Simone Pernice

My current research activities focus mainly on the development and analysis of simulation algorithms and mathematical models applied to various fields, ranging from computational epidemiology to the modelling of complex biological systems. Another area of research is dedicated to the analysis of longitudinal data, typically characterised by a small and irregular number of observations over time.

  • Junior researcher (RTDa), Computer Science department, University of Turin
  • Postdoctoral researcher, Computer Science department, University of Turin
  • PhD in Computer Science, University of Turin
  • Master of Science in Mathematics, University of Turin

Forge4Flame: An intuitive dashboard for designing GPU agent-based models to simulate infectious disease spread

Baccega, Daniele; Terrone, Irene; Heywood, Peter; Chisholm, Robert; Richmond, Paul; Contaldo, Sandro Gepiro; Bosio, Lorenzo; Pernice, Simone; Beccuti, Marco

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory (2025-12-01)

UnifiedGreatMod: A new holistic modelling paradigm for studying biological systems on a complete and harmonious scale

Aucello, Riccardo; Pernice, Simone; Tortarolo, Dora; Calogero, Raffaele A.; Herrera-Rincon, Celia; Ronchi, Giulia; Geuna, Stefano; Cordero, Francesca; Lió, Pietro; Beccuti, Marco

Bioinformatics (2025-03-01)

Dynamic Resources Management for Exascale in ADMIRE Framework

Carretero, Jesus; Singh, David E.; Fernandez-Muñoz, Javier; Sedona, Rocco; Pernice, Simone; Cantalupo, Barbara; Aldinucci, Marco; Torquati, Massimo; Tarraf, Ahmad; Jeannot, Emmanuel; Wolf, Felix

Procedia Computer Science (2025-01-01)

A Simulation-Based Framework to Reduce I/O Contention in HPC

Pernice, Simone; Tarraf, Ahmad; Besnard, Jean Baptiste; Cantalupo, Barbara; Cascajo, Alberto; Singh, David E.; Wolf, Felix; Carretero, Jesus; Shende, Sameer; Aldinucci, Marco

Proceedings 2025 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops Ipdpsw 2025 (2025-01-01)

Epidemic Modelling Frameworks for Studying Infectious Disease Dynamics

Baccega, Daniele; Beccuti, Marco; Pernice, Simone; Terrone, Irene

Proceedings 2025 IEEE 13th International Conference on Healthcare Informatics Ichi 2025 (2025-01-01)

Living Along COVID-19: Assessing Contention Policies Through Agent-Based Models

Baccega, Daniele; Pernice, Simone; Castagno, Paolo; Sereno, Matteo; Beccuti, Marco

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2025-01-01)

Synergy Between Mechanistic Modelling and Ensemble Feature Selection Approaches to Explore Multiscale Biological Heterogeneity

Aucello, Riccardo; Licheri, Nicola; Rosso, Elena; Ferrero, Giulio; Contaldo, Sandro Gepiro; Pernice, Simone; Lió, Pietro; Cordero, Francesca; Beccuti, Marco

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2025-01-01)

Functional Data Analysis and Clustering of Haematological Parameters in SARS-CoV-2 Patients

Volpatto, Daniela; Frattarola, Marco; Pernice, Simone; Cordero, Francesca; Beccuti, Marco; Mengozzi, Giulio; De Angelis, Stefano; Sirovich, Roberta

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2025-01-01)

Stochastic Modeling and Dosage Optimization of a Cancer Vaccine Exploiting the EpiMod Framework

Beccuti, Marco; Franceschinis, Giuliana; Pennisi, Marzio; Pernice, Simone; Terrone, Irene

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2025-01-01)

Extension of the GreatMod Modeling Framework to Simulate Non-Markovian Processes with General-Distributed Events

Terrone, Irene; Volpatto, Daniela; Pernice, Simone; Amparore, Elvio; Sirovich, Roberta; Cordero, Francesca; Beccuti, Marco

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2025-01-01)

PHeP: TrustAlert Open-Source Platform for Enhancing Predictive Healthcare with Deep Learning

Contaldo, Sandro Gepiro; Pietropaolo, Emanuele; Bosio, Lorenzo; Pernice, Simone; Terrone, Irene; Baccega, Daniele; Wang, Yuting; Sahoo, Rahul Kumar; Rizzo, Giuseppe; Visconti, Alessia; Berchialla, Paola; Beccuti, Marco

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2025-01-01)

Exploiting GPU computing for effective Agent-Based simulation: initial experiments

