Gian Pietro Picco

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
151 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Gian Pietro Picco is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Gian Pietro Picco has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 24 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Gian Pietro Picco's work include Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (48 papers), Mobile Agent-Based Network Management (31 papers) and Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (26 papers). Gian Pietro Picco is often cited by papers focused on Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (48 papers), Mobile Agent-Based Network Management (31 papers) and Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (26 papers). Gian Pietro Picco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Gian Pietro Picco's co-authors include Amy L. Murphy, Luca Mottola, Giovanni Vigna, Alfonso Fuggetta, Paolo Costa, Gruia-Catalin Roman, Cecilia Mascolo, Gianpaolo Cugola, Mirco Musolesi and G.-C. Roman and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Access and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Gian Pietro Picco

144 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Understanding code mobility

1998 647 citations Gian Pietro Picco, Giovanni Vigna et al. profile →
Socially-aware routing for publish-subscribe in delay-tolerant mobile ad hoc networks

2008 342 citations Paolo Costa, Gian Pietro Picco et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gian Pietro Picco Italy	37	4.2k	1.2k	985	978	774	151	5.2k
Wei Hong United States	22	7.1k 1.7×	709 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	41	7.7k
Lin Gu China	36	4.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	753 0.8×	2.1k 2.2×	719 0.9×	146	5.3k
Julie A. McCann United Kingdom	31	2.6k 0.6×	824 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	450 0.6×	183	4.6k
Mithun Mukherjee China	26	2.5k 0.6×	822 0.7×	578 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	702 0.9×	149	4.2k
Amy L. Murphy Italy	30	2.5k 0.6×	412 0.3×	387 0.4×	965 1.0×	643 0.8×	104	3.3k
Chunsheng Zhu China	37	3.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	459 0.6×	177	4.9k
Zhetao Li China	35	2.2k 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	649 0.8×	194	4.5k
Richard R. Brooks United States	29	2.3k 0.5×	550 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	351 0.5×	153	3.7k
Suman Nath United States	40	3.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	993 1.0×	668 0.9×	151	5.4k
Pascal Lorenz France	30	2.4k 0.6×	785 0.7×	581 0.6×	1.8k 1.8×	354 0.5×	298	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Gian Pietro Picco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gian Pietro Picco

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gian Pietro Picco

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Turchet, Luca, et al.. (2025). Real-Time Musical Haptics With Ultra-Wideband: A Study on Latency, Reliability, and Perception. IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 18(1). 269–280.

Damiani, Maria Luisa, et al.. (2025). Fine-Grained Stop-Move Detection with UWB: Quality Metrics and Real-World Evaluation. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. 21(4). 1–33.

Cencetti, Giulia, Gabriele Santin, Timofei Istomin, et al.. (2022). Measuring close proximity interactions in summer camps during the COVID-19 pandemic. ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia). 6 indexed citations

Istomin, Timofei, et al.. (2021). The Wireless Control Bus: Enabling Efficient Multi-hop Event-Triggered Control with Concurrent Transmissions. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations

Picco, Gian Pietro, et al.. (2020). Ultra-wideband concurrent ranging. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento). 27 indexed citations

Istomin, Timofei, et al.. (2018). Competition: CRYSTAL Clear: Making Interference Transparent. 217–218. 3 indexed citations

Picco, Gian Pietro, et al.. (2018). Concurrent Ranging in Ultra-wideband Radios: Experimental Evidence, Challenges, and Opportunities. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento). 55–66. 30 indexed citations

Istomin, Timofei, et al.. (2018). Poster: Enabling Contiki on Ultra-wideband Radios. 171–172. 8 indexed citations

Istomin, Timofei, et al.. (2018). Demo: Small PLaNS Towards Mars: Exploiting Ultra-wideband for Self-localizing Rover Navigation. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento). 199–200. 1 indexed citations

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Casati, Fabio, Florian Daniel, Joakim Eriksson, et al.. (2012). Demo Abstract: From Business Process Specifications to Sensor Network Deployments. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Ceriotti, Matteo, Michele Corrà, Renato Lo Cigno, et al.. (2011). Is there light at the ends of the tunnel? Wireless sensor networks for adaptive lighting in road tunnels. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 187–198. 46 indexed citations

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Mottola, Luca, Gianpaolo Cugola, & Gian Pietro Picco. (2008). A Self-Repairing Tree Topology Enabling Content-Based Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 7(8). 946–960. 39 indexed citations

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Costa, Paolo, Luca Mottola, Amy L. Murphy, & Gian Pietro Picco. (2007). Programming wireless sensor networks with the TeenyLime middleware. 429–449. 59 indexed citations

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Balzarotti, Davide, Paolo Costa, & Gian Pietro Picco. (2007). The LighTS tuple space framework and its customization for context-aware applications. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento). 5(2). 215–231. 18 indexed citations

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Pathak, Animesh, Luca Mottola, Amol Bakshi, Viktor K. Prasanna, & Gian Pietro Picco. (2007). A compilation framework for macroprogramming networked sensors. 189–204. 12 indexed citations

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Jacquet, Jean-Marie & Gian Pietro Picco. (2006). Introduction to the special issue. Science of Computer Programming. 64(2). 185–186. 2 indexed citations

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Roman, Gruia-Catalin & Gian Pietro Picco. (2001). Workshop on software engineering and mobility. International Conference on Software Engineering. 756–758. 2 indexed citations

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Baldi, Mario & Gian Pietro Picco. (1998). Evaluating the tradeoffs of mobile code design paradigms in network management applications. International Conference on Software Engineering. 146–155. 89 indexed citations

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Picco, Gian Pietro, Gruia-Catalin Roman, & Peter J. McCann. (1997). Expressing code mobility in mobile UNITY. 22(6). 500–518. 20 indexed citations

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Cugola, Gianpaolo, Carlo Ghezzi, Gian Pietro Picco, & Giovanni Vigna. (1997). A Characterization of Mobility and State Distribution in Mobile Code Languages. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 309–318. 6 indexed citations

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