Giovanni Merlino
Associate Professor
Messina, Sicily, Italy
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Top SchoolGiovanni Merlino is an Associate Professor of Computer Science Engineering at the University of Messina with 11 years of academic and research experience focused on distributed systems, cloud computing, SDN and IoT. He earned a PhD in Computer and Telecommunications Engineering and progressed through roles from research assistant and postdoc to tenure-track faculty and now associate professor, reflecting deep hands-on work with federated clouds and OpenStack/OpenDaylight under H2020 projects. Giovanni co-founded the SmartMe.IO spin-off to translate university research (including the Stack4Things platform) into practical solutions and consultancy, demonstrating an entrepreneurial streak alongside his academic career. He holds multiple national habilitations up to Full Professorship across computer science fields, signaling recognized leadership in Italian academia. Based in Messina, Sicily, he blends systems-level engineering, teaching in English, and datacenter/security experience from earlier HPC roles—an unusual mix that helps him bridge theory, large-scale infrastructure and real-world deployment.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Università degli Studi di MessinaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer and Telecommunications Engineering at Università di Catania
English, Italian
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Github Skills (107)
command-line-tool10
cli10
macos10
binaries10
homebrew10
administration10
ethereum10
blockchain10
unix9
robotics9
linux9
golang9
mac-app-store9
abi9
p2p9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
gmerlino/homebrew-valgrind
Feb 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
MDSLab/iotronic-api
Oct 2019 - Mar 2023
Contributions:13 PRs, 22 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 5 months
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