Per Year

 @article{nic-ieeeiib18,
    author = {Mariani, Stefano and Omicini, Andrea},
    dblp = {journals/cib/0001O17},
    eissn = {1727-6004},
    iris = {11585/614444},
    issn = {1727-5997},
    journal = {The IEEE Intelligent Informatics Bulletin},
    keywords = {Nature-inspired coordination, Coordination models},
    month = dec,
    number = 2,
    organization = {Technical Committee on Intelligent Informatics (TCII)},
    pages = {35--40},
    publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
    title = {State-of-the-Art and Trends in Nature-inspired Coordination Models},
    url = {http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~cib/2017/Dec/article6/iib_vol18no2_article6.pdf},
    urlpdf = {http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~cib/2017/Dec/article6/iib_vol18no2_article6.pdf},
    volume = 18,
    year = 2017
} 

 @INPROCEEDINGS{7980136, 
author = {Lippi, Marco and Mamei, Marco and Mariani, Stefano and Zambonelli, Franco},
booktitle={2017 IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)}, 
title={Coordinating Distributed Speaking Objects}, 
year={2017}, 
pages={1949-1960}, 
abstract={In this paper we sketch a vision of future environments densely populated by smart sensors and actuators - possibly embedded in everyday objects - that, rather than simply producing streams of data, are capable of understanding and reporting, via factual assertions and arguments, about what is happening (for sensors) and about what they can make possibly happen (for actuators). These "speaking objects" form the nodes of a dense distributed computing infrastructure that can be exploited to monitor and control activities in our everyday environment. However, the nature of speaking objects will dramatically change the approaches to implementing and coordinating the activities of distributed processes. In fact, distributed coordination is likely to become associated with the capability of argumenting about situations and about the current "state of the affairs", with the aim of triggering and directing proper distributed "conversations" to collectively reach a future desirable state. Accordingly, we discuss how such a novel vision can build upon some readily available technologies, and the research challenges that it poses. Two case studies are used as exemplary scenarios.}, 
keywords={Actuators;Auditory system;Automobiles;Distributed computing;Intelligent sensors;Monitoring;IoT;argumentation;conversational coordination;hearing objects;smart objects;speaking objects}, 
doi={10.1109/ICDCS.2017.282}, 
ISSN={1063-6927}, 
month={June},} 

 @article{,
	year = 2017,
	keywords = {Speaking Objects, Argumentation, Internet of Things, Social IoT, Coordination},
	pdf-local = {manuscript.pdf},
	status = {Accepted with revision},
	venue_list = {--},
	editor = {Fortino, Giancarlo and Mehedi Hassan, Mohammad and Zhou, Mengchu and Alam Bhuiyan, Zakirual and Li, Jianqiang and Goscinski, A.M. and Bhattacharya, Sourav},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	journal = {Journal of Internet of Things},
	author = {Lippi, Marco and Mamei, Marco and Mariani, Stefano and Zambonelli, Franco},
	title = {An Argumentation-based Perspective over the Social IoT},
	abstract = {The crucial role played by social interactions be- tween smart objects in the Internet of Things is being rapidly recognized by initiatives such as the Social Internet of Things (SIoT). In this work, we build upon the recently introduced framework of Speaking Objects – “things” interacting through argumentation – to show how different forms of human dialogue naturally fit cooperation and coordination requirements of the SIoT. There in fact, speaking objects exchange arguments in order to seek for information, negotiate over an issue, persuade others, deliberate actions, and so on, namely, striving to reach consensus about the state of affairs and their (shared) goals. Thus, we illustrate how argumentation naturally enables such a form of conversational coordination through practical examples.
}} 

 @article{,
	location = {Como, Italy},
	year = 2017,
	pdf-local = {healthRecSys17.pdf},
	status = {Submitted},
	venue_list = {--},
	month = {August},
	series = {International Workshop on Health Recommender Systems },
	author = {Fernandez, Juan Manuel and Mamei, Marco and Mariani, Stefano and Miralles, Felip and Steblin, Alexander and Vargiu, Eloisa and Zambonelli, Franco},
	title = {Towards Argumentation-based Recommendations for Personalised Patient Empowerment},
	note = {Co-located with the 11th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems},
	abstract = {Patient empowerment is a key issue in healthcare. Approaches to increase patient empowerment encompass patient self-management programs. In this paper we present ArgoRec, a recommender system that exploits argumentation for leveraging explanatory power and natural language interactions so as to improve patients’ user experience and quality of recommendations. ArgoRec is part of a great effort concerned with supporting complex chronic patients in, for instance, their daily life activities after hospitalisation, pursued within the CONNECARE project by following a co-design approach to define a comprehensive Self-Management System.},
	organisation = {ACM}}