marcoscarpa8

Bachelor Graduate In Telecomunications

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 Im a Masters student in Cybersecurity at EPFL and ETH Zürich, with a BSc in Telecommunications, Internet and Multimedia Engineering from the University of Padua (110/110 cum laude) and an Erasmus+ semester at Trinity College Dublin.

My bachelors thesis explored a new attack on quantum key distribution. I studied how an adversary can inject optical power into a fiber to thermally disrupt phase-sensitive QKD links, and built a physical model and simulation showing which attack waveforms actually get through. It is, to our knowledge, the first physical-channel denial-of-service attack on phase-sensitive DV protocols, and Im now co-authoring a paper on it.

I also enjoy hands-on security: exploiting known CVEs with Metasploit, building IDS labs with Snort3 and Kathara (including detecting a TCP ISN covert channel), deploying VPNs with OpenVPN and Docker, and playing CTFs with polygl0ts, EPFLs team.

Interests: network security, hardware security, applied and quantum cryptography. Looking for summer internship  2027. Italian (native), English (advanced) 

Experience: 2 years

Yearly salary: $80,000

Hourly rate: $50

Nationality: 🇮🇹 Italy

Residency: 🇮🇹 Italy

Experience

Undergraduate Researcher
University of Padua
2026 - 2026
Bachelor's thesis on thermal phase injection attacks against quantum key distribution. I modeled how out-of-band optical power injected into fiber induces differential phase shifts across time-multiplexed QKD pulses, and built a Python simulation of the attack (phase shift → QBER, Bode analysis, feasibility heatmaps). I showed that step-function injection is ~2,300× more effective than sinusoidal modulation, which the fiber's thermal response suppresses by ~44 dB. To our knowledge, this is the first physical-channel DoS attack on phase-sensitive DV-QKD. Supervised by Prof. Mauro Conti and Prof. Simone Soderi; paper in preparation.
Activities Lead
Sport Project
2023 - 2023
Supervised and engaged groups of children through daily educational and recreational activities in a safe and positive environment. Planned and delivered games, workshops, and team-building activities to support social development and group cohesion. Collaborated with a team of staff to ensure smooth daily operations and create an enjoyable experience for all participants.

Skills

computer-science
git
linux
python
pytorch
scikit-learn
security
telecom
english
italian
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