Talks

Keynotes and Invited Talks

• Keynote - "Covert & Side Stories: Threats Evolution in Traditional and Modern Technologies" - 10th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP 2024) Rome, Italy, February 26-28, 2024.
• Keynote - "Covert & Side Stories: Threats Evolution in Traditional and Modern Technologies" - 25th International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS 2023) Nankai University, Tianjin, China, November 18-20, 2023.
• Keynote - "Covert & Side Stories: Threats Evolution in Traditional and Modern Technologies" - 20th Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security & Trust (PST 2023), Copenhagen, Denmark, Hybrid Conference, August 21-23, 2023.
• Keynote - "Covert & Side Stories: Threats Evolution in Traditional and Modern Technologies" - IEEE International Conference on CyberSecurity and Resilience (IEEE CSR 2023), Venice, Italy, Hybrid Conference, July 31-August 2, 2023.
• Keynote - "Covert & Side Stories: Threats Evolution in Traditional and Modern Technologies" - Trust and Privacy in Networks (TRUSTNET DAY 2023), Avignon, France, June 16, 2023.
• Keynote - "AI and Cybersecurity: The good, the bad, and the ugly" - World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF 2023) , Cannes, France, February 9-11, 2023.
• Keynote - "Side and Covert Channels: the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Modern Technologies" - 18th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (EAI SecureComm 2022), Kansas City, USA, October 17-19, 2022.
• Keynote - "Side and Covert Channels: the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Modern Technologies" - The 20th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic & Secure Computing (DASC 2022), Calabria, Italy, September 12-15, 2022.
• Keynote - "Side and Covert Channels: the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Modern Technologies" - IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. (DASC 2022), Padova, Italy, July 18-23, 2022.
• Keynote - "Privacy this unknown - The new design dimension of computing architectures" - Design Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE 2021), Virtual, February 4, 2021.
• Keynote - "Side and Covert Channels: the Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde of Modern Technologies" - 2nd ACM Workshop on Wireless Security and Machine Learning (WiseML 2020), Virtual, July 13, 2020.
• Keynote - 21st International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS' 19), Beijing, China, December 15-17, 2019.
• Keynote - 6th International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications (SSCC' 18), Bangalore, India, September 19-22, 2018.
• Keynote - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users" - Joint keynote at IEEE BITS' 18 & IEEE SmartSys' 18, Sicily, Italy, June 18-20, 2018.
• Keynote - "Leaky CPS: Inferring Cyber Information from Physical Properties (and the other way around)" - 4th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop (CPSS 2018), Incheon, Korea, June 4, 2018.
• Keynote - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users" - F-Secure Security MOOC kickoff, Helsinki, Finland, October 31, 2017.
• Keynote - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users" - 10th ACM International Conference On Security Of Information And Networks (ACM SIN '17), Jaipur, India, October 13-15, 2017.
• Keynote - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users" - International Tyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communication: "Towards a Smart and Secure Future Internet", Palermo, Italy, September 18-20, 2017.
• Keynote - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users" - 5th International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications (SSCC' 17), Karnataka, India, September 13-16, 2017.
• Invited Talks - "Internet: Security and Privacy challenges" - MHRD Scheme on Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) - MNIT, Jaipur, India, October 24-28, 2016.
• Invited Talk - "s-Health Privacy" - 9th IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (IEEE MeMeA '14), Lisboa, Portogallo, June 11-12, 2014.
• Invited Talk - Workshop on Reliability and Security in Wireless Networks (in conjunction with DISC '09), Elche, Spain, September 22, 2009.
  
