Roberto DE PRISCO | Curriculum

I got a Laurea from the University of Salerno (Italy) in 1991, a Dottorato from the University of Napoli (Italy) in 1998, and a MS in 1997 and a PhD in 2000 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA). All of the above degrees are in Computer Science (with variations on the actual formal name, including Mathematics and Engineering). I have got also a diploma in pianoforte, in 2007, from the Music Conservatory of Salerno, Italy.

Shortly after the Laurea I was awarded fellowships from the University of Salerno and from the Italian National Council for Research (CNR). In 1992, 1993 I have been a visiting student at Columbia University in New York. In the Summer of 1998 I have been a guest member of the Secure Systems Research Department at AT&T Labs-Research, Florham Park, NJ.

At MIT I was member of the Theory of Distributed Systems group (TDS) headed by Nancy Lynch in the Laboratory for Computer Science (which has now merged with the AI Lab to become CSAIL). I have been Teaching Assistant for the Introduction to Algorithms class for Proff. C.E. Leiserson, S. Goldwasser and B. Maggs. However most of my time at MIT was spent as Research Assistant to prof. Nancy Lynch who has supervised my MS thesis and my PhD thesis. prof. Alfredo De Santis has supervised my Laurea thesis and my Dottorato thesis. In 2000 and 2001 I have been a Research Scientist at Akamai Technologies, where I worked in the Distributed Data Collection group. I have been a member of the Akamai team that received the 2018 SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award.

Since 1998 I am with the Computer Science department of the University of Salerno, from 1998 through 2001 as Research Associate, from 2001 through 2017 as Associate Professor and since 2017 as Professor.

In 2014 I co-founded the academic spin-off eTuitus that offers security related services and software.

I have taught classes on Algorithms and Data Structures, Distributed Algorithms, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Computer Networks Security. I am currently teaching classes on Advanced Algorithms, Android Mobile Programming and Computer Music.

My reasearch interests include Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Cryptography, Network Security, Computer Music.

I have been general chair for DISC (DIStributed Computing) in 2003, which was held in Sorrento, Italy and for 5 editions of SCN (Security and Cryptography for Networks), from 2006 through 2014, held in Amalfi, Italy. I have been the organizing chair for PODC 2022, which was held in Salerno, Italy.

I lead the Musimathics Laboratory at the Dipartimento di Informatica of the University of Salerno where we study topics across computer science and music.