Published several papers, such as 'EmuOCPP: Effective and Scalable OCPP Security and Privacy Testing' (USENIX VehicleSec, 2025) and 'SimProcess: High Fidelity Simulation of Noisy ICS Physical Processes' (ACM CPSS, 2025). Also involved in multiple projects like ADF threat modeling framework, Enabling connected privacy assurance (ENCOPIA), etc.
Research Experience
Postdoc with Mathias Payer's HexHive group at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) from 2020 to 2021, participated in the design, implementation, and evaluation of DP3T/GAEN, a privacy-preserving contact-tracing technology now used by Android and iOS. During his PhD, he spent six months as a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford, advised by Kasper Rasmussen, and ten months as a visiting researcher at the Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA), advised by Nils Ole Tippenhauer.
Education
French HDR (Habilitation à diriger des Recherches) from École polytechnique in 2025; PhD in Computer Science from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) in 2019, advisor not mentioned; MS in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Bologna (UniBO) in 2013, advised by Wayne Burleson and Riccardo Rovatti; BS in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Bologna (UniBO) in 2010.
Background
Assistant Professor, focusing on applied system security and privacy, particularly in wireless communication (e.g., Bluetooth and Wi-Fi), embedded systems (e.g., cars and fitness trackers), mobile systems (e.g., smartphones), and cyber-physical systems (e.g., industrial control systems). Interested in mobile and wireless systems, cyber-physical systems, industrial control systems, automotive systems, IoT protocols, applied cryptography, and SoCurity.