Giorgio Giacinto is Full Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Cagliari, Italy. Since 1995 he joined the research group on Pattern Recognition and Applications (PRA Lab), in which he leads the Computer Security unit. His research interests are in the field of pattern recognition and machine learning for cybersecurity, such as malware analysis and detection, web application security, malicious behaviour detection, phishing detection, etc. He is the coordinator of the MSc course in Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cagliari. He also serves as the Erasmus+ academic contact point for the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.
Prof. Giacinto has been serving either as the coordinator, or as a member of the technical management board, in many R&D projects at the local, national and European level. He is also a member of the Cybersecurity National Lab of the CINI consortium where he serves as the contact point for the node at the University of Cagliari.
In 2015, he co-founded the spin-off company Pluribus One that is bringing to the market the most valuable products of the activities carried out by the PRA Lab research group.
Prof. Giacinto is author of more than 150 scientific papers in international journals and conferences. He is a senior member of both the IEEE and ACM.
