Aleksandar Milenkoski

Aleksandar Milenkoski is a Researcher at the Chair of Computer Science II (Software Engineering) at the University of Würzburg. His work focuses on network and system security, with a particular emphasis on vulnerability analysis, intrusion detection, and securing virtualized environments. He has held academic roles including Doctoral Researcher since 2014 and has contributed to projects such as the FP7 RELATE initiative.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science (2016), University of Würzburg
• Master’s in Computer Science (2011), University American College Skopje
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science (2009), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Skopje

Research interests span Network Security, Virtualization Security, and Intrusion Detection Systems. His work addresses challenges in evaluating IDS accuracy in elastic cloud environments and mitigating vulnerabilities in hypervisor hypercall interfaces.

Key achievements include a DFG grant (2016), the SPECtacular Award (2016, 2014), and the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (2011). He has organized workshops and served in roles like Elected Secretary in SPEC working groups. Teaching includes software engineering practicums and programming courses.

Notable projects include the TRACER Fire forensic exercise and contributions to the FP7 RELATE cloud research network. He is active in professional organizations like the Cloud Security Alliance and ACM.