahao, M.T. Baldassarre, D. Caivano, Y. Dittrich, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðHuman Factors in Software Development Processesð, in “Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 16th International Conference, PROFES 2015, Bolzano, Italy, December 2-4, 2015, Proceedings “, P. Abrahamsson, L. Corral, M. Oivo, B. Russo (Eds.), Cham, Springer International Publishing, pp. XIV-XVI, 2015.
• F. Cabitza, D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ððEach to His Ownð: Distinguishing Activities, Roles and Artifacts in EUD Practicesð, in “Smart organizations need smart artifacts: fostering interactions between people, technologies, and processes “, L. Caporarello, B. Di Martino, M. Martinez (Eds.), LNISO, Volume 7, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, pp. 193-205, 2014.
• D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ðCo-evolution of End-User Developers and Systems in Multi-tiered Proxy Design Problems,ð in “End-User Development “, Y. Dittrich, M. Burnett, A. Mðrch, D. Redmiles (Eds.), Volume 7897, Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, pp. 153-168, 2013.
• C. Ardito, P. Bottoni, M.F. Costabile, G. Desolda, M. Matera, A. Piccinno, M. Picozzi, ðEnabling End Users to Create, Annotate and Share Personal Information Spaces,ð in “End-User Development “, Y. Dittrich, M. Burnett, A. Mðrch, D. Redmiles (Eds.), Volume 7897, Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, pp. 40-55, 2013.
• D. Dðez, A. Mðrch, A. Piccinno, S. Valtolina, ðCultures of Participation in the Digital Age: Empowering End Users to Improve Their Quality of Life,ð in “End-User Development “, Y. Dittrich, M. Burnett, A. Mðrch, D. Redmiles (Eds.), Volume 7897, Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, pp. 304-309, 2013.
• D. Fogli, A. Piccinno, ðEnabling Domain Experts to Develop Usable Software Artifacts,ð in “Organizational Change and Information Systems “, P. Spagnoletti (Ed.), LNISO, Volume 2, Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, pp. 419-428, 2013.
• F. Cabitza, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðEnd-User Development in Ambient Intelligence: a User Studyð, Proceedings of the 11th Biannual Conference on Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly), ACM, Rome, Italy, October 29-30, pp. 146-153, 2015.
• C. Ardito, M.F. Costabile, G. Desolda, R. Lanzilotti, M. Matera, A. Piccinno, M. Picozzi, ðPersonal information spaces in the context of visits to archaeological parksð, Proceedings of the Biannual Conference of the Italian Chapter of SIGCHI (CHItaly), ACM, Trento, Italy, September 16-19, 2013.\
• C. Ardito, M.F. Costabile, G. Desolda, M. Matera, A. Piccinno, M. Picozzi, ðComposition of situational interactive spaces by end users: a case for cultural heritage,ð Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design (NordiCHI), ACM, Copenhagen (Denmark), October 14 - 17, pp. 79-88, 2012.\
• C. Ardito, B. R. Barricelli, P. Buono, M.F. Costabile, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, S. Valtolina, ðAn Ontology-Based Approach to Product Customizationð, in ðEnd-User Develpmentð, M. F. Costabile, Y. Dittrich, G. Fischer, A. Piccinno (Eds.), LNCS, Volume 6654, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 92-106, 2011.
• C. Ardito, B.R. Barricelli, P. Buono, M.F. Costabile, A. Piccinno, S. Valtolina, L. Zhu, ðVisual Mediation Mechanisms for Collaborative Design and Developmentð. In ðUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design for All and eInclusionð, C. Stephanidis (Ed.), LNCS, Volume 6765, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 3-11, 2011.
• M. F. Costabile, P. Mussio, L. Parasiliti Provenza, A. Piccinno, ðSupporting End Users to be Co-designers of their Toolsð, in ðEnd-User Developmentð, V. Pipek, M.B. Rosson, B. de Ruyter, V. Wulf (Eds), LNCS, Volume 5435, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 70-85, 2009.
• C. Ardito, P. Buono, M.F. Costabile, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðA tool for Wizard of Oz studies of multimodal mobile systems,ð Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Human System Interactions (HSI '09) IEEE Press, Catania, Italy, May 21-23, pp. 344-347, 2009.
