Ph.D. in Information Engineering
Thesis: Methodologies and tools for the design of digital systems with programmable components and hardware/software interaction
Education
Laurea in Electronic Engineering
Thesis: A functional approach to VLIW testing
Academic Roles and Service
Director, Blockchain & Web3 Observatory Current
Member of the Board of Directors, Master in FinTech Current
Scientific Director, Blockchain Bootcamp Current
Theory and Applications
Member, Academic Advisory Body Current
Member, CINI Working Group on Blockchain (DLT Group) Current
National research network on Blockchain and DLT
Technical-Scientific Advisor
Delegate of the DEIB Director
Technical Consultant
Cryptocurrency transaction analysis on permissionless blockchains
Member, Expert Commission on Blockchain and DLT
Strategic recommendations for blockchain and DLT adoption in Italy
Co-founder
Accredited spin-off of Politecnico di Milano
Funded Research Projects
PNRR MUSA — Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action Current
Spoke 4: Financial Support and Economic Sustainability
Collaboration with ENEA — Blockchain applications for the National Electrical System
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)
Politecnico di Milano participation
Italian Blockchain Services Infrastructure (IBSI)
Politecnico di Milano participation
SSI Wallet design and development
Analysis, definition, and design of a Self-Sovereign Identity wallet
Blockchain applications for the National Electrical System
Development and evaluation of demonstrative blockchain applications under the RSE-Politecnico di Milano framework agreement
Layer 2 smart contract scaling
Scaling of smart contracts and DApps via Layer 2 mechanisms
Blockchain White Paper for Assolombarda
White paper on blockchain technologies in the Assolombarda context
Teaching
Current Courses
Blockchain and Cryptoassets
Advanced Coding Tools and Methodologies (Module 1)
Tecnologie Informatiche per il Web
Blockchain and Crypto Assets
Blockchain Bootcamp — Theory and Applications
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
PhD Courses
Python Driving License
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies: Principles, Applications, and Research Challenges
Past Courses
Fondamenti di Informatica
Reti Logiche
Elementi di Informatica e Reti di Calcolatori
IT Languages and Systems (module within Hardware & Software Technologies for Design)
Supervision
PhD Supervision
Marco Esposito (39th cycle)
Decentralised Solutions for Universal Access to Financial Services
Nacereddine Sitouah (38th cycle)
Methodologies for the design, development and testing of decentralized applications on Blockchain
Selected Master's Thesis Supervision
- Andrea Rizzini: Private Smart Wallet: an ERC-4337 Blockchain wallet that enables privacy by default with proof of innocence
- David Drivar: DecentMarkt: decentralized marketplace for second-hand goods
- Davide Galbiati: Virtuosity: How to incentivize corporate sustainability through people's activities and the use of Blockchain
- Edoardo Spada: SDI meets GDPR: Integrating Semantic Privacy Policies for an Interoperable and Accountable Data Exchange
- Federico Camiletti: Design and Development of a Circular Economy Blockchain-based Digital Marketplace for Components Reuse in Data Electronics
- Federico Cazzola: Study and implementation of a platform for restaurants selling agro-cultural sensory experiences
- Federico Parma: L3Gate: Un prototipo di hardware wallet con supporto Lightning e uscite di Bitcoin
- Francesco Carbone, Shanti Simonetti: From Email Data to Verifiable Credential: a zk-SNARK-based Framework for University Enrollment Verification
- Lucas Jose Manini: Automated heuristic analysis of Bitcoin's transactions for forensic investigation
- Manuel Montecalvo: Cognitive Oracles: Validity Machine Learning via SNARKs for Provable On-Chain Assessment
- Marco Buonprate: Application of Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Digital Signatures for Identity Verification and Privacy Protection in Web3
- Marco Zanghieri: Decentralized Updates of IoT and Edge Devices
- Matteo Savino: ZK-KYC-GDIC: A zkDAS2-compliant Privacy Preserving Identity Verification Framework via Zero-Knowledge Proof and Digital Signature
- Michele Terziani: Decentralized Updates of IoT and Edge Devices
- Paolo Moser: zkCF Wallet: Enhancing Privacy and Compliance in Blockchain Transactions with Zero-Knowledge Proofs and zkDAS Digital Signature
- Lorenzo Bottini: Forking blockchains: Tempura
- Alessandro Sommaruga: Application of the Blockchain to Supply Chain Traceability Systems
- Federico Feggi: A proposal for Non Fungible Tokens issuance on the XRP Ledger
- Andrea Alberto Marchesi: Rewarding gaming achievements in a decentralized way
- Daniele Nicolò: OGMusic: be a part of what you listen to
- Nader Mohamed: From Paper to Blockchain: A Proof of Concept for Storing Aviation Maintenance Documents
