ECLYPSE: A Python Framework for Simulation and Emulation of the Cloud-Edge Continuum Jacopo Massa, Valerio De Caro, Stefano Forti, Patrizio Dazzi, Davide Bacciu, Antonio Brogi Journal of Software Evolution and Process, 2026 The Cloud‐Edge continuum enhances application performance by bringing computation closer to data sources. However, it presents considerable challenges in managing resources and determining application service placement, as these tasks require analyzing diverse, dynamic environments characterized by fluctuating network conditions. Addressing these challenges calls for tools combining simulation and emulation of Cloud‐Edge systems to rigorously assess novel application and resource management strategies. In this paper, we introduce ECLYPSE , a Python‐based framework that enables the simulation and emulation of the Cloud‐Edge continuum via adaptable resource allocation and service placement models. ECLYPSE features an event‐driven architecture for dynamically adapting network configurations and resources. It also supports seamless transitions between simulated and emulated setups, thus enabling the execution of experiments in simulated, emulated, and hybrid settings. In this work, we illustrate and assess ECLYPSE capabilities over three use cases, demonstrating the framework's effectiveness in rapid prototyping across diverse scenarios.
FastFlow-Python: Parallel Building Blocks in Python Through FastFlow Integration Matteo Della Bartola, Jacopo Massa, Patrizio Dazzi, Massimo Torquati Proceedings 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering Ic2e 2025, 2025 We present FastFlow-Python, a framework that brings parallelism to Python for stream-processing applications. FastFlow-Python enables developers to build high-throughput, low-latency data-flow networks by instantiating high-level, ready-to-use parallel building blocks. Built on the C++ FastFlow library, it leverages Python bindings via the C/Python API to efficiently manage parallel execution using both subinterpreters and multiprocessing, all abstracted by the framework. We demonstrate the performance benefits of FastFlow-Python through a comparative analysis with a pure Python stream-processing implementation, highlighting its effectiveness in overcoming the limitations imposed by the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). Experimental results show almost linear scalability when increasing the number of workers.
Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Resource and Conflict Management in Cloud-Edge Settings Jacopo Massa Hpdc 2024 Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2024 As the Internet of Things (IoT) gains popularity, the multitude of connected devices accessing computing facilities along the Cloud-IoT continuum has risen rapidly. This growth has prompted an increase in IoT-based applications and the data they process. These applications often carry specific Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, necessitating the research of strategic management for services and data, coupled with routes across the IoT and application components. Concurrently, our research explores the integration of Intent-Based Networking (IBN) principles to manage data flows and resolve conflicts among stakeholders sharing the same infrastructure. This dual-focus approach aims to support the effective placement and management of multi-service applications on Cloud-IoT resources, considering QoS, data characteristics, and resource conflict detection and resolution. This work outlines our primary objectives and shares findings from our ongoing research.
Urgent Edge Computing Patrizio Dazzi, Luca Ferrucci, Marco Danelutto, Konstantinos Tserpes, Antonios Makris, Theodoros Theodoropoulos, Jacopo Massa, Emanuele Carlini, Matteo Mordacchini Frame 2024 Proceedings of the 2024 on Workshop on Flexible Resource and Application Management on the Edge Part of Hpdc 2024 3rd International Symposium on High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2024 This position paper introduces Urgent Edge Computing (UEC) as a paradigm shift addressing the evolving demands of time-sensitive applications in distributed edge environments, in time-critical scenarios. With a focus on ultra-low latency, availability, resource management, decentralization, self-organization, and robust security, UEC aims to facilitate operations in critical scenarios such as disaster response, environmental monitoring, and smart city management. This paper outlines and discusses the key requirements, challenges, and enablers along with a conceptual architecture. The paper also outlines the potential applications of Urgent Edge Computing.
A declarative reasoning approach to conflict management in Intent-Based Networking Jacopo Massa, Stefano Forti, Federica Paganelli, Patrizio Dazzi, Antonio Brogi Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Innovation in Clouds Internet and Networks Icin 2024, 2024 Intent-Based Networking aims to automate network management by allowing users to express desired outcomes rather than manually configuring network resources. For its fulfilment, a user intent should be translated into machine-executable actions, which are then implemented in the infras-tructure, and their outcome continuously monitored. However, such an automated loop may be hindered by conflicts that arise within an intent or between multiple intents throughout their lifecycle. In this work, we propose a Prolog-based declarative model and reasoning methodology to detect and resolve conflicts arising from new incoming intents. By leveraging and extending an open-source Prolog prototype designed for intent processing and translation into Virtual Network Function chains, we show its conflict detection and resolution capabilities through an illustrative application use case.
