Francesca Righetti

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Location: Ufficio (stanza: 5-049), Dipartimento Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1

Time: Ricevimento Studenti: Ogni giovedì mattina dalle ore 10.30 alle ore 12.30 Ricevimento Tutorato: Ogni martedì mattina dalle ore 11.00 alle ore 13.00

Research interests

Francesca Righetti is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering (DII) at the University of Pisa, Italy. 
She got her PhD in Information Engineering at the University of Pisa in May 2021, with Dr. Giuseppe Anastasi,  Dr. Carlo Vallati and Dr. Sajal K. Das as advisors.
In May 2017, she received the Computer Engineering Master's Degree , from the University of Pisa.
My research focuses on the intersection of the Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial IoT (IIoT), Edge and Cloud Computing, and cyber-physical systems, with a strong emphasis on energy efficiency, distributed intelligence, and real-time performance. In recent years, I have been particularly engaged in addressing the challenges of the Cloud-to-Thing Continuum, designing mechanisms for the energy-aware scheduling and orchestration of serverless (FaaS) functionsacross cloud and edge infrastructures. In this context, we have explored innovative predictive scheduling policies for Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) on Edge platforms, with a particular focus on energy efficiency, leveraging simulations, open-source tools, and edge testbeds to assess the impact of forecasting techniques on function placement and energy consumption
In the context of the Cloud-to-Things Continuum paradigm, our research focuses on the design and assessment of optimal resource allocation strategies for real-time IoT applications involving mobile nodes. We have developed and validated the J-NECORA framework to evaluate the impact of mobility on end-to-end delays.
We have also conducted extensive research in the area of Industrial IoT (IIoT), with a focus on the 6TiSCH architecture, including the design and implementation of distributed and autonomous scheduling algorithms, the proposal of a new distributed Scheduling Function (E-OTF), and contributions to the development of the 6top protocol within the ContikiOs operating system. Additional research directions have included mobility management, congestion control analysis, and security vulnerabilities in communication protocols. These contributions were validated using both simulation environments (Cooja, OMNeT++) and real-world testbeds.

Publications

• J-NECORA: A Framework for Optimal Resource Allocation in Cloud-Edge-Things Continuum for Industrial Applications With Mobile Nodes (Pettorali, Marco; Righetti, Francesca; Vallati, Carlo; Das, Sajal K.; Anastasi, Giuseppe - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Mobility Management in TSCH-based Industrial Wireless Networks (Pettorali, Marco; Righetti, Francesca; Vallati, Carlo; Das, Sajal K.; Anastasi, Giuseppe - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• LASA-R: Location-Aware Scheduling Algorithm With Rescheduling for Industrial IoT Networks With Mobile Nodes (Pettorali, Marco; Righetti, Francesca; Vallati, Carlo; Das, Sajal K.; Anastasi, Giuseppe - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Investigating the CoAP Congestion Control Strategies for 6TiSCH-Based IoT Networks (Righetti, Francesca; Vallati, Carlo; Rasla, Davide; Anastasi, Giuseppe - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Vulnerabilities of the 6P protocol for the Industrial Internet of Things: Impact analysis and mitigation (Righetti, Francesca; Vallati, Carlo; Tiloca, Marco; Anastasi, Giuseppe - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Enhancing sustainability of the railway infrastructure: Trading energy saving and unavailability through efficient switch heating policies (Chiaradonna, S.; Masetti, G.; Di Giandomenico, F.; Righetti, F.; Vallati, C. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Autonomous Scheduling Functions for 6TiSCH Networks (Righetti, F.; Vallati, C.; Gavioli, A.; Anastasi, G. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Performance evaluation of Attribute-Based Encryption on constrained IoT devices (Perazzo, P.; Righetti, F.; La Manna, M.; Vallati, C. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• An Evaluation of the 6TiSCH Distributed Resource Management Mode (Righetti, Francesca; Vallati, Carlo; Das, Sajal K.; Anastasi, Giuseppe - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Analysis of the interplay between RPL and the congestion control strategies for CoAP (Vallati, C.; Righetti, F.; Tanganelli, G.; Mingozzi, E.; Anastasi, G. - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)

All publications by Francesca Righetti on ARPI, the Research Archive of the University of Pisa