Pennisi, Marzio; Franceschinis, Giuliana; Baccega, Daniele; Pernice, Simone; Terrone, Irene

Proceedings 33rd Euromicro International Conference on Parallel Distributed and Network Based Processing Pdp 2025 (2025-01-01)

CREDO: a friendly Customizable, REproducible, DOcker file generator for bioinformatics applications

Alessandri, Simone; Ratto, Maria L.; Rabellino, Sergio; Piacenti, Gabriele; Contaldo, Sandro Gepiro; Pernice, Simone; Beccuti, Marco; Calogero, Raffaele A.; Alessandri, Luca

BMC Bioinformatics (2024-12-01)

Synchronies and asynchronies in the development of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

Giraudo, Maria Teresa; Falcone, Manuele; Cislaghi, Cesare; Cordero, Francesca; Pernice, Simone; Sirovich, Roberta

Epidemiologia E Prevenzione (2024-05-01)

A new computational workflow to guide personalized drug therapy

Pernice, Simone; Maglione, Alessandro; Tortarolo, Dora; Sirovich, Roberta; Clerico, Marinella; Rolla, Simona; Beccuti, Marco; Cordero, Francesca

Journal of Biomedical Informatics (2023-12-01)

From Compositional Petri Net Modeling to Macro and Micro Simulation by Means of Stochastic Simulation and Agent-Based Models

Amparore, Elvio; Beccuti, Marco; Castagno, Paolo; Pernice, Simone; Franceschinis, Giuliana; Pennisi, Marzio

ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (2023-10-25)

MODIMO: Workshop on Multi-Omics Data Integration for Modelling Biological Systems

Avesani, Simone; Bonnici, Vincenzo; Pernice, Simone; Beccuti, Marco; Giugno, Rosalba

International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Proceedings (2023-10-21)

CONNECTOR, fitting and clustering of longitudinal data to reveal a new risk stratification system

Pernice, Simone; Sirovich, Roberta; Grassi, Elena; Viviani, Marco; Ferri, Martina; Sassi, Francesco; Alessandrì, Luca; Tortarolo, Dora; Calogero, Raffaele A.; Trusolino, Livio; Bertotti, Andrea; Beccuti, Marco; Olivero, Martina; Cordero, Francesca

Bioinformatics (2023-05-01)

How the Competition for Cysteine May Promote Infection of SARS-CoV-2 by Triggering Oxidative Stress

Vernone, Annamaria; Bergandi, Loredana; Pernice, Simone; Pescarmona, Gianpiero; Silvagno, Francesca

Antioxidants (2023-02-01)

OmniReprodubileCellAnalysis: a comprehensive toolbox for the analysis of cellular biology data

Tortarolo, Dora; Pernice, Simone; Clapero, Fabiana; Valdembri, Donatella; Serini, Guido; Riccardo, Federica; Tarone, Lidia; Bena, Chiara Enrico; Bosia, Carla; Contaldo, Sandro Gepiro; Beccuti, Marco; Pennisi, Marzio; Cordero, Francesca

Proceedings 2023 2023 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Bibm 2023 (2023-01-01)

Artificial intelligence methods for biomedical imaging and omics data

Barbano, Carlo Alberto; Beccuti, Marco; Cordero, Francesca; Ivanov, Desislav Nikolaev; Licheri, Nicola; Pernice, Simone; Presta, Alberto; Renzulli, Riccardo; Grangetto, Marco

Ceur Workshop Proceedings (2023-01-01)

An Agent-Based Model to Support Infection Control Strategies at School

Baccega, Daniele; Pernice, Simone; Terna, Pietro; Castagno, Paolo; Moirano, Giovenale; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Sereno, Matteo; Rabellino, Sergio; Maule, Milena Maria; Beccuti, Marco

JASSS (2022-01-01)

Multiformalism modeling and simulation of immune system mechanisms

Amparore, Elvio Gilberto; Beccuti, Marco; Castagno, Paolo; Franceschinis, Giuliana; Pennisi, Marzio; Pernice, Simone

Proceedings 2021 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Bibm 2021 (2021-01-01)

A Petri Net Formalism to Study Systems at Different Scales Exploiting Agent-Based and Stochastic Simulations

Beccuti, M.; Castagno, P.; Franceschinis, G.; Pennisi, M.; Pernice, S.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (2021-01-01)

Computational modeling of the immune response in multiple sclerosis using epimod framework

