Sabato Nocera · Postdoctoral Researcher

What We Know About AIBOMs: Results From a Multivocal Literature Review on Artificial Intelligence Bills of Materials

TOSEM · 2026

Sabato Nocera, Massimiliano Di Penta, Fatima Ahmed, Simone Romano, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 10.1145/3786773.

Securing Web Apps With ChatGPT: A Teaching Plan for Undergraduate Students

JSS · 2026

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Rita Francese, Francesco Casertano, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Journal of Systems and Software. 10.1016/j.jss.2026.112971.

Security Issues in Python Open-Source Software: A Mining Study From GitHub

EMSE · 2026

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Empirical Software Engineering. 10.1007/s10664-026-10890-8.

An Empirical Study on the Accuracy of GitHub’s Dependency Graph and the Nature of Its Inaccuracy

IST · 2025

Daniele Bifolco, Simone Romano, Sabato Nocera, Rita Francese, Giuseppe Scanniello, and Massimiliano Di Penta.

Information and Software Technology. 10.1016/j.infsof.2025.107854.

On the Adoption of Software Bill of Materials in Open-Source Software Projects

JSS · 2025

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Massimiliano Di Penta, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Journal of Systems and Software. 10.1016/j.jss.2025.112540.

Software Engineering Education: Results From a Training Intervention Based on SonarCloud When Developing Web Apps

JSS · 2025

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Journal of Systems and Software. 10.1016/j.jss.2024.112308.

Causal or Correlational? A Cohort Study on the Effects of Code Smells on Class Change- and Fault-Proneness

ICSE · 2026

Sabato Nocera, Sira Vegas, Giuseppe Scanniello, Massimiliano Di Penta, and Natalia Juristo.

Proceedings of the 48th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE). 10.1145/3744916.3787786 — Pre-print.

On the Effects of Customized Configurations of Static Code Analysis Tools: A Prospective Cohort Study of SonarQube Cloud

ASE · 2026

Sabato Nocera, Sira Vegas, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE).

AIRBORNE: Augmented Fine-Grained Software Bill of Materials Generator for Stack Overflow

ASE · 2026

Sabato Nocera, Massimiliano Di Penta, Simone Romano, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE).

Are AIBOMs Welcome? On the Acceptance and Perception of Artificial Intelligence Bills of Materials on Hugging Face

EASE · 2026

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Massimiliano Di Penta, Riccardo D’Avino, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) — Pre-print.

Cryptography Bill of Materials Generation and Consumption: A Mining Study From GitHub

SEAA · 2026

Sabato Nocera and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 52nd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA).

Stop Comparing Apples and Oranges: Matching for Better Results in Mining Software Repositories Studies

MSR · 2026

Sabato Nocera, Nyyti Saarimäki, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Davide Taibi, and Sira Vegas.

Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR). 10.1145/3793302.3793378 — Pre-print.

Software Composition Analysis and Supply Chain Security in Apache Projects: An Empirical Study

MSR · 2025

Sabato Nocera, Sira Vegas, Giuseppe Scanniello, and Natalia Juristo.

22nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR). 10.1109/MSR66628.2025.00027.

Dealing With SonarQube Cloud: Initial Results From a Mining Software Repository Study

ESEM · 2025

Sabato Nocera, Davide Fucci, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM). 10.1109/ESEM64174.2025.00035.

Causal Inference Needs More Than Analysis: The Role of Study Design

FSE · 2025

Sabato Nocera, Sira Vegas, Giuseppe Scanniello, and Natalia Juristo.

Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE Companion). 10.1145/3696630.3731619.

Missing Threats: Dealing With the Treatment-Sensitive Factorial Structure Bias in Empirical Software Engineering

FSE · 2025

Sabato Nocera and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE Companion). 10.1145/3696630.3728527.

ALOHA: A(IBOM) Tool Generator for Hugging Face

EASE · 2025

Riccardo D’Avino, Sabato Nocera, Daniele Bifolco, Federica Pepe, Massimiliano Di Penta, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE). 10.1145/3756681.3756998.

Training for Security: Results From Using a Static Analysis Tool in the Development Pipeline of Web Apps

ICSE · 2024

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (SEET@ICSE). 10.1145/3639474.3640073.

If It’s Not SBOM, Then What? How Italian Practitioners Manage the Software Supply Chain

ICSME · 2024

Sabato Nocera, Massimiliano Di Penta, Rita Francese, Simone Romano, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME). 10.1109/ICSME58944.2024.00077.

Do Static Analysis Tools Improve Awareness and Attitude Toward Secure Software Development?

QUATIC · 2024

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Dario Di Nucci, Rita Francese, Fabio Palomba, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC). 10.1007/978-3-031-70245-7_28.

On the Accuracy of GitHub’s Dependency Graph

EASE · 2024

Daniele Bifolco, Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Massimiliano Di Penta, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE). 10.1145/3661167.3661175.

MSR4SBOM: Mining Software Repositories for Enhanced Software Bills of Materials

ESEM · 2024

Giuseppe Scanniello, Massimiliano Di Penta, Simone Romano, Rita Francese, Sabato Nocera, Pietro Cassieri, Daniele Bifolco, and Fiorella Zampetti.

ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM). 10.1145/3674805.3695390.

Software Bill of Materials Adoption: A Mining Study From GitHub

ICSME · 2023

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Massimiliano Di Penta, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME). 10.1109/ICSME58846.2023.00016.

Training for Security: Planning the Use of a SAT in the Development Pipeline of Web Apps

ICSE · 2023

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (SEET@ICSE). 10.1109/ICSE-SEET58685.2023.00010.

Training Bachelor Students to Design Better Quality Web Apps: Preliminary Results From a Prospective Empirical Investigation

EASE · 2023

Sabato Nocera, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE). 10.1145/3593434.3593957.

Managing Vulnerabilities in Software Projects: The Case of NTT Data

SEAA · 2023

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Rita Francese, Riccardo Burlon, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

49th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). 10.1109/SEAA60479.2023.00046.

A Large-Scale Fine-Grained Empirical Study on Security Concerns in Open-Source Software

SEAA · 2023

Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Rita Francese, and Giuseppe Scanniello.

49th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). 10.1109/SEAA60479.2023.00069.