Roberto Morabito

Roberto Morabito

Assistant Professor @ EURECOM | Docent @ University of Helsinki

Publications

You can also find my articles on my Google Scholar profile .

Recent (last 5, excluding preprints)

  1. Wiwatphonse, P., Komu, M., Vandikas, K., Eleftheriadis Sr, L., Tesfatsion, S. K., Cai, X., Gorbatov, O., and Morabito. R., 2025, November. Towards Energy-Efficient Serverless Clouds: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Scheduling Approach. 17th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks 2025
  2. Morabito, R. and Wu, G., 2025, November. When the Code Autopilot Breaks: Why LLMs Falter in Embedded Machine Learning. Computer (IEEE) PDF Code DOI
  3. Behera, A.P., Daubaris, P., Bravo, I., Gallego, J., Morabito, R., Widmer, J. and Champati, J.P., 2025, September. Exploring the boundaries of on-device inference: When tiny falls short, go hierarchical. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. PDF Code DOI
  4. Arachchige, Y.R.W.W., Morabito, R., and Tarkoma, S., 2025, July. Towards Sustainable Synchronization of Digital Twins in Next-Generation IoT Networks. In 2025 IEEE 45th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops (ICDCSW) (pp. -). IEEE. Best Student Paper Award
  5. Jang, S. and Morabito, R., 2025, July. Edge-First Language Model Inference: Models, Metrics, and Tradeoffs In 2025 IEEE 45th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops (ICDCSW) (pp. -). IEEE. PDF
2025
Behera, A.P., Daubaris, P., Bravo, I., Gallego, J., Morabito, R., Widmer, J. and Champati, J.P., 2025. “Exploring the boundaries of on-device inference: When tiny falls short, go hierarchical.” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025.
Saleh, A., Morabito, R., Dustdar, S., Tarkoma, S., Pirttikangas, S., and Lovén, L., 2025, June. “Towards Message Brokers for Generative AI: Survey, Challenges, and Opportunities.” ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), Just Accepted. Just Accepted DOI
Morabito, R. and Wu, G., 2025. “When the Code Autopilot Breaks: Why LLMs Falter in Embedded Machine Learning.” IEEE Computer, Accepted for publication. Magazine Link
Morabito, R. and Jang, S., 2025. “Smaller, Smarter, Closer: The Edge of Collaborative Generative AI.” IEEE Internet Computing. Magazine DOI
Wu, G., Tarkoma, S. and Morabito, R., 2025. “Consolidating TinyML Lifecycle with Large Language Models: Reality, Illusion, or Opportunity?” IEEE Internet of Things Magazine. Magazine DOI
Saleh, A., Donta, P.K., Morabito, R., Motlagh, N.H., Tarkoma, S. and Lovén, L., 2025. “Follow-Me AI: Energy-Efficient User Interaction With Smart Environments.” IEEE Pervasive Computing. Magazine DOI
2024
Hang, C.N., Yu, P.D., Morabito, R. and Tan, C.W., 2024. “Large language models meet next-generation networking technologies: A review.” Future Internet, 16(10), p.365.
Wang, S., Morabito, R., Hosseinalipour, S., Chiang, M. and Brinton, C.G., 2024. “Device sampling and resource optimization for federated learning in cooperative edge networks.” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2024.
2023
Motlagh, N.H., Zaidan, M.A., Lovén, L., Fung, P.L., Hänninen, T., Morabito, R., Nurmi, P., Tarkoma, S., 2023. “Digital Twins for Smart Spaces - Beyond IoT Analytics.” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023.
2020
Morabito, R. and Jiménez, J., 2020. “IETF protocol suite for the Internet of Things: Overview and Recent Advancements.” IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 4(2), pp.41–49. Magazine
2019
Ramos, E., Morabito, R. and Kainulainen, J.P., 2019. “Distributing Intelligence to the Edge and Beyond.” IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 14(4), pp.72–95. Magazine
2018
Morabito, R., Petrolo, R., Loscri, V. and Mitton, N., 2018. “LEGIoT: A lightweight edge gateway for the Internet of Things.” Future Generation Computer Systems, 81, pp.1–15.
Morabito, R., Cozzolino, V., Ding, A.Y., Beijar, N. and Ott, J., 2018. “Consolidate IoT edge computing with lightweight virtualization.” IEEE Network, 32(1), pp.102–111. Magazine
2017
Mekonnen, T., Komu, M., Morabito, R., Kauppinen, T., Harjula, E., Koskela, T. and Ylianttila, M., 2017. “Energy consumption analysis of edge orchestrated virtualized wireless multimedia sensor networks.” IEEE Access, 6, pp.5090–5100.
Morabito, R., Farris, I., Iera, A. and Taleb, T., 2017. “Evaluating performance of containerized IoT services for clustered devices at the network edge.” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 4(4), pp.1019–1030.
Morabito, R., 2017. “Virtualization on Internet of Things edge devices with container technologies: a performance evaluation.” IEEE Access, 5, pp.8835–8850.
Petrolo, R., Morabito, R., Loscrì, V. and Mitton, N., 2017. “The design of the gateway for the cloud of things.” Annals of Telecommunications, 72(1–2), pp.31–40.
2025
Wiwatphonse, P., Komu, M., Vandikas, K., Eleftheriadis Sr, L., Tesfatsion, S. K., Cai, X., Gorbatov, O., and Morabito. R., 2025, November. "Towards Energy-Efficient Serverless Clouds: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Scheduling Approach." 17th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks 2025, 2025 To appear
