Francesco Tosoni
Research Contractor at Sant'Anna School of Advanced studies
Tuscany, Italy
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Top SchoolFrancesco Tosoni is a research-focused software engineer and algorithmist with nine years of experience building tools to make knowledge more accessible, understandable, and preservable. Based in Tuscany, he holds top honors from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and the University of Perugia and completed a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Pisa, where his work centered on compact data structures and algorithms for on-demand mobility platforms. His roles range from PhD student and research fellow to visiting researcher at Software Heritage and a current research contractor at Sant'Anna, reflecting a blend of academic rigor and practical system-building. He has international research experience including a visit to Gonzalo Navarro’s lab in Chile working on k²-tree–based structures, and a productive focus on reproducible infrastructure for software preservation. Colleagues know him for translating deep theoretical insight into usable tooling that supports long-term access to code and data.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, 110/110 cum laude, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, 110/110 cum laude at Università degli Studi di PerugiaMaster's degree, Computer Science and Networking, 110/110 cum laude, Master's degree, Computer Science and Networking, 110/110 cum laude at Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaLiceo Scientifico annesso al Convitto Nazionale "Principe di Napoli"
German, English, Italian, Spanish, Hindi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
user-stories7
database6
search-engine6
algorithm6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
SuperNabla95/AED_2019
May 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:21 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
ftosoni/k2tree_basic_v0.1
Mar 2024 - Nov 2024
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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