Manuel Ceroni is a Junior Software Engineer based in Tuscany with seven years of hands-on experience and a strong foundation in computer science, now pursuing a master's in Artificial Intelligence and Automation (Intelligent Systems). At ntop he contributes to the backend of ntopng, improving Redis-driven time-series handling, alerting, and STARTTLS email preferences for a widely used network traffic monitoring tool. His background spans web development, IT support, and several years tutoring computer science to students with special educational needs, reflecting both technical depth and patience in mentorship. Known for pragmatic bug fixes and feature work in open-source projects, he combines systems-level interests with emerging AI studies to bridge monitoring infrastructure and intelligent automation.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Artificial Intelligence and Automation Engineering, Intelligent Systems, Master's Degree, Artificial Intelligence and Automation Engineering, Intelligent Systems at Università di Siena
Diploma Istituto Tecnico e Professionale, Scienze informatiche, 100 e lode, Diploma Istituto Tecnico e Professionale, Scienze informatiche, 100 e lode at Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Tito Sarrocchi
Laurea triennale, Informatics, Laurea triennale, Informatics at Università di Pisa
Web-based Traffic and Cybersecurity Network Traffic Monitoring
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:1 review, 147 PRs, 60 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Manuel primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the ntopng repository. Their work involved implementing and modifying Redis operations, including reads and writes, and integrating these into the system's time series data. They also fixed bugs related to system and Redis page stats and added new features like STARTTLS preference for email notifications and the scan alert. The user's contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the monitoring and alerting capabilities of the network traffic analysis tool.
Web-based Traffic and Security Network Traffic Monitoring
Contributions:376 pushes, 228 branches in 1 year 6 months
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