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About Me

My name is Naghmeh Ramezani Ivaki. I was born and grown up in the beautiful north of Iran, Savadkuh, Mazandaran. I did my bachelor in Software Engineering at the University of Alzahra, and my master in IT Engineering at the Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), both in Tehran, capital of Iran. Then, I moved to Portugal. I did my PhD in Information Science and Technology at the University of Coimbra (UC). Currently, I am an assistant professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering and full member of Software and Systems Engineering Group (SSE) of the Centre for Informatics and Systems (CISUC), Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra .

Professional Experience

Management:

Teaching:

  • Assistant Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra (May 2023 - now)
  • Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra (September 2017 – May 2023)
  • Invited Assistant Professor at The Institute of Accounting and Administration (ISCAC) (February 2021 – September 2021)
  • Invited Professor at the department of Informatics engineering, of the superior school of technology and management of Viseu of the polytechnic institute of Viseu (IPV) (September 2018 – February 2019)
  • Invited Teaching Assistant at the Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra (February 2016 – August 2016)
  • Invited Teaching Assistant at the Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra (March 2015 – July 2015)

Research

Research Interests:

  • Secure Coding
  • Safety and security of Unmanned Areal vehicles (UAV) and U-space services
  • Security of Blockchain and Smart Contracts
  • Cyber-physical systems and Cybersecurity
  • Dependability and security of computer systems
  • Trust and trustworthiness in computer systems

My publications are available on ResearchGate, and the related citations are available on Google Scholar.

My PhD thesis, entitled "Reliable Distributed Communication: Design Solutions and Protocols" and supervised by professor Filipe Araujo, is also available for download.

Current Research Projects:

  • European Project SATERA — Space-based composite Ads-b and multilaTerarion systEm validation thRough scalable simulAtions. (July 2024 – December 2026)

Past Research Projects:

  • ECSEL JU project VALU3S - Verification and Validation of Automated Systems’ Safety and Security. (May 2021 – July 2023)
  • European Project ADVANCE - Addressing Verification and Validation Challenges in Future Cyber-Physical Systems (January 2019 – December 2022)
  • European Project BUBBLES — Defining the BUilding Basic BLocks for a U-Space SEparation Management Service (May 2020 – October 2022)
  • FCT Project METRICS — Monitoring and Measuring Confidence in Critical Cloud Systems (August 2018 – July 2021)
  • European Project ATMOSPHERE - Adaptive, Trustworthy, Manageable, Orchestrated, Secure, Privacy-assuring, Hybrid Ecosystem for REsilient Cloud Computing (November 2017 – October 2019)
  • FCT Project Advanced Analytics for Empirical Assessment of Cloud Resilience (2017 – 2018)
  • European Project EUBrasilCloudFORUM - Fostering an International dialogue between Europe and Brazil (March 2016 – December 2017)
  • European Project DEVASSES – DEsign, Verification and VAlidation of large scale, dynamic Service SystEmS (January 2014 – December 2017)
  • European Project EDGeS - Enabling Desktop Grids for e-Science (February 2009 – April 2010)

Current Ph.D. Students:

  • Anamta Khan, Ph.D. student (September 2020 – now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki, co-advisor: Professor Henrique Madeira).
    Working on verification and validation of U-space services.
  • Fernando Vidal, Ph.D. student (September 2021 - now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki, co-advisor: Professor Nuno Laranjeiro).
    Working on revocation and security of blockchain systems
  • Omid Asghari, Ph.D. student (September 2021 - now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki, co-advisor: Professor Henrique Madeira).
    Working on safety risk assessment of UAVs and U-space Services.
  • Frédéric Bogaerts, Ph.D. student (September 2022 - now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki, co-advisor: José Fonseca).
    Working on AI-based Vulnerebility Injection
  • Sara Habibi, Ph.D. student (September 2022 - now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki, co-advisor: João Barata).
    Working on the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Emergency Services and Healthcare in Urban Airspace
  • Sadaf Azimi, Ph.D. student (September 2022 - now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki, co-advisor: Nuno Laranjeiro).
    Working on Vulnerebility Prevention in Smart Contracts
  • Ali Golzari, Ph.D. student (September 2022 - now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Nuno Laranjeiro, co-advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki).
    Working on Security Evaluation of Blockchain Systems
  • Thaer Slaibi, Ph.D. student (September 2022 - now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki, co-advisor: Marco Vieira).
    Working on Security Evaluation and Benchmarking of IoT Systems and Gateways
  • Rodrigo Silva, Ph.D. student (September 2023 - now), University of Coimbra (advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki).
    Working on A Privacy Aware Architecture for Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Current Master Students:

  • João Marques
  • Aldrey Villas Bôas Pedrazoli

Past Master Students:

  • André Dias
  • Giovanni Oliveira
  • José Francisco Bugalho
  • Frédéric Bogaerts (His thesis won an award in the 3rd Edition of the International Conference in INNCYBER INNOVATION HUB in 2022
  • Bruno Ribeiro Dias (His thesis won the APDC Best Thesis Award in 2022)
  • José Maria Campos Donato
  • Daniel Mendes
  • Artur Duarte Coutinho

Current BSc Students:

  • Carlos Violas

Past BSc Students:

  • Diogo Costa
  • Emanuel Roque

Organization of Scientific Events

Recent International Conferences and Workshops:

  • Poster Track Co-Chair of the the 55th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2025).
  • Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair of the 35th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2024).
  • Publicity Co-Chair of the 43rd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems at International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2024).
  • Workshop Co-chair of the 2nd workshop on SAFELIFE - Safety, Security, and Privacy in Complex Artificial Intelligence based Systems, Co-located with LADC, November 21-24, 2022 - Fortaleza/CE, Brazil.
  • Publication Chair of the 53nd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2023).
  • Publicity & Social-Media ChairPublicity & Social-Media Chair of the International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2023).
  • Publication Co-chair of the 33nd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2022).
  • Workshop Co-chair of the 1st workshop on SAFELIFE - Safety, Security, and Privacy in Complex Artificial Intelligence based Systems, Co-located with LADC, November 22-26, 2021 - Florianópolis/SC, Brazil.
  • Student Forum Co-Chair of the 10th Latin-American Symposium on Dependable Computing (LADC 2021), Brazil.
  • Publication Co-chair of the 32nd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2021), Wuhan, China.
  • Publicity Co-Chair and Participation in the Local organization of the 31th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2020), Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Publication Co-chair of the 30th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2019), October 28 -31, Berlin, Germany.
  • Publication Co-chair of the 13th European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC 2017), September 4-8, 2017, Geneva, Switzerland.

Labs & Tools

  • OpenSCV: An Open Hierarchical Taxonomy for Smart Contract Vulnerabilities.
  • Boole: An on-line tool for building truth tables.

Contact

If you are a motivated person eager to work on cutting-edge topics,
If you are a dedicated and focused person seeking the ideal environment for research,
If you have brilliant ideas waiting to be explored,
And if you're looking to pursue your Ph.D. in a professional yet friendly environment,
Don't hesitate to reach out to me.

email

naghmeh [dot] ivaki

contact_mail Departamento de Engenharia Informatica, POLO II - Pinhal de Marrocos, Coimbra, Portugal, 3030-290