Raffaele Sommese
Assistant Professor at University of Twente
Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRaffaele Sommese is an assistant professor at the University of Twente with 11 years of experience researching DNS security, DDoS prevention, Internet resilience and centralization. He develops and evaluates practical defenses—especially around DNS, Anycast and routing—bridging academic research with operational insights from visits to CAIDA and IIJ Labs. His work on mapping DNS DDoS vulnerabilities (MADDVIPR) combines measurement-driven analysis with deployable solutions aimed at improving real-world Internet hygiene. A double summa cum laude graduate who studied Chinese language in Beijing, he pairs rigorous technical depth with a global perspective and a passion for travel that inspires cross-cultural collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Basic Course, Chinese Language and Literature, Basic Course, Chinese Language and Literature at Beijing Language and Culture UniversityBachelor's degree, Ingegneria informatica, 110/110 cum laude, Bachelor's degree, Ingegneria informatica, 110/110 cum laude at Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Federico II'Master's degree, Computer Engineering, 110/110 cum laude with honors, Master's degree, Computer Engineering, 110/110 cum laude with honors at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English, Dutch
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Github Skills (40)
public-suffix-list9
firewall-rules9
autoconfiguration9
permutation7
powerdns7
phishing6
replay6
graph6
security6
idn5
hce5
dns5
nfc5
scanner5
phishing-attacks4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
raffysommy/verifoo
Nov 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:151 pushes, 3 branches in 6 months
ut-dacs/MADDVIPR
Feb 2019 - Aug 2024
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 6 months
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