Daniele
Lin.

Engineering of computing systems at Politecnico di Milano, with graduate coursework in formal languages, computability and programming-language theory at UniMi. Research interests in applied cryptography, verifiable protocols, and the theoretical foundations of computing.

Portrait of Daniele Lin

Selected work.

№ 01 · Research artifact · 2024 — 2026

E-Ring Voting — verifiable, anonymous, traceable e-voting.

Open-source implementation of Scafuro & Zhang's one-time traceable ring signatures (ESORICS 2021) over Ristretto255 + RFC 9380, wrapped in two interchangeable storage architectures — a federated bulletin board and a Bitcoin-shaped PoW chain — with a 16-page comparison paper.

№ 02 · Co-founded with Niccolò Pagano · 2025 →

Plynx — an AI workbench for hardware makers.

One workbench unifying dashboard, firmware, wiring, PCB, 3D case and phone control — so an AI agent can synthesise a connected device end-to-end. The technical bet: a fine-tune of Qwen2.5-Coder-32B on agentic hardware-design tasks. iOS app live on the App Store since Dec 2025.

Daniele Lin on stage at TEF Ignition pitching Plynx
Niccolò Pagano presenting the Plynx technical pitch
Tech Europe Foundation event audience in Milan
№ 03 · 2022 — 2024

LEONAPP — school-wide voucher platform.

PHP/MySQL platform with Niccolò Pagano replacing paper snack-vouchers at Istituto Leone XIII with QR-authenticated redemption. Three surfaces, governance charter, deployed whole-school.

№ 04 · 2024

Nextcloud Photo Fixer.

Bash / exiftool / jq pipeline healing EXIF and filesystem timestamps across a decade of mixed-source photos. Endorsed by Nextcloud on LinkedIn.

№ 05 · 2023

Bus Wait Display.

ESP8266 polling ATM Milano's GiroMilano endpoint, parsing JSON on-device, rendering next departures on a 16×2 I²C LCD with diff-only writes.

№ 06 · 2020 — 2021

latino.py.

My first shipped PyPI package — a library plus Discord bot for fast Latin lookup with morphological information.

Curriculum.

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Education
2025·
External graduate CS coursework
Università degli Studi di Milano · 24 ECTS
Principles of Programming Languages · Formal Languages & Automata · Computability & Computational Complexity.
2024·
BSc Engineering of Computing Systems
Politecnico di Milano · 180 ECTS
GPA 27.93 / 30 · Best Freshmen Award (Feb 2026).
201924
Scientific High School Diploma
Istituto Leone XIII, Milan · 100/100
Experience
2026·
Co-founder · Plynx
Tech Europe Foundation · Ignition cohort
Bocconi · PoliMi · ION. €2k grant.
Feb
2026
Event Volunteer
Milano Cortina 2026 · Winter Olympics
Jul
2023
PCTO Placement · Nokia
Italian high-school work placement
Honours & Certifications
Feb
2026
Best Freshmen Award
Politecnico di Milano · engineering degrees
Dec
2025
Neural Networks & Deep Learning
DeepLearning.AI · certificate
Jul
2024
High School Diploma 100 / 100
Istituto Leone XIII

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