Description: Associate Professor
I am a tenured Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Twente and a member of the International Secure Systems Lab (iSecLab).
Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Computer Science Department at UC Santa Barbara , working at the SecLab , and I obtained a Ph.D. cum laude in Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. During my Ph.D., I also took part in two research exchanges, working as a visiting researcher at UCSB and at the School of Computer Science of the University of Sydney .
My research focuses on aspects of computer security traditionally known as systems security . In particular, my main research interests lie in the security of the software that people use in their daily tasks, and revolve around analyzing such software for multiple security purposes, such as malware detection, identification of privacy disclosures, and vulnerability discovery. For example, I have worked on analysis and defense mechanisms against advanced threats such as the infamous ransomware families , on