I am assistant professor at University College Dublin at the
School of Computer Science. I
am also a funded investigator at Lero - the Irish Software Research
Centre.
I lead the Science Foundation
Ireland SIRG project ForCoPS - Forensics Investigations of
Cyber-Physical Incidents.
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 these themes!
News
02/07/2021 TDSC paper accepted: The paper titled "Grounds for Suspicion: Physics-based Early Warnings for Stealthy Attacks on Industrial Control Systems" co-authored with Mazen Azzam, Gregory Provan and Bashar Nuseibeh was accepted at the IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.
02/07/2021 ACSOS paper accepted: The paper titled "Engineering Adaptive Authentication" co-authored with Alzubair Hassan and Bashar Nuseibeh was accepted as a vision paper at the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 2021).
21/05/2021 Keynote Speaker at FormaliSE: I gave a keynote titled "Towards Formalising Sustainable Security Systems" at the 9th International Conference on Formal Methods in Software Engineering.
Service
Scientific events I am currently involved in:
ICSE 2022 (NIER track Co-chair): 44th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2022).
ESEC/FSE 2022 (PC member and Diversity, Inclusion and Hybridization Co-Chair): ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE 2022).
REFSQ 2022 (PC member and Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair): 28th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2022).
SEAMS 2022 (PC member): 17th Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems (SEAMS 2022).