ENGINEERING / SECURITY / RESEARCH

Andrea
Botticella.

Cybersecurity MSc Student & Computer Engineer

I’m a Computer Engineering graduate, now studying for an MSc in Cybersecurity. Through research and technical projects, I’m exploring how systems work, where they can fail, and how to reason about their security.

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01RESEARCH & EXPERIENCE

Exploring methods for security research.

Security research.
AI-assisted analysis.
Formal verification.

HuaweiTHESIS RESEARCH

Security Research Intern (Master’s Thesis)

Düsseldorf, Germany

April–October 2026

Research internship focused on the intersection of AI-assisted methods, formal verification, and security protocol analysis.

  • Security research
  • Formal verification
  • AI-assisted analysis
02SELECTED WORK

Investigate. Build. Understand.

Academic projects with real technical questions, documented approaches, and a clear scope.

All selected work
03ABOUT

An engineering foundation. A security perspective.

Andrea Botticella / AB

I’m a computer engineering graduate, now pursuing an MSc in Cybersecurity at Politecnico di Torino. My work brings together security research and an interest in how computing systems behave beneath the surface.

Through my Huawei thesis internship and academic projects, I’ve explored security protocol analysis, Linux kernel vulnerabilities, ML-based attack analysis, and embedded systems. Cybersecurity is my professional direction; I’m continuing to explore the questions and methods within it.

  • 01Security research
  • 02Systems & protocols
  • 03Reproducible investigation
04EDUCATION

The foundations behind the work.

Academic background
November 2024 — Present

MSc in Cybersecurity

In progress

Politecnico di Torino

September 2020–July 2024

BSc in Computer Engineering

Completed

Università degli Studi del Sannio

05COMPETITIONS & COMMUNITY

Built and challenged together.

m0leCon 2026 Beginner CTF

Team result · 9th online out of approximately 300 teams.

1st onsite29 November 2025

IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu International Hackathon

SpaghettiOverflow team · Smart Budget Scheduler · Mu Nu Chapter.

1st internationally2025

Reply AI Agent Challenge

Team placement in the international AI and AI-agent competition.

57 / 1,980April 2026

Reply Hack The Code Challenge

Team placement in the algorithmic optimisation and CTF competition.

88th · Top 100March 2025

IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu · Mu Nu Chapter

Community involvement since April 2025; formally inducted into the honor society on 11 December 2025. Contributions include STEM event and hackathon logistics, technical operations, and partnership work.

06SELECTED CREDENTIALS

Supporting the practice.

GNU / Linux Advanced

Politecnico di Torino

May 2025

GNU / Linux Base

Politecnico di Torino

January 2025

IELTS Academic · B2

British Council

November 2024
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