Publications

2025
F. Casino, "Unveiling the multifaceted concept of cognitive security: Trends, perspectives, and future challenges", Technology in Society, art-no. 102956, Elsevier, 2025. ISSN: 1879-3274. Q1 IF:10.1

F. Casino, D. Hurley-Smith, J. Hernandez-Castro, and C. Patsakis, "Not on my watch: ransomware detection through classification of high-entropy file segments", Journal of Cybersecurity, vol. 11, issue 1, art-no. tyaf009, Oxford Academic, 2025. ISSN: 2057-2085. Q1 (Interdisciplinary) IF:3.2

F. Casino, P. Lopez-Iturri, and C. Patsakis, "Cloud continuum testbeds and next-generation ICTs: Trends, challenges, and perspectives", Computer Science Review, vol. 56, art-no. 100696, Elsevier, 2025. ISSN: 1574-0137. Q1 IF:13.3

M.C. Bernal, E. Batista, A. Martínez-Ballesté, and A. Solanas, "A functional approach to model intrinsic capacity in ageing trajectories", Scientific Reports, vol. 15, art-no. 7878, Springer, 2025. ISSN: 2045-2322. Q2 IF:3.5

E. Figueroa, M. Ferre, and A. Martínez-Ballesté, "Integración de dispositivos IoT en aulas inteligentes: Un enfoque para la interoperabilidad", Horizontes de aprendizaje con tecnologías emergentes en el contexto educativo, pp. 11-29, Dykinson, 2025. ISBN: 979-13-7006-024-4.

C. Patsakis, D. Arroyo, and F. Casino, "The Malware as a Service Ecosystem", Malware: Handbook of Prevention and Detection, vol. 91 (ADIS), pp. 371-394, Springer, 2025. ISBN: 978-3-031-66244-7

Natàlia Segura-Alabart and Francesc Serratosa, Graph-Based Representations of Almost Constant Graphs for Nanotoxicity Prediction, Workshop on Graph based Representations in Pattern Recognition, 2025.

S. Fadlallah, Carme Julià, Francesc Serratosa, Xin Liu and Tsuyoshi Murata, Molecular Structure Learning with Graph Transformers: A Graph Reduction Approach for Improved Efficiency and Accuracy, International Conference in Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Chongqing, China, 2025.

Francesc Serratosa, AE+GAE: a mixture model for structural and semantic feature detection in graph neural network regression, Pattern Recognition Letters, 2025.

Francesc Serratosa and Natàlia Segura-Alabart, MO-NanoDatabase: A Metal-Oxide Nanocompound Dataset composed of a huge number of metal-oxide nanocompounds, their global properties and 3D-structure, Data in Brief, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111476

Yarkın Çetin, Laura Escorihuela, Benjamí Martorell and Francesc Serratosa, Revisiting Water Adsorption on TiO2 and ZnO Surfaces: An SCC-DFTB Molecular Dynamics Study, ACS Omega, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c07557.

Tuset, L., López-Cano, M., Fortuny, G., López, J.M., Herrero, J., Puigjaner, D. A virtual simulation study of the effects of laparotomy incision location and scar characteristics on abdominal wall mechanics (2025) Scientific Reports, 15 art. no. 18290, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54119-4 Q1 IF: 3.9

Moradicheghamahi, J., Fortuny, G., Lopez, J.M., Puigjaner, D., Herrero, J., Azeli, Y. Assessment of heart and lung morphology in a single case during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A virtual simulation. (2025). Resuscitation Plus, 22, art. no. 100910. DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100910. Q1 IF: 2.4

2024
Francisco Florez-Revuelta, et al. (2024): 50 questions on Active Assisted Living Technologies, Global edition. GoodBrother COST Action. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13920141

Francesco Bellotti, Miltos D Grammatikakis, Ali Mansour, Massimo Ruo Roch, Ralf Seepold, Agusti Solanas, Riccardo Berta (Eds). Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society: APPLEPIES 2023.

