Alberto Dainotti

Alberto Dainotti is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at Georgia Tech, leading the Internet Intelligence Lab. His research focuses on internet measurement, cybersecurity, and data science, with emphasis on routing security, outage detection, and the socio-political impacts of cyber events. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Napoli 'Federico II.'

• Affiliations: Georgia Tech (since 2016), former Associate Research Scientist at CAIDA/UC San Diego
• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (2008), University of Napoli

Research Interests: Internet outages, BGP security, DoS attacks, and the intersection of cybersecurity with political science. He develops tools like IODA, BGPStream, and GRIP for real-time network analysis.

Recent Work: Focuses on detecting BGP hijacks, analyzing internet shutdowns, and assessing physical risks to network infrastructure. His work has been featured in venues like SIGCOMM, IMC, and NSDI.

• Awards: IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize (2022, 2017), IMC Distinguished Paper Award (2019)
• Grants: NSF, DHS, Cisco, Comcast, and OTF funding supporting BGPStream, IODA, and routing security research

Labs/Teams: Directs the Internet Intelligence Lab, collaborating on projects like IODA (used by UN, Amnesty International) and BGPStream (widely adopted in industry and academia).