I am Associate Professor at University College Dublin at the School of Computer Science and a funded investigator at Lero - the Irish Software Research Centre. I am also the Director of the UCD MSc in Cybersecurity.
I am part of the SPARE research group.
My research interests include requirements engineering and adaptive systems. My work has focused on using runtime models to engineer complex systems, including cyber-physical systems, in order to satisfy their security requirements, and ensure that they are forensic-ready and comply with data protection regulations.
If you are interested in doing research about secure software engineering and have a passion for making things concrete and not just on paper, drop me a line. Several thesis topics, as well as smaller projects are available around the following themes: secure software engineering, engineering forensic-ready software systems, requirements engineering.
News
19/04/2024 ICSE 2027 General Co-Chair: I will be General Co-Chair of the 49th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024) together with Prof. Brian Fitzgerald. ICSE 2027 will be in Dublin!
19/04/2024 Best Reviewer Award at ICSE 2024: I received the best reviewer award at 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024).
15/01/2024 IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine Department Editor: I was appointed Department Editor of the IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine column Building Security In. I am fortunate to share this responsibility with Prof. Fabio Massacci and Dr. Antonino Sabetta.
23/12/2023 Best Runner Up Paper: The IEEE Computer Society Publications Board has awarded the paper titled "Digital Age of Consent and Age Verification: Can They Really Protect Children?" Best Runner Up Paper based on nominations submitted by each publication’s awards committee.
Service
Scientific events I am currently involved in:
SEAMS 2024 (PC Co-Char): 19th International Conference on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems (SEAMS 2024).
ICSE 2024 (PC Member): 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2023).
RE 2024 (PC member): 31st International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE 2024).
REFSQ 2024 (PC member): 30th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2023).
PhD Students
I am lucky to supervise the following PhD students:
Alkabashi Alnour, Engineering Adaptive Authentication, co-supervised with Dr. Alzubair Hassan and Prof. Bashar Nuseibeh.
Faithful Chiagoziem Onweugbuche, Adaptive Ransomware Detection, co-supervised with Dr. Anca Jurcut.
Kushal Ramkumar, Sustainable Adaptive Security, co-supervised with Prof. Bashar Nuseibeh.
Ruth Buckley, Cyber Information Sharing in ISACs, co-supervised with Profs. Markus Helfert and Bashar Nuseibeh.
Past PhD Students
Konstantinos Ntafloukas, "Cyber Risk Assessment in Critical Transportation Infrastructures". Konstantinos is now R&D Engineer at INLECOM (Greece).
Fanny Rivera-Ortiz, "Engineering Forensic-Ready Software Systems". Fanny is now Post-Doctoral researcher at the National College of Ireland.
Mazen Azzam, "Physics-based Early Warnings for Forensic Readiness in Industrial Control Systems". Mazen is now Optical Sensing Engineer at ASML, The Netherlands.
Faeq Alrimawi, "Software Engineering for Forensic-Ready Cyber-Physical Systems".
Faeq is now Assistant Professor at the University of Limerick.