Di Francesco Mario

Professor Mario Di Francesco is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, School of Science. He holds the academic rank of Professor and leads research in Internet of Things (IoT), wireless networking, and edge computing. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to innovation and infrastructure.

Education: PhD in Information Engineering from the University of Pisa (2009), followed by research fellowships at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and adjunct faculty roles at the University of Texas at Arlington (2012-2014).

Research interests include IoT systems, mobile computing, virtual reality, and distributed network architectures. He has led projects such as ASPECT (mobile video optimization), MeXICO (mobile cross-reality), and DNN-ReCoDe (edge computing for AI). Recent publications focus on VR privacy, Kubernetes security, and cloud-based network measurement frameworks.

Notable awards include the Google IoT Technology Research Award (2016) and a MobileHCI Honorable Mention (2020). Active in academic service, he serves on program committees for IEEE conferences and chairs workshops in networking and pervasive computing domains. Current projects explore virtual reality systems and resource-constrained AI computation.