Vittorio Rosato is a Physicist with a Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics (University of Nancy,1986). He was Research Associate at UCW in Aberystwyth (UK) (1979–1981) and at the CEA Centre de Recherche Nucleaires de Saclay (1982–1986) (F). His major research field is Computational Methods in Material Science. He is currently the research director at ENEA as Head of the ENEA Laboratory of Analysis and Protection of Critical Infrastructures. He is also the manager of the Italian Node of the European Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Centre (EISAC.it). His current research activities are related to risk analysis and resilience modeling on complex technological networks.