Arachchige, Y.R.W.W., Morabito, R., and Tarkoma, S., 2025, July. “Towards Sustainable Synchronization of Digital Twins in Next-Generation IoT Networks.” Doctoral Consortium, 45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2025 To appear
Jang, S. and Morabito, R., 2025, July. “Edge-First Language Model Inference: Models, Metrics, and Tradeoffs.” Industry Events Track, 45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2025 To appear
Morabito, R., Pandey, B., Daubaris, P., Wanigarathna, Y.R. and Tarkoma, S., 2025, May. “A Generative AI-Enhanced Digital Twin Framework for Heterogeneous Networks and Smart Environments.” IEEE INFOCOM 2025 — IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), pp. 1–7.
2024
Daubaris, P., Tarkoma, S., and Morabito, R., 2024, December. “PhD school: Network-Enhanced On-Device AI: a Recipe for Interoperable and Cooperative AI Applications.” Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN ’24)
2023
Morabito, R., Tatipamula, M., Tarkoma, S., and Chiang, M., 2023. “Edge AI Inference in Heterogeneous Constrained Computing: Feasibility and Opportunities.” 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (IEEE CAMAD), 2023
Behera, A.P., Morabito, R., Widmer, J. and Champati, J.P., 2023, October. “Improved Decision Module Selection for Hierarchical Inference in Resource-Constrained Edge Devices.” Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom), pp. 1–3.
2021
Nguyen, H., Morabito, R., Kim, K.T., Chiang, M., 2021, December. “On-the-fly Resource-Aware Model Aggregation for Federated Learning in Heterogeneous Edge.” 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) — Mobile and Wireless Networks, 2021
Morabito, R., and Chiang, M., 2021, July. “Discover, Provision, and Orchestration of Machine Learning Inference Services in Heterogeneous Edge: A Demonstration.” 2021 41st IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2021), 2021
Doyu, H., Morabito, R., and Brachmann, M., 2021, April. “A TinyMLaaS Ecosystem for Machine Learning in IoT: Overview and Research Challenges.” 2021 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test (VLSI-DAT), pp. 1–5. IEEE.
Wang, S., Mengyuan, L., Hosseinalipour, S., Morabito, R., Chiang, M., Brinton, C., 2021, August. “Device Sampling for Heterogeneous Federated Learning: Theory, Algorithms, and Implementation.” 2021 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2021
2019
Reijonen, J., Opsenica, M., Morabito, R., Komu, M., Elmusratiy, M., 2019, August. “Regression Training using Model Parallelism in a Distributed Cloud.” 2019 IEEE 17th Intl Conf on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PiCom), pp. 741–747. IEEE.
Ramos, E., and Morabito, R., 2019, August. “Intelligence Stratum for IoT. Architecture Requirements and Functions.” 2019 IEEE 17th Intl Conf on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PiCom), pp. 860–867. IEEE.
2018
Laaroussi, Z., Morabito, R., and Taleb, T., 2018, October. “Service Provisioning in Vehicular Networks through Edge and Cloud: An Empirical Analysis.” 2018 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), pp. 1–6. IEEE.
2017
Mäkinen, A., Jiménez, J. and Morabito, R., 2017, October. “ELIoT: Design of an emulated IoT platform.” 2017 IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), pp. 1–7. IEEE.
Morabito, R. and Beijar, N., 2017, August. “A framework based on SDN and containers for dynamic service chains on IoT gateways.” Workshop on Hot Topics in Container Networking and Networked Systems (HotConNet), pp. 42–47. ACM.
Morabito, R., Petrolo, R., Loscri, V., Mitton, N., Ruggeri, G. and Molinaro, A., 2017, May. “Lightweight virtualization as enabling technology for future smart cars.” 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), pp. 1238–1245. IEEE.
Morabito, R., Petrolo, R., Loscrì, V., and Mitton, N., 2017, February. “Demo: Design of a Virtualized Smart Car Platform.” Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN ’17), pp. 252–253. Junction Publishing.
Morabito, R., 2017, January. “Inspecting the performance of low-power nodes during the execution of edge computing tasks.” 2017 14th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 148–153. IEEE.
2016
Morabito, R., Petrolo, R., Loscrí, V., and Mitton, N., 2016, November. “Enabling a lightweight Edge Gateway-as-a-Service for the Internet of Things.” 2016 7th International Conference on the Network of the Future (NOF), pp. 1–5. IEEE.
Morabito, R. and Beijar, N., 2016, June. “Enabling data processing at the network edge through lightweight virtualization technologies.” 2016 IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON Workshops), pp. 1–6. IEEE.
Komu, M., Morabito, R., Kauppinen, T., Kjällman, J. and Yao, Y., 2016, April. “Power consumption in remote gaming: An empirical evaluation.” 2016 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), pp. 736–741. IEEE.
