Publications

Peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and workshops

2026 Conference

MininetGym: A Live Demonstration of RL-Based Cybersecurity Training

Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026), pp. 4086–4088 · ACM · Paphos, Cyprus

@inproceedings{finistrella2026mininetgym_demo,
  title={MininetGym: A Live Demonstration of RL-Based Cybersecurity Training},
  author={Finistrella, Salvo and Mariani, Stefano and Zambonelli, Franco},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on
             Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026)},
  pages={4086--4088},
  year={2026},
  publisher={ACM},
  address={Paphos, Cyprus},
  doi={10.65109/VVUY3381}
}
2026 Conference

Experiences in Exploiting Reinforcement Learning for Network Traffic Classification and Attack Detection

18th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART 2026), Vol. 3, pp. 2563–2572 · SCITEPRESS · Marbella, Spain

@inproceedings{finistrella2026experiences,
  title={Experiences in Exploiting Reinforcement Learning for Network
         Traffic Classification and Attack Detection},
  author={Finistrella, Salvo and Mariani, Stefano and Zambonelli, Franco},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on
             Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART 2026)},
  volume={3},
  pages={2563--2572},
  year={2026},
  publisher={SCITEPRESS},
  address={Marbella, Spain},
  doi={10.5220/0014300900004052},
  isbn={978-989-758-796-2}
}
2025 Journal

MininetGym: A Modular SDN-Based Simulation Environment for Reinforcement Learning in Cybersecurity

SoftwareX, Vol. 31, Art. 102312 · Elsevier · ISSN 2352-7110

@article{finistrella2025mininetgym,
  title={MininetGym: A modular SDN-based simulation environment for
         reinforcement learning in cybersecurity},
  author={Finistrella, Salvo and Mariani, Stefano and Zambonelli, Franco},
  journal={SoftwareX},
  volume={31},
  pages={102312},
  year={2025},
  issn={2352-7110},
  doi={10.1016/j.softx.2025.102312},
  url={https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235271102500278X},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}
2025 Journal

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity: Classification and Survey

Intelligent Systems with Applications, Vol. 26, Art. 200495 · Elsevier

@article{finistrella2025marl_survey,
  title={Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity:
         Classification and Survey},
  author={Finistrella, Salvo and Mariani, Stefano and Zambonelli, Franco},
  journal={Intelligent Systems with Applications},
  volume={26},
  pages={200495},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.1016/j.iswa.2025.200495},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}
2024 Workshop

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity: Approaches and Challenges

Proceedings of the 25th Workshop "From Objects to Agents" (WOA 2024), CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol. 3735, pp. 103–118

@inproceedings{finistrella2024approaches,
  title={Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity:
         Approaches and Challenges},
  author={Finistrella, Salvo and Mariani, Stefano and Zambonelli, Franco},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 25th Workshop ``From Objects to Agents''
             (WOA 2024)},
  series={CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
  volume={3735},
  pages={103--118},
  year={2024},
  publisher={CEUR-WS.org}
}

Conference Participation

2026 May
AAMAS 2026
25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Paphos, CYPRUS
Conference website Our paper (ACM DL)
2026 Feb
ICAART 2026
18th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence
Marbella, Spain
Conference website
2024 Jul
WOA 2024
25th Workshop "From Objects to Agents"
Forte di Bard, Aosta, Italy
Proceedings (CEUR-WS)