Dr. Martín Abadi
Federico Calzolari MEMBERS
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Pisa PI, Italy
More Info
  • 2022
  • Computer Science and Information Technology (C.S.E)
More Info
  • 2022
  • Computer Science and Information Technology (C.S.E)
Election Remark
Federico Calzolari is a renowned physicist and computer science engineer from the University of Pisa, holding significant roles as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and as a consultant for IT crimes at the District Attorney's office.

A leader in High-Performance Computing and Big Data Analytics, Calzolari is an acclaimed member of the CERN CMS experiment, which announced the historic discovery of the Higgs Boson in 2012, contributing to the awarding of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics.
 
Calzolari manages the EDIH Tuscany X.0 project for cybersecurity, supported by a €5 million EU fund for technological advancement and socio-ecological progression.

He gained recognition for revealing the first exploit of Google's ranking algorithm, spotlighted by Google Zeitgeist in 2007.

Lauded by "Corriere della Sera" as a transformative Italian leader, his contribution is pivotal in Italy's innovation journey.

With an H-index of 135, he is amongst Italy's top ten computer science researchers, illustrating the vast influence of his work and expertise.

In 2022, he was elected as member of the European Academy of Engineering.