Matteo Iervasi is an embedded systems and middleware engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience in industrial automation, now pursuing a PhD at the University of Stavanger. He has a strong track record building firmware and system-level tooling, blending academic rigor from his master’s in embedded systems with practical engineering at EDALAB. Matteo contributes to open-source projects that automate system configuration—examples include robust Bash scripts for audio preset deployment and Ubuntu tweaks for Dell XPS—demonstrating attention to reproducible, repeatable deployments. Based in Veneto, Italy, he pairs low-level device expertise with scripting and system administration skills, often finding pragmatic automation shortcuts that improve developer and operator workflows. Colleagues describe him as a practitioner who moves smoothly between research and production constraints, turning complex embedded requirements into maintainable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master Degree of Computer Science Sistemi embedded, Master Degree of Computer Science Sistemi embedded at Università degli Studi di Verona
High school diploma, High school diploma at Liceo Scientifico
Collection of scripts and tweaks to adapt Ubuntu running smooth on Dell XPS 15 9570.
Role in this project:
System Administrator & Configuration Specialist
Contributions:1 release, 123 commits, 22 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Matteo primarily contributed to customizing and adapting Ubuntu for the Dell XPS 15 9570, as indicated by the repository description. They focused on modifying and updating the `build.sh` and `xps-tweaks.sh` scripts, which likely automate the installation, configuration, and tweaking of the operating system. Key contributions include installing drivers, enabling power-saving features, and adding support for Ubuntu 19.04 and 20.04, demonstrating a focus on system-level customization and optimization.
Contributions:47 commits, 17 PRs, 46 pushes in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Matteo primarily focused on automating the installation and configuration of presets for EasyEffects. They developed and refined a Bash script (`install.sh`) to detect the EasyEffects installation directory and download/install various preset files and impulse response files. The commits demonstrate improvements to the script's robustness and functionality, including options for different preset installations and fixing URLs.
presetsequalizerpulseeffectspulseaudio
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Matteo Iervasi - PhD Student at University of Stavanger