Declarative Traffic Engineering for Low-Latency and Reliable Networking J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi, A Clemm, T Eckert Future Generation Computer Systems 182, 108494 , 2026 2026.0
ECLYPSE: a Python Framework for Simulation and Emulation of the Cloud-Edge Continuum J Massa, V De Caro, S Forti, P Dazzi, D Bacciu, A Brogi Journal of Software: Evolution and Process 38 (1), e70081 , 2026 2026.0 Citations: 3
Combining Declarative and Linear Programming for Application Management in the Cloud-Edge Continuum J Massa, S Forti, P Dazzi, A Brogi Future Generation Computer Systems 176, 108224 , 2025 2025.0 Citations: 3
Dynamic workload balancing in decentralized edge systems: A marginal cost approach E Carlini, P Dazzi, L Ferrucci, J Massa, M Mordacchini Future Generation Computer Systems 176, 108167 , 2025 2025.0 Citations: 2
FastFlow-Python: Parallel Building Blocks in Python Through FastFlow Integration M Della Bartola, J Massa, P Dazzi, M Torquati 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), 281-289 , 2025 2025.0
Decentralized Q-Learning for Workload Offloading in Urgent Edge Computing Scenarios V Besozzi, E Carlini, M Danelutto, P Dazzi, M Della Bartola, L Ferrucci, ... International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive … , 2025 2025.0
Marginal Cost of Computation as a Collaborative Strategy for Resource Management at the Edge E Carlini, P Dazzi, L Ferrucci, J Massa, M Mordacchini International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and … , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 1
Towards declarative traffic engineering for guaranteed latency-based forwarding J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi, A Clemm, T Eckert European Conference on Parallel Processing, 231-242 , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 2
Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Resource and Conflict Management in Cloud-Edge Settings J Massa Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel … , 2024 2024.0
Urgent edge computing P Dazzi, L Ferrucci, M Danelutto, K Tserpes, A Makris, T Theodoropoulos, ... Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Flexible Resource and Application … , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 20
A declarative reasoning approach to conflict management in intent-based networking J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi 2024 27th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN … , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 9
Towards declarative intent processing and conflict resolution in IBN J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 16th International Conference on Utility and … , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 2
Sustainable placement of VNF chains in Intent-based Networking T Di Riccio, J Massa, S Forti, A Brogi Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 16th International Conference on Utility and … , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 7
Declarative and linear programming approaches to service placement, reconciled J Massa, S Forti, P Dazzi, A Brogi 2023 IEEE 16th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 1-10 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 9
Declarative Provisioning of Virtual Network Function Chains in Intent-based Networks J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi 2023 IEEE 9th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft … , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 23
Data-Aware Application Placement and Management in the Cloud-IoT Continuum J Massa International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, 301-307 , 2022 2022.0
Data-aware service placement in the cloud-IoT continuum J Massa, S Forti, A Brogi Symposium and Summer School on Service-Oriented Computing, 139-158 , 2022 2022.0 Citations: 14
Data-aware application placement and routing in the Cloud-IoT continuum J MASSA 2021.0
2024 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Reviewers A Al-Shishtawy, A Yazdani, A Telikani, A Esashi, A Tundo, A Schultz, ...
CLOUD 2022 Sub-Reviewers MS Aslanpour, T Bahreini, A Beltre, M Brocanelli, J Clavin, UY Fu, ...
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Declarative Provisioning of Virtual Network Function Chains in Intent-based Networks J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi 2023 IEEE 9th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft … , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 23
Urgent edge computing P Dazzi, L Ferrucci, M Danelutto, K Tserpes, A Makris, T Theodoropoulos, ... Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Flexible Resource and Application … , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 20
Data-aware service placement in the cloud-IoT continuum J Massa, S Forti, A Brogi Symposium and Summer School on Service-Oriented Computing, 139-158 , 2022 2022.0 Citations: 14
A declarative reasoning approach to conflict management in intent-based networking J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi 2024 27th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN … , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 9
Declarative and linear programming approaches to service placement, reconciled J Massa, S Forti, P Dazzi, A Brogi 2023 IEEE 16th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 1-10 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 9
Sustainable placement of VNF chains in Intent-based Networking T Di Riccio, J Massa, S Forti, A Brogi Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 16th International Conference on Utility and … , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 7
ECLYPSE: a Python Framework for Simulation and Emulation of the Cloud-Edge Continuum J Massa, V De Caro, S Forti, P Dazzi, D Bacciu, A Brogi Journal of Software: Evolution and Process 38 (1), e70081 , 2026 2026.0 Citations: 3
Combining Declarative and Linear Programming for Application Management in the Cloud-Edge Continuum J Massa, S Forti, P Dazzi, A Brogi Future Generation Computer Systems 176, 108224 , 2025 2025.0 Citations: 3
Dynamic workload balancing in decentralized edge systems: A marginal cost approach E Carlini, P Dazzi, L Ferrucci, J Massa, M Mordacchini Future Generation Computer Systems 176, 108167 , 2025 2025.0 Citations: 2
Towards declarative traffic engineering for guaranteed latency-based forwarding J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi, A Clemm, T Eckert European Conference on Parallel Processing, 231-242 , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 2
Towards declarative intent processing and conflict resolution in IBN J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 16th International Conference on Utility and … , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 2
Marginal Cost of Computation as a Collaborative Strategy for Resource Management at the Edge E Carlini, P Dazzi, L Ferrucci, J Massa, M Mordacchini International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and … , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 1
Declarative Traffic Engineering for Low-Latency and Reliable Networking J Massa, S Forti, F Paganelli, P Dazzi, A Brogi, A Clemm, T Eckert Future Generation Computer Systems 182, 108494 , 2026 2026.0
FastFlow-Python: Parallel Building Blocks in Python Through FastFlow Integration M Della Bartola, J Massa, P Dazzi, M Torquati 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), 281-289 , 2025 2025.0
Decentralized Q-Learning for Workload Offloading in Urgent Edge Computing Scenarios V Besozzi, E Carlini, M Danelutto, P Dazzi, M Della Bartola, L Ferrucci, ... International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive … , 2025 2025.0
Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Resource and Conflict Management in Cloud-Edge Settings J Massa Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel … , 2024 2024.0
Data-Aware Application Placement and Management in the Cloud-IoT Continuum J Massa International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, 301-307 , 2022 2022.0
Data-aware application placement and routing in the Cloud-IoT continuum J MASSA 2021.0
2024 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Reviewers A Al-Shishtawy, A Yazdani, A Telikani, A Esashi, A Tundo, A Schultz, ...
CLOUD 2022 Sub-Reviewers MS Aslanpour, T Bahreini, A Beltre, M Brocanelli, J Clavin, UY Fu, ...
