Professional Activities
- I am a member of the Steering Committee of ACSAC and the head of the steering group of RAID
- I have been a member of the Steering Committee of NDSS in 2015 and 2016.
- I've been the Program Chair of ACSAC 2017, RAID 2012, and Eurosec 2014
- Other program committee memberships includes:
| USENIX Security | (2023, 2022, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015) | |
| Security & Privacy | (2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016) | |
| ACM CCS | (2021, 2020, 2016, 2015, 2014) | |
| NDSS | (2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012) | |
| RAID | (2022, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009) | |
| AsiaCCS | (2020, 2019, 2018) | |
| WWW | (2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013) | |
| ACSAC | (2017, 2016, 2015) | |
| STM | (2016) | |
| DIMVA | (2020, 2015, 2012) | |
| WOOT | (2014, 2013) | |
| BAR | (2019, 2018) | |
| CARDS | (2019,) | |
| MadWeb | (2019,) | |
| Eurosec | (2015, 2014) | |
| SecTest | (2015) | |
| eCrime | (2014) | |
| ESSOS | (2013, 2012) | |
| ARES | (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008) | |
| LEET | (2012) | |
| PST | (2012) | |
| BADGERS | (2014, 2012, 2011) | |
| SESS | (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007) | |
| SeSOC | (2012, 2011, 2010) | |
| IMF | (2013) | |
| STM | (2016) |
Curiosities
My Erdos Number is 4: Me → Kemmerer → Ibarra → Moran → Erdos
Current PhD Students
- Andrea Oliveri - Memory Forensics
- Feras Al-Kassar - Web Application Security
- Andrea Fioraldi - Fuzzing
- Afiqah Azahari - Forensics
- Antonino Vitale - Malware
- Manuel Viaggi - Web
- Biagio Montaruli - ML for Security
Former PhD Students
- Alessandro Mantovani (Vulnerability Discovery) → Qualcomm
- Savino Dambra (Risk Prediction) → Norton Lifelock
- Emanuele Cozzi (IoT Malware) → Microsoft
- Fabio Pagani (Memory Forensics) → Postdoc at UCSB
- Iskender Sanchez Rola (Web Security) → Symantec
- Marius Müch (Embdedded Systems Security) → Faculty at University of Birmingham
- Xiao Han (Malware and Network Security) → Orange Labs
- Onur Catakoglu (Web Security) → Amadeus
- Mariano Graziano (Malware & Forensics) → CISCO Talos
- Jonas Zaddach (Firmware Security) → CISCO Talos
- Davide Canali (Web Security) → Threat Analyst at Proofpoint
- Giancarlo Pellegrino (Model Checking and Security Testing) → Faculty at CISPA
- Jelena Isachenkova (SPAM) → Forensic Team of Deloitte
Publicly Funded Projects
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BitCrumbs Funded by: European Commission - ERC Timeframe: 2018 - 2023 |
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REACT Funded by: European Commission - H2020 Timeframe: 2018 - 2021 |
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CRISALIS Funded by: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme Timeframe: 2012 - 2015 The project aims at providing practical, short-term solutions for the security of critical infrastructures. |
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SysSec Funded by: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme Timeframe: 2010 - 2014 SysSec proposes to create a Network of Excellence in the field of Systems Security by creating a virtual center of excellence, promoting cybersecurity education, creating an active research roadmap in the area of system security, and developing a joint working plan to conduct State-of-the-Art collaborative research. |
| MIDAS Funded by: ANR - France National Research Agency Timeframe: 2012 - 2014 Development of a new malware protection product. | |
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iCODE Funded by: European Commission - Directorate-General Home Affairs Timeframe: 2010 - 2012 The project goal is to propose an integrated real-time detection and identification of malicious code. |