Publications
Here you can find the complete list of my publications. You can use the tag cloud below to select only the papers dealing with specific research topics. You can expand the Abstract, Links and BibTex record of each paper.
2010
Ciampi, Mario; Gallo, Luigi; Coronato, Antonio; Pietro, Giuseppe De
Middleware Mechanisms for Interaction Interoperability in Collaborative Virtual Environments Journal Article
In: International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 154–166, 2010, ISSN: ISSN (Online): 1741-8003 - ISSN (Print): 1462-4613.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Interoperability, Middleware, Multi-agent systems, Natural User Interfaces, Virtual Reality
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title = {Middleware Mechanisms for Interaction Interoperability in Collaborative Virtual Environments},
author = { Mario Ciampi and Luigi Gallo and Antonio Coronato and Giuseppe De Pietro},
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issn = {ISSN (Online): 1741-8003 - ISSN (Print): 1462-4613},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication},
volume = {2},
number = {4},
pages = {154--166},
abstract = {In this paper, we discuss interaction interoperability in Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE), intended to mean the ability of two or more users to cooperate despite the heterogeneity of their interfaces. To allow such interoperability, rather than focusing on the de-coupling of input devices from interaction techniques and from interaction tasks, we suggest integrating interactive systems at higher level through an interface standardization. To achieve this aim, we propose: i) an architectural model able to handle differences in input devices and interaction tasks; ii) an agent-based middleware that provides basic components to integrate heterogeneous user interfaces. We also present a prototype of an agent-based middleware able to support developers in the interconnection of monolithic applications and we introduce tools and languages we have used to formalize the interaction tasks considered in the case study.},
keywords = {Interoperability, Middleware, Multi-agent systems, Natural User Interfaces, Virtual Reality},
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2009
Gallo, Luigi; Coronato, Antonio
Pervasive Distributed Volume Rendering in a Lightweight Multi-agent Platform Proceedings Article
In: ICIS '09 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interaction Sciences: Information Technology, Culture and Human, pp. 750–755, ACM, Seoul, Korea, 2009, ISBN: 978-1-60558-710-3.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Healthcare, Middleware, Multi-agent systems, Ray casting
@inproceedings{galloPervasiveDistributedVolume2009,
title = {Pervasive Distributed Volume Rendering in a Lightweight Multi-agent Platform},
author = { Luigi Gallo and Antonio Coronato},
doi = {10.1145/1655925.1656062},
isbn = {978-1-60558-710-3},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-11-01},
booktitle = {ICIS '09 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interaction Sciences: Information Technology, Culture and Human},
pages = {750--755},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {Seoul, Korea},
abstract = {In this paper, we present a service for a pervasive distribution of the computational load involved in the execution of high quality 3D rendering of medical volume data. The service is built upon an ad-hoc developed multi-agent middleware layer, which is in charge of executing user-defined tasks in hybrid peer-to-peer networks. Users' tasks are embedded in mobile agents and then spread in a platform composed by both fixed and mobile stations. Such agents are able to migrate among stations in order to ensure a certain degree of load balancing and dependability. The application scenario considered is a hospital, where intensive computing tasks can be edbend ectively executed on a large number of heterogeneous devices that are networked and typically only partially used. We also present the results of performance and dependability tests performed under real-world conditions.},
keywords = {Healthcare, Middleware, Multi-agent systems, Ray casting},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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Coronato, Antonio; Gallo, Luigi; Pietro, Giuseppe De
Medical Data Visualization via a Pervasive Multi-Agent Platform Journal Article
In: International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Initiatives, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 68–81, 2009, ISSN: ISSN (Online): 1938-0224 - ISSN (Print): 1938-0216.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Healthcare, Mobile computing, Multi-agent systems, Pervasive computing
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title = {Medical Data Visualization via a Pervasive Multi-Agent Platform},
author = { Antonio Coronato and Luigi Gallo and Giuseppe De Pietro},
doi = {10.4018/jhdri.2009100105},
issn = {ISSN (Online): 1938-0224 - ISSN (Print): 1938-0216},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Initiatives},
volume = {1},
number = {4},
pages = {68--81},
abstract = {Pervasive healthcare is the field of application emerging from the combination of healthcare with pervasive computing, which is the computing paradigm that aims to provide users with access to services in a transparent way, wherever they are and whichever their interacting device is. In this paper, a software infrastructure for pervasive healthcare is presented. Such an infrastructure aims at supporting medical practitioners with advanced pervasive access to medical data, which is also context-aware in the sense that the modality to fruit data depends on the device used by the operator and on his physical position within the environment. The paper also describes a service for high quality 3D rendering of medical volume data, which takes advantage of the software infrastructure to distribute the computational load upon the devices available in the environment in a completely transparent way to users.},
keywords = {Healthcare, Mobile computing, Multi-agent systems, Pervasive computing},
pubstate = {published},
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2008
Coronato, Antonio; Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi
An Agent Based Platform for Task Distribution in Virtual Environments Journal Article
In: Journal of Systems Architecture, vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 877–882, 2008, ISSN: 1383-7621.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Context awareness, Multi-agent systems, Pervasive computing
