Former Staff Members

Blasco Bonito is an Italian computer scientist, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the Internet in Italy, alongside Luciano Lenzini and Stefano Trumpy. He received his programming training at the Institute for Applied Computing (IAC) of the National Research Council (CNR) in Rome and later worked at the National University Computing Center (CNUCE) in Pisa.

On April 29, 1986, Blasco Bonito achieved a significant milestone by establishing the first Internet connection in Italy through the SATNET Atlantic satellite network. Just a few months later, he played a pivotal role in activating the national ".it" domain, configuring the first Italian Name server in the DNS hierarchy.

In 1989, Blasco Bonito participated in the inaugural meeting of the RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) organization, subsequently serving as its vice president from 1992 to 1998. Additionally, in 1992, he launched the GARR network's information service (GARR-NIS), which later evolved into the Italian Registration Authority (IT-NIC). He also served as a member of the technical committee of the MIX (Milan Internet eXchange).

Blasco Bonito's contributions have been instrumental in shaping the landscape of the Internet in Italy, and his pioneering work continues to have a lasting impact on the country's digital infrastructure.

Nedo Celandroni received his Dr. Ing. degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 1973. Since 1976, he has been a researcher with the CNUCE Institute of the Italian National Research Council (C.N.R.). Notably, he contributed to the development of the Flight Dynamic System of the SIRIO satellite. Beginning in 1979, he embarked on a journey in the field of digital satellite communications, where he played a pioneering role alongside Erina Ferro and Blasco Bonito in realizing the first data transmissions via satellites.

Throughout his career, Celandroni has actively participated in numerous projects within this domain, including STELLA I/II (Satellite Transmission Experiment Linking Laboratories), FODA (Fifo Ordered Demand Assignment), FODA/IBEA (Information Bit Energy Adaptive), Progetto Finalizzato Telecomunicazioni, and experiments conducted on the satellites Olympus and Italsat. His contributions to satellite system design have led to the acquisition of two patents.

Celandroni's research interests span various areas, encompassing rain fade countermeasure systems, data quality estimation, and the design and performance evaluation of GEO, MEO, and LEO satellite networks for mobile telephony and multimedia systems. He has also made significant contributions to the scholarly community through his extensive review of international journals and congress papers.

Nedo Celandroni’s contributions have been instrumental in shaping the landscape of digital satellite communications in Italy, and his pioneering work continues to have a lasting impact on the country's digital infrastructure.