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View article: Leveraging Large Language Models to Support Authoring Gamified Programming Exercises
Leveraging Large Language Models to Support Authoring Gamified Programming Exercises Open
Skilled programmers are in high demand, and a critical obstacle to satisfying this demand is the difficulty of acquiring programming skills. This issue can be addressed with automated assessment, which gives fast feedback to students tryin…
View article: Weather and sea state observations and modeling in the Gulf of Naples in support of sustainable maritime mobility
Weather and sea state observations and modeling in the Gulf of Naples in support of sustainable maritime mobility Open
Environmental concerns and greenhouse gas emissions are driving policymakers and scientists to focus on improving waterborne transport efficiency. Accurate knowledge of the sea state and weather conditions is crucial for enhancing maritime…
View article: A high-performance, parallel, and hierarchically distributed model for coastal run-up events simulation and forecasting
A high-performance, parallel, and hierarchically distributed model for coastal run-up events simulation and forecasting Open
The request for quickly available forecasts of intense weather and marine events impacting coastal areas is gradually increasing. High-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence techniques are crucial in this application. Risk…
View article: Striking Trade-off Between High Performance and Energy Efficiency in an Edge Computing Application for Detecting Floating Plastic Debris
Striking Trade-off Between High Performance and Energy Efficiency in an Edge Computing Application for Detecting Floating Plastic Debris Open
The Edge Computing environments facilitate the creation of pervasive applications distributed across vast geographical regions, addressing particular challenges associated with centralized information processing, such as network bandwidth …
View article: A GIS-big data model for improving the coverage and analysis processes of territory observation, and integrating ground-based observations with retrospective meteorological data
A GIS-big data model for improving the coverage and analysis processes of territory observation, and integrating ground-based observations with retrospective meteorological data Open
This paper presents Kawak, a GIS-bigdata model for merging retrospective meteorological data with ground-based observations to achieve comprehensive territorial coverage. This model identifies areas without active ground-based stations and…
View article: Special Issue on the pervasive nature of HPC (PN‐HPC)
Special Issue on the pervasive nature of HPC (PN‐HPC) Open
Summary This special issue on the Pervasive Nature of HPC (PN‐HPC) collects an extension of the most valuable works presented at the sixth Workshop on Models, Algorithms and Methodologies for Hybrid Parallelism in New HPC Systems (MAMHYP‐2…
View article: Message from the Organizing Committee Chairs: PDP 2023
Message from the Organizing Committee Chairs: PDP 2023 Open
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we welcome you to the 31st Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing (PDP2023), organized by the Department of Science and Technology of the University …
View article: Message from the General Chairs: PDP 2023
Message from the General Chairs: PDP 2023 Open
Welcome to the 31st Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing (PDP2023).
View article: A Shoreline Alert Model for coastal early warning system in the Gulf of Naples (Italy)
A Shoreline Alert Model for coastal early warning system in the Gulf of Naples (Italy) Open
The development and implementation of Early Warning Systems (EWSs) are decisive as they allow for timely measures before the arrival of the flooding waters. EWS enhances the prevention and preparedness activities that mitigate the effects …
View article: AIQUAM: Artificial Intelligence-based water QUAlity Model
AIQUAM: Artificial Intelligence-based water QUAlity Model Open
Monitoring the impact of the pollutants on the sea is a crucial issue for coastal human activities, such as aquaculture. However, leveraging a continuous microbiological laboratory analysis is unfeasible for costs and practical reasons. Fi…
View article: Students’ Usability Evaluation of the FGPE Gamified Programming Learning Environment
Students’ Usability Evaluation of the FGPE Gamified Programming Learning Environment Open
Gamified learning environments can effectively support programming education only if their usability satisfies students. Here, we report the results of the usability evaluation of the FGPE PLE, an open-source gamification-supporting web pl…
View article: Environmental investigations in the Gulf of Pozzuoli (Naples) in relation to PAHs contamination
