Curriculum - Luca Crocetti

Qualifications related to the Research Activity

(2023, January). Three-year contract as Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa and funded by the Project PNRR – CN4 – Mobilità Sostenibile – Spoke 13 – Trazione elettrica e batterie. Starting January 2, 2023.
(2022, April). Twelve-month Research Grant (by award following a selective procedure by curriculum vitae and interview) entitled Progettazione e verifica di acceleratori HW innovativi per cybersecurity in ambito EuroHPC. Starting April 1, 2022. Discontinued on January 1, 2023.
(2022, March). Twelve-month Research Grant (by renewal following the results obtained from the activities carried out in the previous period) entitled Analisi e progetto di macrocelle digitali di proprietà intellettuale per accelerazione in hardware di servizi di crittografia nel progetto European Processor Initiative (EPI). Starting March 1, 2022. Discontinued on March 31, 2022.
(2021, March). Twelve-month Research Grant (by renewal following the results obtained from the activities carried out in the previous period) entitled Analisi e progetto di macrocelle digitali di proprietà intellettuale per accelerazione in hardware di servizi di crittografia nel progetto European Processor Initiative (EPI). Starting March 1, 2021.
(2020, March). Twelve-month Research Grant (by renewal following the results obtained from the activities carried out in the previous period) entitled Analisi e progetto di macrocelle digitali di proprietà intellettuale per accelerazione in hardware di servizi di crittografia nel progetto European Processor Initiative (EPI). Starting March 1, 2020.
(2019, March). Twelve-month Research Grant (by award following a selective procedure by curriculum vitae and interview) entitled Analisi e progetto di macrocelle digitali di proprietà intellettuale per accelerazione in hardware di servizi di crittografia nel progetto European Processor Initiative (EPI). Starting March 1, 2019.
(2018, October). Twelve-month Research Grant (by award following a selective procedure by curriculum vitae and interview) entitled Progettazione di sistemi embedded a basso consumo energetico per applicazioni in sistemi cyber-fisici e Internet delle cose. Starting October 5, 2018. Discontinued on February 28, 2019.
(2018, April). Six-month Research Grant (by renewal following the results obtained from the activities carried out in the previous period) entitled Progettazione e verifica di un hardware secure module per applicazioni automotive. Starting April 5, 2018.
(2017, October). Six-month Research Grant (by renewal following the results obtained from the activities carried out in the previous period) entitled Progettazione e verifica di un hardware secure module per applicazioni automotive. Starting October 5, 2017.
(2017, April). Six-month Research Grant (by award following a selective procedure by curriculum vitae and interview) entitled Progettazione e verifica di un hardware secure module per applicazioni automotive. Starting April 5, 2017.
(2016, May). Six-month Research Grant (by renewal following the results obtained from the activities carried out in the previous period) entitled Progettazione e verifica di un hardware secure module per applicazioni automotive. Starting May 19, 2016. Discontinued on June 18, 2016.
(2015, November). Six-month Research Grant (by renewal following the results obtained from the activities carried out in the previous period) entitled Progettazione e verifica di un hardware secure module per applicazioni automotive. Starting November 19, 2015.
(2015, May). Six-month Research Grant (by award following a selective procedure by curriculum vitae and interview) entitled Progettazione e verifica di un hardware secure module per applicazioni automotive. Starting May 19, 2015.

Qualifications related to the Teaching Activity

(2024, February). Direct assignment (after proposal approved by doctoral course college) for a 16-hour English-language teaching assignment for a doctoral course entitled Principles of Cybersecurity and the Role of Hardware in Security in the PhD Programm in Information Engineering from the University of Pisa.
(2022, May). Direct assignment as a lecturer in a two-hour seminar entitled Hardware oriented security on May 16, 2022, at the University of Pisa site of the national project CyberChallenge.it in the academic year 2021/2022, under the supervision of the Prof. Giuseppe Lettieri.
(2022, January). Assignment (by award following comparative procedure by curricula) for a 10-hour English-language teaching in the course Hardware and Embedded Security (930II) of the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity from the University of Pisa in the academic year 2021/2022 and in co-teaching with Prof. Sergio Saponara.
(2021, May). Direct assignment as a lecturer in a two-hour seminar entitled Hardware oriented security on May 26, 2021, at the University of Pisa site of the national project CyberChallenge.it in the academic year 2020/2021, under the supervision of the Prof. Giuseppe Lettieri. 2020/2021, sotto la supervisione del responsabile Prof. Giuseppe Lettieri.
(2021, January). Assignment (by award following comparative procedure by curricula) for a 10-hour English-language teaching in the course Hardware and Embedded Security (930II) of the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity from the University of Pisa in the academic year 2020/2021 and in co-teaching with Prof. Sergio Saponara.
(2020, May). Direct assignment as a lecturer in a three-hour seminar entitled Hardware oriented security on May 27, 2020, at the University of Pisa site of the national project CyberChallenge.it in the academic year 2010/2020, under the supervision of the Prof. Giuseppe Lettieri.

Education

(2022, June). PhD in Information Engineering, Excellent with honors. University of Pisa.
(2015, May). Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, 110/110 cum laude. University of Pisa.
(2012, September). Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, 102/110. University of Pisa.

Awards and honors

(2023, September). Scholarship Award in memory of Eng. Francesco Cantini for the best PhD thesis in Information Engineering at the University of Pisa for the year 2022 in the field of Electronic Engineering.

Graduating students Mentoring

Matteo Bertolucci. Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, November 2017 – May 2018. Thesis title: DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATIVE VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT FOR AES HARDWARE COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACKS.
Marco Tappatà. Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, January 2018 – June 2018. Thesis title: VALIDATION THROUGH FPGA PROTOTYPING OF MAGNETI MARELLI DIGITAL DATA DIODE CONCEPT TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN AUTOMOTIVE CAN NETWORK.
Luca Peis. Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, February 2018 – December 2018. Thesis title: DEVELOPMENT OF A PYTHON BASED FAULT INJECTION TOOL FOR FUNCTIONAL SAFETY VALIDATION: AN AES CASE STUDY FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS.
Stefano Di Matteo. Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, October 2018 – February 2019. Thesis title: DESIGN OF AN ECC HARDWARE ACCELERATOR FOR ECDSA APPLICATIONS COMPLIANT TO THE WAVE STANDARD.
Jacopo Belli. Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, January 2019 – July 2019. Thesis title: Design and Validation of a Hardware Random Number Generator for Security Applications.
Marco Ricci. Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, September 2020 – March 2021. Thesis title: Design of side-channel countermeasures for AES hardware implementation and its assessment through a custom side-channel power analysis physical environment.
Lorenzo Montemaggi. Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, May 2023 – November 2023. Thesis title: Design of a Hardware Accelerator for Digital Signature Services in Battery Management Systems Applications.

Editor, participation to technical committees, organization of special sessions in conferences

(December 2023 – August 2024). Guest Editor of the special issue Energy Aware Solutions for Battery Management Systems in the journal Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (JLPEA), MDPI.