Summary
Pietro Battistoni is a research-focused software and hardware engineer with a PhD in Computer Science and over 30 years of field experience in industrial automation, currently serving as Ricercatore RTDA at the Università degli Studi di Salerno. He combines hands-on expertise in microcomputer-controlled system design, electronic and 3D CAD, and firmware development with two decades of entrepreneurial experience running his own company. His certified background in cybersecurity, risk management and forensics complements recent research on IoT, edge and distributed computing, Geo-Visual Analytics, ML, HCI, robotics and autonomous vehicles. Pietro has been particularly productive academically, publishing eighteen papers in the past two years while translating research into applied solutions for industry. Based in Fisciano, Italy, he brings a rare blend of practical field engineering and rigorous academic inquiry, often bridging prototype hardware development with scalable distributed architectures. An understated strength is his long track record of integrating legacy industrial systems with modern IoT and spatial-intelligence approaches.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Università degli Studi di Salerno
Micro Master, Micro Master at Rochester Institute of Technology
English, Italian