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title = {An Agent Based Platform for Task Distribution in Virtual Environments},
author = { Antonio Coronato and Giuseppe De Pietro and Luigi Gallo},
doi = {10.1016/j.sysarc.2008.01.011},
issn = {1383-7621},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Systems Architecture},
volume = {54},
number = {9},
pages = {877--882},
abstract = {This paper focuses on automatic mechanisms for task distribution and execution in virtual and mobile environments. In particular, the goal is the implementation of Utility Computing services that enable users to submit their source code and to have their applications executed without concerning about resource allocation, task distribution, and load-balancing. The proposed solution consists in a distributed agent-based software infrastructure that grants a high level of transparency from the user point of view. As a matter of fact, accordingly with the Utility Computing model, the user has just to submit its tasks and their input parameters; after that, the software infrastructure takes care of (1) encapsulating tasks in mobile agents; (2) distributing them in the virtual environment; (3) launching and controlling execution; (4) picking up results; and (5) handling computing stations. Finally, it is important to note that the infrastructure is able to integrate both fixed and mobile hardware resources to build a community of computing stations for task executions. As a consequence, such an infrastructure can get useful computing power even from stations (mobile devices) that have always been neglected by classic task execution platforms.},
keywords = {Context awareness, Multi-agent systems, Pervasive computing},
pubstate = {published},
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2007
Coronato, Antonio; Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi
Automatic Execution of Tasks in MiPeG Proceedings Article
In: Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing, pp. 702–709, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Paris, France, 2007, ISBN: 978-3-540-72359-2.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Grid computing, Multi-agent systems, Pervasive computing, Utility computing
@inproceedings{coronatoAutomaticExecutionTasks2007,
title = {Automatic Execution of Tasks in MiPeG},
author = { Antonio Coronato and Giuseppe De Pietro and Luigi Gallo},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-72360-8},
isbn = {978-3-540-72359-2},
year = {2007},
date = {2007-05-01},
booktitle = {Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing},
volume = {4459},
pages = {702--709},
publisher = {Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg},
address = {Paris, France},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)},
abstract = {Grid computing and pervasive computing have rapidly emerged and affirmed respectively as the paradigm for high performance computing and the paradigm for user-friendly computing. The conjunction of such paradigms are now generating a new one, the Pervasive Grid Computing, which aims at extending classic grids with characteristics of pervasive computing like spontaneous and transparent integration of mobile devices, context-awareness, proactivity, and so on. In this paper, we present mechanisms and a software infrastructure for executing tasks in a pervasive grid. In particular, the proposed solution, which provides an implementation of the Utility Computing model, enables users to submit tasks and to pick up results without concerning on requiring and handling hardware resources.},
keywords = {Grid computing, Multi-agent systems, Pervasive computing, Utility computing},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
2006
Coronato, Antonio; Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi
Distribuzione ed esecuzione automatica di task in griglie pervasive Technical Report
ICAR-CNR no. RT-ICAR-NA-2006-15, 2006.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Multi-agent systems
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title = {Distribuzione ed esecuzione automatica di task in griglie pervasive},
author = { Antonio Coronato and Giuseppe De Pietro and Luigi Gallo},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-08-01},
number = {RT-ICAR-NA-2006-15},
institution = {ICAR-CNR},
abstract = {La congiunzione dei paradigmi di Grid computing e Pervasive computing ha portato alla generazione del paradigma di Pervasive Grid Computing, il cui scopo `e quello di estendere le griglie classiche con caratteristiche di pervasivit`a quali l'integrazione spontanea e trasparente di dispositivi mobili, context-awareness, pro-activity, e cos`i via. In questo technical report viene presentata una infrastruttura software per integrare dispositivi mobili come risorse attive in una griglia. In particolare `e stato sviluppato un servizio capace di distribuire ed eseguire dinamicamente task utente su una griglia di dispositivi fissi e mobili. Tali dispositivi partecipano alla griglia in maniera completamente trasparente ai loro possessori, la potenza computazionale viene fornita, a chi ne faccia richiesta, senza alcuna operazione di configurazione ed in maniera affidabile. Gli utenti che vogliono eseguire applicazioni sulla griglia devono semplicemente sottomettere il loro codice all'ambiente.},
keywords = {Multi-agent systems},
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Other
Talks
Keynote Talks
- 2023, October 10 – Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Advances and Applications in Research Oncology and Clinical Oncology, Next Oncology 2023, Next Oncology – Supporting Oncology through innovation, Milano, Italy. Website
- 2022, March 1 – Touchless interactions in Surgery, ICCI 2022, International Conference on Cybernetics and Innovations, Ratchaburi, Thailand. Website
- 2019, June 25 – Interactive Virtual Environments: From the Laboratory to the Field, SalentoAVR 2019, 6th International Conference on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Lecce, Italy. Website
- 2016, October 2 – Vision-based human-computer interaction in the operating theatre, PRIP 2016, 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing, Minsk, Republic of Belarus. Website
- 2015, September 1 – Touchless Interaction in Surgery: the Medical Imaging Toolkit experience, SalentoAVR 2015, 2nd International Conference on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Lecce, Italy. Website
Invited Talks
- 2023, November 14 – Realtà Aumentata e Virtuale, La Scienza che non c’era: L’informatica e i prossimi 100 anni del CNR, Area di Ricerca CNR Pisa, Pisa, Italy. Website
- 2023, September 30 – Lessons Learnt from the SMART BEAR Project, STRESS Congress, Palatul Parlamentului, Bucarest, Romania. Host: Prof. Luiza Spiru.