• M. F. Costabile, P. Mussio, L. Parasiliti Provenza, A. Piccinno, ðAdvanced Visual Systems Supporting Unwitting EUDð, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interface 2008 (AVI 2008), Naple, Italy, May 28-30, 2008, pp. 313-316.\
• G. Fischer, A. Piccinno, Y. Ye, ðThe Ecology of Participants in Co-Evolving Socio-Technical Environmentsð, in ðEngineering Interactive Systemsð, P. Forbrig, F. Paternð (Eds.), LNCS, Volume 5247, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 279-286, 2008.
• M. F. Costabile, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, A. Marcante, P. Mussio, L. Parasiliti Provenza, A. Piccinno, ðMeta-design to face co-evolution and communication gaps between users and designersð, in ðUniversal Access in Human Computer Interaction. Coping with Diversityð, C. Stephanidis, (Ed.) LNCS, Volume 4554, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 46-55, 2007.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, A. Marcante, A. Piccinno, ðSupporting Interaction and Co-evolution of Users and Systemsð, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interface 2006 (AVI 2006), Venice, Italy, May 23-26, pp. 143-150, 2006.
• C. Ardito, R. Lanzilotti, P. Buono, A. Piccinno, “A Tool to Support Usability Inspection “, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interface 2006 (AVI 2006), Venice, Italy, May 23-26, pp. 278-281, 2006.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, R. Lanzilotti, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðCollaborating through Computers: the Software Shaping Workshop Approachð, International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing (VLC 2006), Gran Canyon, USA, August 30 - September 1, 2006, pp. 147-152.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, P. Mussio, L. Parasiliti, A. Piccinno, ðDesigning Non-Ambiguous and Viable Visual Interactive Systemsð, International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing (VLC 2006), Gran Canyon, USA, August 30 - September 1, 2006, pp. 137-140.\
• M. F. Costabile, D. Fogli, A. Marcante, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðInteractive Environments Supporting User and System Co-Evolutionð. In C. Hochberger & R. Liskowsky (Eds.) LNI, Volume P-93, pp. 588-591, Kðllen Druck+Verlag GmbH, Bonn, Germany, 2006, Proceedings of INFORMATIK 2006, Dresden, Germany, 2-6 October 2006, pp. 588-591.
• P. Buono, C. Ardito, M.F. Costabile, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðDAE: a Visualization-based System for Data Analysis “. Proceedings of Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing 2006 (VL/HCC 2006), Brighton, United Kingdom, September, 4-8, pp. 147-150, 2006.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, A. Marcante, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðDesign, Specification and Implementation of Tailorable Visual Interactive Systemsð, Proceedings of International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'06), San Francisco Bay, USA, July 5-7, pp. 450-455, 2006.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðA meta-design approach to End-User Developmentð, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC'05, September 20-24, Dallas, Texas, USA, pp. 308-310, 2005.
• A. Piccinno, ðA Component-Based approach to support End-User Developmentð. Proceedings of HCI International 2005, July 22-27, 2005. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, G. Fresta, P. Mussio,A. Piccinno, ðVirtual Workshops for Human-Centric Computingð, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC'04, Rome, Italy, September 26-29, pp. 65-68, 2004.
• M. F. Costabile, D. Fogli, G. Fresta, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, “Virtual Workshops to Support Reflection in Action “, proc. Workshop on “Designing for Reflective Practitionersð, CHI Conference, Wien, Austria, April, 25th, 2004, http://www.ics.uci.edu/~redmiles/chiworkshop/
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, G. Fresta, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðBuilding environments for End-User Development and Tailoringð, Proc. IEEE Symposium on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments HCC 03, Auckland, New Zealand, October 28-31, pp. 31-38, 2003.
