Federico Santoro
Board Member at Università di Catania
Greater Catania Metropolitan Area Italy
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Top SchoolFederico Santoro is an academic and industry technologist with over 15 years of experience designing IoT, cloud and web systems and a track record of moving research into production for companies like Enel Green Power, Enel X, Xacria and ST Microelectronics. He combines his role as Assistant Professor at the University of Catania with hands-on leadership as an R&D and solutions architect, specializing in IoT network protocols, embedded systems, machine learning and cloud-native deployments. Federico spans the full stack—from microcontrollers and low-level C/C++ to NodeJS/Go backends and modern frontend frameworks—while architecting scalable edge-to-cloud pipelines and digital twins. He has led academic research in IIoT and Industry 5.0, teaches IoT, web development and wireless networks, and advises startups on productizing connected systems. Known for pragmatic experimentation, he blends game-development curiosity and teaching experience to craft usable, resilient interfaces for complex distributed systems. Based in Catania, he holds advanced degrees including a PhD and leverages both academic rigor and industrial pragmatism to accelerate innovation.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Informatica, Diploma Informatica at VirgilioEngineer's degree Informatica, Engineer's degree Informatica at Università di Catania
English, Italian
Github Skills (182)
python10
deep-learning10
neural-network10
ratchet10
tensorflow10
nodes10
machine-learning10
javascript9
ml9
desktop-application9
ttn9
lorawan9
simulator9
starter-kit9
websocket9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
bigbroproject/BigBro
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 3 pushes in 21 days
UniCT-ARSLab/LWN-Simulator
Apr 2021 - Feb 2025
A LoRaWAN nodes' and network simulator that works with a real LoRaWAN environment (such as Chirpstack) and equipped with a web interface for real-time interaction.
Contributions:4 PRs, 9 pushes, 35 comments in 3 years 10 months
golanginteractionnetwork-simulatorweb-interfaceframe
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