Pubblications

Journal papers
  1. Crocetti, L., Pagani, E., Bertolucci, M., & Fanucci, L. (2024, February). Scalable Hardware-Efficient Architecture for Frame Synchronization in High-Data-Rate Satellite Receivers. Electronics, 13(3), 668. DOI: 10.3390/electronics13030668.
  2. Crocetti, L., Nannipieri, P., Di Matteo, S., & Saponara, S. (2023, November). Design Methodology and Metrics for Robust and Highly Qualified Security Modules in Trusted Environments. Electronics, 12(23), 4843. DOI: 10.3390/electronics12234843.
  3. Nannipieri, P., Crocetti, L., Di Matteo, S., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2023, May). Hardware Design of an Advanced-Feature Cryptographic Tile within the European Processor Initiative. IEEE Transactions on Computers (Early Access). DOI: 10.1109/TC.2023.3278536.
  4. Crocetti, L., Nannipieri, P., Di Matteo, S., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2023, February). Review of Methodologies and Metrics for Assessing the Quality of Random Number Generators. Electronics, 12(3), 723. DOI: 10.3390/electronics12030723.
  5. Nannipieri, P., Di Matteo, S., Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Zulberti, L., Saponara, S., & Fanucci, L. (2022, February). VLSI Design of Advanced-Features AES Cryptoprocessor in the Framework of the European Processor Initiative. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 30(2), 177-186. DOI: 10.1109/TVLSI.2021.3129107.
  6. Crocetti, L., Di Matteo, S., Nannipieri, P., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2022, January). Design and Test of an Integrated Random Number Generator with All-Digital Entropy Source. Entropy, 24(2), 139. DOI: 10.3390/e24020139.
  7. Nannipieri, P., Bertolucci, M., Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Di Matteo, S., Falaschi, F., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2021, November). SHA2 and SHA-3 accelerator design in a 7 nm technology within the European Processor Initiative. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 87, 103444. DOI: 10.1016/j.micpro.2020.103444.
  8. Di Matteo, S., Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Nannipieri, P., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2021, August). Secure Elliptic Curve Crypto-Processor for Real-Time IoT Applications. Energies, 14(15), 4676. DOI: 10.3390/en14154676.
  9. Nannipieri, P., Di Matteo, S., Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Belli, J., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2021, April). True Random Number Generator Based on Fibonacci-Galois Ring Oscillators for FPGA. Applied Sciences, 11(8), 3330. DOI: 10.3390/app11083330.
  10. Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Falaschi, F., Bertolucci, M., Belli, J., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2020, March). Cryptographically Secure Pseudo-Random Number Generator IP-Core Based on SHA2 Algorithm. Sensors, 20(7), 1869. DOI: 10.3390/s20071869.
  11. Crocetti, L., Baldanzi, L., Bertolucci, M., Sarti, L., Carnevale, B., & Fanucci, L. (2019, September). A simulated approach to evaluate side-channel attack countermeasures for the Advanced Encryption Standard. Integration, 68, 80-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2019.06.005.
Papers in Conference Proceedings
  1. Crocetti, L., Fanucci, L., Baldanzi, L., & Falaschi, F. (2024, May). A Scalable and Configurable Architecture for Hardware Authenticated Encryption Modules Compliant with the CCSDS Security Specifications. In 2024 Security for Space Systems (3S), Noordwijk, Netherlands, 27-28 May 2024; IEEE: Piscataway, NJ, USA; 1-8. DOI: 10.23919/3S60530.2024.10592288.
