Me and my obsessions

Hi! I am Dani, a researcher in computer science at CNR, the Italian state research organization. I am currently conducting my studies at the IMATI institute in Genova (Italy).

I primarily investigate how to automate various security activities — in other words, I spend my days convincing computers to protect themselves so I do not have to. I have explored a wide range of areas, including intent-based cybersecurity, autonomous networking, traffic anomaly detection, software reverse engineering, and high-speed cryptography.

In the past, I have worked for the CNRS, the French national research organization, and the Politecnico di Torino, one of Italy’s most prestigious technical universities. Somewhere between contributing to international research projects and publishing research papers, I have mastered the questionable art of translating paranoia into methodology.

News

Research interests

This is the list of my (current) most prominent scientific interests.

My publications

This is my list of officially published papers in journals and conferences.

• Journal articles
• Conference proceedings

Research projects

This is a list of the most prominent research projects in which I have participated.

Goodies

Wow! You arrived near the end of the page. You really deserve some prizes for your tenacity!

Software

You can get most of my open-source software on GitHub. Below you can also find a small selection.

The software marked as archived is no longer actively maintained. Meaning = do not expect updates.

Speak and write

Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas. In that order.

I cannot really help you on the quality of your ideas part, but I can give you some advices on how to speak and write (well, according to me).

Oddities

Other stuff I want to share with you.

What I do not know (yet)

Just to keep the size of this page below 42 exbibyte, this is a selection of topics I would like to investigate in the future.

What I know

This is the (definitely inaccurate) list of cities that I have visited. You can click on the map to see more details.

Things about me you didn't ask for, but here they are anyway

Soooo…

• I have eaten SPAM, reindeer, snake and kangaroo meat.
• I have seen green sea turtles, but also cats. A looot of cats.
• I am not your typical Italian guy — I don't drink coffee and I don't follow football.
• I have read Douglas Adam's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 42. I have brilliantly passed the nerd test!
• I know a little Japanese. はい!

On the shoulder of giants

I have to thanks many many many many people for my personal and professional growth. I will not include directly any name since I will surely forget somebody and the list will be too long.

Thank you for everything!