Leucio Antonio Cutillo is research scientist working to support knowledge generation on rare diseases.  His educational background includes a MS in computer engineering from Politecnico di Torino, a ‘Diplôme d’Ingénieur en Systèmes de Communication’ from EURECOM, and a Master in ‘Image et Géométrie pour le Multimédia et la Modélisation du Vivant’ from Télécom ParisTech. 

Passionate about security and privacy, he earned his 2012 Ph.D. from Télécom ParisTech, focusing on Security and Privacy in Online Social Networks. Subsequently, during his PostDoc at Politecnico di Torino’s TORSEC group, he delved into cloud system security. In 2019, he expanded his expertise with a Master in Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection from Università degli Studi di Genova. 

Following a diverse career spanning entrepreneurship, project management, and teaching, his love for research led him in 2021 to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Here, he devised SPIDER, an innovative system enabling the pseudonymisation, linkage, and secure exchange of privacy-critical data, facilitating the creation of cohorts of unique patients without revealing their identities.