• D. Fogli,A. Piccinno, D. Salvi, ðWhat Users See Is What Users Needð, Proc. 9th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS), Miami, Florida, USA, September 24-26, pp. 335-340, 2003.
• M. F. Costabile, D. Fogli, G. Fresta, R. Lanzilotti, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðTailoring a cooperative environment through Software Shaping Workshopsð, Proc. Workshop on Tailoring Cooperation, 8th European Conference of Computer-supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 03), Helsinky, FIN, September 14-18, 2003, pp. 10-12.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, C. Letondal, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðDomain-Expert Users and their Needs of Software Developmentð, invited paper at Special Session on EUD, UAHCI Conference, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, pp. 532-536, 2003.
• P. Buono, M.F. Costabile, S.P. Guida, R. Lanzilotti, A. Piccinno, ðImproving Web Interaction trough Personalizationð, HCI International 03, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, pp. 522-52, 20036.
• M. F. Costabile, D. Fogli, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, “Software Shaping Workshops: Environments to Support End-User Development “, Workshop on “Perspectives in End User Development “, CHI ð03, Fort Lauderdale, USA, 6 April 2003, http://giove.cnuce.cnr.it/chi-eud.html.
• M. F. Costabile, D. Fogli, G. Fresta, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, ðComputer Environments for Improving End-User Accessibilityð, in “Universal Access: Theoretical Perspectives,Practice and Experience “, N. Carbonell & C. Stephanidis (Eds). Proceedings of the 7th ERCIM Workshop “User Interfaces for All “, Paris(Chantilly), France. LNCS Volume 2615, pp. 129-140, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2003.
• P. Buono, M. F. Costabile, S. Guida, A. Piccinno, ðIntegrating User Data and Collaborative Filtering in a Web Recommendation Systemð, in ðHypermedia: Openness,Structural Awareness, and Adaptivityð, Reich, S., Tzagarakis, M.M., and Debra, P.M.E. (Eds.), LNCS, Volume 2266, pp. 315-321, Springer-Verlag,Heidelberg, Germany, 2002.
• P. Bottoni, M.F. Costabile, S. Levialdi, A. Piccinno, ðToward Formal Measures of Usability for Visual Interactive Systemsð, Proc. of Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC), Arlington, Virginia, September 3-6, IEEE CS Press, pp. 188-197, 2002.
• P. Buono, M. F. Costabile, A. Piccinno, T. Roselli, ðWeb Recommendation Systems: The Case of On-line Trade Fairsð, Proc. PC-HCI 2001, Patras, Greece, December 7-9, pp. 405-406, 2001.
• P. Buono, M. F. Costabile, A. Piccinno, G. Minardi, ðUPE: The FAIRWIS Personalisation Componentð, Proc. OESSEO 2001, Rome, September 14-15, pp. 153-154, 2001.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, G. Fresta, A. Marcante, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, “Meta-design for supporting users to shape their software solutions “, proc. Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction HCITALY, Roma, Italy, September 13, 2005, pp. 35-39.
• M.F. Costabile, D. Fogli, G. Fresta, R. Lanzilotti, P. Mussio, A. Piccinno, “Software Environments that Support End-User Development “, proc. Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction HCITALY, Torino, November 4-5, 2003, pp. 48-52.
• G. Fischer, D. Fogli, A. Mðrch, A. Piccinno, S. Valtolina, ðDesign trade-o!s in cultures of participation: empowering end users to improve their quality of lifeð, Behaviour & Information Technology, Volume 39, No. 1, 2019, pp. 1-4.
• Y. Dittrich, A. Piccinno, ðSpecial Issue on Semiotics, Human-Computer Interaction and End-User Developmentð, Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, Volume 40, 2017, pp. iv-vi.
• D. Dðez, A. Mðrch, A. Piccinno, S. Valtolina, ðSpecial issue on Culture of Participation in the Digital Age Empowering - End Users to Improve their Quality of Lifeð, Interaction Design and Architecture (s) Journal (IxD&A), Volume 18, No. Autumn, 2013.
• M. F. Costabile, Y. Dittrich, G. Fischer, A. Piccinno, (Eds.) ðEnd-User Developmentð, LNCS, Volume 6654, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany, 2011.
• A. Piccinno, “Software environments for supporting End-User Development “, Ph.D. Thesis, Universitð degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy, 2005.

