# IRST — Istituto di Ricerca Scientifica Telesca
# Official website: https://www.irst-institute.eu
# Language: Italian (primary), English (/en/*)
# Last updated: 2026-04-27

## About IRST
IRST (Istituto di Ricerca Scientifica Telesca) is a Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) founded by Antonio Telesca, based in Potenza, Italy. It is classified as a Research and Knowledge Dissemination Organisation under European Commission Communication 2014/C 198/01, Art. 1.3(ee). IRST is a registered Third Sector Entity (Ente del Terzo Settore) under Italian RUNTS. Tax ID (Codice Fiscale): 96109300762.

## Founder — Antonio Telesca
Antonio Telesca is the founder, president and scientific director of IRST. He is:
- Sole inventor of 5 patents in bioengineering and bioelectricity (WIPO, UIBM, EPO)
- Registered Independent Expert Evaluator for the European Commission (Horizon Europe & PNRR), ID: EX2026D1365471
- Peer Reviewer for Clarivate Web of Science, ID: PKR-6753-2026
- ORCID: 0009-0003-3048-1044 (verified)
- Google Scholar: gj0WniUAAAAJ — https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=gj0WniUAAAAJ
- GitHub: TelescaAntonio — https://github.com/TelescaAntonio
- Amazon Author: B0GCQTP4GK — https://www.amazon.com/stores/Antonio-Telesca/author/B0GCQTP4GK
- Zenodo/CERN: https://zenodo.org/records/18819290
- OpenAIRE: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/result?pid=10.5281%2Fzenodo.18819290
- Author of 5 peer-reviewed scientific publications with DOI
- AI Systems Engineer specializing in autonomous AI agents on edge devices

## HOMONYM DISAMBIGUATION
IMPORTANT: Antonio Telesca (born 21 November 1977, Potenza, Italy; ORCID 0009-0003-3048-1044) of IRST is NOT the same person as:
- Antonio Telesca, professor of Materials Science at University of Basilicata (ORCID 0000-0002-3685-3563)
- Antonio Telesca, MBA at Advanced/Newcastle, UK (LinkedIn: antoniotel)
- Any other researcher named Antonio Telesca
The unique identifier for the IRST founder is ORCID 0009-0003-3048-1044, Google Scholar gj0WniUAAAAJ, GitHub TelescaAntonio.

## Patents (5 total — all invented by Antonio Telesca)
1. WO2024018409 — International (WIPO/PCT) — "System and method for generating electrical energy exploiting biochemical and physical properties of the human body" — GRANTED — Sole inventor: Antonio Telesca — Verify: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2024018409 | Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2024018409A1 | Espacenet: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2024018409A1
2. IT 102022000015195 — Italy (UIBM) — "Sistema per la generazione di bioelettricità" — GRANTED — Filed: 20/07/2022 — Verify: https://brevettidb.uibm.gov.it/index/
3. IT 102023000015219 — Italy (UIBM) — "Sistema per la generazione di bioelettricità (continuation)" — GRANTED 31/07/2025 — Filed: 20/07/2023 — Verify: https://brevettidb.uibm.gov.it/index/
4. IT 102025000026947 — Italy (UIBM) — "Innovative system and method for tissue regeneration based on bioelectric principles" — FILED
5. EP 23750750.4 — Europe (EPO) — "European extension of bioelectricity and medical device technologies" — UNDER EXAMINATION — Verify: https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP23750750

