Andrea Bondavalli is a Full Professor of

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at the

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. He has previously held positions as a researcher and senior researcher at the

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, working at the CNUCE Institute in Pisa.

Education and career

Bondavalli obtained his degree in Computer Science from the

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. He spent a year at the

University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick un ...

in the UK as a CNR-NATO fellow and has had visiting professorships at EPFL in Lausanne and the

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Research

His research focuses on the dependability and resilience of critical systems and infrastructures, particularly in safety, security, fault tolerance, and the evaluation of attributes such as reliability, availability, and performability. He has authored over 220 papers in international journals and conferences.

Projects and collaborations

Bondavalli has led various national and European projects, including the Italian MIUR PRIN projects "DOTS-LCCI" and "TENACE," and European projects such as ESPRIT BRA 3092 PDCS, 6362 PDCS-2, among others. He is currently leading the FP7-ICT-2013-10-610535 "AMADEOS" project and the PIRSES-GA-2013-612569 "DEVASSES" as coordinator.

Academic roles and honors

He is the leader of the Resilient Computing Lab (RCL) research group at the Department of Mathematics and Informatics (DIMAI) of the

. He is also a member of the

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working group and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems. He is also a senior member of the

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

and the IFIP W.G. 10.4 working group on "Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance".

Awards and recognition

Prof. Bondavalli has been recognized with several prestigious awards throughout his career. He was honored with the IEEE TCHS Outstanding Leadership Award from the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) on 24/07/2022. Additionally, he received a laurea honoris causa from the BME for his research dedicated to fault tolerance and the design of secure and reliable systems and networks, particularly cyber-physical systems. The ceremony took place at BME on May 25, 2019.

Personal life

Bondavalli was born in

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia (; ), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until Unification of Italy, 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 172,51 ...

on November 26, 1960. He is married with three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bondavalli, Andrea 1960 births Italian computer scientists Living people Academic staff of the University of Florence