Matteo

Franzil

Researcher Photographer Network Engineer

Welcome to Matteo Franzil's website!

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.

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.

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.

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, download
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

See more projects and works

University course projects and personal works

View more projects and past works on the archive page.

My work and study experience is summarized here.

Education

PhD in Information Engineering and Computer Science

University of Trento, Italy

Nov 2024 - Ongoing

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

Master's Degree in Computer Science

University of Trento, Italy

Sep 2020 - Oct 2022

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

University of Trento, Italy

Sep 2017 - Jul 2020

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

Work Experience

Researcher

Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Nov 2022 - Oct 2024

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

Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Mar 2022 - Sep 2022

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

Intern

Trentino Digitale SpA, Italy

Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

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

High School Tutor

University of Trento, Italy

Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

Secondary school student tutoring, introducing the study of algorithms and supporting preparatory work for the Italian Computer Science Olympics competitions

Academic Teaching

Operating Systems

University of Trento, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science

Undergraduate · English · from 2024–2025, 2 years

Laboratory lecturer; course management
Course website

Databases

University of Trento, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science

Undergraduate · English · from 2024–2025, 2 years

Laboratory lecturer; course management
Course website

Fog and Cloud Computing

University of Trento, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science

Graduate · English · from 2022–2023, 4 years

Guest lecturer; laboratory lecturer; course management
Course website

Probability

University of Trento, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science

Undergraduate · Italian · 2020–2021 — 2022–2023, 3 years

Laboratory lecturer; course management; exercise lecturing; hands-on exam preparation; dedicated student support
Course website

Programming 1

University of Trento, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science

Undergraduate · Italian · 2020–2021 — 2023–2024, 3 years

Laboratory lecturer; course management; exercise lecturing; hands-on exam preparation; dedicated student support
Course website

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.