Publications: Over 230 papers published in international journals and presented in leading international conferences. Awards: Best paper awards at HPSR 2006 and IEEE GLOBECOM 2009. Patents: Holds three patents. Projects: Led Italian MIUR projects BORA-BORA and SFINGI; involved in European projects FEDERICA, STRONGEST, ECONET, OSATE, and European Networks of Excellence e-PHOTON/ONe and Bone. Currently involved in the National Telecommunication PNRR project RESTART and MIUR project ZeTON. Editorial roles: Area Editor for IEEE JLT (Journal of Lightwave Technology) 2013-2019, Associate Editor of Elsevier Computer Communications journal. Conference organization: Technical Program Co-Chair for High Performance Switching and Routing Symposium (HPSR) in 2003 and 2008.
Research Experience
Worked at SSB, a SME in Torino, on office automation projects (1988-1991); joined the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications as a Ph.D. student (1991-1994); visiting scholar at HP Labs in Palo Alto, CA, researching on TCP protocol performance over ATM networks (1993); Assistant Professor with the Department of Production Systems and Business Economics at Politecnico di Torino (1995); with the Department of Electronics of Politecnico di Torino as a member of the Telecommunication Network group, first as Assistant Professor, later as Associate and then as Full Professor (since November 1995); visited the Electrical Department of Stanford University (July-August 1998).
Education
Degrees: Dr. Ing in Electronics Engineering (1986), Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering (1994). University: Politecnico di Torino. Advisor information not provided.
Background
Research Interests: high-speed switching, data center architectures, SDN/NFV, network music performance, and optical networks. Background: Full Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications since 2011, Head of the Department and member of the Academic Senate from 2015 to 2023, Vice Rector for Internal Affairs of Politecnico di Torino since March 2024.