Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• The clientele effects in equity crowdfunding: A complex network analysis. R. Righi, A. Pedrazzoli, S. Righi, V. Venturelli. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Volume 42, Elsevier. April 2024. Link

• Does ‘Community Detection’ Find Real Emerging Meso-structures? A Statistical Test Based on Complex Networks Methods. R. Righi. Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer, Cham. March 2024. Link

• Information Flow Simulations in Multi-dimensional and Dynamic Systems. R. Righi. Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer, Cham. January 2023. Link

• The AI Techno-Economic Complex System: Worldwide Landscape, Thematic Subdomains and Technological Collaborations. R. Righi, S. Samoili,  M. Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M. Lopez-Cobo, M. Cardona, G. De Prato. Telecommunications Policy. July 2020. Link

• Nestedness Temperature in the Agent-Artifact Space: Emergence of Hierarchical Order in the 2000-2014 Photonics Techno-Economic Complex System. R. Righi, S. Samoili, M. Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M. Lopez-Cobo, M. Cardona, G. De Prato. In: Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer, Cham. July 2020. Link

• Multilayer network analysis of innovation intermediaries’ activities. A. Caloffi, R. Righi, S. Righi, F. Rossi, M. Russo. In: "Challenges in Social Network Research", Lecture Notes in Social Networks (LNSN - Series of Springer). December 2019.

• Unveiling Latent Relations in the Photonics Techno-Economic Complex System. S. Samoili, R. Righi, M. Lopez-Cobo, M. Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M. Cardona, G. De Prato. In: Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer, Cham. September 2019. Link

• A Methodological Approach To Investigate Interactive Dynamics In Innovative Socio-Economic Complex Systems, R.Righi. Italian Journal of Applied Statistics 30(1):113-142. August 2018. Link

• Innovation intermediaries as a response to system failures: creating the right incentives, M. Russo, A. Caloffi, F. Rossi, R. Righi. Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing. June 2018. Link

• Functional Interactions in Complex Networks: A Three-Step Methodology for the Implementation of the Relevance Index (RI), R. Righi, S. Samoili. In: Pelillo M., Poli I., Roli A., Serra R., Slanzi D., Villani M. (eds) Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. WIVACE 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 830. Springer, Cham, April 2018.

• Innovation intermediaries and performance-based incentives: a case study of regional innovation poles, M. Russo, A. Caloffi, F. Rossi, R. Righi. Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press. March 2018. Link

• International ICT Trade Dynamics 2004-2014: an explorative network analysis, R. Righi, S. Samoili, M. Lopez-Cobo, G. De Prato. DigiWorld Economic Journal. Issue 107, p69-94. 26p, 3rd Quarter, 2017

• New paths for the application of DCI in social sciences: theoretical issues concerned with an empirical analysis, R. Righi, A. Roli, M. Russo, R. Serra and M. Villani. In: Rossi F., Piotto S., Concilio S. (eds) Advances in Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation, and Systems Chemistry. WIVACE 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 708. Springer, Cham. April 2017.

Policy-oriented and Scientific Reports (by topic)

The Economy of Artificial Intelligence

• Analytical insights into the global digital ecosystem (DGTES). Calza, E., Dalla Benetta, A., Kostić, U., Mitton, I., Moraschini, M., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M., Cardona, M., Papazoglou, M., Righi, R., Torrecillas Jodar, J., Lopez Cobo, M., Cira, P. and De Prato, G., , EUR 31538 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2023, ISBN 978-92-68-04045-4, doi:10.2760/811932, JRC132991. June 2023. Link

• AI Watch: AI for enhancing Robotics. Righi, R., Papazoglou, M., Samoili, S., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M., Cardona, M., Lopez Cobo, M., De Prato, G. and Duch Brown, N. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, doi:10.2760/314545, JRC128846, September 2022. Link

• AI Watch Index 2021. Righi, R., Pineda Leon, C., Cardona, M., Soler Garrido, J., Papazoglou, M., Samoili, S. and Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M. Editors: Lopez Cobo, M. and De Prato, G. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, ISBN 978-92-76-53602-4, doi:10.2760/921564, JRC128744. March 2022. Link

• EU in the global Artificial Intelligence landscape. Righi, R., Lopez Cobo, M., Samoili, S., Cardona, M., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M. and De Prato, G. European Commission, 2021, JRC125613. November 2021. Link *

• AI Watch Index: Policy relevant dimensions to assess Europe’s performance in artificial intelligence. Lopez Cobo, M., Righi, R., Samoili, S., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M., Cardona, M. and De Prato, G., EUR 30681 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-36359-0, doi:10.2760/506611, JRC124424. June 2021. Link

• AI Watch : AI Uptake in Health and Healthcare. De Nigris, S., Craglia, M., Nepelski, D., Hradec, J., Gomez-Gonzales, E., Gomez Gutierrez, E., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M., Righi, R., De Prato, G., Lopez Cobo, M., Samoili, S. and Cardona, M. 2020, EUR 30478 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-26936-6, doi:10.2760/948860, JRC122675. February 2021. Link

• TES analysis of AI Worldwide Ecosystem in 2009-2018. Samoili S., Righi R., Cardona M., López Cobo M., Vázquez-Prada Baillet M., and De Prato G., EUR 30109 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, February 2020. Link

• The AI Techno-Economic Segment Analysis. G. De Prato, M. Lopez-Cobo, S. Samoili, R. Righi, M. Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M. Cardona. JRC Reports: JRC118071 EN. November 2019. Link

• The techno-economic segment of Earth observation. K. Pogorzelska, R. Righi, M. Cardona, M. Lopez Cobo, L. Ziemba, M. Vazquez-Prada Baillet, S. Samoili, G. De Prato. JRC Reports: JRC118467 EN. October 2019. Link

• Contribution in Artificial Intelligence at the JRC. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019, ISBN 978-92-76-08842-4, JRC117232. Link 

• Contribution in Artificial Intelligence: A European Perspective. Publications Office of the European Union ISBN: 978-92-79-97217-1. December 2018. Link

(*) The report has been referenced in the 2024 Draghi Report (link) "The future of European competitiveness – A competitiveness strategy for Europe" (page 20, active link in footnote 2).

