Naghmeh Ivaki

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:

• 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)

Past Research Projects:

• 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)
• National Project iCIS – Intelligent Computing in the Internet of Services (January 2013 – December 2015)
• 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: Nuno Laranjeiro, co-advisor: Naghmeh Ivaki).
  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).
  o Working on Security Evaluation and Benchmarking of IoT Systems and Gateways

Current Master Students:

• André Dias
• Giovanni Oliveira
• Maria Paula Viegas
• Aldrey Villas Bôas Pedrazoli
• Clyton Matias

Past Master Students:

• 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:

• Diogo Costa

Past BSc Students:

• Emanuel Roque