Dear Selection Committee,
It is a pleasure to recommend Mr Francesco Caturano for a PhD programme in Information Technology.
I have known Francesco during the year I was advisor on his Master’s project at Ericsson; his thesis versed on the problem of discovery of Resources in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. He did an excellent work not only while researching the state of the art but with figuring out innovative solutions in the area and implementing them; just as he did when building an IoT crawler. He successfully completed his Master at the University Federico II.
During the time we worked together I found him to be an inquisitive person, with attention to detail and perseverance. I was impressed by his quick dive into de IoT field and fast consumption of complex bibliographic material such as; RFCs, Scientific Publications and Open Source materials. He was also eager to start working on the implementation side of his thesis, selecting JavaScript as his preferred language for the task.
During his stay in Finland, he was eagerly interacting with his colleagues from various parts of the world, showing that he can thrive abroad, away from his birthplace. He demonstrated that he can work independently as well as within a miscellaneous international group. He also showed good communication skills when presenting his findings to his teammates and other coworkers from other development units at Ericsson.
He has expressed his interest on continuing his research path, possibly starting right away with a scientific publication based on his thesis work. He has clearly decided on pursuing his PhD studies and I have no doubt that he has the skills and competence to complete them successfully.
For these reasons I strongly recommend him for a PhD programme on “Information Technology and Electrical Engineering” at University Federico II.
Sincerely,
Jaime Jiménez - jaime.jimenez@ericsson.com
Master Researcher at Ericsson R&D
Helsinki
Finland