Stefano De Angelis, Ph.D.

Ph.D. computer scientist with interest in blockchains, cyber security, and applied cryptography. Strong expertise in secure protocols design and assessment, wirh publications on blockchains and distributed consensus security.

Rome

Research Expertise

Cybersecurity

Blockchain

IoT

Distributed Systems

Computer Networks and Communications

Software

privacy

cryptography

About

Dr. Stefano De Angelis is a computer scientist with interest in distributed systems, blockchain, security, and verifiable computing. Currently, he is a visiting researcher at the University of Southampton, working on formal verification methods for smart contracts, and a researcher at the University of Salerno, working on privacy-preserving solutions for blockchain applications. Over his career, Dr. De Angelis worked for NATO HQ as security research scientist and for Algorand, a layer-1 blockchain, as principal scientist and solution architect. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Cyber Security awarded in 2022 from the University of Southampton, with a thesis about methodologies and benchmarking procedures for assessing blockchain-based systems in realistic adversarial environments, and an MSc in Engineering of Computer Science awarded in 2018 from the University “Sapienza” of Rome. He is the author of several research papers in the field of blockchain and security published in peer-reviewed journals, international conferences and workshops.

Publications

A Blockchain-based Infrastructure for Reliable and Cost-effective IoT-aided Smart Grids

Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT - 2018 / Jan 01, 2018

Lombardi, F., Aniello, L., De Angelis, S., Margheri, A., & Sassone, V. (2018). A Blockchain-based Infrastructure for Reliable and Cost-effective IoT-aided Smart Grids. Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT - 2018. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.0042

Security and dependability analysis of blockchain systems in partially synchronous networks with Byzantine faults

International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems / Oct 24, 2023

De Angelis, S., Lombardi, F., Zanfino, G., Aniello, L., & Sassone, V. (2023). Security and dependability analysis of blockchain systems in partially synchronous networks with Byzantine faults. International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445760.2023.2272777

On the Performance of PBFT-based Permissioned Blockchain Networks in Constraint Environments

ICC 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Communications / Jun 01, 2021

Ramaswamy, V., & Penny, D. (2021, June). On the Performance of PBFT-based Permissioned Blockchain Networks in Constraint Environments. ICC 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. https://doi.org/10.1109/icc42927.2021.9500636

Education

Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"

Ms.C., Computer Science / January, 2018

Rome

University of Southampton

Ph.D., Computer Science and Cyber Security / May, 2022

Southampton

Experience

NATO

CIS Security Researcher / March, 2018 — September, 2018

Definition of IoT and blockchain cybersecurity policy for NATO enterprice applications

University of Southampton

Postdoctoral Researcher / October, 2020 — February, 2022

Design and assessment of secure scalable blockchain systems, with focus on their consensus protocols and fault tolerance.

Algorand Inc.

Solution Architect / March, 2022 — January, 2023

Principal Scientists / January, 2023 — March, 2024

University of Salerno

Research Fellow / March, 2023 — Present

Links & Social Media

Research Web Site

Linkedin

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