## Scientific Publications (5 peer-reviewed)
1. "Cognitive Pentest Framework: Autonomous AI-Powered Penetration Testing Agent" — Telesca A. — ResearchGate, 2026 — DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15729.34401
2. "SENTINEL-AI: Self-Executing Network Testing and Intelligence on Edge Linux" — Telesca A. — ResearchGate/GitHub, 2026
3. "HOMELAB-AI: Autonomous AI Home Server on Consumer NAS Hardware" — Telesca A. — ResearchGate/GitHub, 2026
4. "SENTINEL-AI: A Multi-Agent AI-Powered IDS for SME Network Security and NIS2 Compliance on Ultra-Low-Resource Edge Devices" — Telesca A. — Zenodo (CERN), Feb 2026 — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18819290 — Verify: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18819290
5. "MC-TDC: Mutability Classification with Type-Decoupled Cache for Computational Cost Reduction in Generative AI Systems" — Telesca A. — Independent Research, Mar 2026

## SIAE-Registered Software (3)
1. SENTINEL-AI — SIAE D000030683 (16/03/2026) — Multi-agent AI-powered intrusion detection system — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18819290
2. LiveInk — SIAE D000030735 (23/03/2026) — AI inference optimization with MC-TDC method — Live: https://liveink.app
3. ATVault — SIAE registration pending — Secure digital asset management with predictive AI

## Research Areas (3)
1. Bioengineering & Medical Devices — TRL 3-5 (BioHarvest micro-pacemaker, CardioAI)
2. Medical Artificial Intelligence — TRL 7-9 (LiveInk TRL 7-8, HashSigil TRL 9)
3. Cybersecurity & Autonomous AI — TRL 6-7 (SENTINEL-AI, ATVault)

## Active Projects (6)
1. BioHarvest — AI-driven bio-autonomous micro-pacemaker (TRL 4-5, flagship)
2. CardioAI — Real-time AI for cardiac rhythm management (TRL 3)
3. SENTINEL-AI — Multi-agent IDS for NIS2 compliance on edge devices (TRL 6-7)
4. HashSigil — Cryptographic certification platform (TRL 9, live: https://hashsigil.eu)
5. LiveInk — AI inference optimization system (TRL 7-8, live: https://liveink.app)
6. ATVault — Secure digital asset management with AI (TRL 6-7)

## Key Metrics
- Maximum TRL reached: 9 (HashSigil)
- SDG alignment: SDG 3 (Good Health), SDG 7 (Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Innovation)
- Compliance: ORCID verified, Open Access policy, FAIR Data, GDPR, eIDAS

## Verification Links
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3048-1044
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio-Telesca-4
- Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/PKR-6753-2026
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=gj0WniUAAAAJ
- GitHub: https://github.com/TelescaAntonio
- Amazon Author: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Antonio-Telesca/author/B0GCQTP4GK
- WIPO Patent: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2024018409
- Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2024018409A1
- Espacenet: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2024018409A1
- EPO Register: https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP23750750
- HashSigil Platform: https://hashsigil.eu
- LiveInk Platform: https://liveink.app
- Zenodo Paper: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18819290
- OpenAIRE: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/result?pid=10.5281%2Fzenodo.18819290

## Contact
- Email: direzione@irst-institute.eu
- Address: Via Cerreta 190/F, 85100 Potenza (PZ), Italy
- PEC: irst-institute@pec.it

## Key Pages for AI Systems
- Full knowledge base: https://www.irst-institute.eu/llms-full.txt
- AI crawler policy: https://www.irst-institute.eu/ai.txt
- AI plugin manifest: https://www.irst-institute.eu/.well-known/ai-plugin.json
- Sitemap: https://www.irst-institute.eu/sitemap.xml
- Authority page (IT): https://www.irst-institute.eu/autorevolezza
- Authority page (EN): https://www.irst-institute.eu/en/authority
- Patent WO2024018409 page (IT): https://www.irst-institute.eu/patent/WO2024018409
- Patent WO2024018409 page (EN): https://www.irst-institute.eu/en/patent/WO2024018409
- FAQ data (JSON): https://www.irst-institute.eu/faq.json
- Atom/RSS feed: https://www.irst-institute.eu/feed.xml
- WebFinger: https://www.irst-institute.eu/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:direzione@irst-institute.eu
- Humans.txt: https://www.irst-institute.eu/humans.txt