PhD Supervision

Current PhD Students

Ayaz Ahmed

PhD Cycle: XLI
Research Topic: TBD
Institution: University of L’Aquila – Department of Engineering, Information Science, and Mathematics
Role: Principal Scientific Supervisor
Period: November 1, 2025 – present
Funding: PRIN 2022 MEDITATE

Muhammad Waheed Kahn

PhD Cycle: XXXIX
Research Topic: Investigating the Impact of Software Refactoring on Performance and Energy Consumption
Institution: University of L’Aquila – Department of Engineering, Information Science, and Mathematics
Role: Principal Scientific Supervisor
Period: December 1, 2023 – present
Funding: Ministerial Decree No. 118 of 02-03-2023
International Collaboration: 6-month research stay at University College Dublin under co-supervision of Prof. Liliana Pasquale

Idrees Ahmad

PhD Cycle: XXXIX
Research Focus: Performance regression analysis and automated testing frameworks
Institution: University of L’Aquila – Department of Engineering, Information Science, and Mathematics
Role: Co-Supervisor
Period: May 1, 2024 – present
Funding: University of L’Aquila

Payel Patra

PhD Cycle: XXXVIII
Research Focus: Clinical Data Analysis for AI-Driven Therapy Recommendation
Institution: University of L’Aquila – Department of Engineering, Information Science, and Mathematics
Role: Co-Supervisor
Period: November 1, 2022 – present
Funding: SoBigData.it

Post-doctoral Research Supervision

Territori Aperti Research Grant (2024)

Title: Personalization and Management of Research Technology Infrastructure for Territori Aperti

Role: Co-Scientific Supervisor

Period: July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024

Funding: University Project TERRITORI APERTI, supported by Fondo Territori Lavoro e Conoscenza (CGIL, CISL, UIL)

Description:

Interdisciplinary research initiative focusing on prevention and management of natural disasters, and reconstruction processes in affected areas. The project combines research, documentation, and training activities to develop comprehensive disaster management methodologies.

Master’s and Bachelor’s Thesis Supervision

2025

  • [BSc] Manuel Di Cresce - University of L’Aquila (October 2025)

    Title: Architectural Refactoring and Front-end Redesign of a Legacy Performance Modeling Software

  • [BSc] Federico Capricci - University of L’Aquila (October 2025)

    Title: Analysis of Refactoring Impact on Energy Consumption in Open-Source Projects

  • [BSc] Simone Di Prospero - University of L’Aquila (March 2025)

    Title: Historical Analysis of Energy Consumption in Open-Source Software Projects Using Perf and RAPL

2024

  • [BSc] Alessandro Di Giacomo - University of L’Aquila (December 2024)

    Title: Evaluation of Response Times and Resource Utilization of Java Web Frameworks

  • [BSc] Agostino D’Agostino - University of L’Aquila (December 2024)

    Title: Exploring the Impact of Configuration Parameters on MongoDB Performance

  • [MSc] Giacomo Sfratato - University of L’Aquila (July 2024)

    Title: Performance Analysis of Recent Evolution in Thread-based Parallelism in Python

  • [BSc] Vincenzo Marono - University of L’Aquila (March 2024)

    Title: Comparative Performance Study of JavaScript Frameworks in Interactive Live Streaming Context

  • [MSc] Muhammad Usama Bin Abad - University of L’Aquila (March 2024)

    Title: Automated Classification of Performance Issues in Open-Source Repositories

  • [MSc] Michele Intrevado - University of L’Aquila (March 2024)

    Title: Microbenchmarking in Functional Programming with Elixir

2023

  • [BSc] Alessandro Sablone - University of L’Aquila (July 2023)

    Title: Design and Implementation of a Library for Java Project Refactoring

2022

  • [BSc] Michele Intrevado - University of L’Aquila (March 2022)

    Title: Extension of Java Unit Tests with Performance Measurements

2021

  • [BSc] Enrico Simone Adamelli - University of L’Aquila (December 2021)

    Title: Study of a Technique for Reporting Performance Analysis Results on Source Code

  • [BSc] Vincenzo De Petris - University of L’Aquila (March 2021)

    Title: Performance Benchmarking of a Java Microservices-based Application

2020

  • [BSc] Natan Cieplinski - University of L’Aquila (October 2020)

    Title: Performance Analysis of J2EE Applications Using SPEC Benchmarks

2018

  • [MSc] Marisa Fallone - University of L’Aquila (November 2018)

    Title: Design, Development and Analysis of a Web Application Based on Microservices Architecture

  • [BSc] Stefano Di Francesco - University of L’Aquila (November 2018)

    Title: Reverse Engineering of a Web Application in UML+MARTE and Model Integration with Performance Monitoring Results