I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University, where I co-direct the Security Lab (SeclaBU). Between 2014 and 2018 I was faculty in the Departments of Computer Science and Security and Crime Science at University College London (UCL). I am affiliated with the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, the Computer Science Department, the Center for Antiracist Research, and the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research at BU.
In my research I apply a data-driven approach to better understand malicious activity on the Internet. Through the collection and analysis of large-scale datasets, I develop novel and robust mitigation techniques to make the Internet a safer place. My research involves a mix of quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis, machine learning, crime science, and systems design.
I am the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, the Early Career Excellence in Research Award from the BU College of Engineering, five best/distinguished paper awards (DIMVA 2019, CYBERSAFETY 2019, IMC 2018, eCrime 2017, ACSAC 2010), and eight honorable mentions/impact recognitions (CHI 2024, CSCW 2023, CCS 2022, CHI 2022, CSCW 2021, CSCW 2021, ICWSM 2020, ICWSM 2017).
My research is supported by the NSF and Google.
You can read more about my research in this article by The Brink
Pujan Paudel, Mohammad Hammas Saeed, Rebecca Auger, Chris Wells, and Gianluca Stringhini. USENIX Security, 2024.
Pujan Paudel, Chen Ling, Jeremy Blackburn, and Gianluca Stringhini. USENIX Security, 2024.
Saad Ullah, Mingji Han, Saurabh Pujar, Hammond Pearce, Ayse Coskun, and Gianluca Stringhini. Oakland, 2024.
Mohammad Hammas Saeed, Kostantinos Papadamou, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro, and Gianluca Stringhini. ICWSM, 2024.
Pujan Paudel, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Savvas Zannettou, and Gianluca Stringhini. OAKLAND, 2023.
Yuping Wang, Chen Ling, and Gianluca Stringhini. CSCW, 2023.
Shiza Ali, Afsaneh Razi, Seunghyun Kim, Ashwaq Alsoubai, Chen Ling, Munmun De Chowdhury, Pamela Wisniewski, and Gianluca Stringhini. CSCW, 2023.
Afsaneh Razi, Ashwaq Alsoubai, Seunghyun Kim, Shiza Ali, Gianluca Stringhini, Munmun De Chowdhury, and Pamela Wisniewski. CSCW, 2023.
Ioannis Angelakopoulos, Gianluca Stringhini, and Manuel Egele. USENIX Security, 2023.
Alexandros Efstratiou, Jeremy Blackburn, Tristan Caulfield, Gianluca Stringhini, Savvas Zannettou, Emiliano De Cristofaro. ICWSM, 2023.
Mohammad Naseri, Yufei Han, Enrico Mariconti, Yun Shen, Gianluca Stringhini, and Emiliano De Cristofaro. ACM CCS, 2022.
Wai Man Si, Michael Backes, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Gianluca Stringhini, Savvas Zannettou, and Yang Zhang. ACM CCS, 2022.
Yun Shen, Yufei Han, Zhikun Zhang, Min Chen, Ting Yu, Michael Backes, Yang Zhang, and Gianluca Stringhini. ACM CCS, 2022.
Mohammad Hammas Saeed, Shiza Ali, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Savvas Zannettou, and Gianluca Stringhini. OAKLAND, 2022.
Yun Shen, Pierre-Antoine Vervier, and Gianluca Stringhini. USENIX Security, 2022.
Shiza Ali, Afsaneh Razi, Seunghyun Kim, Ashwaq Alsoubai, Joshua Gracie, Munmun De Choudhury, Pamela Wisniewski, Gianluca Stringhini. CHI, 2022.
Kostantinos Papadamou, Savvas Zannettou, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Gianluca Stringhini, and Michael Sirivianos. ICWSM 2022.
Max Aliapoulios, Antonis Papasavva, Cameron Ballard, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Gianluca Stringhini, Savvas Zannettou, and Jeremy Blackburn. ICWSM, 2022.