Academic Offer of Digital Skills

• Academic Offer of Advanced Digital Skills in 2020-21. International Comparison. Righi, R., Lopez Cobo, M., Papazoglou, M., Samoili, S., Cardona, M., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M. and De Prato, G. EUR 31043 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-51267-7, doi:10.2760/466727, JRC128844. April 2022. Link

• Estimation of supply and demand of tertiary education places in advanced digital profiles in the EU. Gomez Losada, A., Lopez Cobo, M., Samoili, S., Alaveras, G., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M., Cardona, M., Righi, R., Ziemba, L.W. and De Prato, G. EUR 30377 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-22281-1, doi:10.2760/559530, JRC121683. June 2021.  Link

• Academic offer of advanced digital skills in 2019-20. International comparison. Focus on Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Science. Righi, R., López-Cobo, M., Alaveras, G., Samoili, S., Cardona, M., Vázquez-Prada Baillet, M., Ziemba, L.W., and De Prato, G. EUR 30351 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, JRC121680. September 2020. Link **

• Academic offer and demand for advanced profiles in the EU. Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing and Cybersecurity. Lopez Cobo M., De Prato G., Alaveras G., Righi R., Samoili S., Hradec J.,  Ziemba L.W., Pogorzelska K., Cardona M. JRC Reports: JRC113966 EN. November 2019. Link

(**) The report has been cited in EC- COM(2021) 205 "Fostering a European approach to Artificial Intelligence" (link) and in the "Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2021" by Stanford University (link).

Information Communication Technologies (ICT)

• The PREDICT Dataset Methodology. Benages, E., Mínguez, C., Pascual, F., Robledo, J.C., Salamanca, J., Papazoglou, M., Righi, R., Torrecillas Jodar, J. and Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M. De Prato, G., Cardona, M., Lopez Cobo, M., Mas, M. and Fernandez, J. editor(s), EUR 31174 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, ISBN 978-92-76-55603-9, doi:10.2760/33739 (online), JRC130001. July 2022. Link

• Prospective insights on RandD in ICT (2021 PREDICT Dataset). Cardona, M., Lopez Cobo, M., De Prato, G., Samoili, S., Righi, R., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M., Mas, M., Fernández De Guevara Radoselovics, J., Benages, E., Hernández, L., Mínguez, C., Pérez, J., Robledo, J. C., Salamanca, J. and Solaz, M. European Commission, 2021, JRC126925. August 2021. Link

• The 2021 PREDICT Key Facts Report. Mas, M., Fernández De Guevara Radoselovics, J., Robledo, J.C., Cardona, M., Samoili, S., Vazquez-Prada Baillet, M., Righi, R. and Papazoglou, M. De Prato, G. and Lopez Cobo, M. editor(s), EUR 30870 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-42590-8, doi:10.2760/98224, JRC126592. February 2021. Link

• ICT specialists in employment. Methodological note. López Cobo M., Rohman I.K., De Prato G., Cardona M., Righi R., Samoili S., Vázquez-Prada Baillet M. Seville: European Commission, 2020, JRC119846, August 2020. Link

• The 2019 PREDICT Key Facts Report. M. Mas, J. Fernandez De Guevara Radoselovics, J. C. Robledo, R. Righi, M. Cardona,S. Samoili, G. De Prato, M. Lopez Cobo. JRC Reports: JRC116987 EN. June 2019. Link

• PREDICT 2017 Country Factsheets: EU Member States – Benchmarking with Non-EU Countries. M. Cardona, G. de Prato, M. Lopez-Cobo, R. Righi, S. Samoili. JRC Technical Report EUR 28997 EN. December 2017. Link

• PREDICT 2017 Country Factsheets: EU Member States – Purchasing Power Standard. M. Cardona, G. de Prato, M. Lopez-Cobo, R. Righi, S. Samoili. JRC Technical Report EUR 28996 EN. December 2017. Link

• PREDICT 2017 Country Factsheets: EU Member States – Data in Current Prices. M. Cardona, G. de Prato, M Lopez-Cobo, R. Righi, S. Samoili. JRC Technical Report EUR 28998 EN. December 2017. Link

• Final Report, CLUES - CLUstering and network analysis of techno-Economic Segments Studies (Confidential Report for EC JRC Digital Economy Unit B6, EU-Predict Project). Russo M., Caloffi A., Pagliacci F., Pavone P., Rossi F., Righi R., Righi, S.. March  2017.

Regional Innovation Policies

• Relazione Finale Progetto Poli.In, Final report of the project “Poli.In” (web site:), an analysis commissioned by Region Tuscany (Italy) regarding 2011-2013 Tuscany cycle of public policies in sustain of innovation, July 2015. Link