Alberto Sonnino
Research Scientist at Mysten Labs
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlberto Sonnino is a research scientist with nine years of experience building secure, high-performance blockchain and distributed systems, currently contributing to Mysten Labs' Sui platform. His background blends applied security research and hands-on engineering—from co-founding Chainspace to researching blockchain at Facebook—giving him deep expertise in consensus, storage, and backend infrastructure. He holds a rigorous academic pedigree with a PhD in Security Engineering from UCL and multiple magna-cum-laude master’s degrees in engineering. On GitHub he focuses on core backend work for Sui, implementing shared object support and consensus integrations that improve throughput and reliability. Based in London, he pairs academic rigor with practical system-building, often tackling hard problems at the intersection of security and scalable consensus. An under-the-radar strength is his experience in national cybersecurity and teaching, which sharpens both his practical threat-awareness and his ability to communicate complex ideas.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electricity, Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, Bachelor's degree, Electricity, Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry at Université catholique de LouvainMaster's degree, Information Technology Engineering, Magna cum Laude, Master's degree, Information Technology Engineering, Magna cum Laude at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)University College London
English, French, Italian, German
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Github Skills (20)
algorithm10
consensus10
back-end-development10
distributed-ledger-technology10
distributed-ledger10
blockchain10
rust10
filesystem9
storage9
move9
fpga6
convolution6
macos6
enclave6
vivado6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
MystenLabs/sui
Jun 2021 - Nov 2022
Sui, a next-generation smart contract platform with high throughput, low latency, and an asset-oriented programming model powered by the Move programming language
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:312 reviews, 124 commits, 111 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Alberto's commits primarily involve modifications to the `narwhal` and `sui-core` directories, indicating a focus on the backend infrastructure of the Sui blockchain platform. Their contributions range from reverting specific changes to implementing shared object support and integrating a mock sequencer, encompassing code modifications within `sui_core/src/authority/authority_store.rs` and `sui_core/src/consensus_adapter.rs`. These changes suggest a focus on core consensus logic, storage, and improving the efficiency of the overall system.
ethereumcontractsmart-contract-platformprogramming-languagesui
asonnino/hotstuff
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
Implementation of the HotStuff consensus protocol.
Contributions:7 releases, 15 reviews, 122 commits in 2 years 1 month
byzantine-fault-toleranceconsensus-protocolconsensusrustpaxos
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