Morabito, R., 2016, April. “A performance evaluation of container technologies on Internet of Things devices.” 2016 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), pp. 999–1000. IEEE.
2015
Morabito, R., 2015, December. “Power consumption of virtualization technologies: an empirical investigation.” 2015 IEEE/ACM 8th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), pp. 522–527. IEEE.
Morabito, R., Kjällman, J., and Komu, M., 2015, March. “Hypervisors vs. lightweight virtualization: a performance comparison.” 2015 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering, pp. 386–393. IEEE.
2014
Araniti, G., Cosmas, J., Iera, A., Molinaro, A., Morabito, R. and Orsino, A., 2014, June. “OpenFlow over wireless networks: Performance analysis.” 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), pp. 1–5. IEEE.
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Diaz, O.N., Beijar, N., Jiménez, J., Kauppinen, T., Kjällman, J., Komu, M., Jokela, P., Melén, J., Morabito, R., Ocak, M. and Robles, M.I., 2020. “Management of communication between M2M device and M2M server with finite state transitions created by the M2M device.” U.S. Patent 10,869,172.
Jiménez, J., Doyu, H., and Morabito, R., Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB, 2023. “Distributed computation orchestration for internet-of-things devices using CoAP and LWM2M protocols.” U.S. Patent 11,765,053.
Opsenica, M., Salmela, P., Morabito, R., Ramos, E., Kauppinen, T., and Komu, M., 2024. “Resource provision for mobile entities.” U.S. Patent 12,003,511.
Araújo, J., Morabito, R., Cubero, P.C., Baldassari, E. and Hernandez, S., Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB, 2025. “Controlling Concurrent Execution of Perception Algorithms.” U.S. Patent Application 18/714,851.
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Motlagh, N.H., Zaidan, M.A., Morabito, R., Nurmi, P. and Tarkoma, S., 2023. “Towards Large-Scale IoT Deployments in Smart Cities: Requirements and Challenges.” In Learning Techniques for the Internet of Things (pp. 105–129). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Morabito, R. and Chiang, M., 2024. “Exploring Edge AI Inference in Heterogeneous Environments: Requirements, Challenges, and Solutions.” In IoT Edge Intelligence (pp. --). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
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Morabito, R., 2019. “Lightweight virtualization in edge computing for internet of things.” Doctoral Dissertation, Aalto University, 2019. PhD Thesis
Morabito, R., 2013. “OpenFlow Impact on Wireless Networks.” M.Sc. Thesis, Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, 2013. Master Thesis
Morabito, R., 2010. “Small Scale Propagation Models for DVB-T Systems.” B.Sc. Thesis, Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, 2010. Bachelor Thesis
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Saleh, A., Morabito, R., Tarkoma, S., Lindgren, A., Pirttikangas, S. and Lovén, L., 2025. “Agentic TinyML for Intent-aware Handover in 6G Wireless Networks.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.09147. (Submitted to IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine) arXiv Preprint
Chatzistefanidis, I., Nikaein, N., Leone, A., Maatouk, A., Tassioulas, L., Morabito, R., Pitsiorlas, I. and Kountouris, M., 2025. “Agoran: An Agentic Open Marketplace for 6G RAN Automation.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.09159. (Submitted to Elsevier Computer Networks) arXiv Preprint
Morabito, R., Adorante, R., Mousannif, H. and Pau, D.P., 2025. “Expanding The Horizons of Generative Edge AI: Mission, Vision, and Insights From Industries.” Authorea Preprints. Authorea Preprint
Behera, A.P., Champati, J.P., Morabito, R., Tarkoma, S. and Gross, J., 2025. “Towards Efficient Multi-LLM Inference: Characterization and Analysis of LLM Routing and Hierarchical Techniques.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.06579. (Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence) arXiv Preprint
Abstreiter, M., Tarkoma, S. and Morabito, R., 2025. “Sometimes painful but certainly promising: Feasibility and trade-offs of language model inference at the edge.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.09114. (Submitted to ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems) arXiv Preprint
Morabito, R., Pandey, B., Daubaris, P., Wanigarathna, Y.R. and Tarkoma, S., 2024. “Future-Proofing Mobile Networks: A Digital Twin Approach to Multi-Signal Management.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.15520. arXiv Preprint
Tarkoma, S., Morabito, R. and Sauvola, J., 2023. “AI-native Interconnect Framework for Integration of Large Language Model Technologies in 6G Systems.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.05842. arXiv Preprint
Lovén, L., Morabito, R., Kumar, A., Pirttikangas, S., Riekki, J. and Tarkoma, S., 2023. “How can AI be distributed in the computing continuum? Introducing the neural pub/sub paradigm.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.02058. arXiv Preprint