The MODES group has been involved in a number of European and industrial projects funded by the EU Framework Programmes and Horizon Europe.

  • AIM-PRO 2026–present EU Horizon Europe

    AIM-PRO (AI-powered Model-driven engineering for Productive software development) is a Horizon Europe project focused on developing AI-powered model-driven engineering techniques to improve software productivity. Juri Di Rocco is Work-Package 2 Leader for the University of L'Aquila.

    Partners: University of L'Aquila (WP2 Leader)

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  • MOSAICO 2025–present EU Horizon Europe

    MOSAICO is a Horizon Europe project aimed at revolutionizing software development by enabling seamless collaboration between AI agents and human developers. It develops dedicated platforms and communication protocols to coordinate multiple AI agents within the software development lifecycle, fostering human-AI collaboration and ensuring ethical and responsible AI development.

    Partners: European Consortium

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  • EM

    EMELIOT / PRIN 2021 2022–2024 MIUR PRIN 2021

    EMELIOT (Engineering and Mining of Emergent bEhaviors in IoT ecosystems) is an Italian national (PRIN 2021) research project investigating techniques for engineering and mining emergent behaviors in Internet of Things ecosystems using model-driven approaches.

    Partners: University of L'Aquila

  • LOWCOMOTE 2019–2023 EU H2020 MSCA-ITN-2018

    LOWCOMOTE (Training the Next Generation of Experts in Scalable Low-Code Engineering Platforms) was an H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project. Alfonso Pierantonio was co-principal investigator and ESR supervisor for the University of L'Aquila, coordinating training of early-stage researchers in low-code development platforms and model-driven engineering.

    Partners: University of L'Aquila (co-PI), European Consortium

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  • TYPHON 2018–2021 EU H2020-ICT-2017-1

    TYPHON provided an industry-validated methodology and integrated technical offering for designing, developing, querying, evolving, analysing and monitoring scalable hybrid data persistence architectures. The University of L'Aquila (€308,750) contributed tools and languages for designing hybrid polystores, including a recommender system for storage technology selection. Members: Juri Di Rocco, Davi ... de Di Ruscio, Alfonso Pierantonio, Phuong T. Nguyen.

    Partners: University of L'Aquila, European Industrial Consortium

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  • CROSSMINER 2017–2019 EU H2020-ICT-2016-1

    CROSSMINER (Developer-Centric Knowledge Mining from Large Open-Source Software Repositories) enabled the monitoring, in-depth analysis and evidence-based selection of open-source components. The project developed Eclipse-based IDE tools and analytical dashboards providing real-time recommendations to software developers. The University of L'Aquila (€380,922) was Work-Package Leader. Key members: D ... avide Di Ruscio, Juri Di Rocco, Phuong T. Nguyen, Alfonso Pierantonio.

    Partners: University of L'Aquila (WP Leader), 11 international partners

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  • LearnPad 2013–2016 EU FP7-ICT-2013-11

    LearnPad (A Model-Based Collaborative Platform for Process-Oriented Learning) developed tools and techniques to support process-oriented learning in educational and professional contexts. Alfonso Pierantonio was principal investigator for the University of L'Aquila and Work-Package Leader.

    Partners: University of L'Aquila (PI, WP Leader), European Consortium

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  • OSSMETER 2012–2015 EU FP7-ICT-2011-8

    OSSMETER extended the state-of-the-art in automated analysis and measurement of open-source software, developing a platform supporting decision makers in discovering, comparing, assessing and monitoring the health, quality and activity of OSS projects through advanced analysis of metadata, source code repositories, communication channels and bug tracking systems.

    Partners: University of L'Aquila, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

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  • MANCOOSI 2008–2011 EU FP7-ICT-2007-1

    MANCOOSI (Managing the Complexity of the Open Source Infrastructure) tackled the challenges of managing large and complex open-source software distributions, developing formal methods and tools for dependency resolution and upgrade planning. Alfonso Pierantonio was principal investigator for the University of L'Aquila and Work-Package Leader.

    Partners: University of L'Aquila (PI, WP Leader), European Consortium

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