- Gian Alessandro de Guzman: NFT marketplace design impact: comprehensive analysis of NFT market and ecosystem
- Francesco Lorenzo Pallotta, Riccardo Mencucci: A Privacy-Preserving Self-Sovereign Identity System Using Decentralized Identity and Zero Knowledge Proofs
- Emanuele Serraiotto: Decentralized Applications: Empirical Analysis of DApps Tokenomics Models
- Andrea Razza: Web3-Streaming: a decentralized audio and video streaming platform implementing Conditions-Based Decryption
- Matteo Sinico, Andrea Taglia: Pistis, a Credentials Management System based on Self-Sovereign Identity
- Tommaso Paulon: A Self-Sovereign Identifiability Solution for Smart Contracts using Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Invited Talks
La tokenizzazione di strumenti finanziari
Prospettive della tecnologia digitale
Criptovalute ed attività criminali: ragioni di un dialogo interdisciplinare
Intelligenza Artificiale, Diritto e Processo
Blockchain e D.Lgs. 231/01: il possibile supporto della tecnologia
Service and Review Activity
Journals
- Blockchain: Research and Applications (BCRA), Elsevier
- Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice (DLT), ACM
- IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing
Program Committees
DLT 2024 (6th Distributed Ledger Technology Workshop)
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC)
Patents
Sistema e metodo di prova per documenti strutturati
F. Bruschi, V. Rana
Proof System and Method for Structured Documents
F. Bruschi, V. Rana
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
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A Decentralized Approach to Award Game Achievements
F. Bruschi, D. Sciuto, T. Paulon, A. Marchesi
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A new approach for Bitcoin pool-hopping detection
E. Cortesi, F. Bruschi, S. Secci, S. Taktak
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Tunneling Trust Into the Blockchain: A Merkle Based Proof System for Structured Documents
F. Bruschi, V. Rana, A. Pagani, D. Sciuto
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Le applicazioni delle nuove tecnologie: criptovalute, blockchain e smart contract
F. Bruschi
Conference Papers
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Deflating Mass-Surveillance Attempts in the Post-Snowden Era: Publicly-Traceable Conditional Decryptions
F. Bruschi, M. Esposito, A. Rizzini, I. Visconti
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Privacy-Preserving eIDAS Compliance in Blockchain Wallets via zkVM
P. Moser, M. Esposito, F. Bruschi, D. Sciuto
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An Untraceable Credential Revocation Approach Based on a Novel Merkle Tree Accumulator
N. Sitouah, F. Bruschi, F.L. Pallotta, R. Mencucci, D. Sciuto
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A Blockchain-Based Self-sovereign Identity Scheme
N. Sitouah, F. Bruschi
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Cognitive Oracles: Provable on-chain assessment through Validity Machine Learning
M. Esposito, F. Bruschi, M. Montecalvo, D. Sciuto
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Decentralized Updates of IoT and Edge Devices
F. Bruschi, M. Zanghieri, M. Terziani, D. Sciuto
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A Decentralized Approach to Award Game Achievements
F. Bruschi, D. Sciuto, T. Paulon, A. Marchesi
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A Protocol for On-Chain Tenders
F. Bruschi, T. Paulon, V. Rana, D. Sciuto
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A privacy preserving identification protocol for smart contracts
F. Bruschi, T. Paulon, V. Rana, D. Sciuto
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A Decentralized System for Fair Token Distribution and Seamless Users Onboarding
F. Bruschi, M. Tumiati, V. Rana, M. Bianchi, D. Sciuto
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Acknowledging Value of Personal Information: a Privacy Aware Data Market for Health and Social Research
F. Bruschi, V. Rana, A. Pagani, D. Sciuto
Preprints
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SoK: Verifiable Federated Learning
F. Bruschi, M. Esposito, T. Gagliardoni, A. Rizzini
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A Private Smart Wallet with Probabilistic Compliance
A. Rizzini, M. Esposito, F. Bruschi, D. Sciuto
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Self-Sovereign Identity and eIDAS 2.0: An Analysis of Control, Privacy, and Legal Implications
N. Sitouah, M. Esposito, F. Bruschi
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Enabling SSI-Compliant Use of EUDI Wallet Credentials through Trusted Execution Environment and Zero-Knowledge Proof
N. Sitouah, F. Bruschi, S. De Cillis
Other Activities
- Author of the MOOC "Il Linguaggio Nascosto delle Cose" (Politecnico di Milano, 2015)
- Contributor to the Assolombarda Working Group on Blockchain Technologies
- Minority equity holder, Fortiland Digital Assets