  2. Di Matteo, S., Zulberti, L., Lapenna, F. C., Nannipieri, P., Crocetti, L., Fanucci, L., e Saponara, S. (2024, January). A PUF-Based Secure Boot for RISC-V Architectures. In Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies) 2023, Genoa, Italy, 28-29 September 2023; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE); Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany; 1110, 87-94. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48121-5_13
  3. Nannipieri, P., Di Matteo, S., Crocetti, L., Zulberti, L., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2024, January). Cycle-Accurate Verification of the Cryptographic Co-Processor for the European Processor Initiative. In Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies) 2023, Genoa, Italy, 28-29 September 2023; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE); Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany; 1110, 378-385. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48121-5_54
  4. Crocetti, L., & Saponara, S. (2024, January). On the Usage of Isomorphic Fields in Hardware AES Modules for Optimizing the Efficiency. In Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies) 2023, Genoa, Italy, 28-29 September 2023; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE); Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany; 1110, 55–61. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48121-5_8.
  5. Crocetti, L., Falaschi, F., Saponara, S., & Fanucci, L. (2024, January). Secure Data Authentication in Space Communications by High-efficient AES-CMAC Core in Space-Grade FPGA. In Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies) 2023, Genoa, Italy, 28-29 September 2023; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE); Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany; 1110, 49–53. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48121-5_7.
  6. Crocetti, L., Falaschi, F., Saponara, S., & Fanucci, L. (2024, January). Highly-efficient Galois Counter Mode Symmetric Encryption Core for the Space Data Link Security Protocol. In Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies) 2023, Genoa, Italy, 28-29 September 2023; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE); Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany; 1110, 297–303. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48121-5_42.
  7. Crocetti, L., Falaschi, F., Saponara, S., & Fanucci, L. (2023, December). Implementation of a Hash-based Secure Core for Integrity and Authentication of Data in Space Applications on Space-grade FPGAs. In Proceedings of 2023 IEEE 2nd Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), Online, 8–10 December 2023. IEEE: Piscataway, NJ, USA; pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/ONCON60463.2023.10431035
  8. Crocetti, L. (2023, December). Can the SHA-3 Algorithm be used for the Construction of Efficient and Robust Hardware Cryptographic Random Number Generators?. In Proceedings of 2023 IEEE 2nd Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), Online, 8–10 December 2023. IEEE: Piscataway, NJ, USA; pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/ONCON60463.2023.10430903
  9. Crocetti, L., Pagani, E., Bertolucci, M., & Fanucci, L. (2023, December ). Implementation Strategies for Highly-accurate and Efficient Frame Synchronization Modules in Satellite Communication Receivers. In Proceedings of 2023 IEEE 2nd Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), Online, 8–10 December 2023. IEEE: Piscataway, NJ, USA; pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/ONCON60463.2023.10431062
  10. Crocetti, L., Montemaggi, L., Di Rienzo, R., Baronti, F., Roncella, R., & Saletti, R. (2023, December). On the Necessity, Security Requirements and Performance Requirements of Digital Signature Co-processors in Li-ion BMSs. In Proceedings of 2023 IEEE 2nd Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), Online, 8–10 December 2023. IEEE: Piscataway, NJ, USA; pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/ONCON60463.2023.10430543
  11. Crocetti, L., Di Rienzo, R., Verani, A., Baronti, F., Roncella, R., & Saletti, R. (2023, September). A Novel and Robust Security Approach for Authentication, Integrity, and Confidentiality of Lithium-ion Battery Management Systems. In 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Industrial Electronics for Sustainable Energy Systems (IESES), Shanghai, China, 26–28 July 2023; 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/IESES53571.2023.10253728.
  12. Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Falaschi, F., Belli, J., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2022, April). CRFlex: A Flexible and Configurable Cryptographic Hardware Accelerator for AES Block Cipher Modes. In Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies) 2021, Hybrid, 21-22 September 2021; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE); Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany; 866, 117–123. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95498-7_5.
  13. Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Falaschi, F., Belli, J., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2020, March). Digital Random Number Generator Hardware Accelerator IP-Core for Security Applications. In Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies) 2019, Pisa, Italy, 11-13 September 2019; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE); Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany; 627, 117–123. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37277-4_14.
