Giuseppe PAPPALARDO
Giuseppe Pappalardo graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Catania in 1983. He carried out research in Computer Science at the University of Catania, Politecnico of Milan, and the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he was awarded a PhD in Computing Science and held a position as Research Associate.
He was Research Associate, then Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Reggio Calabria, then Associate Professor and, since 2002, Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Catania, in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
His research interests are mainly in the area of Distributed Systems. He has investigated formal techniques for the specification and verification of systems, fault tolerance, software architectures, image processing, robotic systems, smart cities. He has authored over 150 scientific publications in the field of Computer Science. He has been the principal investigator of several scientific projects funded by Sicily Region and the Italian Ministry of Education.
His research interests are mainly in the area of Distributed Systems.
He has investigated formal specification and verification techniques, fault tolerance, software architectures, image processing, robotic systems, smart cities.
He has authored over 150 scientific publications in the field of Computer Science. He has been or is principal investigator of several scientific projects funded by Sicily Region and the Italian Ministry of Education.
Main projects as PI or in charge of coordinating the department's or the university's activity
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project WebMinds (network middleware) within Italian MIUR ministry's FIRB initiative
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project TriGrid VL (computational Grid-based virtual laboratory) within EU-Sicily region's PO-FESR initiative
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project Quasar (quality of service for network middleware) within Italian MIUR ministry's PRIN initiative
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project Pi2S2 (computational Grid infrastructure and software development) within Italian MIUR ministry's PON initiative
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project U4U (development of software services for university administration) within Italian Dept. of Innovation (DIT) 's "Digital University" initiative
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project "Infinity Web-based edition" (web services for car dealers trade) within EU-Sicily region's PO-FESR initiative
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project PRISMA within Italian MIUR ministry's PONREC Smart Cities initiative
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project CLARA within Italian MIUR ministry's National Smart Cities initiative