Giulia Scaffino

Giulia Scaffino is a PreDoc Researcher in the Security and Privacy group at the Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien). Her research focuses on cryptocurrencies, blockchain interoperability, scalability, off-chain protocols, and decentralized finance (DeFi). She holds an MSc in Nuclear and Particle Physics from the University of Pavia, Italy, and is pursuing a PhD at TU Wien. Before her PhD, she worked as a Salesforce developer at Deloitte Digital in Milan.

Giulia is involved in projects such as CDL-BOT (2020–2025), Browsec (2018–2024), CoRaF (2022–2025), and SFB SPyCoDe (2023–2026). Her work includes developing frameworks for cross-blockchain smart contracts, optimizing light clients for DeFi, and creating scalable blockchain bridges. She has contributed to publications on topics like IoT data marketplaces and distributed key generation using zk-SNARKs.

Her research trends emphasize solving blockchain scalability challenges through innovative protocols and enhancing interoperability between different blockchain systems. Projects like Glimpse and Alba highlight her focus on efficient, secure, and decentralized solutions for modern blockchain ecosystems.