Simone Raponi
My name is Simone Raponi, I am a dedicated Senior AI/ML Cybersecurity Engineer at Equixly.
You may be wandering what an AI/ML Cybersecurity Engineer is, well.. I am a Machine Learning Scientist/Engineer with a strong background in Cybersecurity. I have always been working in the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity.
My academic achievements trace back to Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy, where I obtained both my Bachelor's and Master's Degrees with honors in Computer Science, My Bachelor's Thesis, guided by Prof. Francesco Parisi Presicce, introduced a theoretical model for the Attribute-Based Access Control paradigm. My Master's thesis, under the expert supervision of Dr. Julinda Stefa, delved deep into AI techniques to unveil adversaries lurking in the Dark Web, resulting in two noteworthy publications in top-tier venues.
I pursued a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, mentored by Prof. Roberto Di Pietro and co-mentored by Dr. Gabriele Oligeri, I was honored with the Best Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering Award, and the Computer Science and Engineering Outstanding Performance Award.
My research allowed me to harness Artificial Intelligence potential to tackle ambitious Cybersecurity challenges. This dedicated effort resulted in 1 book, 11 journal papers, 11 conference papers, and 2 notable patents.
After my Ph.D., I worked as a Machine Learning Scientist at the esteemed NATO Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation.
I am currently leading the Artificial Intelligence division of Equixly, an AI-Powered Hacker that is currently reshaping the security testing landscape.
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Latest News & Achievements
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[01/07/2023] Thrilled to be part of RedHotCyber's Artificial Intelligence team!
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[05/06/2023] Exciting times ahead as I begin my journey as a Senior AI/ML Cybersecurity Engineer at Equixly.
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[01/02/2023] Honored to receive the HBKU Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Outstanding Performance Award!
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[20/10/2022] Our paper titled "PAST-AI: Physical-layer Authentication of Satellite Transmitters via Deep Learning" made its way into the esteemed IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security.
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[01/07/2021] I took a significant step in my career by joining the NATO STO Center for Maritime and Experimentation as a Machine Learning Scientist.
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[11/04/2021] A proud moment for me! I have completed my Ph.D. with my thesis AI-Driven Detection of Cybersecurity-related Patterns.
Research Internships
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(2021)
Iberdrola (Qatar):
I was an intern Machine Learning Scientist in the Iberdrola's Smart Grid Lab, where I developed and implemented a synchronous distributed data acquisition algorithm for Power Line Communication devices located in geographically distant points. The acquired data allowed the creation of a rich database to research on the communication delay of Power Line Communication devices adopted worldwide with the goal of making AI-based inferences.
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(2019)
Iberdrola (Qatar):
Machine Learning Scientist in the Smart Grid Lab. Development and Implementation of an Artificial Intelligence-driven noise forecasting model (RNN-LSTM) for Power Line Communication devices.
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(2018)
Telefonica Research (Barcelona):
Machine Learning and Big Data Scientist. Analysis and Experimentation of the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the privacy of users interacting with Internet services.
Patents
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(2021)US Patent App. 16/657,088
Methods and Systems for Verifying the Authenticity of a Remote Service
Roberto Di Pietro, Savio Sciancalepore, Simone Raponi -
(2021)
US Patent App. 16/880,525
Online Account Access Recovery System and Method Utilizing Secret Splitting
Roberto Di Pietro, Simone Raponi
Publications
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(2023) Monitoring of Critical Undersea Infrastructures: The Nord Stream and Other Recent Case Studies
G. Soldi, D. Gaglione, S. Raponi, N. Forti, E. D’Afflisio, P. Kowalski, L. M. Millefiori, D. Zizzis, P. Braca, P. Willet, A. Maguer, S. Carniel, G. Sembenini, C. Warner
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine -
(2022) PAST-AI: Physical-layer Authentication of Satellite
Transmitters via Deep Learning
Gabriele Oligeri, Savio Sciancalepore, Simone Raponi, Roberto Di Pietro
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security (TIFS) -
(2022) FRACTAL: Single-Channel Multi-Factor Transaction
Authentication through a Compromised Terminal
Savio Sciancalepore, Simone Raponi, Daniele Caldarola, Roberto Di Pietro
International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS) -
