Borgioli Niccolò

PhD | Real-Time Embedded Engineer | AI and Cybersecurity expert

About me

Hi, I am a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) specialized in Emerging Digital Technologies, with a focus on Embedded Systems. In April 2024 I received my PhD in Emerging Digital Technologies at the School of Advanced Studies Sant'Anna (ReTiS Laboratory), under the supervision of Prof. Giorgio Buttazzo and Prof. Alessandro Biondi. My research focuses on improving the security and performance of I/O in Embedded Systems.
From November 2022 to May 2023, I was a visiting PhD student at the PRECISE laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, where I worked under the supervision of Prof. Linh Thi Xuan Phan. During this time, I contributed to developing a robust Intrusion Detection System for Cyber-Physical Systems, using machine learning techniques to counter zero-day vulnerabilities.
In 2020, I graduated cum laude with a Master of Science in Embedded Computing Systems, a joint program offered by the School of Advanced Studies Sant'Anna (SSSA) and the University of Pisa. My master's thesis focused on predicting the spread of COVID-19.
During my master’s program, I also participated in a cyber defense exercise alongside the cyber team of the Italian Army, where I was a member of the blue team. My primary responsibility was defending the IoT infrastructure.
My main interests include Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, with a particular passion for the Automotive sector.

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Publications

  • Niccolò Borgioli, Federico Aromolo, Linh Thi Xuan Phan, and Giorgio Carlo Buttazzo, "A convolutional autoencoder architecture for robust network intrusion detection in embedded systems", Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol. 156, November 2024. Presented at ADA Europe 2024, Barcelona, Spain, June 2024. [article]
  • Niccolò Borgioli, Linh Thi Xuan Phan, Federico Aromolo, Alessandro Biondi, and Giorgio Carlo Buttazzo, "Real-Time Packet-Based Intrusion Detection on Edge Devices", In Proceedings of Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things Week 2023 (CPS-IoT Week '23), San Antonio, TX, USA, May 2023. [article]Best paper award
  • Niccolò Borgioli, Matteo Zini, Daniel Casini, Giorgiomaria Cicero, Alessandro Biondi, and Giorgio Carlo Buttazzo, "An I/O Virtualization Framework with I/O- Related Memory Contention Control for Real-Time Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, to appear. Presented at the 2022 ACM SIGBED International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), Shangai, China, October 7-14, 2022.[article][Teaser][EMSOFT Talk]
  • Niccolò Borgioli, Matteo Zini, Daniel Casini, Giorgiomaria Cicero, Alessandro Biondi, and Giorgio Carlo Buttazzo, Real-time I/O virtualization with memory contention control, Italian Workshop on Embedded Systems 2021 (IWES 2021), Rome, Italy, December 9-10, 2021.
  • Alessandro Biondi, Daniel Casini, Giorgiomaria Cicero, Niccolò Borgioli, Giorgio Buttazzo, et al., "SPHERE: A Multi-SoC Architecture for Next-generation Cyber- Physical Systems Based on Heterogeneous Platforms", IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 75446-75459, May 2021.[article]
  • Cosimo Antonio Prete, Niccolò Borgioli, Mario Cimino, Gbriele Antonio De Vitis, Pierfrancesco Foglia, Enrico Giannico, Emiliano Ricciardi, and Nataljia Zlatkova, "A car pioneering application scenario", Italian Workshop on Embedded Systems 2019 (IWES 2018), Naples, Italy, September 30 - October 1, 2019.

My projects

Some public projects that I have developed. Check them out!

My Emergency

August 2017

Android Application that allows to send help requests

Perceptron VHDL

July 2018

Perceptron written in VHDL and implemented for Zybo Board

Drone Follower

September 2018

The project aims to realize a real time simulator of a drone that have to follow a ball.