Data Scientist
· Negentro
Oct 2025 – Present | Milan, Italy (Remote)
- Development of an AI-driven platform for the startup
Data Scientist · AI & Cybersecurity
Francesco Marchiori
Data Scientist @ Negentro
I am a Data Scientist at Negentro and a PhD graduate in Brain, Mind and Computer Science (BMCS) from the University of Padua.
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I am a Data Scientist at Negentro and a PhD graduate in Brain, Mind and Computer Science (BMCS) from the University of Padua.
My research focuses on:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning & Deep Learning
- Security & Privacy
- Adversarial Attacks
- Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Quantum Cryptography & Computing
During my PhD, I was part of the SPRITZ – Security and Privacy Research Group, supervised by Prof. Mauro Conti. My research explored the intersection between AI and cybersecurity, particularly in automotive cyber-physical systems.
Experience
Visiting Researcher
· Stanford University
Jan 2025 – Apr 2025 | Stanford, CA, USA
- Research on security of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Vision-Language Models (VLMs)
- Development of a novel jailbreaking detection system
Visiting Researcher
· University of Luxembourg
Sept 2024 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Research on Android Auto/Automotive OS location inference attacks
- Discovery, analysis, and submission of permission bypass vulnerability to Google
Cyber Threat Intelligence Intern
· Leonardo S.p.A.
Mar 2022 – Jun 2022 | Rome, Italy (Hybrid)
- Research on Cyber Threat Intelligence, NLP and Deep Learning
- Development of STIXnet, an entity & relation extraction platform for CTI reports
Education
PhD in Brain, Mind and Computer Science
University of Padova
Oct 2022 – Sept 2025 | Padova, Italy
- Grade
- With Honors (Cum Laude)
- Thesis
- Cybersecurity and AI in Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems
- Supervisor
- Prof. Mauro Conti
MSc in Cybersecurity
University of Padova
Oct 2020 – Oct 2022 | Padova, Italy
- Grade
- 110/110
- Thesis
- STIXnet: Entity and Relation Extraction from Unstructured CTI Reports
- Supervisor
- Prof. Mauro Conti
BSc in Information Engineering
University of Padova
Oct 2017 – Oct 2020 | Padova, Italy
- Grade
- 96/110
- Thesis
- Quantum Teleportation
- Supervisor
- Prof. Roberto Corvaja
Teaching
Advanced Topics in Computer and Network Security
· Teaching Assistant
University of Padova
Oct 2022 – Sept 2025
- Advanced security concepts
- Analysis of state-of-the-art research in cybersecurity
Ethical Hacking
· Teaching Assistant
University of Padova
Oct 2022 – Sept 2025
- Ethical hacking methodologies
- Offensive security tools and techniques
- Systematic analysis of cyber-attack methodologies
Awards
- IEEE LCN 2024 Student Travel Grant
- Erasmus+ PhD Mobility Grant (University of Luxembourg)
- 2023 Thesis Award “Pierluigi Manzoni”
- Best Research Paper Award Runner-Up — ARES 2023
Academic service
Program Committee
ACSW 2025 · AI&CCPS 2025 · AIMS 2025 · EuroS&P 2025 · WAITI 2024 · WEB-for-GOOD 2024 · WISE 2024
Reviewing
Computers & Security · ESORICS 2024 · EuroS&P 2023 · Intelligent Systems · Knowledge-Based Systems
Session Chair
WiseML 2024
Featured publications
See all publicationsConference2025
DUMB and DUMBer: Is Adversarial Training Worth It in the Real World?
Francesco Marchiori, Marco Alecci, Luca Pajola, Mauro Conti
30th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2025)
Conference2025
Leaky Batteries: A Novel Set of Side-Channel Attacks on Electric Vehicles
Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti
20th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2025)
Conference2024
CANEDERLI: On The Impact of Adversarial Training and Transferability on CAN Intrusion Detection Systems
Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti
Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Workshop on Wireless Security and Machine Learning (WiseML 2024) · Seoul, Republic of Korea
Conference2023
Your Battery Is a Blast! Safeguarding Against Counterfeit Batteries with Authentication
Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti
Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2023) · Copenhagen, Denmark
Blog
Open blog
PhDone: 3 years in numbers
A short reflection after defending my PhD, and why I started tracking the in-between parts of the process.