Simone Silvestri Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Simone Silvestri is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Kentucky. Before joining UK, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Pennsylvania State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2010 from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Dr. Silvestri’s research has been supported by several national and international agencies, including NIFA, NATO, and the NSF. He has contributed to projects totaling more than $6 million in funding and received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award in 2020.

He has published over 100 papers in leading international journals and conferences, and has served in the organization of several conferences and events, including serving as General Co-Chair of IEEE ICNP and Technical Program Co-Chair of IEEE SECON, IEEE SmartComp, ACM ICDCN, and IEEE DCOSS. He also serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, and received the Excellent Editor Award from IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering and Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing. In addition, he has served on the technical program committees of more than 100 ACM and IEEE conferences.

Research Interests

Cyber-Physical-Human Systems, Internet of Things, Energy Management Systems, Terrestrial and Aerial Mobile Networks, Network Management.