ANNO XIII N.49 Febbraio 2014 /2014-1/EDITORIALE.pdf C.G.Demartini (Politecnico di Torino) In this issue of Mondo Digitale the reader will find a selection of the scientific works presented at the last AICA Conference on "Digital Frontier, from Digital Divide to Smart Society". Beside the specific interest of each paper, this issue draws a faceted picture of activities currently in progress inside main national universities as well as research and teaching institutions. Apart from its content and structure, this issue presents an important innovation: it is published in English. The aim is to extend the magazine's horizon beyond national borders. Of course, the traditional format will continue, alternated and integrated with the new one. /immagini/editoriale.jpg /2014-1/smart_society/01_AMENTA.pdf Network Access: Social Law Implied in the Constitution for the Use of an Active Citizenship V. Amenta¹ ¹CNR Pisa This article raises the configuration of the right of access to the Internet as a new law, which, although does not have an explicit regulatory approval, has a strong tone constitutional. The objective will be ... /2014-1/smart_society/02_DI_GIOVANNI.pdf The information Technology in Support of Everyday Activities: Challenges and Opportunities of the Service Oriented Computing M. Bertolotto¹, P. Di Giovanni², M. Sebillo², G. Tortora², G. Vitiello² ¹University College Dublin, ²Università degli Studi di Salerno Nowadays, we are witnessing a paradigm shift from traditional monolithic software systems to distributed solutions where the whole computation is partitioned among various modules that can be also located in different geographic locations. Such a change has been surely fostered ... /2014-1/smart_society/03_PATRIGNANI.pdf Digital Citizenship and Social Responsibility of Computer Professionals N. Patrignani¹, M. De Marco² ¹Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, ²Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi Digital revolution is taking us into the Information Society so quickly that the entire Information and Communication Technology (ICT) world has no time to reflect on new social and ethical issues. In particular ... /2014-1/smart_society/04_TOMMASETTI.pdf The Multidimensional Value of Transparency in Healthcare Organizations Computerization A. Tommasetti¹, G. Festa¹ ¹Università degli Studi di Salerno Healthcare informatics and related computerization represent a fundamental driving force for the evolution and development of healthcare organizations. Health information systems ... /2014-1/smart_society/05_CIACCIO.pdf Envisioning Smart Disclosure in the Public Administration G. Ciaccio¹, A. Pastorino¹, M. Ribaudo¹ ¹Università degli Studi di Genova Currently, public administration is undergoing significant transformations, driven by a greater demand for transparency and efficiency in a participative framework involving nonprofit organizations, enterprises, and citizens, with the modern network infrastructure as a common medium. The Open Data movement is considered ... /2014-1/internet_cloud_e_web_domain/01_CIASULLO.pdf Sampling Issues and Management Solutions in Internet-Based Market Researches M. V. Ciasullo¹, G. Festa¹ ¹Università degli Studi di Salerno In the broad context of internet-based market research, this paper focuses on research carried out on net users. An analysis of the advantages, but also disadvantages, related to online market research shows ... /2014-1/internet_cloud_e_web_domain/02_ARACRI.pdf Integrating Statistical Data with the Semantic Web: The ISTAT Experience R. Aracri¹, S. De Francisci¹, A. Pagano¹, M. Scannapieco¹, L. Tosco¹, L. Valentino¹ ¹ISTAT Roma The paper describes an experience, made by Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics), on data dissemination according to Semantic Web technologies, starting from standards adopted in the statistical domain. More specifically, the paper shows the design and implementation issues ... /2014-1/internet_cloud_e_web_domain/03_DI MARTINO.pdf An Overview of Cloud Computing PaaS Offers and Cloud Patterns B. Di Martino¹, G. Cretella¹, A. Esposito¹ ¹II Universitià degli Studi di Napoli Cloud computing is a very highly interesting topic in both academia and industry and many big players of the software industry are interested to become protagonists of such panorama. This paper presents a comparative overview ... /2014-1/internet_cloud_e_web_domain/04_AMBRIOLA.pdf The European Strategy for Cloud Computing Harmonization of Technical and Legal Rules V. Ambriola¹, C. Flick² ¹Università degli Studi di Pisa, ²Avvocato del Foro di Roma Cloud computing is an emerging technology that aims to reduce the cost of software services and resources. The basic idea is to move computational power and data storage ... /2014-1/internet_cloud_e_web_domain/05_FUTIA.pdf The NeuViz Data Visualization Tool for Visualizing Internet-Measurements Data G. Futia¹, E. Zimuel ², J.C. De Martin¹ ¹Politecnico di Torino, ²Zend Technologies In this paper we present NeuViz, a data processing and visualization architecture for network measurement experiments. NeuViz has been tailored to work on the data produced by Neubot (Net Neutrality Bot), an Internet bot that performs periodic, active network performance tests. We show that NeuViz ... /immagini/giovani-talenti/internet-e-i-giovani.jpg /2014-1/internet_cloud_e_web_domain/06_AVERSA.pdf Cloud Agency: A Guide Through the Clouds R. Aversa¹, L. Tasquier¹, S. Venticinque¹ ¹II Università degli Studi di Napoli Cloud Computing is a new technology that has rapidly established itself in computer science since it allows the usage of huge computing resources that are dynamically allocated in order to satisfy user's needs and that are accessible as a service through a remote interface, such as a web browser. Cloud resources can be distributed ... /2014-1/augmented_reality_e_biometrics/01_CUOMO.pdf In Store Augmented Reality: Retailing Strategies for Smart Sommunities M. T. Cuomo¹, D. Tortora¹, G. Metallo¹ ¹Università degli Studi di Salerno The multi-channel strategy becomes crucial for the competitiveness of retail system; it is based on open trustworthy relationships, on the support of new communication tools (e.g. social media), and on innovative devices (24/7 connections), which extend possibilities, process and moment of purchasing. Thanks to the support of innovative information technologies, ... /2014-1/augmented_reality_e_biometrics/02_ABATE.pdf Haptic Rendering of Deformable Surfaces in Medical Training A. F. Abate¹, A. Casanova², M. Nappi¹, S. Ricciardi¹ ¹Università degli Studi di Salerno, ²Università degli Studi di Cagliari Haptic systems applied to medical simulation and training can provide users with crucial kinaesthetic and tactile info otherwise impossible to convey. As the typical objects involved in this kind of simulation are very often deformable tissues,... /2014-1/augmented_reality_e_biometrics/03_PIRLO.pdf A Layout-Analysis Based System for Document Image Retrieval G. Pirlo¹, M. Chimienti², M. Dassisti³, D. Impedovo³, A. Galiano⁴ ¹Università degli Studi di Bari, ²Kad3, ³Politecnico di Bari, ⁴DyrectaLab This paper presents new system for document image retrieval, based on layout-analysis. The system, that is well suited for commercial form retrieval, uses ... /2014-1/augmented_reality_e_biometrics/04_LOBELLO.pdf A Biometric Authentication System Based on Face Recognition and RFID Tags F. Battaglia¹, G. Iannizzotto¹, L. Lo Bello² ¹Università degli Studi di Messina, ²Università degli Studi di Catania Authentication systems usually adopt either the conventional identifier-password paradigm or different kinds of tokens (e.g., badges, keys). However, passwords can be disclosed ...