FITNESSLAB - University of Naples Parthenope

Research Topics

FITNESSLAB is an interdisciplinary laboratory between the Department of Engineering and the Department of Economics, Law, Cybersecurity, and Sports Science at the University of Naples Parthenope.

Main Research Topics

Cybersecurity & System Resilience. Security and resilience of complex and critical systems. Adaptive and self-healing security mechanisms. Threat detection and mitigation in distributed environments.
Privacy-Preserving Computing. Secure data sharing and access control. Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). Confidential computing and secure execution environments.
Cloud, Edge, and Fog Computing Security. Security in the computing continuum. Trusted orchestration of distributed resources. Secure service deployment and migration.
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies. Blockchain-based security services. Trust management and decentralized authentication. Smart contracts for secure and auditable systems.
eHealth and Digital Health Security. Protection of sensitive medical data. Secure healthcare platforms and IoT-based health systems. Privacy and compliance in digital health ecosystems.
Industrial Control Systems & Critical Infrastructures. Cybersecurity for ICS and cyber-physical systems. Resilience of industrial and utility networks. Risk assessment and protection of critical infrastructures.
Secure and Trusted IoT Systems. IoT security architectures. Lightweight security solutions for constrained devices. Secure integration of IoT with cloud and edge platforms.

Our Research Areas

Privacy-Preserving Computing

Research on Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), Homomorphic Encryption (HE), and Federated Learning for secure and private data processing.

AI-Based Security Monitoring

Advanced threat intelligence and security monitoring systems leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning for information processing.

Blockchain & Web3

Research on blockchain technologies, smart contracts, decentralized systems, and Web3 applications.

Computing Continuum

Security and privacy solutions for edge-to-cloud computing continuum architectures.

eHealth

Secure and privacy-preserving solutions for digital health applications and medical data processing.

Industrial Control Systems

Cybersecurity research for critical infrastructure and industrial control systems (ICS/SCADA).

Our Team

Faculty Staff

Luigi Romano

Full Professor

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Luigi Coppolino

Associate Professor

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Salvatore D'Antonio

Associate Professor

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Roberto Nardone

Associate Professor

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Giovanni Mazzeo

Associate Professor

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Daniele Granata

Non-Tenured Assistant Professor

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PhD Students

Jonah Giglio

PhD Student

Giovanni Maria Cristiano

PhD Student

Antonio Iannaccone

PhD Student

Susy Imperatrice

PhD Student

Fernando Pannullo

PhD Student

Paolo Palmiero

PhD Student

Publications

Our research group publishes in top-tier venues across various publication types:

Journal Articles - Peer-reviewed articles in international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
Conference Papers - Research papers presented at international conferences, including IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) and European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC)
Book Chapters - Contributions to edited volumes and books
Books - Authored and edited books
Theses - Doctoral and master's theses

For a complete list of publications, please visit our team members' Google Scholar profiles.

Research Projects

FITNESSLAB has participated in numerous Italian and European research projects. Our research activities span across multiple funding programs:

European Commission Funded Projects

FITNESSLAB has participated in 16 European Commission-funded projects under FP7, Horizon 2020, and Horizon Europe programs, focusing on cybersecurity, privacy-preserving technologies, and blockchain applications. Our most recent EC-funded projects include:

ENCRYPT (2022-2025)
CERTIFY (2022-2025)
CyberSEAS (2021–2024)
INCISIVE (2020–2024)
7Shield (2020–2023)

In addition to these recent projects, our team has a proven track record spanning over 15 years of EC-funded project participations, including InfraStress, KONFIDO, COMPACT, SecureCloud, SERECA, SAWSOC, MASSIF, VIPER-SRT-15, INSPIRE, STREAM, and INTERSECTION.

Italian National Projects

FITNESSLAB has participated in 8 Italian national research projects, including PRIN (Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) and other national research initiatives, contributing to the advancement of cybersecurity and privacy technologies in Italy. Our Italian projects include:

AUDACE
COBELLIS
ISTINTO
MIRABILE
IDA
EMDAS
S2
DOSSIER

Note: Detailed project information from our research activities can be found in the project documentation. For specific project details, please contact us.

Spin-off Company

Trust Up

FITNESSLAB has successfully created a spin-off company, Trust Up, which commercializes the research results and innovative technologies developed by our research group. Trust Up focuses on bringing cutting-edge cybersecurity and privacy-preserving solutions to the market, transforming academic research into practical applications for industry and organizations.

Trust Up is an academic spinoff of the University of Naples Parthenope that commercializes research and know-how in the field of secure data processing, specializing in confidential computing based on Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) technologies.

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Contact Us

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FITNESSLAB Research Group

University of Naples Parthenope

Centro Direzionale, Isola E2

Napoli

Interdisciplinary laboratory between:

Department of Engineering (DING)

Department of Economics, Law, Cybersecurity, and Sports Science

For inquiries, please contact:

fitnesslab@uniparthenope.it

Visit our institution:

www.uniparthenope.it