During my academic paths I based my knowledges on ICT skills learning. I have attended “tecnico industriale informatico” high school and there I have learnt the fundamentals of programming. I participated also to computer olympics game for three years and I reached the national stage. I have got the maximum score (100) for the high school diploma.
I have also got CISCO CCNA Discovery 1 certification.
After the diploma I attended an internship in a ICT company in Lecce (Links s.p.a.) for one month.
After that, I have got the bachelor’s degree in computer engineering in University of Salento with 110 with honors on February 28th, 2019. My thesis had the title: “Design and implementation of a system based on image recognition and Bluetooth Low Energy beacon-based localization for dynamic composition and use of the shopping list” in collaboration with CNR. Meanwhile, from 1st November 2018, I attended an internship into an ICT company in Lecce (SofThings) for six months. There, I acquired a myriad of new programming skills.
Despite my young age, I’ve also written two scientific publications. One is related to a personal project: “A Smart Approach able to face Distraction Issue due to Smartphone Usage running Social Networks, L. Podo, B. Taccardi, L. Patrono, A. Colonna, SpliTech 2019” and the other is related to my thesis project. This is in a validation status right now so, it is not published yet: “An Innovative AAL system based on Neural Networks and IoT-aware technologies to improve the Elderly People Life Quality, L. Patrono, P. Rametta, B. Taccardi, C. Distante, M. Leo, P. Carcagnì, International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, 2019”.
In addition to academic paths and results, I have also developed personal projects. The first one was called “Ooker”, and it was an application for improving local economy. With this project Ooker’s team won some startup competitions (such as StartUpWeekEnd). However, Ooker has been closed. The other project is called “9Seconds”. This project is working in progress. 9Seconds’ team has won several prizes such as: “CLab Innovative project”, “StartCup Puglia” and we have also closed a crowdfunding campaign on Eppela platform (10.400€).