Athanasopoulos Elias

Elias Athanasopoulos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus. His research focuses on systems security and privacy, with particular emphasis on web application security, hardware-based defenses, and privacy-preserving technologies. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Crete (2011) and a BSc in Physics from the University of Athens (2005).

Prior to joining the University of Cyprus, he served as an Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His work has been recognized with awards such as the Best Paper Award at IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy 2020 and the DCSR Best Paper Award at the 23rd USENIX Security Symposium. His research spans topics including fuzzing frameworks, adversarial machine learning, and network security.

Elias has published extensively in top-tier conferences like IEEE Security & Privacy, ACM CCS, and Usenix Security. His contributions include practical solutions like Lethe for data breach detection and auth.js for advanced web authentication. He has also held fellowships at Columbia University (Marie Curie) and collaborated with organizations like Microsoft Research and FORTH.

His teaching and research interests integrate theoretical and applied aspects of security, emphasizing real-world impact. Current projects explore vulnerabilities in modern systems and developing robust defenses against emerging threats.