Alex Carrega
Post Ph.D. - Researcher at Università degli Studi di Genova
Gavi, Piedmont, Italy
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Top SchoolAlex Carrega is a Ph.D.-trained software and network engineer with 11 years of experience focused on energy-aware networking, NFV/SDN and software routers, currently a Post-Ph.D. Research Fellow at the TNT Lab, University of Genoa. His work blends academic rigor and industry collaboration—he has contributed to multiple EU and national projects (H2020, FP7, PRIN, FIWARE) and partnered with telecom vendors such as Telecom Italia, Ericsson and Huawei. An award-winning researcher, he earned a best paper prize at GreenCom 2010 and spent a visiting scholar term at Portland State University, reflecting a strong international footprint. He combines systems-level experimentation with practical virtualization and OpenFlow expertise, routinely reviewing for IEEE and ACM venues. Based in Gavi, Italy, he pairs deep protocol and performance optimization skills with a track record of translating green networking research into industry-relevant outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
High School, Computer Science, 90 / 100, High School, Computer Science, 90 / 100 at ITIS A. Volta di AlessandriaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), GreenNet: efficienza energetica nelle reti di telecomunicazioni - energy efficiency in telecommunica, Passed, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), GreenNet: efficienza energetica nelle reti di telecomunicazioni - energy efficiency in telecommunica, Passed at Università degli Studi di Genova
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Github Skills (42)
logstash10
internal-storage10
security9
management9
elasticsearch8
agent8
dataplane8
ebpf8
monitoring7
rest7
database7
html6
slideshow6
markdown6
onos5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
astrid-project/cb-manager
Dec 2019 - Dec 2025
APIs to interact with the Context Broker's database. Through a REST Interface, it exposes data and events stored in the internal storage system in a structured way. It provides uniform access to the capabilities of monitoring agents.
Contributions:124 PRs, 331 pushes, 12 branches in 6 years
databaseinternal-storagemonitoringrestagent
guard-project/RESTable
Jan 2022 - Apr 2024
Contributions:1 release, 26 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 3 months
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