Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why. (Anonymous)		Giuseppe F. Italiano Professor of Computer Science PhD, Columbia University, 1991 (Check out what search engines think about me)
		Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemi e Produzione Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" via del Politecnico 1 00133 Roma, Italy		Phone: +39 06 7259 7394 Fax: +39 06 7259 7460 Email: MY_LAST_NAME@disp.uniroma2.it Office: Edificio Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Rm. A3-01

Research My main research interests are in the design and analysis of algorithms for solving theoretical and applied problems in graphs, massive data sets and computer security. You can find my CV and a list of publications from DBLP, Google Scholar. Current Research Projects SIGNED: Secure Imprint GeNerated for papEr Documents. Funded by the EU under contract no. FP7-SME-2010-1-262448, 2010-2012. ALGODeep: Algorithmic Challenges for Data-intensive Processing on Emerging Computing Platforms. PRIN 2008 funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, 2010-2012. TrustMyPhone. EuroNF: Network of Excellence on Anticipating the Network of the Future - From Theory to Design Funded by the EU, 2008-2011.   Recent Research Projects MAINSTREAM: Algorithms for Massive Information Structures and Data Streams. PRIN 2006 funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, 2007-2009. EuroFGI: Network of Excellence on Design and Engineering the Future Generation Internet - Towards convergent multi-service networks. Funded by the EU, 2006-2008. ALGO-NEXT: Algorithms for the Next Generation Internet and Web: Design, Methodologies and Applications. PRIN 2004 funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, 2004-2006. EuroNGI: Network of Excellence on Design and Engineering the Next Generation Internet. Funded by the EU, 2003-2006. SecurePaper. Funded by Land S.r.l., 2004. The engineered version of the research prototype has been adopted by Postel SpA, the Italian Postal Company, and by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance . Editorial Boards ACM Journal on Experimental Algorithmics , Editor-in-Chief. Algorithmica , Associate Editor. Theoretical Computer Science, Associate Editor. Steering and Advisory Boards SEA, Member of the Steering Committee. MADALGO, Member of the Advisory Board. Recent Conference PC SWAT 2012,   Helsinki, Finland,  July 2012. CPAIOR 2012,   Nantes, France,  May 2012. WADS 2011,   Brooklyn, NY, USA,  August 2011. IC3 2011,   Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India,  August 2011. NGI 2011,   Kaiserslautern, Germany,  June 2011. ISAAC '10,   Jeju Island, Korea,  December 2010. ICALP '10,   Bordeaux, France,  July 2010. WG '10,   Zaros, Crete, Greece,  June 2010. ALENEX '10,   Austin, Texas,  January 2010. ESA '09,   Copenhagen, Denmark,  September 2009. MFCS '09,   Novy Smokovec, Slovakia,  August 2009. SEA '09,   Dortmund, Germany,  June 2009. SOFSEM '09,   Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic,  January 2009. IFIP TCS '08,   Milan, Italy,  September 2008. ICALP '08, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2008. ICTCS '07, Co-chair,   Rome, Italy,  October 2007. MFCS '07,   Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic, August 2007. WEA '07,   Rome, Italy,  June 2007. AAIM '07,   Portland, USA,  June 2007. SOFSEM '07, Track Chair,  Harrachov, Czech Republic,  January 2007.   How to get here

Appointments Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Systems and Production Member of the Council of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. Books  (in Italian) C. Demetrescu, I. Finocchi, G.F. Italiano Algoritmi e Strutture Dati Seconda Edizione. Mc-Graw Hill, 2008. ISBN 978-88-386-6468-7. Errata Corrige. C. Demetrescu, U. Ferraro Petrillo, I. Finocchi, G.F. Italiano Progetto di Algoritmi e Strutture Dati in Java Mc-Graw Hill, 2007. ISBN 978-88-386-6374-1. Teaching (mostly in Italian) My slides for the Estonian Winter School in Computer Science [dynamic1.pdf,dynamic2.pdf] Ingegneria degli Algoritmi  Sicurezza Informatica e Internet (Ing. informatica) Disponibilità tesi e prove finali   Former Ph.D. students Camil Demetrescu, 2001. Gianluigi Me, 2003. Fabrizio Grandoni, 2004. Maurizio A. Strangio, 2006. Fabio Dellutri, 2009. Antonio Grillo, 2011. Alessandro Lentini, 2011. Vittorio Ottaviani, 2011.   Current Ph.D. students Rosamaria Bertè, expected 2012. Marco Querini, expected 2014. Fabio Marturana, expected 2014. Federico Santaroni, expected 2015. Marek Adamczyk, expected 2015. Davide Cannone, expected 2015.   Other Cool Scientific Events Erice 2011 School on Graph Theory, Algorithms and Applications . Microsoft Data Structure and Algorithms School. Dagstuhl 2010 Workshop on Algorithm Engineering. ADS 2009 in Bertinoro. Erice 2008 School on Graph Theory, Algorithms and Applications . Oberwolfach 2007 Workshop on Algorithm Engineering. ICT for eHealth. The New ICT Challenges: Wireless, VoIP & Security. PATH 05 Summer School on Shortest Paths in Copenhagen. ADS 2005 in Bertinoro. ADS 2003 in Bertinoro. GRAL 2002 in Rome. 2001 Summer School on Algorithm Engineering. Oberwolfach 2000 Workshop on Efficient Algorithms.