Cristiano Aguzzi
Principal Software Engineer at Eclipse Foundation
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Top SchoolCristiano Aguzzi is a Principal Software Engineer and PhD researcher who connects the physical world to the Web by driving Web of Things, semantic technologies, and Web3 interoperability across industry and open-source ecosystems. With 13 years of experience, he leads hybrid Web2/Web3 platform development at Archeion while steering the Eclipse Thingweb project and contributing as an invited expert to W3C WoT standards. He blends hands-on backend work in TypeScript/NestJS and cross-platform Ionic frontends with blockchain integrations, and has a track record of improving real-world IoT tooling—evident in contributions to projects like the WebThings Gateway and the jMonkeyEngine UI integration. A former CTO and research fellow, he pairs academic rigor from a Bologna PhD with product-driven delivery, often translating semantic-web research into interoperable, production-grade systems. Notably, he balances community leadership and code-level commits, shaping both specification and implementation of WoT at scale.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaSummer school, Deep learning on-chip, Summer school, Deep learning on-chip at Politecnico di TorinoUniversity of BolognaDiploma, Piano nazionale informatico (PNI), 90, Diploma, Piano nazionale informatico (PNI), 90 at Liceo ScientificoBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Ingegneria informatica, 100, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Ingegneria informatica, 100 at Università di Bologna / University of Bologna
Italian, English
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Github Skills (26)
javascript10
game-dev10
plugin-development10
typescript10
java10
javas10
jmonkeyengine10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
game-development10
game-engine9
3d9
nodejs9
backend9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine
May 2014 - Aug 2014
A complete 3-D game development suite written in Java.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Cristiano contributed to the integration of a Nifty editor within the JMonkeyEngine, a 3D game development suite. This involved modifying Java code within the `sdk/jme3-gui` directory. The changes include adding features for resolution selection and layer management.
jme3jmonkeyengine3gamegame-developmentjava
WebThingsIO/gateway
Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
WebThings Gateway - a self-hosted web application for monitoring and controlling a building over the web
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:24 reviews, 8 commits, 3 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Cristiano primarily focused on improving the codebase related to plugin management within the WebThings Gateway. Their contributions include fixing code style, adding logging for plugin unloading, and ensuring the correct handling of adapter additions during the unloading process. They also implemented changes to utilize forms instead of links for Properties, Actions, and Events, aligning with W3C compliance standards. Furthermore, the user enabled the Web of Things (WoT) adapter as an alternative to the thing-url-adapter.
golangwebthingsgatewaytplinkwebthings-gateway
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