Livio Pompianu

Education

He studied Computer Science at the University of Cagliari where he earned his PhD in March 2018, his MSc in 2014, and his BSc in 2012.

PhD thesis

Analysing blockchains and smart contracts: tools and techniques. Successfully defended in March 2018.

Visiting experiences

• 2017 - 25 February, 26 May - Visiting student at University of Stirling, Scotland - Supervisor Dr. Andrea Bracciali

Recent participation at conferences and courses

• International Winter School on Blockchain Technology and Applications – Hyperledger, 13-17 December 2021 - University of Camerino - Italy

• Scientific School on Blockchain and distributed ledger technology, 10-14 June 2019 - Pula, IT

• ITASEC 2019 - 3rd Italian Conference on Cybersecurity, Pisa, Italy

• CBT 2018 - International Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology, Barcellona, Catalonia

• Scientific School on Blockchain and distributed ledger technology, 12-15 June 2018 - Pula, IT

• ITASEC 2018 - 2nd Italian Conference on Cybersecurity, Milan, Italy

Developer activity

Livio works as developer and he is author and maintainer of several open source projects (see also Github profile).

Software from research projects

• Sardcoin - A blockchain based smart coupon system

• SCORE - A blockchain based platform for collaborative engineering

• BlockAPI - A Scala library for the development of custom analytics on blockchains

Teaching activity

Livio is teaching assistant at the University of Cagliari since March 2013. He works as teacher of computer science for private companies and he has been speaker in several international conferences.

Teaching assistance

• Teaching assistant of Web Programming Fundamentals (BSc program in Informatics) from 2021 to 2022

• Teaching assistant of Security Foundations (MSc program in Informatics) from 2014 to 2018

• Teaching assistant of Object Oriented Programming (BSc program in Informatics) from 2013 to now

Other teaching activities

• Lecturer of Cryptography at CyberChallenge - From 2019 to now

Recent scientific talks

• An overview of blockchain-based systems for digital coupons - WETSEB - 13 Jul. 2020 - online

• Blockchain for engineering and architecture - OICE - 29 January 2019 - Roma, Italy

Research activity

Livio started working as research assistant at the University of Cagliari in March 2014, during his MSc. Currently he is an Assistant professor (RTDa).

Research interests

• Blockchains and Smart Contracts

• Tools and techniques for blockchain analytics

• Languages and design patterns for smart contracts

• Computer security, Programming languages, Distributed systems

Research projects

• POR FESR 2014–20 Intellicredit (research assistant, technical director and full stack developer)

• POR-FESR 2014-20 SardCoin (research assistant, blockchain architect and backend developer)

• RAS 2017 SCORE (research assistant, blockchain architect and backend developer)

• PIA 2013 NOMAD (research assistant and backend developer)

• PIA 2010 Social Glue (research assistant and backend developer)