Research Ecosystem & Collaborations

My research activities are built around a broad international ecosystem of industrial partners, universities, research laboratories, and innovation stakeholders. These collaborations support joint research projects, scientific publications, technology transfer activities, competitive research proposals, and the supervision of students and junior researchers.

Over the years, I have established collaborations across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, addressing interdisciplinary challenges at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems, Robotics, Safety-Critical Systems, DevOps, and AI-enabled Industry 4.0 applications.

The following tables summarize selected collaborations developed through research projects, publications, innovation initiatives, and academic mentoring activities.

Industrial & Innovation Partners

Collaborations with industrial organizations involving joint research activities, industrial projects, innovation initiatives, research proposals, and supervision of bachelor and master theses.

Organization Country Period Research Area
Leonardo S.p.A. Italy 2026-02–Today Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, Software Engineering
Cubbit Italy 2026-02–Today Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, AI-enabled Infrastructure
NXP Netherlands 2025-05–Today Embedded Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems
Hygeia Hospitals Greece 2025-06–Today Healthcare, AI, Data Analytics
TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH Germany 2025-05–Today Safety-Critical Systems, Autonomous Technologies
BioAssist Greece 2025-06–Today Biopharmaceutical R&D, AI, Software Engineering
Institut für angewandte Systemtechnik Bremen GmbH (ATB) Germany 2025-05–Today Industrial AI, Cyber-Physical Systems
PAL ROBOTICS SLU Spain 2025-06–Today Robotics, Autonomous Systems
JetBrains Netherlands 2025-05–Today Software Engineering Tools, Developer Productivity
LOXO Switzerland 2025-04–Today Autonomous Driving Technologies
Tahereh Zohdinasab (Sonova Group) Switzerland 2024-09–Today Software Engineering, Data Analytics
Genedata Switzerland 2024-01–Today Biopharmaceutical R&D, AI/ML
Terraview Switzerland 2021-05–Today Agriculture, AI-based Systems
Stadler Signalling AG Switzerland 2022-05–Today Mobility, Safety-Critical Systems
ANYbotics Switzerland 2021-10–Today Autonomous Robots, Robotics Software
LEDCity Switzerland 2021-12–Today AI-based Optimization, Smart Systems
BeamNG Germany 2020-06–Today Simulation, Autonomous Vehicles Testing
ARQUIMEA Spain 2020-02–Today Autonomous Vehicles, Aerospace Systems
BOND Switzerland 2019-10–2021 Smart Mobility, e-Bikes
Helio Switzerland 2019-10–Today Computational Systems
Siemens Healthcare GmbH Germany 2019-05–Today Healthcare Software Systems
Intelligentia S.r.l. Italy 2020-01–Today Aerospace, Autonomous Systems
AICAS GmbH Germany 2020-01–Today Automotive Software
Q-media s.r.o. Czech Republic 2020-01–Today Railway Systems
Unparallel Innovation LDA Portugal 2019-01–Today Water-Smart Systems
smide Switzerland 2019-01–2020 Smart Mobility, e-Bikes
The Open Group Belgium 2019-01–Today Open Standards, Digital Transformation
Siemens AG Germany 2019-01–Today DevOps, Industrial Software Systems
GMV Spain 2019-01–Today Aviation, Autonomous Systems
Red Hat Switzerland 2018–Today DevOps, Cloud-native Software Engineering
Haidar Osman (Swisscom) Switzerland 2018–Today Data Science, Artificial Intelligence
VSHN Switzerland 2018–2019 DevOps, Cloud Platforms
Ikubinfo Austria 2018–Today DevOps, Software Engineering
Daniele Romano (ING) Netherlands 2017–Today DevOps, Software Engineering
Junji Shimagaki (Sony Mobile Communications) Japan 2016–2018 Mobile Software Engineering

International Academic Research Network

I collaborate with researchers from leading universities and research institutes worldwide. These collaborations have resulted in joint publications, international research projects, scientific leadership activities, and contributions to the advancement of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence research.

Researcher Institution Period
Jane Cleland-Huang University of Notre Dame, USA 2024–Today
Pablo Sánchez-Molina University of Malaga, Spain 2024–Today
Aldeida Aleti Monash University, Australia 2023–Today
Catia Trubiani Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Italy 2024–Today
Anna Rita Fasolino University of Naples, Italy 2023–Today
Fiorella Zampetti University of Sannio, Italy 2017–Today
Alexandre Bergel University of Chile 2024–Today
Sasa Miladinovic HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland 2023–Today
Diane de Zélicourt University of Zurich, Switzerland 2022–Today
Giovanni Guizzo University College London, UK 2021–2023
Anand Sawant University of California Davis, USA 2020–2022
Pooja Rani University of Zurich, Switzerland 2018–Today
Pouria Derakhshanfar Previously Delft University of Technology; currently JetBrains 2021–2022
Rafael Kallis Independent Researcher / Rafael Kallis Consulting 2019–Today
Leonardo Militano Zurich University of Applied Sciences 2019–Today
Alessio Gambi Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Austria 2019–Today
Sebastian Proksch Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 2018–2019
Karina Villela Fraunhofer IESE, Germany 2018–Today
Emitza Guzman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands 2015–2017
Myra Cohen University of Nebraska, USA 2023–Today
Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan 2023–Today
Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands 2023–Today
Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands 2023–Today
Vincenzo Riccio University of Udine, Italy 2020–Today
Alessandra Gorla IMDEA Software Institute, Spain 2020–Today
Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands 2020–Today
Vincent Hellendoorn Carnegie Mellon University, USA 2019–Today
Xavier Devroey Université de Namur, Belgium 2020–Today
Gordon Fraser University of Passau, Germany 2020–Today
Aitor Arrieta Marcos Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Spain 2020–Today
Prof. Scaramuzza University of Zurich, Switzerland 2019–Today
Domenico Bianculli University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2019–Today
Fabrizio Pastore University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2019–Today
Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain 2018–Today
Damian A. Tamburri University of Sannio, Italy 2019–Today
Paolo Tonella University of Lugano, Switzerland 2019–Today
Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory, Norway 2018–Today
Davide Taibi University of Oulu, Finland 2019–Today
Oscar Nierstrasz University of Bern, Switzerland 2018–2022
Timo Kehrer University of Bern, Switzerland 2021–Today
Yu Zhou Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China 2016–Today
Taolue Chen Birkbeck, University of London, UK 2016–Today
Andy Zaidman Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 2016–Today
Aaron Visaggio University of Foggia, Italy 2015–Today
Venera Arnaoudova Washington State University, USA 2015–Today
Harald Gall University of Zurich, Switzerland 2014–Today
Gabriele Bavota University of Lugano, Switzerland 2013–2015
Gerardo Canfora University of Sannio, Italy 2011–Today
Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy 2011–Today
Andrea De Lucia University of Salerno, Italy 2009–Today

Researchers, Ph.D. Students, Postdocs, and Junior Collaborators

I have supervised and collaborated with Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, research assistants, and early-career researchers from several international institutions. These collaborations have contributed to research publications in leading venues, international projects, and the development of new research directions in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Cyber-Physical Systems. More details on can be found at: Advised Students (or Researchers)