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Projects

• IST-2001-37470 EUD-Net (End-User Development - Empowering people to flexibly employ advanced information and communication technology), 2002-2003.

• IST-2001-34290 FairsNet (On-line Solutions for Trade Fairs), 2002-2003.

• IST-1999-12641 FAIRWIS (Trade Fair Web-based Information Services), 2000-2001.
• VICE (Comunitð Virtuali per l'apprendimento), 2003-2006.
• Stressafish (Sviluppo di metodi di supporto al miglioramento qualitativo e di resistenza allo stress di pesci eurialini), 2005-2006.
• DE_VISU (Specifica, Progetto e Sviluppo di Sistemi Interattivi Visuali), 2001-2002.
• CHAT (Cultural Heritage fruition & e-learning applications Advanced(MultiModal) Technologies), ð2006-2008.
• DIPIS (DIstributed Production as Innovative System), 2007-2009.
• GENðMENA (Beni Culturali Immateriali per la Ricostruzione della Memoria Storica del Territorio), 2007-2008.

Association Membership

• ACM (Association of Computing Machinery)
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
• SIGCHI Italy, the Italian Chapter of ACM SIGCHI

Teaching

Courses taught at the University of Bari (in Italian):\

• A.A. 2018/2019 (I semestre): Cloud Computing, (Corso di magistrale in Computer Science, sede di Bari), 6 CFU.
• A.A. 2018/2019 (I semestre): Informatica, (Corso di Laurea in Economia e Commercio, sede di Bari), 5 CFU.
• A.A. 2018/2019 (II semestre): Ingegneria del Software, (Corso di Laurea in Informatica e Tecnologie per la Produzione del Software, sede di Bari), 12 CFU.
• A.A. 2017/2018 (II semestre): Ingegneria del Software, (Corso di Laurea in Informatica e Tecnologie per la Produzione del Software, sede di Bari), 12 CFU.
• A.A. 2017/2018 (I semestre): Informatica, (Corso di Laurea in Economia e Commercio, sede di Bari), 5 CFU.
• A.A. 2016/2017 (II semestre): Analisi e Progettazione di Sistemi Software, (Corso di Laurea in Informatica e Tecnologie per la Produzione del Software, sede di Bari), 9 CFU.
• A.A. 2016/2017 (I semestre): Informatica, (Corso di Laurea in Economia e Commercio, sede di Bari), 5 CFU.
• A.A. 2015/2016 (II semestre): Analisi e Progettazione di Sistemi Software, (Corso di Laurea in Informatica e Tecnologie per la Produzione del Software, sede di Bari), 9 CFU.
• A.A. 2015/2016 (I semestre): Basi di Dati, (Corso di Laurea in Scienze Statistiche, sede di Bari), 6 CFU.
• A.A. 2015/2016 (I semestre): Informatica, (Corso di Laurea in Economia e Commercio, sede di Bari), 5 CFU.
• A.A. 2014/2015 (II semestre): Programmazione per il Web + Laboratorio, (Corso di Laurea in Informatica e Tecnologie per la Produzione del Software, sede di Bari), 6 CFU.
• A.A. 2014/2015 (I semestre): Informatica, (Corso di Laurea in Economia e Commercio, sede di Bari), 5 CFU.
• A.A. 2013/2014 (I semestre): Basi di Dati, (Corso di Laurea in Scienze Statistiche, sede di Bari) ), 6 CFU.
• A.A. 2012/2013 (II semestre): Basi di Dati, (Corso di Laurea in Scienze Statistiche, sede di Bari) ), 6 CFU.
• A.A. 2012/2013 (I semestre): Informatica, (Corsi di Laurea in Economia e Commercio, 5 CFU, e Scienze Statistiche, 6 CFU, sede di Bari).
• A.A. 2011/2012 (II semestre): Basi di Dati, (Corso di Laurea in Scienze Statistiche, sede di Bari), 6 CFU.
• A.A. 2011/2012 (I semestre): Informatica, (Corsi di Laurea in Economia e Commercio 4 CFU e Scienze Statistiche 6 CFU, sede di Bari).
• A.A. 2010/2011 (II semestre): Basi di Dati, (Corsi di Laurea in Economia 7 CFU e Commercio e Scienze Statistiche 4 CFU, sede di Bari).
• A.A. 2009/2010 (I semestre): Informatica e Sistemi Informativi (corso L-Z), (Corsi di Laurea in Economia Aziendale, Economia e Commercio e Marketing e Comunicazione, sede di Bari) 6/7 CFU.
• A.A. 2008/2009 (I semestre): Esercitazioni di Architettura degli Elaboratori (corso di laurea in informatica, sede di Brindisi).
• A.A. 2007/2008 (I semestre):ð Esercitazioni di Architettura degli Elaboratori (corso di laurea in informatica, sede di Brindisi).
• A.A. 2007/2008 (I semestre): Esercitazioni di Programmazione (corso di laurea in informatica, sede di Brindisi).
• A.A. 2006/2007 (I semestre): Esercitazioni di Architettura degli Elaboratori (corso di laurea in informatica, sede di Brindisi).

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