David R. Matos

David R. Matos is an Assistant Professor at the College of Engineering, University of Lisbon, and a researcher at the Distributed, Parallel and Secure Systems Group (DPSS) of INESC-ID. He is also a member of the BIG ERA Chair Team. His primary research interests include distributed systems, cybersecurity, and cloud computing, with a specific focus on intrusion recovery mechanisms for cloud environments and microservice architectures.

Education:

• BSc in Informatics Engineering, University of Lisbon
• MSc in Informatics Engineering, University of Lisbon
• PhD in Computer Sciences and Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico

His research applies machine learning techniques to associate application requests with database statements, enabling identification and reversal of malicious operations. Key themes include decentralized storage, blockchain recovery, secure communication protocols, and pluggable intrusion recovery systems.

David has contributed to projects such as PATI, SITAN, SafeCloud, SEAL, and the BIG ERA Chair. He developed the Rectify system for intrusion recovery in PaaS clouds, which is deployable alongside applications without software modifications.