Teaching

Supervised theses

Ongoing

Antonio Napolitano · Emergent Failures in Multi-Agent LLM Systems

09/2026 - ongoing

Supervisors: Patrizio Dazzi, Jacopo Massa, Alessandro Berti

University of Pisa | Computer Science

The thesis develops and evaluates “emersight” , a tool for observing AI agents that communicate, use tools and share memory. It records actions and memory accesses, reconstructs their relationships, and tests how these traces support interaction reconstruction and diagnosis in controlled delegation and shared-state experiments across LangGraph and AG2.
Dieudonne Iyabivuze · Personalized Model Poisoning Attacks in Decentralized Federated Learning

09/2026 - ongoing

Supervisors: Stefano Chessa, Patrizio Dazzi, Jacopo Massa

University of Pisa | Computer Science

The thesis evaluates BALANCE, a similarity-based defence for decentralised federated learning, against personalised and non-personalised poisoning. It compares how the defence handles malicious model updates when an attacker sends the same poisoned parameters to every neighbour or tailors a different update to each one.
Gabriele Denti · Data-aware scheduling in Kubernetes

12/2025 - ongoing

Supervisors: Jacopo Massa, Stefano Forti, Patrizio Dazzi, Antonio Brogi

University of Pisa | Computer Science

The thesis integrates DA-Placer as a scheduler/controller for Kubernetes to make workload placement aware of data characteristics exchanged across the network. It evaluates the resulting controller against Kubernetes’ standard scheduler, assessing whether data-aware decisions improve the performance and efficiency of distributed applications.
Davide Orsucci · ECLYPSE-NET: Extending Cloud-Edge Simulation with Network Modeling

12/2025 - ongoing

Supervisors: Jacopo Massa, Stefano Forti, Patrizio Dazzi, Antonio Brogi

University of Pisa | Computer Science

The thesis extends the ECLYPSE simulator to include an advanced network model, enabling the modelling of more realistic and complex Cloud-Edge scenarios and improving the analysis of the performance and efficiency of distributed applications.

Ongoing

Niccolò Baicchi · Neuro-Symbolic Network Intent Translation with Large Language Models

03/2026 - ongoing

Supervisors: Stefano Forti, Jacopo Massa, Federica Paganelli

University of Pisa | Computer Science

The thesis uses LLMs to translate natural-language network requirements into Prolog specifications for VNF chain placement. It compares local models with Gemini, assessing the correctness of the translations and resulting placements.

Completed

Leonardo Signore · Continuous Routing Repair in Software-Defined Networks

03/2026 - 10/2026

Supervisors: Stefano Forti, Jacopo Massa, Giulia Punzi

University of Pisa | Computer Science

GitHub

The thesis proposes an adaptive approach to network flow management, using continuous reasoning to optimise performance and ensure quality of service.
Giuseppe Acocella · PeerMoA: Mixture-of-Agents a Microservizi e Confronto tra Scheduling Push e Pull

02/2026 - 10/2026

Supervisors: Saul Urso, Jacopo Massa, Patrizio Dazzi

University of Pisa | Computer Science

GitHub

The thesis proposes a distributed approach to the management of Mixture-of-Agents systems, with the aim of improving the efficiency and scalability of distributed applications.
Alessandro Mariani · Traffico di rete a latenza garantita: un approccio dichiarativo e sostenibile

07/2025 - 12/2025

Supervisors: Antonio Brogi, Patrizio Dazzi, Stefano Forti, Jacopo Massa, Federica Paganelli

University of Pisa | Computer Science

GitHub

The thesis extends the dgLBF framework with carbon- and cost-awareness to select network paths under strict latency constraints, minimising emissions and energy costs through an energy model of routers and lexicographic optimisation, with experimental results showing 2-3% reductions and optimality guarantees via branch-and-bound.
Andrea Caggiani · Valutazione sperimentale di un approccio per il leasing di infrastrutture Cloud-Edge

05/2025 - 10/2025

Supervisors: Stefano Forti, Antonio Brogi, Jacopo Massa

University of Pisa | Computer Science

The work proposes a framework for resource leasing on Cloud-Edge infrastructures, integrating FogCutter and ECLYPSE to optimize infrastructure configuration and simplify user-provider interaction.
Tommaso Di Riccio · Intent-based networking e piazzamento sostenibile di catene VNF

06/2025 - 10/2023

Supervisors: Antonio Brogi, Stefano Forti, Jacopo Massa

University of Pisa | Computer Science

GitHub

The project’s aim is to study prototypes and technologies to enable holistic and sustainable management of next-generation distributed software applications, also considering the economic impact.

Courses

Laboratorio 1 (Course C)

Solid understanding of TypeScript, key programming paradigms (imperative, functional, and object-oriented), and core development tools including debugging, version control (Git), and testing.

Teams EVO Learning

2026/27

Teachers: Francesco Giannini, Roberto Grossi, Jacopo Massa

Room D5 | Wed 14-16 / Thu 11-13

Laboratorio 1 (Course B)

Teams EVO Learning

2025/26

Teachers: Jacopo Soldani, Jacopo Massa