Juan E. Tapiador

Juan E. Tapiador is an Associate Professor in the Computer Security Lab (COSEC) at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he has served since 2012. After earning his B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Granada in 2000 and PhD in 2004 with a dissertation on statistical anomaly detection for network security, he worked at the University of York, UK, on projects funded by the UK Ministry of Defence and US Army Research Lab. His research spans computer security, applied cryptography, and quantum information, with significant contributions to malware detection, smartphone security, and cryptographic protocols. His work has garnered over 7,800 citations with an h-index of 42, establishing him as a leading figure in cybersecurity research. He has published extensively in top security conferences and journals, with groundbreaking work in areas including anomaly detection systems, smartphone malware analysis, and security in wireless sensor networks. As an educator, he teaches various computer security courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, while leading research initiatives in cybersecurity and cryptography at UC3M.