Department of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy
Last update: November 6, 2025
Position
Associate Professor Dept. of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Italy
National Scientific qualification as full professor in the Italian higher education system, for the disciplinary field of 09/H1 - Information processing systems. (Academic Recruitment Field 09/H1 - Computer engineering, according to the national classification)
National Scientific qualification as full professor in the Italian higher education system, for the disciplinary field of 01/B1 - Informatics. (Academic Recruitment Field 01/B - Informatics, according to the national classification)
Research Interests
My research is focused around:
Parallel, Distributed and Grid/Cloud/P2P Computing;
I am the head of the HPC Lab and the AIMA (AI Models and Algorithms) Lab at the University of Salento, Italy.
Trivia
My Erdős number is 3 (Paul Erdős -> Douglas Robert Stinson -> Barbara Masucci -> Massimo Cafaro). In my spare time I do T'ien Shan P'ai Kung-Fu, spin and mix house tracks.
To prospective international students
Sorry, no summer internships are available in my department (and I apologize for not responding to such email requests).
To my students
Sorry, requests for additional exam trials will not be considered (and I apologize for not responding to such email requests).