Since Apr 2008, I am fortunate to be a Post Doctorate in the Computer Security Lab of the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), CA, USA, working with Profs Christopher Kruegel, and Giovanni Vigna
From Sep 2006 to Mar 2008, I've been a Visiting Ph.D. Scholar in the Department of Computer Science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University), NY, USA, joining the Cyber Security/Secure Systems Lab led by Prof. R. Sekar, working on memory error countermeasures, anomaly detection and taint analysis techniques
Likewise, from Oct 2007 to Mar 2008, I've been a Research Foundation Employee at Stony Brook University, working with Prof. R. Sekar on memory error countermeasures, anomaly detection and taint analysis techniques
Education
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Ph.D. in Computer Science, Feb 2008
Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan), Milan, Italy
Dipartimento di Informatica e ComunicazioneDissertation titled "Comprehensive Memory Error Protection via Diversity and Taint-Tracking"
Adviser: Prof. R. Sekar (SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA)
co-adviser: Prof. D. Bruschi (University of Milan, Italy) -
M.Sc. (110/110 cum laude) in Computer Science, Oct 2004
Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan), Milan, Italy
Dipartimento di Informatica e ComunicazioneThesis titled "Analysis, Design and Realization of a Trusted Computing Platform Emulator"
Adviser: Prof. D. Bruschi (University of Milan, Italy)
co-adviser: Prof. M. Monga (University of Milan, Italy)
I am interested in several areas of systems security. The following highlight some areas in which I am active and which I would like to keep or start doing research in.
- Botnet
- Memory Corruption Attacks and Countermeasures
- Taint Analysis
- Intrusion Detection, both Network and Host based
- Operating Systems Protection Techniques
- Exploitation Techniques
- Trusted Computing Platforms
- Reverse Engineering
Contact Info
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Computer Security Group
Department of Computer Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110 USA