Matteo Franzil's Portfolio

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Matteo Franzil received his MSc and BSc in Computer Science from the University of Trento, Italy. Currently, he is a PhD Student in Information Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Trento, Italy, with a grant funded by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy.

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His research interests include network management, monitoring, and observability; virtualization and containerization; network security. His PhD focuses on the investigation of real-time, scalable, and adaptable end-host monitoring solutions, aiming to extract clearer insights in a more intelligent and efficient way. He has six years of experience in University teaching in operating systems, cloud computing, programming, and probability courses. He is also skilled in the configuration and maintenance of IT and cloud infrastructures.

Experience

In addition to his academic activities, Matteo is an avid photographer and traveler. He enjoys exploring new places and capturing moments through his camera lens. His photography mainly focuses on landscapes, nature, and street photography, often during his hikes and trips.

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Publications & Projects

Publications - 2025

Exploiting Kubernetes' Image Pull Implementation to Deny Node Availability

L. A. Dias Knob, M. Franzil, D. Siracusa

in Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2025.3641311
Keywords: Kubernetes, APIs, Denial-of-Service attacks, containerd

Sharpening Kubernetes Audit Logs with Context Awareness

M. Franzil, V. Armani, L. A. Dias Knob, D. Siracusa

in Computer Networks. DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2025.111890
Keywords: Kubernetes, Machine Learning, Audit logs

Carbon-Aware Spatio-Temporal Workload Shifting in Edge-Cloud Environments: A Review and Novel Algorithm

N. Asadov, V. Coroamă, M. Franzil, S. Galantino, M. Finkbeiner

in Sustainability. DOI: 10.3390/su17146433
Keywords: Scheduling, energy efficiency, edge computing, cloud computing

Publications - 2024

Work-in-Progress: A Sidecar Proxy for Usable and Performance-Adaptable
End-to-End Protection of Communications in Cloud Native Applications

S. Berlato, M. Rizzi, M. Franzil, S. Cretti, P. De Matteis and R. Carbone

in 1st Workshop on Operating Systems and Virtualization Security (OSVS 2024). DOI: 10.1109/EuroSPW61312.2024.00086, download
Keywords: Sidecar proxies, end-to-end encryption, cloud native

Projects

FLUIDOS Project

HORIZON Project - Flexible, scaLable and secUre decentralIzeD Operating System

Task Leader of T6.3, "AI for performance prediction and enhancement", within Work Package WP6 "Cost-effective and energy-aware infrastructure".
Exploration of machine learning techniques for predicting energy demand of edge computing tasks. CORDIS website

Fast and Scalable Shortest Path Recovery for Multi-Domain Segment Routing Networks

Commercial project with Cisco Systems Inc.

Efficient shortest path recovery algorithms for Segment Routing deployments. Project funded by Cisco Systems Inc.

Other Works

Real-Time Monitoring of the QUIC Protocol

Master's Degree Thesis

My Master's Degree thesis explores the tradeoffs and the engineering required when building a monitoring system tailor-made for the QUIC protocol. Download; Project GitHub

Configuration of threat protection systems for the enterprise

Bachelor's Degree Thesis

My Bachelor's Degree thesis expands the work made during my internship into a quantitative methodology for deploying and gathering data from an honeypot network in an automated way. Download

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University course projects and personal works

View more projects and past works on the archive page.

My work and study experience is summarized here.

PhD in Information Engineering and Computer Science

Nov 2024 - Ongoing

University of Trento, Italy

Research area: Opportunistic Monitoring for Cloud-to-Edge Environments. PhD grant funded by Fondazione Bruno Kessler.

Master's Degree
in Computer Science

Sep 2020 - Oct 2022

University of Trento, Italy

Thesis on network monitoring solutions and the QUIC protocol (see projects). Specialization: Systems and Networks, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security. Mark: 110/110 with honours

Bachelor's Degree
in Computer Science

Sep 2017 - Lug 2020

University of Trento, Italy

Thesis on network intrusion protection systems (see projects). Main areas of interest: Imperative and object oriented programming; web development, networks, formal languages

Teaching Assistant

Mar 2023 - Ongoing

University of Trento, Italy

Operating Systems (undergraduate)
Laboratory classes; Website
Databases (undergraduate)
Laboratory classes; Website
Fog and Cloud Computing (graduate)
Guest lecturer; laboratory classes; Website

Researcher

Nov 2022 - Nov 2023

Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

Research position within the Center for Cyber Security (CS) and the Robust and Secure Distributed Computing (RiSING) unit, concerned with network monitoring and observability; virtualization and containerization; cloud and edge infrastructures; network security.

Intern

Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

Research on efficient real-time telemetry solutions for end-host and edge networks, offering high throughput, reliability, and compatibility with virtualized servers.

Class Tutor

Oct 2020 - Jun 2022

University of Trento, Italy

Exercise lecturing, hands-on exam preparation and dedicated student support for the Programming 1 and Probability courses.

