Resume

Experience

Fingerprint Cards AB 2020 - current
R&D Engineer (Senior since 2023)  Rome   |   Copenhagen 
Touchless Technologies

  • Iris recogniton system: algorithms + system design.
  •  4 patents pending on iris/face liveness detection (method + optical system).
  • Lowered the required resolution at the iris level to 3px/mm.

Roma Tre University 2015 - 2020
Ph.D. + Post Doc  Rome 

  • Published several papers in journals and conferences.
  • Teaching Assistant: Signal Theory, Biometric Systems lab.
  • Supervised Master students.
  • Lead a team of ~10 students to partecipate at IEEE Signal Processing Cup .

Telefonica Summer 2016
Internship  Barcelona 
  • Proposed signal processing methods to analyse the interaction between different social network platforms.
  •  Published results as first author at the Int. AAAI Conf. on Web and Social Media [Best Paper Runner-Up].

University of Basilicata June – December 2013
Short term contract  Rome 
  • Developed an experimental set-up for acquiring and processing 3D echographic images for biometric recognition purposes.
  • Published results in several papers, mainly at the IEEE International Ultrasonic Symposium.

Education

Roma Tre University

Ph.D. in Applied Electronics 2019

  •  Thesis: Anonymous Biometrics [2020 EAB Award]
  • European Ph.D.

M.Sc. in ICT Engineering 2015

  • Thesis: "Biometric Cryptosystems Development"
  •  110/110 cum laude.
  • Information Theory | Parallel Computing | Digital Signal/Image Processing | Cryptography & Cybersecurity | Multimedia Communications | Antennas and Propagation | Sensors and Transducers | Optical Communications

B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering 2013
  • Thesis: "Biometric Systems Security: Attacks and Countermeasures"
  • Later published at BTAS, ICB, and on TIFS
  •  110/110 cum laude.
  • Signal Theory & Stochastic Processes | Digital Communications | Control Theory | Circuits| Electronics | Electromagnetism | Photonics | ...