Last update: 27/05/2025

Biography
Claudio Marche is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cagliari, where he is a member of the Net4U research group. He received his PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering in 2023 and the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunication Engineering with full marks in 2018 at the University of Cagliari. Since graduation, he has been working as a Researcher in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cagliari.In 2021, he has been a visiting student at the Inria Centre, in Lille (France). He is and has been a reviewer for prestigious journals and conferences, such as IEEE IoT Journal, MDPI Sensors and IEEE GLOBECOM. Claudio has served as an Editor Assistant for the special issue “Service Trustworthiness Management in the Internet of Things” published by MDPI IoT. Moreover, he has also been appointed as the Newsletter Editor for the IEEE Social Networks Technical Committee of the IEEE Communication Society for the year 2023. Currently, he is a member of the editorial board for the IEEE Internet of Things Journal and for the Frontiers in Energy Efficiency Journal. His current research interests include the Internet of Things (IoT), Social Networks, Trustworthiness Management and Energy Efficiency.

Work Experience

Assistant Professor (RTDa) – Sep 2023 - Present
Assistant Professor (RTDa) at Università degli Studi di Cagliari and collaborator at the Net4U Laboratory (https://sites.unica.it/net4u/). Main research fields: Web Services Modeling and Internet of Things.

Researcher – Oct 2022 - Aug 2023
Researcher and collaborator at the Net4U Laboratory. Main research fields: Internet of Things and Machine Learning.

Project Collaborator – Jul 2021 - Sep 2022
Collaborator for the project "Feedback Analysis and blockchain-based trust Evaluation (FAKE)", supported by the EU Horizon 2020 program (Grant No 957228). Main research fields: Fake News Detection, Blockchain Technology, Source News Evaluation.

Researcher – Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
PhD abroad period at the Inria Centre in Lille, France. Main research fields: Wireless Networks.

Researcher – Feb 2017 - Sep 2019
Researcher and collaborator at the Net4U Laboratory. Main research fields: Internet of Things, Energy Efficiency, Machine Learning, Thermal Comfort.

Education

2023 – Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Cagliari
Thesis: Trustworthiness Management in the Internet of Things

2018 – Master’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, University of Cagliari
Thesis: Energy Efficiency for Smart Buildings: an Approach Based on Internet of Things

2017 – Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari
Thesis: Smart Control for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning System in Work Environment: a User Centric Approach

Publications

• C. Marche, L. Atzori, V. Pilloni, M. Nitti, "How to exploit the social Internet of Things: Query generation model and device profiles’ dataset", Computer Networks, vol. 174, 107248, 2020.
• C. Marche, M. Nitti, "Trust-related attacks and their detection: A trust management model for the social IoT", IEEE Trans. on Network and Service Management, vol. 18(3), pp. 3297–3308, 2021.
• C. Marche, L. Atzori, M. Nitti, "A dataset for performance analysis of the social internet of things", IEEE PIMRC, 2018.
• C. Marche, M. Nitti, V. Pilloni, "Energy efficiency in smart building: A comfort aware approach based on Social Internet of Things", IEEE GIoTS, pp. 1–6, 2017.
• C. Marche, L. Atzori, A. Iera, L. Militano, M. Nitti, "Navigability in social networks of objects: The importance of friendship type and nodes' distance", IEEE Globecom Workshops, 2017.
• C. Marche, M. Nitti, "IoT for the users: Thermal comfort and cost saving", ACM MobiHoc Workshop on Pervasive Systems in the IoT Era, 2019.
• C. Marche, G.G. Soma, M. Nitti, "A cognitive social IoT approach for smart energy management in a real environment", IEEE Trans. on Network and Service Management, vol. 20(4), pp. 4061–4072, 2023.
• C. Marche, L. Serreli, M. Nitti, "Analysis of feedback evaluation for trust management models in the Internet of Things", IoT, vol. 2(3), pp. 498–509, 2021.
• C. Marche, I. Cabiddu, C.G. Castangia, L. Serreli, M. Nitti, "Implementation of a multi-approach fake news detector and of a trust management model for news sources", IEEE Trans. on Services Computing, vol. 16(6), pp. 4288–4301, 2023.
• C. Marche, M. Nitti, "A binary trust game for the internet of things", IoT, vol. 2(1), pp. 50–70, 2021.
• C. Marche, M. Nitti, "Can we trust trust management systems?", IoT, vol. 3(2), pp. 262–272, 2022.
• C. Marche, I. Cabiddu, C.G. Castangia, L. Serreli, M. Nitti, "Fake news detection based on blockchain technology", IEEE PIMRC, 2022.
• C. Marche, V. Loscri, M. Nitti, "A channel selection model based on trust metrics for wireless communications", IEEE Trans. on Network and Service Management, vol. 20(4), pp. 4517–4527, 2023.
• P. Busia, C. Marche, P. Meloni, D. Reforgiato Recupero, "Design of an AI-driven Architecture with Cobots for Digital Transformation to Enhance Quality Control in the Food Industry", ACM UMAP Adjunct Proceedings, 2024.
• C. Marche, M. Nitti, S. Ranjbaran, "An Evaluation of Service Discovery Mechanisms for a Network of Social Digital Twins", IEEE GLOBECOM, pp. 3215–3221, 2023.
• S. Porcu, C. Marche, A. Floris, "No-Reference Objective Quality Metrics for 3D Point Clouds: A Review", Sensors, vol. 24(22), 7383, 2024.
• M. Amadeo, G. Ruggeri, C. Marche, M. Nitti, "Service Discovery and Provisioning in Social Digital Twin Networks: a Name-based Approach", WIMOB 2024.
• M. Amadeo, C. Marche, G. Ruggeri, S. Ranjbaran, M. Nitti, "Composing digital twins for internet of everything applications: A user-centric perspective", IEEE Mediterranean Communication Conf., 2024.
• V. Del Vecchio, M. Lazoi, C. Marche, et al., "Designing Digital Solutions in the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Industry for Advancing Visitors’ Experiences", International Conference on Extended Reality, pp. 301–309, 2024.
• C. Marche, L. Perra, M. Nitti, "Crowdsensing and Trusted Digital Twins for Environmental Noise Monitoring", IEEE Mediterranean Communication Conf., 2024.
• V. Del Vecchio, M. Lazoi, C. Marche, et al., "Designing Innovative Digital Solutions in the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Industry", Applied Sciences, vol. 15(9), 4935, 2025.
• L. Serreli, C. Marche, M. Nitti, "Reducing Data Volume in News Topic Classification: Deep Learning Framework and Dataset", IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, 2024.
• S. Ranjbaran, M. Amadeo, C. Marche, et al., "Cloud-Edge Resource Management and Migration: Leveraging Online Learning for Digital Twin Re-placement", IEEE WF-IoT, 2024.