(2022) Sound of guns: Digital Forensics of Gun Audio Samples
meets Artificial Intelligence
Simone Raponi, Gabriele Oligeri, Isra Ali
Springer Nature Multimedia Tools and Applications -
(2022) Fake News Propagation: A Review of Epidemic Models,
Datasets, and Insights
Simone Raponi, Zeinab Khalifa, Gabriele Oligeri, Roberto Di Pietro
ACM Transactions on the Web -
(2021) Road Traffic Poisoning of Navigation Apps: Threats
and Countermeasures
Simone Raponi, Savio Sciancalepore, Gabriele Oligeri, Roberto Di Pietro
IEEE Security & Privacy -
(2021) KaFHCa: Key-Establishment via Frequency Hopping
Collisions
Muhammad Usman, Simone Raponi, Gabriele Oligeri
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) -
(2021) Cryptomining Makes Noise: Detecting Cryptojacking via
Machine Learning
Maurantonio Caprolu, Simone Raponi, Gabriele Oligeri, Roberto Di Pietro
Computer Communications -
(2021) Long-Term Noise Characterization of Narrowband Power
Line Communications
Simone Raponi, Javier Hernandez Fernandez, Aymen Omri, Gabriele Oligeri
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery -
(2021) New Dimensions of Information Warfare: The Economic
Pillar—Fintech and Cryptocurrencies
Maurantonio Caprolu, Stefano Cresci, Simone Raponi, Roberto Di Pietro
Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (CRISIS) -
(2020) Vessels cybersecurity: issues, challenges, and the
road ahead
Maurantonio Caprolu, Roberto Di Pietro, Simone Raponi, Savio Sciancalepore, Pietro Tedeschi
IEEE Communication Magazine -
(2020) BrokenStrokes: on the (in) security of wireless
keyboards
Gabriele Oligeri, Savio Sciancalepore, Simone Raponi, Roberto Di Pietro
ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WISEC) -
(2020) A Longitudinal Study on Web-Sites Password Management
(in) Security: Evidence and Remedies
Simone Raponi, Roberto Di Pietro
IEEE Access -
(2019) Nationality and Geolocation-Based Profiling in the
Dark (Web)
Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei, Eugenio Nerio Nemmi, Simone Raponi, Julinda Stefa
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing -
(2019) Edge Computing Perspectives: Architectures,
Technologies, and Open Security Issues
Maurantonio Caprolu, Roberto Di Pietro, Flavio Lombardi, Simone Raponi
IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE) -
(2019) Intrusion Detection at the Network Edge: Solutions,
Limitations, and Future Directions
Simone Raponi, Maurantonio Caprolu, Roberto Di Pietro
International Conference on Edge Computing -
(2019) Next Generation Information Warfare: Rationales,
Scenarios, Threats, and Open Issues
Simone Raponi, Maurantonio Caprolu, Roberto Di Pietro
International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP) -
(2019) Fortress: an Efficient and Distributed Firewall for
Stateful Data Plane SDN
Maurantonio Caprolu, Simone Raponi, Roberto Di Pietro
Security and Communication Networks -
(2018) A Spark Is Enough in a Straw World: A Study of
Websites Password Management in the Wild
Simone Raponi, Roberto Di Pietro
International Workshop on Security and Trust Management -
(2018) Time-Zone Geolocation of Crowds in the Dark
Web
Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei, Simone Raponi, Julinda Stefa
International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) -
(2018) Docker ecosystem – Vulnerability
Analysis
Antony Martin, Simone Raponi, Theo Combe, Roberto Di Pietro
Computer Communications
Academic Services
Technical (Program) Committee- International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2022)
- International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2022)
- International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2021)
- International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2021)
- Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT 2021)
- International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC 2021)
- International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC 2020)
- International Symposium on Foundations & Practice of Security (FPS 2020)
- International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2020)
- IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication (INFOCOM)
- ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WISEC)
- Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
- Computer Communications (COMCOM)
- Computer Networks (COMNET)
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal
- Pervasive and Mobile Computing
- International Journal of Information Security
- Journal of Computer Security
- IEEE Access
- IET Information Security
- Security and Communication Networks
- International Conference on Cloud Computing (2019) -- Session VII: Cloud Resources Optimization, San Diego (USA)
- Qatar International Cyber Security Contest (2019) -- Doha (QA) (January 2019 – December 2019)
- Master’s Thesis – Title: Terminator: a Termination Effect on Symmetric Key Encryption by Hybrid Ransomware, Student: Ahmad Nasser A. A. Alkuwari
- Master’s Thesis – Title: Unikernels for Web Applications and Services: Analysis, Security Assessment, and Offensive Techniques, Student: Faher Bakri
- Master’s Thesis – Title: Fake News Propagation Blueprint, Student: Zeinab Khalifa