Born in Savona, Liguria, the 6th of Feb. 1980.

Oct. 2003: B.Sc. cum laude in Computer Science at University of Genova.

Sept. 2005: M.Sc. cum laude in Computer Science at University of Genova.

From Dec. 2006 to Jan. 2010: research grants at IEIIT-CNR, Branch of Genova.

Apr. 2010: Ph.D. in Computer Science at University of Genova on HPC and Grid technologies.

From Feb. 2010 to Mar. 2011: PostDoc in Computer Security at AI-Lab, DIST, University of Genova.

From Apr. 2011 to Aug. 2014: Assistant Professor at E-Campus University and Associate Researcher at AI-Lab, DIBRIS, University of Genova.

From Sep. 2014 to Aug. 2017: Assistant Professor (RTD-a) at DIBRIS, University of Genova.

From Oct. 2017 to Sep. 2020: Assistant Professor (RTD-b) at DIBRIS, University of Genova.

From Oct. 2020 to May 2023: Associate Professor at DIBRIS, University of Genova.

Apr. 2017: Habilitation as “Associate Professor” both in Computer Engineering (S.C. 09/H1) and in Computer Science (S.C. 01/B1), according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation Procedure (ASN 2016-2018).

July 2018: Habilitation as “Full Professor” in Computer Engineering (S.C. 09/H1), according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation Procedure (ASN 2016-2018).

Nov. 2020: Habilitation as “Full Professor” in Computer Science (S.C. 01/B1), according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation Procedure (ASN 2016-2018).

Full Professor at CASD, School for Advanced Defense Studies (since Jun. 2023).

Founder and C.T.O. at Talos s.r.l.s (since Jan. 2016).

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Scopus ID: 15136674200

DBLP: https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/m/Merlo:Alessio.html

Orcid: 0000-0002-2272-2376

Semantic Scholar: 2611687

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alessio_Merlo

2021-2024: Giacomo Longo (Cycle XXXVI)

2021-2024: Giacomo Benedetti (Cycle XXXVI)

2021-2024: Francesco Pagano (Cycle XXXVI)

2020-2023: Antonio Ruggia (Cycle XXXV).

2020-2023: Marco Raimondi (Cycle XXXV).

2019-2022: Marco Zuppelli (Cycle XXXIV).

2017-2020: Simone Aonzo (Cycle XXXI); now Assistant Professor at EURECOM.

2013-2017: Luca Verderame (Cycle XXVIII); now Tenured Assistant Professor (RTD-b) at DIBRIS, University of Genoa.