Alysson Neves Bessani

Alysson Neves Bessani is an Associate Professor at the Informatics Department of Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, and a member of the LaSIGE research group. His work focuses on distributed systems, Byzantine fault tolerance, and cybersecurity, with significant contributions to blockchain consensus and intrusion-tolerant architectures.

• Academic Rank: Associate Professor
• University: Universidade de Lisboa
• School: Faculdade de Ciências
• Department: Informatics Department
• Research Groups: LaSIGE, Navigators

Research Interests span distributed systems design, Byzantine fault tolerance, adaptive consensus protocols, and secure multi-cloud storage. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical implementations like the BFT-SMaRt library and the Vawlt startup.

Scientific Awards include multiple Test-of-Time Awards (DSN'24, DSN'21), IBM Faculty Award (2017), and Best Student Paper at Middleware'19. He has advised numerous PhD and Master’s students, contributing to advancements in fault-tolerant systems.

Publications (15 most recent) reveal trends in Byzantine consensus optimization, blockchain integration, and AI-driven threat detection. His interdisciplinary work combines distributed computing with genomics and IoT security, reflecting a broad impact across computer science.