  

Panelist

• IEEE BITS' 18, Sicily, Italy, June 18-20, 2018.
  Security and Trustworthiness in Smart and Connected Communities
  Panel Chair: Sajal Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)
  Panelists: Mauro Conti (University of Padova, Italy) - Mario Di Francesco (Aalto University, Finland) - Aryya Gangopadhyay (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) - Nalini Venkatasubramanian (University of California at Irvine, USA) - Keiichi Yasumoto (Nara Institute of Technology, Japan).
• IEEE NFV-SDN '17, Berlin, Germany, November 08, 2017.
  Speed of Transformation, Are We Moving With Purpose?
  Panel Chair: Diego Lopez (Telefonica, Spain)
  Panelists: Mauro Conti (University of Padua, SPRITZ) - Bob Monkman (ARM) - Kai Mao (Fujitsu).
• F-Secure Security MOOC kickoff '17 , Helsinki, Finland, October 31, 2017.
  Bridging Theory and Practice in Cyber Security.
  Panel Chair: Sean Sullivan (FSecure, Helsinki, Finland)
  Panelists: Mauro Conti (University of Padua, SPRITZ) - Mikko Hypponen (F-Secure) - Karmina Aquino, (F-Secure Labs, Helsinki, Finland) - Antti Vähä-Sipilä (F-Secure) - Valtteri Niemi (University of Helsinki).
• SCy-Phy Systems Week 2017 '17, Singapore, Malaysia, June 06, 2017.
  Securing Industrial IoT: Device Attestation, Software Updates, and Data Protection.
  Panel Chair: Jianying Zhou (Singapore University of Technology and Design)
  Panelists: Mauro Conti (University of Padua, SPRITZ) - Gerhard Hancke (City University of Hong Kong) - Biplab Sikdar (National University of Singapore).
• ACM Mal-IoT '11 (in conjunction with ACM CF '17), Siena, Italy, May 15, 2017.
  Do we need a holistic approach for the design of secure IoT systems?
  Panel Chair: Nele Mentens (KU Leuven)
  Panelists: Mauro Conti (University of Padua, SPRITZ) - Giorgio Di Natale (LIRMM - University of Montpellier/CNRS) - Annelie Heuser (IRISA/CNRS) - Thomas Pöppelmann (Infineon Technologies).
• Symbiotic '16, Padua, Italy, September 29-30, 2016.
  Adapting the System to Users Based on Implicit Data: Ethical Risks and Possible Solutions
  Panel Chair: Anna Spagnolli (University of Padua)
  Panelists: Mauro Conti (University of Padua) - Giorgia Guerra (University of Padua) - Jonathan Freeman (University of London) - David Kirsh (University of California at San Diego) - Aimee van Wynsberghe (Unversity of Twente).
• ACM SIGSAC CODASPY '11, San Antonio, Texas, USA, February 21-23, 2011.
  Research Agenda for Data and Application Security,
  Panel Chair: X. Sean Wang (NSF, University of Vermont)
  Panelists: Mauro Conti (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) - Calton Pu (Georgia Tech) - Ravi Sandhu (UTSA) - Dan Thomsen (Sandia) - Bhavani Thuraisingham (UTDallas).

PhD Schools

• "Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users", IEEE-EURASIP Summer School on Signal Processing, San Vincenzo, Italy, September 10-14, 2018.


• "Research and Industrial applications of Cloud Edge Computing", CommNet2 SPRING SCHOOL, 5G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, March 26-28, 2018.


• "Security and Privacy Issues in Novel Technologies", PhD School in Human Factors in Systems Safety and Security, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK, July 5, 2017.