  14. Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Di Matteo, S., Fanucci, L., Saponara, S., & Hameau, P. (2020, January). Crypto Accelerators for Power-Efficient and Real-Time on-Chip Implementation of Secure Algorithms. In 2019 26th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Genoa, Italy, 27-29 November 2019; IEEE: Piscataway, NJ, USA; 775-778. DOI: 10.1109/ICECS46596.2019.8964731.
  15. Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Bertolucci, M., Fanucci, L., & Saponara, S. (2019, May). Analysis of Cybersecurity Weakness in Automotive In-Vehicle Networking and Hardware Accelerators for Real-Time Cryptography. In Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies) 2018, Pisa, Italy, 26-27 September 2018; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE); Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany; 573, 11–18. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11973-7_2.
  16. Sarti, L., Baldanzi, L., Crocetti, L., Carnevale, B., & Fanucci, L. (2018, August). A Simulated Approach to Evaluate Side Channel Attack Countermeasures for the Advanced Encryption Standard. In 2018 14th Conference on Ph. D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME), Prague, Czech Republic, 2-5 July 2018; IEEE: Piscataway, NJ, USA; 77-80. DOI: 10.1109/PRIME.2018.8430344.
  17. Carnevale, B., Falaschi, F., Crocetti, L., Hunjan, H., Bisase, S., & Fanucci, L. (2016, January). An implementation of the 802.1 AE MAC Security Standard for in-car networks. In 2015 IEEE 2nd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Milan, Italy, 14-16 December 2015; IEEE: Piscataway, NJ, USA; 24-28. DOI: 10.1109/WF-IoT.2015.7389021.
Patents
  1. International patent (China) no. CN111385286B. (2023, September: Granted). Method and corresponding device for protecting vehicle from cyber attack. Inventors: Christian Rosadini, Walter Nesci, Luca Baldanzi, Luca Crocetti, Luca Fanucci. http://epub.cnipa.gov.cn/patent/CN111385286B
  2. International patent (Japan) no. JP2020109953A. (2020, July: Published; grant pending). Method and corresponding device for protecting vehicle from cyber attack. Inventors: Christian Rosadini, Walter Nesci, Luca Baldanzi, Luca Crocetti, Luca Fanucci. https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/PU/JP-2020-109953/A5EB255F1A23A69174DD56B56D0CEDB2CC1144465E571E201A6AF0F564C3C154/11/en
  3. National patent no. 102018000021550. (2021, March: Granted). PROCEDIMENTO DI PROTEZIONE DA ATTACCHI INFORMATICI AL VEICOLO E CORRISPONDENTE DISPOSITIVO. Inventors: Christian Rosadini, Walter Nesci, Luca Baldanzi, Luca Crocetti, Luca Fanucci. https://people.unipi.it/luca_crocetti/wp-content/uploads/sites/634/2023/12/Brevetto-102018000021550-Scheda-UIBM-e-corpo-del-brevetto.pdf
Posters
  1. Crocetti, L., Baldanzi, L., & Fanucci, L. (2019, July). Addressing Man-In-TheMiddle threat in automotive wireless links. In 11th edition of the International Summer School on Advanced Computer Architecture and Compilation for High-Performance and Embedded Systems (ACACES), Fiuggi, Italy, 12-18 July 2019.
  2. Crocetti, L., Baldanzi, L., & Fanucci, L. (2019, March). Addressing Man-In-The-Middle threat in extensively connected cars and next-generation automotive networks. In University Booth Session of the Edition 2019 of the International Conference Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Florence, Italy, 9-13 March 2019.
Theses
  1. Crocetti, L. (2022, June). Requirements and implementation strategies for Cybersecurity modules in General Purpose Processors for High Performance Computing applications. PhD Thesis in Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. Available at: https://etd.adm.unipi.it/t/etd-06012022-114451.
  2. Crocetti, L. (2015, May). Design of an AES-GCM cryptographic core for the IEEE 802.1AE standard. MSc Thesis in Electronic Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. Available at: https://etd.adm.unipi.it/t/etd-04212015-224858.
  3. Crocetti, L. (2012, September). Sensori Magnetici Integrati. BSc thesis in Electronic Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.