Distinguished Seminars by Scientists from University of York and from Politecnico di Milano

Robert I. Davis gave a distinguished seminar on "Transferring Real-Time Systems Research into Industrial Practice"
During this talk, Dr Robert I. Davis discussed two impact case studies where real-time systems research has been successfully transferred into industrial practice. In each case, the technology created was translated into viable commercial products and led to significant advances in the automotive electronics and avionics domains, providing substantial returns on investment for the companies using the technology.

Robert I. Davis is a Reader in the Real-Time Systems Research Group at the University of York, UK. Robert received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of York in 1995. Since then he has founded three start-up companies, all of which have succeeded in transferring real-time systems research into commercial products. Robert’s research interests include the following aspects of real-time systems: scheduling algorithms and analysis for single processor, multiprocessor and networked systems; analysis of cache related pre-emption delays, mixed criticality systems, and probabilistic hard real-time systems.

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Stefano Zanero from Politecnico Di Milano presented a talk on “Breaking the Laws of Robotics: Attacking Industrial Robots”, where he discussed vulnerabilities of industrial robots and the work achieved by his research group to address potential attacks. Stefano presented a recent attack performed by his students to alter the precision of an industrial robot which can lead to potential harm to products and even users. Various use cases were discussed including an attack via insecure web interfaces, weak authentication protocols, exposure of industrial routers, etc. The impact of existing domain specific languages in this area was also discussed during this talk. More information around this work is available at robosec.org.

Stefano Zanero received a PhD in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, where he is currently an associate professor. His research focuses on malware analysis, cyberphysical security, and cybersecurity in general. Besides teaching "Computer Security" and "Computer Forensics" at Politecnico, he has an extensive speaking and training experience in Italy and abroad. He co-authored over 70 scientific papers and books. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE (for which he sits on the MGA board), the IEEE Computer Society (for which he is a member of the Board of Governors), and a lifetime senior member of the ACM. Stefano co-founded the Italian chapter of ISSA (Information System Security Association). He has been named a Fellow of ISSA and sits in its International Board of Directors. Stefano is also a co-founder and chairman of Secure Network, a leading information security consulting firm based in Milan and in London; a co-founder of 18Months, a cloud-based ticketing solutions provider; and a co-founder of BankSealer, a startup in the FinTech sector that addresses fraud detection through machine learning techniques.

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