Barbara Guidi 

I was born and raised in Pisa province. I studied at the Department of Computer Science in Pisa.

Now I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science in Pisa. 

My areas of research interest are:

• Decentralized Online Social Networks

• Peer-to-Peer Networks and Decentralized Storages

• NFTs and the Metaverse

• Blockchain and cryptocurrencies

• Social Network Analysis

Students' Supervision: I am happy to supervise BSc, MSc, and PhD students on topics related to Decentralized Online Social Networks and/or Blockchain Technology applied to Social Media. Send me an email. 

Research Groups and Technical Committees:

I am one of the founding members of IEEE METASIG (IEEE SIG on Metaverse), a collaborator of the IEEE Social Networks Technical Committee, and a member of IEEE Computer Society Special Technical Community on Social Networking.

Thesis Proposals:

• NFT and the Metaverse

• Bot Detection through neural networks in Blockchain Online Social Networks

• Rewarding Strategies for Blockchain Online Social Networks

• Text Mining in Decentralized Social Media (in collaboration with University of Bicocca - Milan)

• MEV 

• others...

Research Activity:

I'm involved in several H2020 initiatives. I was a project member and WP leader of HELIOS, an H2020 project.

I am involved in the following Editorial Boards:

• Plos One (Academic Editor)

• IEEE Access (Associate Editor)

• Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (Academic Editor) 

• IET Networks (Associate Editor)

• Communications - SciencePG (Editorial Board)

• Peer to Peer Networking and Applications - Springer (Associate Editor)