Research

My research lies at the intersection of Computer Networks, Distributed Systems, and Sensing. I investigate how to build resilient digital infrastructures that can interpret the physical world while maintaining security and trust. Key focus areas include Network Defense (DDoS), Blockchain-based Architectures, and Passive Wireless Intelligence.

Passive wireless sensor setup — Deploying wireless sensing nodes for real-time network traffic and environmental analysis.

Heatmap of occupancy — Visualizing signal propagation and occupancy data derived from distributed sensor fusion.

Research Themes

Network Security & Resilience

Developing collaborative defense mechanisms against large-scale network attacks (e.g., DDoS). I focus on distributed signaling and automated mitigation across administrative domains.

Distributed Systems & Blockchain

Designing decentralized architectures for trust management and data integrity. My work leverages Smart Contracts to enforce policies in multi-party logistics and IoT environments.

Passive Wireless Sensing

Exploiting standard communication protocols (Wi-Fi, BLE, ZigBee) as "signals of opportunity" to unobtrusively track assets and analyze crowd behavior without active user cooperation.

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)

Integrating multi-modal sensor data (RF, LiDAR, Thermal) into coherent digital twins, ensuring that physical-layer inputs are processed securely within edge computing constraints.

Project Experience

PasWITS – Passive Wireless Tracking Intelligence

2020–2022 | Funded by Innosuisse

Developed a localization system analyzing Wi-Fi and BLE protocol headers. Led the system architecture for processing high-throughput wireless data streams at the edge.

H2020 CONCORDIA – Cybersecurity Network

2019–2022 | European Commission

Coordinated the DDoS Clearing House pilot. Focused on distributed network defense (Task 1.2), enabling cross-border threat intelligence sharing and automated attack mitigation.

BC4CC – Blockchain Cold Chain Monitoring

2018–2019 | Swiss KTI

Architected a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) framework. Addressed interoperability challenges between heterogeneous blockchain platforms to secure pharmaceutical supply chain data.

E2C – Energy Efficiency to Clouds

2015–2016 | Laboratory of Sustainability (USP)

Researched resource allocation algorithms for cloud infrastructure, focusing on optimizing virtual machine placement to reduce data center energy footprint.

SOS – Sustainability-Oriented SDN Policies

2014–2015

Developed a control plane for Software-Defined Networking (SDN). Implemented dynamic flow-rule policies to optimize network traffic routing based on real-time energy metrics.

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