Scholar
Alberto Sonnino
Google Scholar ID: 1ap_K6sAAAAJ
Researcher, University College London
Citations & Impact
Citations
3,495
H-index
23
i10-index
34
Publications
20
Co-authors
51
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Paper 'Mysticeti: Reaching the Limits of Latency with Uncertified DAGs' accepted at NDSS 2025; adopted by Sui, IOTA, and Ika
- Paper 'Sui Lutris: A Blockchain Combining Broadcast and Consensus' received CCS 2024 Distinguished Paper Award; commercialized by Sui
- Paper 'Narwhal and Tusk: A DAG-based Mempool and Efficient BFT Consensus' received EuroSys 2022 Best Paper Award; commercialized by Sui and Aptos; adopted by Fleek and Aleo
- Recipient of CCS Distinguished Paper Award (2024)
- Recipient of IETF Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP, 2024)
- CCS Top Reviewer Award (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Usenix Security Notable Reviewer Award (2025)
- EuroSys Best Paper Award (2022)
- EU Horizon 2020 DECODE Scholarship (2017)
Background
- Research Scientist and Engineer at Mysten Labs, working on the Sui blockchain
- Affiliated with the Department of Computer Science at University College London (UCL)
- Research interests include distributed systems, blockchains, and privacy-enhancing technologies
- Currently focuses on Byzantine fault-tolerant systems for blockchain applications, including consensus protocols, consensus-less (broadcast-based) algorithms, and distributed execution engines
- Emphasizes transitioning research into production-ready systems, aiming to maximize performance and scale blockchain validators across multiple machines
