Salvatore Alessandro Sarcia', Ph.D.
Salvatore Alessandro Sarcia' earned his Laurea degree in Computer Science in 1994 and his Masters degree with honors in Strategic Management in 2001, both from the University of Turin (Italy). He later obtained a second Laurea degree in International Political Science - Economics in 2004 from the University of Trieste (Italy). He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Automation Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy).
From 2006 to 2008, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park (MD, USA), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Victor R. Basili. In 2009, he served as a Contract Professor of Object-Oriented Programming at the Department of Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and as an Adjunct Professor of Information Processing at the Department of Economics, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy).
In 2011, he attended Senior Course 117 at the NATO Defense College in Rome. He later developed a performance model within the Italian General Staff, which is currently applied by the Italian Army.
His current research interests include innovation and technology in the military domain, capability development, game theory, artificial neural networks, artificial intelligence, predictive modeling, statistics, measurement, and performance analysis. He applies empirical techniques to conduct experiments in software engineering, software quality, risk analysis, game theory, and system performance.
From 2021 to 2024, he served as Head of the Capability Planning Unit at the Italian Permanent Representation to NATO and the EU (EUMC, EDA) in Brussels, Belgium.
Since August 2024, he has been serving as Head of the PESCO Cell in the EU Military Staff in Brussels, Belgium, focusing on Military Capability Planning, Artificial Intelligence, Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs), and Cyber Security from a conceptual perspective.
(*) Laurea degree was the traditional full-length university degree in Italy, now structured as a 3-year Bachelor's + 2-year Master's degree.
Contact Information
Email: sarcia @ onese . org
Affiliation: OnESE.org Forum – Independent Research Division
Activity
Selected publications
2024
Sarcia', S.A., "Why and how the EU and NATO should combine their efforts to build common capabilities in the cyber domain" , International Cybersecurity Law Review – Springer, 5, 373–386 (2024).
2023
Sarcia', S.A., Calo, G., "Organizing Structures and Information for Developing AI-enabled Military Decision-Making Systems" , IEEE/TechDefense, Rome, Nov. 20–23, 2023.
2015
Rossi, B., Sarcia', S.A., Sillitti, A., Succi, G., "Lo sviluppo del software per la pubblica amministrazione e le forze armate - aspetti contrattualistici, metodologie per lo sviluppo, architetture e sicurezza" , FrancoAngeli Edizioni, ISBN: 978-3-659-47533-7, 2015. (Italian only)
2014
Sarcia', S.A., "Definition and Improvement over time of mathematical estimation models" , Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-659-47533-7, 2014.
Sarcia', S.A., "Acquisire e sviluppare software militare in maniera agile con componenti open source", Informazioni della Difesa, 2014. (in Italian only)
2013
Sarcia', S.A., "Timed Strategic Games: A new game theory for managing plans in the time dimension" , pp. 187–194, IEEE-CogSIMA, 25–28 Feb. 2013, San Diego, CA.
2011
Suppa, A., Zardini, A., Sarcia, S.A., "IT helps the Italian Army implement a Performance Management System", ITAIS, 7–8 Oct. 2011, Rome, Italy.
Mulazzani, F., Sarcia, S.A., "Cyber Security on Military Deployed Networks – A Case Study on Information Leakage", ICCC 2011, IEEE, Jun. 7–11, Tallinn, Estonia.
Marciuska, S., Sarcia, S.A., Sillitti, A., Succi, G., "Analysis Methods in Agile Development", ACM - ESEC/FSE 2011, Sep. 5–9, Szeged, Hungary.
2010
Sarcia', S.A., "Is GQM+Strategies really applicable as-is to non-software development domains?" , ACM-IEEE, ESEM 2010, Sep. 16–17, Bolzano-Bozen, Italy.
Falessi, D., Cantone, G., Sarcia', S.A., Calavaro, G., D'Amore, C., Subiaco, P., "Peaceful Coexistence: Agile Developer Perspectives on Software Architecture" , IEEE Software, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 23–25, Mar./Apr. 2010.
2009
Sarcia', S.A., Basili, V.R., Cantone, G., "Scope Error Detection and Handling concerning Software Estimation Models" , Proceedings of ACM-IEEE, ESEM 2009, Orlando, FL.
Sarcia', S.A., An Approach to Improving Parametric Estimation Models in The Case of Violation of Assumptions, GIIS09, Salerno (Italy), 2009.
Sarcia', S.A., Cantone, G., Basili, V.R., "Using Uncertainty as a Model Selection and Comparison Criterion" , ACM, PROMISE 2009, ICSE, Vancouver, 2009.
Sarcia', S.A., Cantone, G., Basili, V.R., "Auto-associative Neural Networks to estimate Accuracy of Estimation Models" , in: Artificial Intelligence Applications for Improved Software Engineering Development, IGI Global, USA.
2008
Sarcia', S.A., Basili, V.R., Cantone, G., "An Approach to Improving Parametric Estimation Models in the Case of Violation of Assumptions Based on Risk Analysis" , CS-TR-4928, UMIACS-TR-2008-20, University of Maryland (USA), 2008.
Sarcia', S.A., "An Approach to Improving Parametric Estimation Models in The Case of Violation of Assumptions" , IDOESE08, Kaiserslautern (Germany), 2008.
Sarcia', S.A., Cantone, G., Basili, V.R., "Adopting Curvilinear Component Analysis to estimate Software Cost Estimation Accuracy" , BCS-EASE08, Bari (Italy), 2008.
2007
Sarcia', S.A., Cantone, G., Basili, V.R., "A Statistical Neural Network Framework for Risk Management Process" , ICSOFT, Barcelona (Spain), 2007.
2006
Sarcia', S.A., Cantone, G., "Using Measurable Lesson Learned for estimating Risk Probability", TR University of Tor Vergata (Italy), 2006.
Sarcia', S.A., Cantone, G., "Dependable Risk Management: New Methodological Perspectives and Related Support Systems", TR University of Tor Vergata (Italy), 2006.
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Research Interests
- Military Software Systems, planning and development
- Military C2 systems
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques applied to Military Systems
- Hybrid threats and warfare
- Active measures analysis
- Software Engineering (Quality and Improvement)
- Innovation and Technology
- Game Theory
- Experimental and Empirical Approaches
- Project and Risk Management
- Advanced Statistics and Predictive Models
- Computational Intelligence (e.g., Neural Networks)
Professional Teaching
- Object-oriented programming (Department of Engineering - University of Tor Vergata, Italy), 2008–09
- Information Processing (Department of Economics - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy), 2008–09
Other Teaching Activities
- Empirical Software Engineering (Prof. Cantone, University of Tor Vergata, Italy)
- Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (Prof. Cantone, University of Tor Vergata, Italy)
Research Interests
- Military Software Systems, planning and development
- Military C2 systems
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques applied to Military Systems
- Hybrid threats and warfare
- Active measures analysis
- Software Engineering (Quality and Improvement)
- Innovation and Technology
- Game Theory
- Experimental and Empirical Approaches
- Project and Risk Management
- Advanced Statistics and Predictive Models
- Computational Intelligence (e.g., Neural Networks)
Professional Teaching
- Object-oriented programming (Department of Engineering - University of Tor Vergata, Italy), 2008–09
- Information Processing (Department of Economics - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy), 2008–09
Other Teaching Activities
- Empirical Software Engineering (Prof. Cantone, University of Tor Vergata, Italy)
- Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (Prof. Cantone, University of Tor Vergata, Italy)