Associate Professor (tenured)
Department of Computer Science, Aalto University School of Science
I served as opponent for Tuan Nguyen Gia's doctoral dissertation at the University of Turku.
Vera and Behrouz's articles have been accepted at INFOCOM 2019.
Focus areas. My research targets network systems, from wireless communication to mobile and distributed computing, with emphasis on energy efficiency. I am currently working on the Internet of Things, data offloading, and pervasive displays.
Objective. My goal is to understand currently-available technologies and systems, in terms of both performance and possible applications. I am also deeply interested in the design of efficient and practical solutions with impact on everyday life.
Approach. My research seeks to bridge theory and practice, from modeling and analysis to system implementation and evaluation, then all the way back. I consider multi-disciplinarity and international collaborations key aspects for high-profile research.
Recent articles
P. Kortoçi, L. Zheng, C. Joe-Wong, M. Di Francesco, and M. Chiang. Fog-based Data Offloading in Urban IoT Scenarios, IEEE INFOCOM 2019, April-May 2019
B. Jedari and M. Di Francesco, Auction-based Cache Trading for Layered Videos in Multi-Provider Heterogeneous Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2019, April-May 2019
S. K. Mohanty, G. Premsankar, and M. Di Francesco An Evaluation of Open Source Serverless Computing Frameworks, IEEE CloudCom 2018, December 2018
B. Jedari and M. Di Francesco, Delay Analysis of Layered Video Caching in Crowdsourced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, December 2018
Spring 2019
Seminar in Computer Science: Internet, Data, and Things (CS-E4000)
Fall 2018
Mobile Cloud Computing (CS-E4100)
Seminar in Computer Science: Internet, Data, and Things (CS-E4000)
Projects and theses
I am offering several projects for special assignments and master theses.
Doctoral studies
I am always looking for motivated students interested in doctoral studies.
I have been an associate professor with the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University since January 2018. Previously, I was an assistant professor and a postdoctoral researcher (supervised by Tuomas Aura) at the same university.
I was a visiting associate research scholar with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University between December 2015 and April 2016, hosted by Mung Chiang.
I was a research associate with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, supervised by Sajal K. Das.
I obtained my PhD in Information Engineering from the University of Pisa in 2009 under the supervision of Giuseppe Anastasi. I also received my MSc (2005) and BSc (2002) in Computer Engineering from the same university.
Download my curriculum vitae.
PhD student
Research assistant
Former members: Jacopo Bufalino (master student and research assistant, 2016-2017); Mariusz Słabicki (postdoctoral researcher, 2017); Daniel Bruzual (master student and research assistant, 2017); Hieu Trung Nguyen (PhD student, 2012-2016).
I also belong to the mobile and distributed systems, security and privacy, and algorithms research areas of the Department of Computer Science.