Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez
Scholar

Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez

Google Scholar ID: yOlNzfcAAAAJ
Associate Professor IMDEA Networks / Co-Founder AppCensus
Online PrivacyNetwork MeasurementsProgram AnalysisRegulatory Compliance
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
4,366
 
H-index
33
 
i10-index
54
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
135
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Received best paper awards at the 2020 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), USENIX Security'19, ACM IMC'18, ACM HotMiddlebox'15, and ACM CoNEXT'14; selected as an ACM Senior Member in 2021; received the medal to 'Young Investigators' awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain in 2023; recipient of the AEPD Emilio Aced Award (2019, 2020, and 2021), CNIL-INRIA Privacy Protection Award (2019 and 2021), Caspar Bowden PETS Award (2020), and IETF/IRTF Applied Networking Research Award; received industry grants such as the 2018 Google Faculty Research Awards, DataTransparencyLab Grant in 2016, and Qualcomm's Innovation Fellowship in 2012.
Research Experience
  • Formerly a Research Staff at International Computer Science Institute (ICSI); worked at Vodafone R&D, T-labs Berlin, and Telefonica Research; joined IMDEA Networks in October 2016.
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, supervised by Prof. Jon Crowcroft
Background
  • Research interests: IoT, network measurements, privacy and security. Currently a Research Associate Professor at IMDEA Networks, leading the Internet Analytics Group. Co-founder of AppCensus, a US-based startup focused on analyzing the privacy risks of mobile applications at scale.
Miscellany
  • His research findings have been covered by international media outlets like The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian, and others.