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Dr. Sergio Maffeis is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Computer Security at the Department of Computing, Imperial College London, within the Faculty of Engineering. He leads the Security & Machine Learning Lab and holds affiliations with the Engineering Secure Software Systems and Programming Languages research groups. His research focuses on cyber security, machine learning, formal methods, and programming languages. Maffeis earned his Ph.D. from Imperial College London and an MSc from the University of Pisa, Italy.
Research interests include adversarial machine learning, intrusion detection systems, and secure software development. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications, such as detecting Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and improving ML model robustness against adversarial attacks.
Recent publications highlight advancements in combining machine learning with security, including KnowML for knowledge graph-enhanced ML-NIDS and APIRL for REST API fuzzing. He has supervised numerous PhD students, including Abdullah Aldaihan (Large Language Models for Cyber Threat Detection) and Fahad Alotaibi (Concept Drift in ML-based Security).
Grants include EPSRC/GCHQ funding for certified verification of client-side web programs and GCHQ grants for web security and lab infrastructure. His lab collaborates on projects like the Security & Machine Learning Lab, exploring cutting-edge topics in secure AI and network defense.