V. Vouvoutsis, F. Casino, and C. Patsakis, "Beyond the sandbox: Leveraging symbolic execution for evasive malware classification", Computers & Security, vol. 149, art-no. 104193, Elsevier, 2024. ISSN: 0167-4048. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2024.104193. [IF: 5.4, Q1: 42/258 (Computer Science, Information Systems)]

C. Patsakis, F. Casino, and N. Lykousas, "Assessing LLMs in malicious code deobfuscation of real-world malware campaigns", Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 256, art-no. 124912, Elsevier, 2024. ISSN: 0957-4174. doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124912. [IF: 7.5, Q1: 7/106 (Operations Research & Management Science)]

Y. Guo, S. Bettaieb, and F. Casino, "A comprehensive analysis on software vulnerability detection datasets: trends, challenges, and road ahead", International Journal of Information Security, vol. 23, pp. 3311-3327, Springer, 2024. ISSN: 1615-5262. doi: 10.1007/s10207-024-00888-y. [IF: 3.2, Q2: 42/147 (Computer Science, Theory & Methods)]

M.C. Bernal, E. Batista, A. Martínez-Ballesté, and A. Solanas, "Artificial intelligence for the study of human ageing: a systematic literature review", Applied Intelligence, vol. 54, pp. 11949-11977, Springer, 2024. ISSN: 0924-669X. doi: 10.1007/s10489-024-05817-z. [IF: 3.5, Q2: 84/204 (Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence)]

E. Figueroa, E. Batista, R. Palau, O. Unciti, M. Ferre, and A. Martínez-Ballesté, "The Use of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Smart Classrooms is in its Infancy", IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 125179-125193, IEEE, 2024. ISSN: 2169-3536. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3454372. [IF: 3.6, Q2: 128/366 (Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)]

O. Unciti, A. Martínez-Ballesté, and R. Palau, "Real-Time Emotion Recognition and its Effects in a Learning Environment", Interaction Design and Architectures, vol. 60, pp. 85-102, 2024. ISSN: 2283-2998. doi: 10.55612/s-5002-060-003. [IF: 0.9, Q3: 464/756 (Education & Educational Research)]

E. Batista, P. López-Aguilar, and A. Solanas, "Smart Health in the 6G Era: Bringing Security to Future Smart Health Services", IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 62, issue 6, pp. 74-80, IEEE, 2024. ISSN: 0163-6804. doi: 10.1109/MCOM.019.2300122. [IF: 8.2, Q1: 29/366 (Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)]

E. Batista, F. Casino, F. Falcone, M. Ferre, E. Figueroa, and A. Martínez-Ballesté, "From Theory to Practice: A Hands-On Guide to the Deployment of Smart Classrooms", 16th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI), vol. 1212 (LNNS), pp. 515-521, Belfast, United Kingdom, Springer, 2024. ISBN: 978-3-031-77571-0.

F. Casino, E. Batista, A. Martínez-Ballesté, and A. Solanas, "Integrating Audio-Based Interactions and Large Language Models into Ambient Assisted Living Environments", 16th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI), vol. 1212 (LNNS), pp. 176-182, Belfast, United Kingdom, Springer, 2024. ISBN: 978-3-031-77571-0.

Y. Guo, C. Patsakis, Q. Hu, Q. Tang, and F. Casino, "Outside the Comfort Zone: Analysing LLM Capabilities in Software Vulnerability Detection", 29th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), vol. 14982 (LNCS), pp. 271-289, Bydgoszcz, Poland, Springer, 2024. ISBN: 978-3-031-70878-7. [CORE: A]

J.M. Abad, D.A. Guardeño, and F. Casino, "Risks and Challenges Associated with the Chain of Custody of Cryptographic Assets in Law Enforcement Operations", 6th International Congress on Blockchain and Applications (BLOCKCHAIN), vol. 1256 (LNNS), pp. 216-225, Salamanca, Spain, Springer, 2024. ISBN: 978-3-031-81927-8.

E. Batista, L. Cot, V. Pérez, and A. Martínez-Ballesté, "Real-Time Emotion Assessment System in Smart Classrooms using Wearable Bracelets", 18th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM), pp. 36-41, Venice, Italy, IARIA Press, 2024. ISBN: 978-1-68558-191-6. [CORE: C] Best Paper Award

E. Figueroa, R. Palau, and A. Martínez-Ballesté, "What is a smart classroom? A critical review of the concept", I Congreso Internacional Futuro de la Tecnología en Educación (Futureduca), Egregius, 2024. ISBN: 978-84-1177-060-6.

