Antonio Russo – Curriculum Vitae
Russo Antonio
Carpi (MO), Italy
📧 russoantonio451@gmail.com
📞 (+39) 366-322-6047
🌐 https://russoanto.github.io/blog/
🎓 Education
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena
Master’s Degree in Computer Science – Specialization in Cybersecurity
Present
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science – 101/110
Apr 2023
💼 Work Experience
CyberChallenge.IT, Modena
National Finalist – Jan 2025 – Jul 2025
- Participated in advanced cybersecurity training and a national CTF competition.
- Gained hands-on experience in ethical hacking, cryptography, web security, and reverse engineering.
- Placed among the top 6 finalists from University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
- Team ranked among the top 15 nationally.
ITIS Leonardo Da Vinci, Modena
High School Teacher – Jan 2025 – Jun 2025
- Substitute teacher for IT design technologies.
- Taught two classes (22 students each) in programming, software development, and IT design.
Hipert Lab, Modena
Team F1TENTH – Software Developer – Apr 2023 – Present
- Designed and implemented 2D Lidar obstacle detection using the ICP method.
- Added Kalman filter-based tracker to the Opponent Estimation system.
- Competed in 15th F1TENTH at ICRA 2024.
- Technologies: C/C++, Python, CUDA, OpenMP, ROS2.
Hipert Lab, Modena
Researcher / Software Developer – Sep 2022 – Apr 2023
- Parallelized KNN search on octree using CUDA.
- Tested structure on FAST-LIO SLAM in the CARLA simulator.
- Achieved 2× speed-up over original implementation.
- Technologies: C++, CUDA, ROS2.
Ragazze Digitali, Modena
Teacher – Jul 2022
- Led workshops guiding participants in creating 5 original video games.
- Encouraged and mentored girls in STEM.
📚 Publications
Thundershot: an open-source autonomous vehicles research platform for embedded heterogeneous MPSoCs
- Co-author
- Research on FPGA-based Autonomous Driving Platform using AMD KR260 and ROS2.
- Achieved a 2.64× speed-up on hardware/software co-designed system.
- DOI: 10.1145/3706594.3726968
🛠 Skills
- Languages: C, C++, CUDA, Python, Rust, Java
- Technologies: Linux, Git, ROS2
- Cybersecurity: CTF player, binary exploitation (pwn), reverse engineering