His research focuses on improving network performance, reliability and security. His contributions provide better visibility of the Internet’s topology and interdomain routing; help network operators troubleshoot failures and performance problems; and empower other researchers. Ítalo has implemented novel network measurement tools like DTrack, built distributed global-scale Internet monitoring systems like Sibyl and Reverse Traceroute, and deployed state-of-the-art research and experimentation platforms like PEERING. He holds a research fellowship from Brazil’s National Science and Technology Foundation (CNPq) and serves as a member of the National Brazilian Research and Education Network (RNP) Monitoring Work Group.