Main research topics include Security Vulnerability Testing, Mining Software Repositories & Software Analytics (applied to vulnerability-related data), AI for Software Security Engineering, Automated Exploit Generation, Automatic Vulnerability Repair, Secure Code Generation (and Security of AI-generated Code), Vulnerability Data Synthesis, and Human (i.e., Developer) Aspects in Software Security.
Research Experience
Involved in the Horizon EU project Sec4AI4Sec, working on automated mining and generation of security unit tests and developing novel AI-driven vulnerability repair solutions. Focuses on Empirical Software Engineering, particularly in software security, security testing, automated exploit generation, mining vulnerability-related data from software repositories, and vulnerability assessment.
Education
Earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Salerno, Italy, in February 2024, supervised by Prof. Fabio Palomba; earned an M.Sc. Degree in Computer Science from the University of Salerno in September 2020, advised by Prof. F. Palomba and Prof. A. De Lucia; earned a B.Sc. Degree in Computer Science from the same university in July 2018, advised by Prof. A. De Lucia.
Background
Postdoctoral Researcher at TUHH, dedicated to security testing. Research interests include security vulnerability testing, automated mining and generation of security unit tests, and AI-driven vulnerability repair.
Miscellany
Born and raised in Salerno, Italy, a proud millennial with a passion for video games, especially Japanese role-playing games. Particularly interested in Pokémon, also enjoys Final Fantasy, Attack on Titan, Steins;Gate, Dragon Ball, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures.