Andrea Lacava
Research Scientist at Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAndrea Lacava is a Postdoc Research Fellow at Northeastern University specializing in intelligent networked systems, with dual PhDs in Computer Engineering and ICT and a MSc in Cybersecurity. He designs real-time controllers for O-RAN—creator of the ns-O-RAN project and the dApps architecture—bringing practical, production-minded research to programmable mobile networks. Over nine years he has bridged academia and industry through hands-on roles at CERN, Sapienza, and startups, shipping Android telemedicine apps and extending automation for multi-vendor IDS. His work combines edge computing, IoT synchronization, and network automation to reduce latency and optimize traffic in large-scale deployments. Based in Boston, he blends deep protocol knowledge with software engineering discipline and a track record of turning research prototypes into deployable systems.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering at Northeastern UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at Sapienza Università di RomaHigh School Diploma Piano Nazionale Informatico, High School Diploma Piano Nazionale Informatico at LSS Augusto Righi Roma
Italian, English
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Github Skills (90)
cryptocurrency10
chatops10
telegram-bot10
telebot10
telegram-bot-api10
bitcoin10
android10
ifttt10
network10
cryptography10
bluetooth-low-energy10
background-image9
espressif9
bluez9
python9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
wineslab/o-ran-e2sim
Nov 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 1 PR in 2 years 4 months
Thecave3/Thecave3
Sep 2020 - Jul 2025
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
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