Scholar
Fabio Massacci
Google Scholar ID: gC_ZVPgAAAAJ
Chair at Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands and prof. at University of Trento, Italy
Citations & Impact
Citations
3,820
H-index
31
i10-index
92
Publications
20
Co-authors
126
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Presented at top hacker venues (such as BlackHat USA, Asia), top computer security conferences (like ACM CCS, IEEE S&P), top empirical software engineering journals (like ESEJ, IEEE TSE), and top risk analysis journals (such as Risk Analysis). Received the Ten Years Most Influential Paper Award from IEEE Requirements Engineering for work on security and trust in socio-technical systems. Recent research includes an observational study on privacy management in schools published at the IEEE S&P Symposium, a paper on mathematical bounds for using machine learning for automated vulnerability repair at ICSE-NIER, and another ICSE-NIER paper on using confident learning to determine when to drop confusing samples from datasets.
Research Experience
- Currently a part-time Chair of Foundational Security at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (since 2020) and a part-time Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Trento (since 2001). Coordinated several European projects, including a multidisciplinary project with economists, sociologists, and computer scientists on socio-economic aspects of security (SECONOMICS), and the Sec4AI4Sec Project on cybersecurity for AI-augmented systems. Local responsible for the OPTICS2 EU project at the Italian National Consortium for Informatics (CyberSecurity Lab).
Education
- MEng in Computer Engineering (1992), PhD in Computer Engineering (1998), MA in International Relations (1995).
Background
- Research interests include computer security, risk analysis, and security and trust in socio-technical systems. Has lived in Rome, Cambridge, Toulouse, Trento, and Amsterdam. Held visiting positions in Durham, Koblenz, Leuven, Marina del Rey, and Oslo.
Miscellany
- Actively participated in civil society, working as a volunteer with underprivileged people and in refugee camps. Held the position of European Executive member and Treasurer of Service Civil International, an international NGO with consultative status at UNESCO and the European Youth Forum. For his MA, he wrote a dissertation on cooperation between democracies and Islamic social movements.
