Research Teams

Research Team 1 – #cybersec

Research Team Leader: Pierluigi Perri

Main Research Topics:

Cybersecurity, Encryption, Anonymization, Protection of Critical Infrastructures (NIS etc.), healthcare security, AI and security, IoT and automotive security, darknet.

  1. Rosaria Belfiore
  2. Alessandro Cortina 
  3. Luca Egitto 
  4. Emiliano Germani 
  5. Simona Klimbacher 
  6. Eyup Kun 
  7. Mika Lauhde
  8. Francesca Mauro 
  9. Nelson Otieno Okeyo
  10. Claudia Ogriseg 
  11. Gianluigi Maria Riva 
  12. Riccardo Vecellio Segate 
  13. Matteo Sironi 
  14. Elisabetta Stringhi 
  15. Rebecca Tabarani 
  16. David Thaw
  17. Lachlan Urquhart
  18. Nynke Velliga 
  19. Juan Arismendi Zambrano  

Research Team 2 – #datagov

Research Team Leader: Simone Bonavita

Main research topics:

Data governance, privacy, GDPR, compliance, global surveillance and control, IoT and automotive data protection, AI, commercial strategies and data protection, ePrivacy, online marketing, cookies, profiling, data transfers, interface design, dark patterns.

  1. Jose Belo 
  2. Filippo Bianchini 
  3. Elettra Bietti 
  4. Tais Fernanda Blauth 
  5. Pietro Bocaccini 
  6. Chiara Bocchi 
  7. Angela Daly 
  8. Lucrezia Falciai 
  9. Cesare Augusto Fontanillo 
  10. Giovanni Battista Gallus 
  11. Ann Kristin Glenster 
  12. Natalia Menéndez González 
  13. Jonisa Milaj-Weishaar
  14. Jakub Míšek 
  15. Gilberto Nava  
  16. Nasiruddin Nezaami 
  17. Livinus Obiora Nweke 
  18. Nengo Jacktone Ouma 
  19. Karolina Podstawa 
  20. Saverio Puddu 
  21. Richárd Rudolf Rák
  22. Chiara Rauccio 
  23. Chiara Ciccia Romito 
  24. Alessandra Salluce 
  25. Francesca Santoro 
  26. Denitza Toptchiyska
  27. Luca Tosoni 
  28. Andrea Carmine Trovato 
  29. Valerio Vertua

Research Team 3 – #cybercrimes

Research Team Leader: Giovanni Ziccardi

Main research topics

Computer crimes, digital investigations, National Security issues, terrorism, hate speech, AI and warfare, information warfare, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, revenge porn and non-consensual porn, deep fake, sextortions, online grooming, OSINT, cyberwars.

  1. Natalia Alkiviadou                                                      
  2. Farzaneh Badii                                                            
  3. Laíse Milena Barbosa                                       
  4. Jeremy Bernius                                                            
  5. Gaia Brino Bet                                                          
  6. Davide Cislaghi                                                           
  7. Flavia Giglio                                                               
  8. Valentina Golunova                                                    
  9. Natasha Gooden                                                         
  10. Magdalena E. Jozwiak                                               
  11. Stefano Mele                                                               
  12. Lakomy Miron
  13. Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen
  14. Emilio Sacchi                                                
  15. Balendra Soorya                                                          
  16. Victor Stoica                                                               
  17. Marta Stroppa                                               
  18. Niteesh Kumar Upadhyay                   
  19. Guglielmina Vaccaro                                                   
  20. Malwina Anna Wójcik                                                           

Research Team #4 – #harassment

Research Team Leader: Samanta Stanco

Main research topics:

Minors online, digital legacy, discrimination, digital inclusion, digital natives, sexting, disorders, digital citizenship (for children), cyberstalking, cyberbullying, revenge porn and non-consensual porn between minors, data protection of minors, online gaming disorders.

  1. Kim Barker
  2. Federica Bertoni 
  3. Marcello Bergonzi Perrone 
  4. Alessandro D’Arminio Monforte 
  5. Giulia Escurolle 
  6. Angel Gordo 
  7. Mark R. Leiser 
  8. Francesco Paolo Micozzi 
  9. Veronika Nagy 
  10. Nora Noralla 
  11. Eka Nugraha Putra 
  12. Dennis Redeker 
  13. Andrea Scirpa 
  14. Riccardo Vernizzi 
  15. Asta Zokaityte

Research Team #5 – #regulations

Research Team Leader: Paulina Kowalicka

Main research topics:

IT and human rights, digital policy, EU strategy, digital agenda, smart cities, green-tech, platforms and big tech, work, climate change, blockchain and EU cryptoagenda, AI and strategy, disinformation, freedom of expression, online reputation.

  1. Ucha Avsajanishvili
  2. Sharon Bassan 
  3. Beatrice Bonami 
  4. Danielle Borges 
  5. Sandra Cassotta
  6. Luigi Degan 
  7. Maria Del Sagrario Navarro 
  8. Marko Dimitrijević
  9. Silvia Elia
  10. Fernanda Faini 
  11. Marks James Findlau 
  12. Nils Heinemann
  13. Eleni Katopodi 
  14. Andreas Kotsios
  15. Beata Mäihäniemi
  16. Claudia Mangè
  17. Giovanni Pasceri 
  18. Maria Grazia Peluso 
  19. Andrea Razzini 
  20. Urbano Reviglio 
  21. Natalija Shikova 
  22. Gabriele Suffia 
  23. Stefano Tresoldi 
  24. Georgios Yannopoulos 
  25. Ammar Younas 
  26. Gyurász Zoltán                                                        

Research Team 6 – #legaltech

Research Team Leader: Giulia Pesci

Main research topics:

Family Tech, Legal Tech, Legal Design, Responsible use of technology by adults and minors, media education and literacy, digital skills, computer ethics, copyright and IP rights, fintech, metaverse, quantum computing, artificial intelligence and legal practice, manipulative design.

  1. Sarah Alsudairy                                                          
  2. Lisa Bernstein                                                             
  3. Nicola Busto                                                              
  4. Jacopo Ciani Sciolla                                                 
  5. Luigi Cristiano                                                         
  6. Lucia Della Ventura                                                 
  7. Massimo Farina                                                        
  8. Andrea Filippo Ferraris                                               
  9. Enrico Ferraris                                                            
  10. Maria Antonella Incardona                                         
  11. Zoi Krokida                                                               
  12. Maria Lubomira Kubica                                              
  13. Theo Lynn                                                                
  14. Silvia Martinelli                                                          
  15. GianLuca Pedrazzini                                                   
  16. Letizia Tomada                                                           
  17. Gianfranco Valsecchi                                                 
  18. Adithya Anil Variath                                                
  19. Angela Zampetti