Intern

Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

Trentino Digitale SpA, Trento, Italy

Development and deployment of an honeypot network; Study, design and implementation of a multi-level firewall system for services provided to the Autonomous Province of Trento's public administration. Mandatory internship and integral part of the Bachelor's Degree

High School Tutor

Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

University of Trento, Italy

Secondary school student tutoring, introducing the study of algorithms and supporting preparatory work for the Italian Computer Science Olympics competitions.
Work done for the "150 hours" programme of the University

Here is a summary of my technical skills and certifications.

Cloud and Virtualization

Docker, Kubernetes
Falco, Prometheus, Grafana

Azure, Google Cloud Platform
AWS, OpenStack

Proxmox, MaaS,
VMWare/ESXi, Hyper-V,
Ansible, Terraform

Web and Development

Python: NetworkX, OpenCV,
Numpy, TensorFlow

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Python-, Java-, PHP- and JS-based frameworks

Networks and Security

Network and system administration
Linux network stack (iptables, eBPF, XDP)
Fortinet/FortiOS, Juniper, Cisco platforms

Bash scripting, Ansible, Terraform

Hardware and software deployment and maintenance
LAN design and management

Penetration testing: Metasploit, Nmap, Wireshark, OpenVAS, Nessus

Other skills

LaTeX typesetting

Databases, SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
Rust, Lua, Go, R, C, C++

PC building and electronic board testing

Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office

Cross-OS experience: Linux, MacOS, Windows

Certifications and languages

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Italian mother-tongue

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English C2 (Cambridge certificate)

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Spanish A2

Azure Fundamentals certification (AZ-900)

This is a selection of my recent photographic works.

In my free time, I enjoy photography, especially landscape and street photography.

I primarily shoot during my travels and hikes, with my trusty Sony Alpha 7 IV.

On franzilmedia.com, I regularly publish all new galleries (save for privacy-sensitive ones).

You can contact me for any kind of requests, from asssignments to copies of old photos.

Matteo

Franzil

Publications & Projects

Publications - 2025

Exploiting Kubernetes' Image Pull Implementation to Deny Node Availability

L. A. Dias Knob, M. Franzil, D. Siracusa

Sharpening Kubernetes Audit Logs with Context Awareness

M. Franzil, V. Armani, L. A. Dias Knob, D. Siracusa

Carbon-Aware Spatio-Temporal Workload Shifting in Edge-Cloud Environments: A Review and Novel Algorithm

N. Asadov, V. Coroamă, M. Franzil, S. Galantino, M. Finkbeiner

Publications - 2024

Work-in-Progress: A Sidecar Proxy for Usable and Performance-AdaptableEnd-to-End Protection of Communications in Cloud Native Applications

S. Berlato, M. Rizzi, M. Franzil, S. Cretti, P. De Matteis and R. Carbone

Projects

FLUIDOS Project

HORIZON Project - Flexible, scaLable and secUre decentralIzeD Operating System

Fast and Scalable Shortest Path Recovery for Multi-Domain Segment Routing Networks

Commercial project with Cisco Systems Inc.

Other Works

Real-Time Monitoring of the QUIC Protocol

Master's Degree Thesis

Configuration of threat protection systems for the enterprise

Bachelor's Degree Thesis

See more projects and works

University course projects and personal works

PhD in Information Engineering and Computer Science

Nov 2024 - Ongoing

University of Trento, Italy

Master's Degreein Computer Science

Sep 2020 - Oct 2022

University of Trento, Italy

Bachelor's Degreein Computer Science

Sep 2017 - Lug 2020

University of Trento, Italy

Teaching Assistant

Mar 2023 - Ongoing

University of Trento, Italy

Researcher

Nov 2022 - Nov 2023

Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

Intern

Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

Class Tutor

Oct 2020 - Jun 2022

University of Trento, Italy

Intern

Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

Trentino Digitale SpA, Trento, Italy

High School Tutor

Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

University of Trento, Italy

Cloud and Virtualization

Web and Development

Networks and Security

Other skills

Certifications and languages

Trento

November 2025

Memoriale della Shoah, Milano

November 2025

Bressanone, Val di Funes, Passo delle Erbe

November 2025

Sagra della Ciuiga, San Lorenzo in Banale

November 2025

Trento

November 2025

Trento

October 2025

Velturno, Verdignes; Autumnus@Trento

October 2025

Villa Gherta (Giornate FAI d’Autunno)

October 2025

Mezzolombardo, Fai della Paganella e Molveno

October 2025

Passi San Pellegrino, Giau, Falzarego e Pordoi

October 2025

Chioggia

October 2025

Giro delle Tre cime del Bondone

Work-in-Progress: A Sidecar Proxy for Usable and Performance-Adaptable
End-to-End Protection of Communications in Cloud Native Applications

Master's Degree
in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree
in Computer Science