Seminars and Guest Lectures

• Seminar at Technische Universiteit Delft, Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users", Delft, Netherlands, September 04, 2018.
• Guest Lecture at Florida International University, "Covert and side channel attacks", Miami, Florida, USA, July 26, 2018.
• Guest Lecture at University of Washington, "Covert and side channel attacks", Seattle, WA, USA, July 18, 2018.
• Seminar at Vienna University of Economics and Business, invited by Ema Kušen, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users", Vienna, Austria, September 27th 2017.
• Seminar at Technical University of Denmark, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Novel Security and Privacy Threats to Mobile Users", Lyngby, Denmark, September, 26, 2017.
• Seminar at Information-centric Networking and Security - Schloss Dagstuhl, "ICN Security & Privacy Issues", Wadern, Germany, June 19-22, 2016.
• Seminar at Cisco - École Polytechnique networking Innovation and Research Symposium, ICN Security & Privacy Issues, Palaiseau, France, March 07, 2016.
• Seminar at Contextual Security: Quo Vadis? - Aalto University, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", Helsinki, Finland, December 2, 2015.
• Seminar at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, "Future Internet Security and Privacy (challenges)", Jaipur, India, November 20, 2015.
• Seminar at Radboud University, "Future Internet Security and Privacy (challenges)", Nijmegen, Netherlands, November 13, 2015.
• Seminar at International Workshop on Cloud and Big Data Security - Nanyang Technological University, "Mobile Cloud Computing: Novel Privacy Issues and Possible Solutions", Singapore, September 21, 2015.
• Seminar at University of Florida, "Future Internet Security and Privacy (challenges)", Florida, USA, August 5, 2015.
• Seminar at Florida International University, "Future Internet Security and Privacy (challenges)", Miami, Florida, USA, July 31, 2015.
• Seminar at Ruhr University Bochum, invited by Prof. Christina Popper, "Future Internet Security and Privacy (challenges)", Bochum, Germany, November 27, 2014.
• Seminar at University of Oxford, invited by Prof. Ivan Martinovic, "Future Internet Security and Privacy (challenges)", Oxford, UK, November 13, 2014.
• Series of seminars at University of Helsinki, invited by Prof. N. Asokan, "Security and Privacy Issues for Modern Systems and Technologies", Helsinki, Finland, Settembre 22-23, 2014.
• Seminar at Royal Holloway University, invited by Prof. Lorenzo Cavallaro, Network Security , London, UK, Febbraio 20, 2014.
• Seminar at Queen Mary Univeristy, invited by Dr. Manos Panaousis, "Future Internet Security and Privacy (challenges)", London, UK, Febbraio 19, 2014.
• Guest Lecture at Kingston University London, Network Security, London, UK, Gennaio 18, 2014.
• Seminar at Department of Computer Science, - University of Venice "Ca' Foscari", invited by Prof. Sabina Rossi, "Future Internet Security and Privacy (challenges)", Venice, Italy, January 22, 2014.
  
• Talk at FOSAD/NESSoS workshop, invited by Dr. Fabio Martinelli, "Mobile Device Security", Bertinoro, FC, Italy, September 5, 2013.
  
• Seminar at Computer Science Division, - University of California, Berkeley, invited by Dr. Mario Frank, "Mind How You Answer Me! (Transparently Authenticating the User of a Smartphone when Answering or Placing a Call)", Berkeley, CA, USA, June 28, 2013.
  
• Seminar at LaBRI - Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique, invited by Prof. Mohamed Mosbah, "Detection of Cloned Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks", Bordeaux, France, February 04, 2013.
  
• Guest Lecture at Kingston University London,, "Network Security" London, UK, March 16, 2012.
  
• Seminar at TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research), invited by Dr. Frank Fransen and Dr. Rieks Joosten, "Enforcing Fine-Grained Context-Related Policies on Android", Delft, The Netherlands, September 5, 2011.
  
• Seminar at Department of Mathematics and Computer Science - University of Perugia, invited by Prof. Cristina Pinotti, "Systems and Algorithms for Smartphones Improved Usability and Security", Perugia, Italy, March 28, 2011.
  
• Seminar at College of Information Science and Technology - The Pennsylvania State University, invited by Prof. Peng Liu and Prof. Sencun Zhu, "CRePE: Context-Related Policy Enforcement for Android", University Park, PA, USA, November 10, 2010.
  
• Seminar at Department of Computer Science - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), invited by Prof. Mario Gerla, "Unobservablility in WSN", Los Angeles, CA, USA, November 5, 2010.
  
• Seminar at Department of Computer Science - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, , invited by Prof. Bruno Crispo, "Detection of Cloned Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks", Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 28, 2009.
  
• PhD final defence - Department of Computer Science - University of Rome "La Sapienza", (PhD Advisor: Prof. Luigi V. Mancini), "Securing Wireless Sensor Networks", Roma, Italy, February 23, 2009.
  
