Publications

2026

• Isaia Tonini, Giacomo Nalli, Luca Piras, Pietro De Matteis, Stelios Kapetanakis, Silvio Ranise
  Towards a Systematic Approach to Memory Safety: A Case Study Integrating Techniques and Practices Over the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  In: Advances on P2p, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing the 20th International Conference on P2p, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing (3PGCIC-2025). Online Conference (DOI)

2025

• Giovanni Corti, Gianluca Sassetti, Amir Sharif, Serena Elisa Ponta, Matteo Rizzi, Pietro De Matteis, Luca Piras, Roberto Carbone, Silvio Ranise
  A First Appraisal of NIS2 and CRA Compliance Leveraging Open Source Tools
  In: IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW) (DOI)
• Kelly Androutsopoulos, Can Başkent, Florian Kammüller, Giacomo Nalli, Luca Piras, Halil Yetgin
  A Privacy-Preserving Framework Enhancing University Student Engagement Using Machine Learning and Gamification
  In: Hci International 2025 – Late Breaking Papers 27th International Conference on Human-computer Interaction, Hcii 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part Xiv (DOI)
• Tasneem Annahdi, Duaa Alkubaisy, Luca Piras
  A Risk Assessment of Information Security in a Diet Centre Business: A Case Study
  In: Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Enase (DOI)
• Janaka Senanayake, Harsha Kalutarage, Luca Piras, Mhd Omar Al-Kadri, Andrei Petrovski
  Assuring Privacy of AI-Powered Community Driven Android Code Vulnerability Detection
  In: Computer Security. Esorics 2024 International Workshops Secai, Disa, Cps4cip, and Secassure, Bydgoszcz, Poland, September 16–20, 2024, Revised Selected Papers, Part Ii (DOI)
• Myo Thiha, Halil Yetgin, Luca Piras, Mohammed Ghazi Al-Obeidallah
  Enhancing Privacy, Censorship Resistance, and User Engagement in a Blockchain-Based Social Network
  In: Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Enase (DOI)

2024

• Janaka Senanayake, Harsha Kalutarage, Andrei Petrovski, Luca Piras, Mhd Omar Al-Kadri
  Defendroid: Real-time Android code vulnerability detection via blockchain federated neural network with XAI
  In: Journal of Information Security and Applications (DOI)
• Janaka Senanayake, Harsha Kalutarage, Andrei Petrovski, Mhd Omar Al-Kadri, Luca Piras
  FedREVAN: Real-time DEtection of Vulnerable Android Source Code Through Federated Neural Network with XAI
  In: Computer Security. Esorics 2023 International Workshops Cps4cip, Adiot, Secassure, Wasp, Taurin, Prist-ai, and Secai, the Hague, the Netherlands, September 25–29, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part Ii (DOI)

2023

• Janaka Senanayake, Harsha Kalutarage, Mhd Omar Al-Kadri, Andrei Petrovski, Luca Piras
  Android Code Vulnerabilities Early Detection Using AI-Powered ACVED Plugin
  In: Data and Applications Security and Privacy Xxxvii (DOI)
• Janaka Senanayake, Harsha Kalutarage, Mhd Omar Al-Kadri, Andrei Petrovski, Luca Piras
  Android Source Code Vulnerability Detection: A Systematic Literature Review
  In: ACM Computing Surveys (DOI)

2022

• Janaka Senanayake, Harsha Kalutarage, Mhd Omar Al-Kadri, Andrei Petrovski, Luca Piras
  Android source code vulnerability detection: a systematic literature review
  In: ACM Computing Surveys
• Federico Calabrese, Luca Piras, Paolo Giorgini
  Supporting the individuation, analysis and gamification of software components for acceptance requirements fulfilment
  In: The Practice of Enterprise Modeling

2021

• Duaa Alkubaisy, Luca Piras, Mohammed Ghazi Al-Obeidallah, Karl Cox, Haris Mouratidis
  ConfIs: A Tool for Privacy and Security Analysis and Conflict Resolution for Supporting GDPR Compliance through Privacy-by-Design
  In: Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (DOI)

2020

• Luca Piras, Mohammed Ghazi Al-Obeidallah, Michalis Pavlidis, Haralambos Mouratidis, Aggeliki Tsohou, Emmanouil Magkos, Andrea Praitano, Annarita Iodice, Beatriz Gallego Nicasio Crespo
  DEFeND DSM: A Data Scope Management Service for Model-Based Privacy by Design GDPR Compliance
  In: Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business - 17th International Conference, Trustbus 2020, Proceedings (DOI)
• Aggeliki Tsohou, Emmanouil Magkos, Haralambos Mouratidis, George Chrysoloras, Luca Piras, Michalis Pavlidis, Julien Debussche, Marco Rotoloni, Gallego Nicasio Crespo Beatriz
  Privacy, security, legal and technology acceptance elicited and consolidated requirements for a GDPR compliance platform
  In: Information & Computer Security (DOI)
• Aggeliki Tsohou, Emmanouil Magkos, Haris Mouratidis, George Chrysoloras, Luca Piras, Michalis Pavlidis, Julien Debussche, Marco Rotoloni, Gallego Nicasio Crespo Beatriz
  Privacy, Security, Legal and Technology Acceptance Requirements for a GDPR Compliance Platform
  In: Computer Security - Esorics 2019 International Workshops, Cybericps, Secpre, Spose, and Adiot, Revised Selected Papers (DOI)

2019

• Luca Piras, M. G. Al-Obeidallah, A. Praitano, A. Tsohou, H. Mouratidis, B. Gallego-Nicasio Crespo, J. B. Bernard, M. Fiorani, E. Magkos, A. C. Sanz, M. Pavlidis, R. D'addario, G. G. Zorzino
  DEFeND Architecture: A Privacy by Design Platform for GDPR Compliance
  In: Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business 16th International Conference, Trustbus 2019, Linz, Austria, August 26–29, 2019, Proceedings (DOI)
• J. Horkoff, F. B. Aydemir, E. Cardoso, T. Li, A. Mat('e), E. Paja, M. Salnitri, Luca Piras, J. Mylopoulos, Paolo Giorgini
  Goal-oriented requirements engineering: an extended systematic mapping study
  In: Requirements Engineering (DOI)

2017

• Luca Piras, E. Paja, Paolo Giorgini, J. Mylopoulos, R. Cuel, D. Ponte
  Gamification solutions for software acceptance: A comparative study of Requirements Engineering and Organizational Behavior techniques
  In: Rcis 2017 - 11th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science - Conference Proceedings (DOI)
• Luca Piras, E. Paja, Paolo Giorgini, J. Mylopoulos
  Goal models for acceptance requirements analysis and gamification design
  In: Conceptual Modeling 36th International Conference, Er 2017, Valencia, Spain, November 6–9, 2017, Proceedings (DOI)

2016

• Luca Piras, Paolo Giorgini, J. Mylopoulos
  Acceptance Requirements and Their Gamification Solutions
  In: Proceedings of 2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference, Re 2016 (DOI)

2015

• Raman Kazhamiakin, Annapaola Marconi, Mirko Perillo, Marco Pistore, Giuseppe Valetto, Luca Piras, Francesco Avesani, Nicola Perri
  Using Gamification to Incentivize Sustainable Urban Mobility
  In: Proceedings of 1st IEEE International Smart Cities Conference
• Luca Piras, Giuseppe Valetto, Annapaola Marconi, Marco Pistore
  Virtual Coaches for Mission–Based Gamified Smart Communities
  In: Proceedings of Chi Play Workshop on Personalization in Serious and Persuasive Games and Gamified Interactions