Ludovico Iovino

PhD in Computer Science

Software Engineer

Assistant Professor at the GSSI

Ludovico Iovino
Ludovico Iovino
Ludovico Iovino
Ludovico Iovino
Ludovico Iovino

PhD in Computer Science

Software Engineer

Assistant Professor at the GSSI

About Me

Hello! I’m Ludovico Iovino.
I am Ph.D. in Computer Science, Assistant Professor at the  GSSI – Gran Sasso Science Institute in L’Aquila in the Computer Science department. The GSSI is an international PhD school and a centre for advanced studies in physics, mathematics, computer science and social sciences, it has been instituted as a new Italian graduate school of advanced studies in 2016, after a three-years successful experimental period.

Academic Metrics

  • Scholar H-Index 23
  • Scholar Citations 1500
  • Scopus H-Index 18
  • Scopus Citations 1009
My Research Area
Model Driven Engineering and Low Code Development

Foundation and application of MDE in different domains. Aspects of Coupled evolution of metamodels and domain specific languages (DSLs)

Smart and Sustainable Cities

Urban Digital Twin Modeling of Smart Cities and KPIs assessment using DSLs and Quality Evaluation Systems

Software Architectures

Modeling of Software Architectures and Reference Architectures, Architecture Technical Debt, migration and evolution.

Digital Twins

Digital Twin modeling with Models@Runtime paradigm and software visualization techniques.

My academic profiles
Resume
Experience
Assistant Professor
2015 - Present
Assistant Professor
Gran Sasso Science Institute
Postdoc Researcher
2013 - 2015
Postdoc Researcher
University of L'Aquila
Software Analyst
2006 - 2008
Software Analyst
Regione Abruzzo
Education
2021 - 2030
National Scientific Habilitations
Sector 01/B1 and 09/H1
2013
PhD in Computer Science and Applications
University of L'Aquila
2009
Master Degree
University of L'Aquila

Master Degree in Computer Science, Maximum score 110/110 “cum laude”

2007
Master in Web Technology
University of L'Aquila
Awards
2023
Ten year most influential theme section paper award
SoSyM Journal

The paper entitled "Managing the evolution of data-intensive Web applications by model-driven techniques" selected to receive the The ten year most influential regular paper award.

Certificate
2023
Paper selected as Journal First
SoSyM Journal

The paper entitled "Reference architectures modelling and compliance checking" has been selected among the best papers published in the SoSyM journal to be presented as journal first at MODELS 2023.

2021
Paper selected as Journal First
SoSyM Journal

The paper entitled "MIKADO – A Smart City KPIs Assessment Modeling Framework" has been selected among the best papers published in the SoSyM journal to be presented as journal first at MODELS 2021.

2019
Best Paper Award
MODELS Conference

Best Paper Award @ MODELS 2019 with a paper entitled "Automated Classification of Metamodel Repositories: A Machine Learning Approach" co-authored with Phuong Nguyen, Juri Di Rocco, Davide Di Ruscio, Alfonso Pierantonio.

2011
1st Prize Business Plan Competition
University of L'Aquila

1st prize  in the Business Plan Competition 2010-2011 organized by the Technology transfer, patents, spin-offs office of the University of L’Aquila (Italy). Name of the proposed project: BusOnAir

Teaching
2022-2023
Theory and Application of Model Driven Engineering
[Core - Course] Main Instructor, GSSI

Main instructor of the Theory and Application of MDE, CORE course.

2022-2023
Engineering and quality management of human-centric and smart systems
[Core - Course] Co-Instructor, GSSI

Main instructor of the Theory and Application of MDE, CORE course.

2022-2023
Introduction to Software Engineering Course
Co-Instructor, GSSI

Immigration course for 1st year PhD students.

2017-2021
Software Systems and Services Course
Main instructor, GSSI

Immigration course for Phd students of 1st year

2016-2017
Model Driven Engineering
Main Instructor, University of L'Aquila

Main instructor for the MDE course, a.a. 2015-2016 Master Degree in Computer Science.

PhD Supervision and Advisory Board
Tuyishime Adiel
2020 - Now
Tuyishime Adiel
Modeling Environment of REST APIs and Linked Open Data
Maria Teresa Rossi
2018 - 2023
Maria Teresa Rossi
Supporting Smart Cities Quality Evaluation Exploiting Model-Driven Engineering

Completed in March 2023

Available Thesis

Transformation chaining based on domain-specific custom information loss

Conventional wisdom on model transformations in Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) suggests that they are crucial components in modeling environments to achieve superior automation, whether it be refactoring, simulation, or code generation. While their relevance is well-accepted, model transformations are challenging to design, implement, and verify because of the inherent complexity that they must encode. Thus, defining transformations by chaining existing ones is key to success for enhancing their reusability. When multiple transformation chains are available to bridge a source metamodel with a target one, selecting the optimal chain could be based on quality criteria, e.g., coverage and information loss. 

We aim at extending the algorithms proposed in [1] and [2] to better support domain-specific importance notion that can also be extended and refined at the instance level. 

[1] Francesco Basciani, Daniele Di Pompeo, Davide Di Ruscio, Ludovico Iovino, and Alfonso Pierantonio. 2021. Integrating semantic reasoning in information loss-based transformation chain rankers. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1494–1503. https://doi.org/10.1145/3412841.3442024

[2] Basciani, Francesco, et al. "Automated selection of optimal model transformation chains via shortest-path algorithms." IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 46.3 (2018): 251-279.

 

BOARD OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
2023 - now
Editorial Board Member
Journal of Computer Languages (ISSN: 2590-1184)

Editorial Board Member with Journal of Computer Languages.

Certificate
2023 -2024
Guest Editor
Model-Driven Engineering for Software Architecture

Guest Editor on the Journal of Systems and Software on "Model-Driven Engineering for Software Architecture"

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2022 -2023
Guest Editor
Journal of Software and Systems Modeling - SoSyM
2022
Guest Editor
Journal of Computer Languages - COLA (ISSN 2590-1184)

Guest editor of the special issue "Foundations and Practice of Visual Modeling (FPVM)"

2022
Review Board Member
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
2021
Guest Editor
Journal of Computer Languages - COLA (ISSN 2590-1184)

Guest Editor for Special issue on “Methods, Tools and Languages for Model-driven Engineering and Low-code Development”

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2019-2020
Guest Editor
Journal of Object Technology - JOT

Special Issue "Models and evolution" for the Journal of Object Technology. JOT is a peer-reviewed, free and open-access journal.

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Recent reviewer activities for international journals:
  • Journal Systems Engineering (ISSN:1520-6858)
  • The International Journal on Software and Systems Modeling
  • ACM Transactions on the Web
  • Software Quality Journal
  • IEEE Software on Collaborative Modeling in SE
  • The Journal of Systems and Software (JSS)
  • Control Engineering Practice Journal
  • The IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)
  • The Journal of Internet Services and Applications – JISA
  • The Journal of Computer Languages Systems and Structures – CLSS
Scientific and Industrial Association and memberships
Get in Touch
  • Address: GSSI, v.le Rendina
  • Email: ludo[at]ludovicoiovino.it
  • Phone: +39 0862 4280 250
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