• Seminar at College of Information Science and Technology - The Pennsylvania State University, invited by Prof. Peng Liu, "Detection of Cloned Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks", University Park, PA, USA, October 23, 2008.
  
• Seminar at ISI - Johns Hopkins University, invited by Prof. Giuseppe Ateniese, "A Randomized, Efficient, and Distributed Protocol for the Detection of Node Replication Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks", Baltimore, MD, USA, June 11, 2008.
  
• Guest Lecture in Wireless Network Security graduate course (CS/IT 818) - George Mason University, Prof Sanjeev Setia, "Node replication attacks" Fairfax, VA, USA, April 8, 2008.
  
• Seminar at Department of Computer Science - Sapienza University of Rome, SM@ART seminars, "Secure Ubiquitous Computing", Roma, Italy, July 26, 2007.
  
• Seminar at Department of Computer Science - Sapienza University of Rome, ICSecurity Group Meetings, "RIPP-FS: an RFID Identification, Privacy Preserving protocol with Forward Secrecy", Roma, Italy, February 6, 2007.
  
• Seminar at ITRI Industrial Technology, invited by Prof. Jin-Shyan LEE, "Secure Cooperative Channel Establishment in Wireless Sensor Networks", Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 16, 2006.
  
• Guest Lecture in Systems Security Techniques course - Sapienza University of Rome, Prof. Roberto Di Pietro, "Requirements and Open Issues in Distributed Detection of Node Identity Replicas in WSN", Roma, Italy, May 19, 2006.
  
• Seminar at Department of Computer Science - Sapienza University of Rome, ICSecurity Group Meetings, "Secure Cooperative Channel Establishment in Wireless Sensor Networks", Roma, Italy, March 7, 2006.
  
• Seminar at Department of Computer Science - Sapienza University of Rome, ICSecurity Group Meetings, "Combinatorial design of Key Distribution Mechanisms for Wireless Sensor Networks", Roma, Italy, November 11, 2004.
  

Conference and Workshop Talks

• WIFS 2015, Rome, Italy, November 16-19, 2015.
• CNS 2015 workshop: SPiCy 2015, Florence, Italy, September 30, 2015.
• ESORICS 2014 workshop: QASA 2014, Wroclaw, Poland, September 10-11, 2014.
• ESORICS 2013 workshop: STM 2013, Egham, UK, September 12-13, 2013.
• IEEE CPSCom 2013, Beijing, China, August 20-23, 2013.
• IEEE ICCCN 2013 workshop: IEEE MobiPST 2013, Nassau, Bahamas, June 30-August 2, 2013.
• IEEE ICCCN 2013, Nassau, Bahamas, June 30-August 2, 2013.
• IEEE CPSCom 2012, Besançon, France, November 20-23, 2012.
• IWSP '12, Cambridge, UK, April 11-12, 2012.
  
• IEEE WoWMoM '11, Lucca, Italy, June 20-23, 2011.
  
• ACM SIGSAC ASIACCS '11, Hong Kong, March 22-24, 2011.
  
• ACM SIGSAC CODASPY '11, San Antonio, Texas, USA, February 21-23, 2011.
  
• ICICS '10, Barcelona, Spain, December 15-17, 2010.
  
• ACM MobiWac '10, Bodrum, Turkey, October 17-18, 2010.
  
• IEEE TSP '10, Bradford, UK, June 20 - July 1, 2010.
  
• IWSP '10, Cambridge, UK, March 24-26, 2010.
  
• STW Annual Congress, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, October 8, 2009.
  
• SecureComm '09, Athens, Greece, September 14-18, 2009.
  
• SecureComm '08, Istanbul, Turkey, September 22-25, 2008.
  
• ACM SIGSAC WiSec '08, Alexandria, VA, USA, March 31 - April 2, 2008.
  
• ACM MobiHoc '07, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, September 9-14, 2007.
  
• IEEE PerComW '07, New York, NY, USA, March 19, 2007.
  
• IEEE SMC '06, Taipei, Taiwan, October 8-11, 2006.
  
• IEEE PerComW '06, Pisa, Italy, March 13-17, 2006.