Dr. Leonardo Aniello

Associate Professor

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Biography

Dr. Leonardo Aniello is an Associate Professor at the University of Southampton, specializing in Cyber Security, Blockchain-based Systems, Distributed Systems, and Machine Learning applied to Cyber Security. He obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering Computer Science in 2014 from 'La Sapienza' University of Rome, where his thesis focused on efficient processing techniques for Big Data in collaborative environments. Dr. Aniello has gained extensive experience as a visiting researcher at the IBM Research Lab in Haifa and the Department of Computer Science at Royal Holloway, University of London. He joined the University of Southampton in 2018 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022. His research is centered on the integration of machine learning techniques in cyber security and the application of blockchain technology to improve security in IoT contexts. He has authored over 30 papers, contributing significantly to the field, with a h-index of 16 and 1759 citations according to Google Scholar. Dr. Aniello is actively involved in projects funded by various organizations, including GCHQ and EPSRC, focusing on cyber threat detection, predictive analytics, and the secure management of cloud resources.

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Experience

Associate Professor

2018-01-01 — Present

University of Southampton • Southampton, England

Teaching and conducting research in Cyber Security, focused on Blockchain-based Systems and Machine Learning applications.