Pernice, Simone; Follia, Laura; Maglione, Alessandro; Pennisi, Marzio; Pappalardo, Francesco; Novelli, Francesco; Clerico, Marinella; Beccuti, Marco; Cordero, Francesca; Rolla, Simona

BMC Bioinformatics (2020-12-01)

Impacts of reopening strategies for COVID-19 epidemic: a modeling study in Piedmont region

Pernice, Simone; Castagno, Paolo; Marcotulli, Linda; Maule, Milena Maria; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Moirano, Giovenale; Sereno, Matteo; Cordero, Francesca; Beccuti, Marco

BMC Infectious Diseases (2020-12-01)

A computational framework for modeling and studying pertussis epidemiology and vaccination

Castagno, Paolo; Pernice, Simone; Ghetti, Gianni; Povero, Massimiliano; Pradelli, Lorenzo; Paolotti, Daniela; Balbo, Gianfranco; Sereno, Matteo; Beccuti, Marco

BMC Bioinformatics (2020-09-16)

Multiple sclerosis disease: A computational approach for investigating its drug interactions

Pernice, Simone; Beccuti, Marco; Romano, Greta; Pennisi, Marzio; Maglione, Alessandro; Cutrupi, Santina; Pappalardo, Francesco; Capra, Lorenzo; Franceschinis, Giuliana; De Pierro, Massimiliano; Balbo, Gianfranco; Cordero, Francesca; Calogero, Raffaele

Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (2020-01-01)

A computational approach based on the colored Petri net formalism for studying multiple sclerosis

Pernice, Simone; Pennisi, Marzio; Romano, Greta; Maglione, Alessandro; Cutrupi, Santina; Pappalardo, Francesco; Balbo, Gianfranco; Beccuti, Marco; Cordero, Francesca; Calogero, Raffaele A.

BMC Bioinformatics (2019-12-10)

Exploiting Stochastic Petri Net formalism to capture the Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis variability under Daclizumab administration

Pernice, Simone; Romano, Greta; Russo, Giulia; Beccuti, Marco; Pennisi, Marzio; Pappalardo, Francesco

Proceedings 2019 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Bibm 2019 (2019-11-01)

A tool for the automatic derivation of symbolic ode from symmetric net models

Beccuti, Marco; Capra, Lorenzo; De Pierro, Massimiliano; Franceschinis, Giuliana; Follia, Laura; Pernice, Simone

Proceedings IEEE Computer Society S Annual International Symposium on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems Mascots (2019-10-01)

MethylFASTQ: A Tool Simulating Bisulfite Sequencing Data

Piaggeschi, Giulia; Licheri, Nicola; Romano, Greta; Pernice, Simone; Follia, Laura; Ferrero, Giulio

Proceedings 27th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel Distributed and Network Based Processing Pdp 2019 (2019-03-19)

Estimating Daclizumab effects in Multiple Sclerosis using Stochastic Symmetric Nets

Pernice, Simone; Beccuti, Marco; Do, Pietro; Pennisi, Marzio; Pappalardo, Francesco

Proceedings 2018 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Bibm 2018 (2019-01-21)

Integrating Petri Nets and Flux Balance Methods in Computational Biology Models: A Methodological and Computational Practice

Pernice, Simone; Follia, Laura; Balbo, Gianfranco; Milanesi, Luciano; Sartini, Giulia; Totis, Niccoló; Lió, Pietro; Merelli, Ivan; Cordero, Francesca; Beccuti, Marco

Fundamenta Informaticae (2019-01-01)

GPU accelerated analysis of treg-teff cross regulation in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Beccuti, Marco; Cazzaniga, Paolo; Pennisi, Marzio; Besozzi, Daniela; Nobile, Marco S.; Pernice, Simone; Russo, Giulia; Tangherloni, Andrea; Pappalardo, Francesco

Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (2019-01-01)

ParallNormal: An Efficient Variant Calling Pipeline for Unmatched Sequencing Data

Follia, Laura; Tordini, Fabio; Pernice, Simone; Romano, Greta; Piaggeschi, Giulia Beatrice; Ferrero, Giulio

Proceedings 26th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel Distributed and Network Based Processing Pdp 2018 (2018-06-06)

Deriving Symbolic Ordinary Differential Equations from Stochastic Symmetric Nets Without Unfolding

Beccuti, Marco; Capra, Lorenzo; De Pierro, Massimiliano; Franceschinis, Giuliana; Pernice, Simone

Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (2018-01-01)