Francesco Vaccaro

Ph.D. candidate in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi , 40^th cycle (2024-2027)
Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN)

francesco.vaccaro@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Cybersecurity for a quantum world

Tutors

Research interests

Cybersecurity

Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing

Biography

After the scientific high school diploma, Francesco started his path at Politecnico di Torino, earning a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and attending the program Giovani Talenti in parallel.
For his Master's, he followed the Cybersecurity track and received his degree in 2024 with a final grade of 110.
He started his PhD path in March 2025 under the supervision of Prof. Antonio Lioy and Cataldo Basile. His main research interest focuses on transitioning from classical algorithms to Quantum-safe algorithms.