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Research publications and selected outputs across cybersecurity, intelligence analysis, artificial intelligence, robotics and European security initiatives.

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Publications and research outputs

Journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, reports, peer-reviewed abstracts, doctoral thesis and selected posters.

Journal articles

2018 · Cybersecurity, intelligence and security research

IT-induced Cognitive Biases in Intelligence Analysis: Big Data Analytics and Serious Games

Zanasi, A., and Ruini, F.

International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering, 8(3), 438–450

2017 · Cybersecurity, intelligence and security research

Intelligence Analysts’ Training through Serious Games: the LEILA Project

Zanasi, A., Ruini, F., and Bonzio, A.

International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering, 7(3), 380–389

2009 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Extending the Evolutionary Robotics Approach to Flying Machines: an Application to MAV Teams

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

Neural Networks, 22(5–6), 812–821

Book chapters

2010 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

The Strategic Level and the Tactical Level of Behaviour

Ruini, F., Petrosino, G., Saglimbeni, F., and Parisi, D.

In Gray, J. and Nefti-Meziani, S. (eds.), Advances in Cognitive Systems, IET Publisher, pp. 271–299

Conference proceedings

2017 · Cybersecurity, intelligence and security research

Using Social Media in Crisis Management. SOTERIA Fusion Center for Managing Information Gaps

Laudy, C., Ruini, F., Zanasi, A., Przybyszewski, M., and Stachowicz, A.

Proceedings of FUSION 2017, 20th International Conference on Information Fusion, pp. 1855–1862

2011 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Reynolds Flocking in Reality with Fixed-Wing Robots: Communication Range vs. Flight Dynamics

Hauert, S., Leven, S., Varga, M., Ruini, F., Cangelosi, A., Zufferey, J.-C., and Floreano, D.

Proceedings of IROS 2011, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 5015–5020

2010 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

An Evolutionary Robotics 3D Model for Autonomous MAVs Navigation, Target Tracking and Group Coordination

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

Proceedings of IJCNN 2010, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, pp. 760–767

2010 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

An Incremental Approach to the Evolutionary Design of Autonomous Controllers for Micro-unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

Proceedings of TAROS 2010, 11th Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, pp. 239–246

2009 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Individual and Cooperative Tasks performed by MAV Teams driven by Embodied Neural Network Controllers

Ruini, F., Cangelosi, A., and Zetule, F.

Proceedings of IJCNN 2009, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, pp. 2717–2724

2009 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Evolutionary Multi-Agent Systems as a Methodology for Developing Autonomous Controllers for MAV Teams

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

Proceedings of KIMAS 2009, International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems

2009 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Un modello 3D di robotica evolutiva per lo sviluppo di controller autonomi per robot volanti

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

In Miglino, O., Ponticorvo, M., Rega, A., and Rubinacci, F. (eds.), Modelli, sistemi e applicazioni di Vita Artificiale e Computazione Evolutiva. Atti del VI Workshop Italiano di Vita Artificiale e Computazione Evolutiva, pp. 177–185

2008 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Distributed Control in Multi-Agent Systems: A Preliminary Model of Autonomous MAV Swarms

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

Proceedings of FUSION 2008, Eleventh International Conference on Information Fusion, pp. 1043–1050

Reports

2015 · Cybersecurity, intelligence and security research

Countering WEEE Illegal Trade (CWIT) Summary Report, Market Assessment, Legal Analysis, Crime Analysis and Recommendations Roadmap

Huisman, J., Botezatu, I., Herreras, L., Liddane, M., Hintsa, J., Luda di Cortemiglia, V., Leroy, P., Vermeersch, E., Mohanty, S., van den Brink, S., Ghenciu, B., Dimitrova, D., Nash, E., Shryane, T., Wieting, M., Kehoe, J., Baldé, C.P., Magalini, F., Zanasi, A., Ruini, F., Männistö, T., and Bonzio, A.

CWIT Summary Report

2015 · Cybersecurity, intelligence and security research

Il monitoraggio dei mass media in materia di salute e sicurezza. Strumenti per la raccolta e l’analisi delle informazioni

Leva, A., De Santis, D., Vallerotonda, R., Bichi, B., Di Pietro, A., Brugnoli, A., Ruini, F., Filisetti, A., Burani, N., Coppola, N., Pirozzi, M., Puri, D., and Ariano, E.

Report

2015 · Cybersecurity, intelligence and security research

White paper — Security of railways against electromagnetic attacks

SECRET project consortium

SECRET Project White Paper

2013 · Cybersecurity, intelligence and security research

Results of CloudCERT — Testbed framework to exercise Critical Infrastructure Protection

CloudCERT project consortium

CloudCERT Project Report

Peer-reviewed abstracts

2012 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Towards a Bio-Inspired Cognitive Architecture for Short-Term Memory in Humanoid Robots

Ruini, F., Apel, J. K., Morse, A. F., Cangelosi, A., Ellis, R., Goslin, J., and Fischer, M.

Advances in Autonomous Robotics. Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress, Springer, pp. 453–454

2010 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Intelligent Autonomous Controllers Based on Genetically Evolved Neural Networks for Flying Robots: Experiments in Two and Three Dimensions

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

Proceedings of PCCAT 2010, Postgraduate Conference for Computing: Applications and Theory

2008 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Evolutionary Algorithm Based Neural Network Controllers: an Application to MAV Swarms

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

Proceedings of WIVACE 2008, V Italian Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation

2008 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Selective Attention in Artificial Organisms

Ruini, F., and Parisi, D.

In Bullock, S., Noble, J., Watson, R., and Bedau, M. A. (eds.), Proceedings of ALIFE XI, Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, MIT Press, p. 799

2007 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Vivere in un ambiente che contiene cibo e predatori

Ruini, F., and Parisi, D.

Proceedings of WIVACE 2007, IV Italian Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation

Ph.D. thesis

2011 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Distributed Control for Collective Behaviour in Micro-unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Ruini, F.

University of Plymouth, UK

Posters

2010 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

An Incremental Approach to the Evolutionary Design of Autonomous Controllers for Micro-unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Ruini, F., and Cangelosi, A.

Presented during TAROS 2010, 11th Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems

2009 · Artificial intelligence, robotics and multi-agent systems

Autonomous Controllers Based on Neural Networks for Micro-unmanned Aerial Vehicles: an Evolutionary Robotics Approach

Ruini, F.

Presented during the Inaugural Meeting of the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems at the University of Plymouth, UK