- 2023, May 2 – Enhancing and promoting tangible and intangible cultural heritage: an HCI perspective, PhD Course in “Umanesimo e Tecnologie”, Università di Macerata, Italy. Host: Prof. Roberto Lambertini.
- 2022, December 19 – Sperimentare la realtà estesa e l’interazione uomo-macchina nella riabilitazione personalizzata, Personalized Rehabilitation: Combining Mind, Body and Genetics 2022, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italia.
- 2022, October 25 – Home Care and Assisted Living for the Elderly: The SMART BEAR Approach, Digital Transformation Summit 2022, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Website
- 2022, September 9 – Enhancing and promoting tangible and intangible cultural heritage: an HCI perspective, eXtended Reality and Artificial Intelligence, International Summer School 2022 on “XR and AI for enhancing cultural and territorial heritage”, Matera, Italy. Host: Prof. Ugo Erra. Website
- 2018, December 14 – The potential of virtual reality in various health care settings: promises and challenges, Artificial Intelligence and Health, Rome, Italy. Host: Prof. Clara Balsano. Website
- 2018, November 15 – Piattaforma DatabencArt – progetto per le scuole della Campania, XXII Edizione della Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico, Paestum (SA), Italy. Host: Luisa Franzese. Website
- 2018, September 29 – La realtà virtuale per il training cognitivo, Convention Realtà virtuale in soggetti con impairment cognitivo, Gallarate (VA), Italia. Host: Dr. Marco Predazzi. Website
- 2017, February 15 – Interactive ICT technologies for Cultural Heritage, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Napoli, Italy. Host: Dr. Paolo Giulierini. Website
- 2014, June 6 – Interfacce gestuali touchless per la visualizzazione di immagini mediche, Chirurgie 2014 – Simulazione nella Formazione, Programmazione e Ricerca in Chirurgia, Napoli, Italy. Host: Prof. Marco De Fazio. Website
- 2013, November 11 – Multi-DOF touchless interaction with 3D medical data, Body Tracking in Healthcare 2013, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK. Organisers: Abigail Sellen, Kenton O’Hara, Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche. Website
- 2008, March – Realistic vs. magic interaction metaphors in virtual environments, Multimedia Techniques for Device and Ambient Intelligence – MTDAI 2008, Mogliano Veneto, Italy. Host: Prof. E. Damiani.
Awards
Best Research Paper Award @ AIxPAC
Best Research Paper Award @ ICT4AWE
Second Place Award - Gesture Demonstration Competition @ ICPR
L. Gallo, A.P. Placitelli, G. De Pietro, “A Kinect NUI for 3D Medical Visualization”, demonstrated at the CHALEARN Gesture Demonstration Competition, in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012), Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, November 10-11, 2012. Organizers: Isabelle Guyon, Vassilis Athitsos. Judges: Alex Balan, Hugo Jair Escalante, Paul Doliotis, Jeffrey Margolis. ChaLearn Gesture Demonstration Competition website
Best Research Paper Award @ IIMSS
L. Gallo, “A Glove-Based Interface for 3D Medical Image Visualization”, presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Intelligent and Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, Baltimore, USA, 28-30 July 2010.
Master Degree & PhD Theses
L. Gallo, “Semi-immersive interactive virtual environments for 3D medical imaging,” University of Naples “Parthenope”, Philosophiæ Doctor degree in Information Engineering, 2010. Tutor: Prof. Luigi Romano. Ph.D. Thesis
L. Gallo, “Distribuzione ed esecuzione automatica di task in griglie pervasive,” University of Naples “Federico II”, Master of Science in Computer Engineering, 2006. Supervisors: Antonio Coronato, Giuseppe De Pietro. M.D. Thesis