Livio Pompianu
Livio Pompianu is an Assistant professor (RTDa) at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Cagliari and a member of the TCS, AIDB Lab, and Blockchain@Unica research groups.
He is teaching assistant at the University of Cagliari and works as teacher, blockchain consultant, and developer for private companies.
Email: pompianu (dot) livio (at) gmail (dot) com
Links: Research Gate, Github, Google Scholar
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
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)
Recent publications
(see full list of publications)
M Bartoletti, S Lande, A Loddo, L Pompianu, S Serusi. Cryptocurrency scams: analysis and perspectives. In IEEE Access 9, 148353-148373, 2021
A. S. Podda, L. Pompianu. An overview of blockchain-based systems and smart contracts for digital coupons. In Proc. ICSE 2020, WETSEB Workshop
M. Bartoletti, B. Bellomy, L. Pompianu. A journey into Bitcoin metadata. In Journal of Grid Computing 17(1), 3-22, 2019
M. Bartoletti, T. Cimoli, L. Pompianu, S. Serusi. Blockchain for social good: a quantitative analysis. In Proc. GOODTECHS 2018
M. Bartoletti, A. Bracciali, S. Lande, L. Pompianu. A general framework for blockchain Analytics. In Proc. MIDDLEWARE 2017, Serial Workshop
M. Bartoletti, L. Pompianu. An empirical analysis of smart contracts: platforms, applications, and design patterns. In Proc. FC 2017, Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts
M Bartoletti, L Pompianu. An analysis of Bitcoin OP_RETURN metadata. International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, 218-230