Environmental investigations in the Gulf of Pozzuoli (Naples) in relation to PAHs contamination Open
The Gulf of Pozzuoli (GoP) is a marginal sub-basin of Tyrrhenian Sea, characterized by a strong anthropogenic impact, due to high population density and intense commercial and tourist traffic. Historically, the GoP is dedicated to the farm…
View article: A WoT-Based Method for Creating Digital Sentinel Twins of IoT Devices
A WoT-Based Method for Creating Digital Sentinel Twins of IoT Devices Open
The data produced by sensors of IoT devices are becoming keystones for organizations to conduct critical decision-making processes. However, delivering information to these processes in real-time represents two challenges for the organizat…
View article: The Italian research on HPC key technologies across EuroHPC
The Italian research on HPC key technologies across EuroHPC Open
High-Performance Computing (HPC) is one of the strategic priorities for research and innovation worldwide due to its relevance for industrial and scientific applications. We envision HPC as composed of three pillars: infrastructures, appli…
View article: GEdIL—Gamified Education Interoperability Language
GEdIL—Gamified Education Interoperability Language Open
The paper introduces Gamified Education Interoperability Language (GEdIL), designed as a means to represent the set of gamification concepts and rules applied to courses and exercises separately from their actual educational content. This …
View article: Coastal Marine Data Crowdsourcing Using the Internet of Floating Things: Improving the Results of a Water Quality Model
Coastal Marine Data Crowdsourcing Using the Internet of Floating Things: Improving the Results of a Water Quality Model Open
While the everything as a sensor is a typical data gathering pattern in the Internet of Things (IoT) applications in contexts such as smart cities, smart factories, and precision agriculture, among others, the use of the same technique in …
View article: A Roadmap to Gamify Programming Education
A Roadmap to Gamify Programming Education Open
Learning programming relies on practicing it which is often hampered by the barrier of difficulty. The combined use of automated assessment, which provides fast feedback to the students experimenting with their code, and gamification, whic…
View article: Statistical Deviations in Shoreline Detection Obtained with Direct and Remote Observations
Statistical Deviations in Shoreline Detection Obtained with Direct and Remote Observations Open
Remote video imagery is widely used for shoreline detection, which plays a fundamental role in geomorphological studies and in risk assessment, but, up to now, few measurements of accuracy have been undertaken. In this paper, the compariso…
View article: Shoreline Rotation Analysis of Embayed Beaches by Means of In Situ and Remote Surveys
Shoreline Rotation Analysis of Embayed Beaches by Means of In Situ and Remote Surveys Open
The objective of the present study is to achieve a better understanding of the possible rotation of embayed beaches using shoreline position data from two beaches on the central Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy) during a 64-year period. With this aim…
View article: Wave run-up prediction and observation in a micro-tidal beach
Wave run-up prediction and observation in a micro-tidal beach Open
Extreme weather events bear a significant impact on coastal human activities and on the related economy. Forecasting and hindcasting the action of sea storms on piers, coastal structures and beaches is an important tool to mitigate their e…
View article: Models, algorithms, and tools for highly heterogeneous computing environments
Models, algorithms, and tools for highly heterogeneous computing environments Open
We are really delighted to present this special issue of the Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience journal on Models, Algorithms, and Tools for Highly Heterogeneous Computing Environments. This publication collects the exten…
View article: Monitoring and Modelling Coastal Vulnerability and Mitigation Proposal for an Archaeological Site (Kaulonia, Southern Italy)
Monitoring and Modelling Coastal Vulnerability and Mitigation Proposal for an Archaeological Site (Kaulonia, Southern Italy) Open
This paper presents a Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) of a microtidal beach located on the Ionian Sea in Calabria region (southern Italy) in order to examine the influence of the different run-up equations on CVA score and propose m…
View article: Wave run-up prediction and observation in a micro-tidal beach
Wave run-up prediction and observation in a micro-tidal beach Open
Extreme weather events have significant impacts on coastal human activities and related economy. In this scenario the forecast of sea storms and wave run-up events is a challenging goal to mitigate the wave effects on shores, piers and coa…