2021 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky
2017 - 2021: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science University of Kentucky
2014 - 2017: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2012 - 2014: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
2010 - 2012: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome
2010 Ph.D. in Computer Science Department of Computer Science Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2006 Laurea cum Laude in Computer Science Department of Computer Science Sapienza University, Italy
Dr. Silvestri's research focuses on Cyber-Physical-Human Systems, Internet of Things, Smart Energy Management Systems, Terrestrial and Aerial Mobile Networks, and Network Management. His research is funded by several national and international agencies such as NIFA, NATO and the NSF, and he received the NSF CAREER award in 2020. He published more than 80 papers in international journals and conferences including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, IEEE INFOCOM, and IEEE ICDCS. He served in the organizing committee of several international conferences including as General Co-Chair of IEEE ICNP, Technical Program Co-Chair of IEEE SECON, IEEE SmartComp, and IEEE DCOSS. He also served in the Technical Program Committee of more than 100 conferences, including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICNP, IEEE SECON and IEEE GLOBECOM.
Cyber-Physical-Human Systems
Internet of Things
Smart Grid Security
Terrestrial and Aerial Mobile Networks
Network Management