About the author
Alessandro Improta received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2006 and 2009 respectively and his Ph.D. degree in in Information Engineering from the University of Pisa, in 2013. Since 2009
he has held a research position with the Institute of Informatics and Telematics (IIT) at the Italian National
Research Council (CNR) in Pisa. In 2010 he was a visitor at the AT&T Research Labs in Florham Park, U.S. working on the discovery of Internet link characteristics. His research interests include the Internet
AS-level measurement and analysis, and the discovery of Internet path characteristics.