Short Bio

I got the MSc degree (Laurea) in Computer Science Engineering at the University of Siena in 2007 (Relator Prof. Mauro Barni). Then I continued my studies as a Ph.D. at the Information Engineering Department of the University of Siena (supervisor Prof. Mauro Barni), working on Signal Processing of Encrypted Signals. During my Ph.D., from November 2009 to May 2010, I spent six months in Philips Lab at Eindhoven, The Netherlands, under the supervision of Senior Scientist Jorge Guajardo. In 2012 I discussed the Ph.D. thesis. Until October 2015, I continued my research activities as a post-doc at the Information Engineering and Mathematics Department of the University of Siena in the VIPP (Visual Information Processing and Protection) group, led by Prof. Mauro Barni. 

From November 2015 to January 2016, I was part of the research team of Cynny s.p.a., an Italian start-up, where I was involved in machine learning problems, such as object recognition, face detection, and affective computing. 

From September 2016 to February 2017, I had a research grant at the University of Padua, Italy, supervised by Prof. Conti. 

From March 2017 to August 2022, I have been Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti of Sapienza University of Rome.  

Since September 2022, I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti of Sapienza University of Rome.

I obtained the Italian National Habilitation as Associate Professors in Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

I participated in several projects, cooperating with both academic and industrial partners. The main projects where I was involved are the FP6 European project SPEED (www.speedproject.eu), the Italian project priv-WARE, funded by MIUR, and the project ELT-950, sponsored by the Italian company ELT-Elettronica. I was involved in all the activities related to the projects: scientific approach, project management, and deliverable writing. I am currently involved in several projects, such as the PNRR project Serics, where I am WP2 leader.

My research topics are related to security and privacy, with a special focus on IoT, future internet technologies, and critical infrastructure protection. I regularly cooperate with Prof. Conti ( University of Padua, Italy), Prof. Uluagac (Florida International University, USA), and others.

Education

• PhD Scholarship - University of Siena, Siena, Italy, November, 2012.

• Certified Professional Engineer - University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 2007,

• MSc in Computer Science Engineering (110 with honours) - University of Siena, Siena, Italy, April, 2007.

Academic Career

• Associate Professor - Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, September 2022 - on going

• Assistant Professor (RTD-B) - Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, September 2019 - August 2022

• Assistant Professor (RTD-A) - Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, March 2017 - August 2019

• Post-doc researcher - Departhment of Mathematics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, September 2016 - February 2017

• Post-doc researcher - Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, November 2010 - August 2016

Visiting Periods

• Philips Lab, Eindhoven, NL, October 2009 - May 2010

• Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, DE, May 2009

Research Group Memberships

• Research Center of Cyber Intelligence and Information Security (CIS), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

• Security and Privacy Research Group (SPRITZ), University of Padua, Italy

• Visual Information Processing and Protection (VIPP), University of Siena

Scientific Society Membership

• IEEE, Senior Member

• IEEE Computer Society, Member

• IEEE Signal Processing, Member