A. Martínez-Ballesté, E. Batista, E. Figueroa, G. Fretes Torruella, C. Llurba, J. Quiles-Rodríguez, O. Unciti, and R. Palau, "A Proposal for the Smart Classroom Infrastructure using IoT and Artificial Intelligence", 48th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), pp. 109-114, Osaka, Japan, IEEE, 2024. ISBN: 979-8-3503-7696-8. doi: 10.1109/COMPSAC61105.2024.00025. [CORE: B]

O. Unciti, A. Martínez-Ballesté, and R. Palau, "¿Qué ocurre en el aula? Cómo la inteligencia artificial puede ayudar al profesorado", Transformació Digital de l'Educació a l'Era de la Intel·ligència Artificial: Una Revolució Imparable, pp. 321-330, Dykinson, 2024. ISBN: 978-8-410-70801-3.

Francesc Serratosa, GraphFingerprint: Graph Embedding of graphs with almost constant sub-structures, Pattern Analysis and Applications, 2024. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10044-024-01366-w

Natàlia Segura-Alabart, Francesc Serratosa, Alberto Fernández, A practical study of the proportion of non-unique neighbor-joining trees of microsatellite markers, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Reports, 2024. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S295036392400022X?via%3Dihub

Yarkın Çetin, Benjamí Martorell, Francesc Serratosa, Mònica Calatayud, Adsorption of Guanine on Oxygen-Deficient TiO2 Surface: A Combined MD-DFTB/DFT Strategy, ACS Omega, 2024. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.4c05806

F. Serratosa, Graph Regression based on Autoencoders and Graph Autoencoders, International Congress on Pattern Recognition, ICPR2024, LNCS 15310, 2024. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-78192-6_23

F. Serratosa, A generative algorithm to compute NanoFingerprints, Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP2024, LNCS 15369, pp: 90-103, 2024. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-76604-6

N. Segura-Alabart, A. Fernández, A. Kensert, D. Cabooter and F. Serratosa, Evaluation metrics in Saliency Maps applied to Graph Regression, Syntactic and Structural Pattern Recognition, SSPR2024, LNCS 15444, pp: 62-72, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80507-3_7

Yarkın Çetin, Benjamí Martorell, Francesc Serratosa, Prediction of Electronic Density of States in Guanine-TiO2 Adsorption Model based on Machine Learning, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Reports, 2024. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950363924000085

F. Serratosa, ATENA: A web-based tool for modelling metal oxide nanoparticles based on the NanoFingerprint QSAR, Molecules, 29 (10), 2024. https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/10/2235.

Tuset, L., López-Cano, M., Fortuny, G., López, J.M., Herrero, J., Puigjaner, D. A virtual simulation approach to assess the effect of trocar-site placement and scar characteristics on the abdominal wall biomechanics (2024) Scientific Reports, 14 art. no. 3583, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54119-4 Q1 IF: 3.8

2023
J. Machin, E. Batista, and A. Solanas, "Multi-agent Systems for Pervasive Electronics: A Case Study in School Classrooms", 11th International Conference on Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies), vol. 1110 (LNEE), pp. 474-479, Genova, Italy, Springer, 2023. ISBN: 978-3-031-48120-8.

M. Calonge, E. Batista, J. Hernández-Castro, and A. Solanas, "Where Are My Cryptos?", 11th International Conference on Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies), vol. 1110 (LNEE), pp. 480-486, Genova, Italy, Springer, 2023. ISBN: 978-3-031-48120-8.

E. Batista, A. Martínez-Ballesté, J. Rosell-Llompart, and A. Solanas, "Towards Context-Aware Classrooms: Lessons Learnt from the ACTUA Project", 11th International Conference on Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies), vol. 1110 (LNEE), pp. 399-404, Genova, Italy, Springer, 2023. ISBN: 978-3-031-48120-8.

