Ingegneria elettronica ed informatica
DRIEI PhD Students
Cycle 41 (2025-28)
- Virginia Maria Alterio. IINF-04/A (Automatic Control). Research topic: Opacity for the security and privacy of discrete-event systems. Tutor: A. Giua, Cotutor: C. Seatzu
- Oroos Arshi. IINF-03/A (Communications). Research Topic: Advanced communication protocols in active distribution networks. Tutor: M. Martalò, Cotutor: V. Pilloni.
- Zeeshan Ashraf. IMIS-01/B (Electric and electronic measurements ). Research Topic: Signal Processing Frameworks for Fault Identification in Smart Grid. Tutor: P.A.Pegoraro, Cotutor: P. Castello.
- Annarita Buttu. IBIO-01/A (Bioengineering). Research Topic: Development of biomedical sensing systems using flexible bioelectronics technologies. Tutor: Stefano Lai, Cotutor: Piero Cosseddu
- Fabio Cabeccia. IINF-01/A (Electronics). Research Topic: Acceleration of Vision Transformers at the edge. Tutor: F. Palumbo, Cotutor: Claudio Rubattu (UNISS).
- Fabio Fadda. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Agentic AI for cyber threat intelligence.Tutor: G. Giacinto. Cotutor: L. Regano.
- Pierangelo Loi. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Risk Assessment of Emerging Threats Enabled by Generative AI. Tutor: G. Giacinto, Cotutor: L. Regano.
- Cristian Manca. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering).Research Topic: Robust and Explainable Foundation Models for Cybersecurity. Tutor: B. Biggio, Cotutor: A. Demontis.
- Mariuccia Murgia. IINF-03/A (Communications). Research Topic: Design of an adaptive personal Digital Twin for non-intrusive behavioral analysis using Wi-Fi CSI and multimodal fusion. Tutor: V. Pilloni. Cotutor: F. Marcello.
- Raihan Uddin. IINF-03/A (Communications). Research Topic: Advanced communication protocols in active distribution networks. Tutor: V. Pilloni, Cotutor: M. Martalò.
- Co-tutorship (Bordeaux)
- Augusto Mura. IINF-01/A (Electronics). Tutor Unica: G. Mura, Tutor Bordeaux: Yannik Deschayes
Cycle 40 (2024-27)
- Simone Carta. IINF-01/A (Electronics). Research Topic: Detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronics. Tutor: M. Barbaro, Cotutor: G. Mura.
- Luigi Di Michele. IINF-02/A (Electromagnetic Engineering). Research Topic: Technologies for the Analysis and Engineering of Complex Food Systems for the Production of High Value-Added Bakery Supply Chain Products. Tutor: A. Fanti, Cotutor: F. Nunziata.
- Davide Ghiani. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Anti-Counterfeiting Methods Based on Data Hiding Using Deep Neural Networks. Tutor: G. Marcialis, Cotutor: F. Lama(dedem spa).
- Marco Ledda. IINF-04/A (Automatic Control). Research Topic: Learning and Adversarial Learning in Control Systems Design and Modeling. Tutor: M. Franceschelli, Cotutor: A. Giua.
- Federico Manca. IINF-01/A (Electronics). Research Topic: Mixed-level approximate computing methodologies in reconfigurable hardware coprocessors. Tutor: F. Palumbo. Cotutor: .
- Emmanuele Massidda. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Vulnerability Detection and Mitigation Techniques: Advancing Privacy-Aware Solutions in Emerging Technologies. Tutor: G. Giacinto, Cotutor: D. Maiorca.
- Luca Minnei. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Android Malware Operation. Tutor: B. Biggio, Cotutor: D. Maiorca.
- Marco Murgia. IINF-02/A (Electromagnetic Engineering). Research Topic: Advanced Propagation Modeling in Complex Urban Environments for 5G Cellular Networks and the Application of Non-Destructive Radio Frequency Technologies. Tutor: A. Fanti, Cotutor: Tomasiello.
- Jefferson David Rodriguez Chivata. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Steganography and watermarking methods for proactive DeepFake detection in facial images. Tutor: G. Marcialis, Cotutor: G. Orrù'.
Cycle 39 (2023-26)
- Simone Carta. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Forgery Detection for the Enhancement of Fingerprint and Iris Recognition Systems. Tutor: G. Marcialis. Cotutor: V. Struc (university Ljubliana)
- Giuseppe Floris. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Robust Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity Applications. Tutor: B. Biggio, Cotutor: M. Pintor.
- Marco Garau. IINF-03/A (Communications). Research Topic: A Data-Driven “What-If” Analysis to Foster Mode Shift from Private Car to Public Transport Services. Tutor: L. Atzori, Cotutor: V. Pilloni
- Usama Mahmood. IBIO-01/A (Biomedical Engineering). Research Topic: Development of flexible electronic systems for soft robotics applications. Tutor: S.Lai., Cotutor: P. Cosseddu
- Luca Martis. IINF-01/A (Electronics). Research Topic: Lightweight Spiking Neural Networks for Edge Computing. Tutor: P. Meloni, Cotutor: G. Leone.
- Raffaele Mura. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Safe and Interpretable Artificial Intelligence.Tutor: B. Biggio, Cotutor: F. Brau.
- Andrea Panzino. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Methods and Models for the Detection of Facial Artifacts Based on Morphing and Deepfakes for the Secure Transmission of ID Document Photos. Tutor: G. Marcialis, Cotutor: F. Lama (dedem spa).
- Diego Soi. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Research Topic: Android Malware Analysis: an in-depth study on analysis, detection and obfuscation techniques. Tutor: G. Giacinto, Cotutor: D. Maiorca.
Co-tutorship
- Bohan Cui. IINF-04/A (Automatic Control). Research Topic: Game-theoretical analysis and synthesis of cyber-physical systems. Tutor: Giua. Co-tutorship with Xidian University, Xi'an, China.
Cycle 37 (2021-2024)
Co-tutorship
- Dang Chen. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Tutor: Biggio. Cotutor: Xiaoyi Feng. Co-tutorship with Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China.
- Gao Jie. IINF-05/A (Computer Engineering). Tutor: Marcialis. Cotutor: Giua. Co-tutorship with Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China.
- Wenjie Zhao. IINF-04/A (Automatic Control). Tutor: Franceschelli, Cotutor: Giua. Co-tutorship with Xidian University, Xi'an, China.
Cycle 36 (2020-23)
Co-tutorship
- Kun Peng. ING-INF/04 (Automatic Control). Tutor: Seatzu. Cotutor: Giua. Co-tutorship with Xidian University, Xi'an, China