A. Fernández, N. Segura-Alabart and F. Serratosa, The MultiFurcating Neighbor-Joining Algorithm for Reconstructing Polytomic Phylogenetic Trees, Journal of Molecular Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-023-10134-z

F. Serratosa, Graph Embedding of almost constant large graphs, Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP2023, Coimbra, Portugal, LNCS: 14469, pp: 16-30, 2023. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-49018-7_2

S. Fadlallah, N. Segura-Alabart, C. Julià and F. Serratosa, Splitting Structural and Semantic Knowledge in Graph Autoencoders for Graph Regression, Graph-Based Representations in Pattern Recognition 2023, Salerno, Italy, LNCS: 14121, pp: 81-91, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42795-4_8

A. Qadir, W. González-López, N. Duncan and F. Serratosa, Automatic fish detection and tracking for analysis of reproductive behaviours in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) using neural networks and the DeepSORT algorithm, 12th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish 2023, Crete, Grece, 2023.

S. Fadlallah, C. Julià, S. García-Vallvé, G. Pujadas and F. Serratosa, Drug Potency Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors Based on a Graph Generative Model, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, pp:, 2023. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/10/8779

Moradicheghamahi, J., Fortuny, G., López, J.M., Puigjaner, D., Herrero, J., Azeli, Y. The effect of thoracic dimensions on compression depth during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2023) International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 39, art. no. e3718. DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3718 Q2 IF: 2.2

2022
W.A González López, A. Qadir1, N. Duncan and F. Serratosa, Fish tracking for automatic detection of reproductive behaviour, Aquaculture Europe 2022, Rimini, Italy, pp:, 2022.

S. Fadlallah, C. Julià & F. Serratosa, Graph Regression based on Graph Autoencoders, Syntactic and Structural Pattern Recognition, SSPR2022, LNCS 13813, pp 142:151, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23028-8_15

E. Rica, S.Álvarez & F. Serratosa, Tarragona Graph Database for Machine Learning based on Graphs, Syntactic and Structural Pattern Recognition, SSPR2022, LNCS 13813, pp 302:310, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23028-8_31

E. Rica, S.Álvarez & F. Serratosa, Learning Distances between Graph nodes and edges, Syntactic and Structural Pattern Recognition, SSPR2022, LNCS 13813, pp 103:112, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23028-8_11

E. Rica, S.Álvarez & F. Serratosa, Zero-Error Digitisation and Contextualisation of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams using Node Classification and Sub-graph Search, Syntactic and Structural Pattern Recognition, SSPR2022, LNCS 13813, pp. 274:282, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23028-8_28

N. Segura-Alabart, F. Serratosa, S. Gómez1 and A. Fernández, Non-unique UPGMA clusterings of microsatellite markers, Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbac312

F. Serratosa, S. Álvarez, L. Escorihuela and M. Calatayud, Subgraph NanoFingerprint for modelling metal oxide nanoparticles based on connected atoms exploration. NanoWeek & NanoCommons Final Conference 2022, Cyprus 2022.

Y. Çetin, B. Martorell, F. Serratosa, N. Aguilera-Porta, M. Calatayud, Analysing the TiO2 surface reactivity based on oxygen vacancies computed by DFT and DFTB methods, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 34, 2022. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-648X/ac7025

Suazo, M., Herrero, J., Fortuny, G., Puigjaner, D., López, J.M. Biomechanical response of human rib cage to cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers: Effects of the compression location (2022) International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 38, art. no. e3585. DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3585 Q2 IF: 2.1

Tuset, L., López-Cano, M., Fortuny, G., López, J.M., Herrero, J., Puigjaner, D. Virtual simulation of the biomechanics of the abdominal wall with different stoma locations (2022) Scientific Reports, 12 (1), art. no. 3545, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07555-z Q1 IF: 4.379

Qasim, Muhammad; Puigjaner, Dolors; Herrero, Joan; Lopez, Josep M; Olive, Carme; Fortuny, Gerard; Garcia-Bennett, Josep (2022). Biomechanical modelling of the pelvic system: improving the accuracy of the location of neoplasms in MRI-TRUS fusion prostate biopsy. Bmc Cancer, 22(1), 338-338. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-09432-4 Q2 IF: 3.8