Since 2019 we foster artificial intelligence and machine learning research through a joint laboratory with Avast, the global leader in digital security.
Sebastián García
I am fascinated by the fact that through high-quality security research we are actually protecting civil society.
Security Researcher and assistant professor. Head of Cybersecurity Group called Stratosphere Lab, director of joint AIC/Avast Lab and holder of the Avast Chair position. I believe in Free Software as the basis of a free Internet society. Machine learning for behavioral models from network traffic of botnet, malware and normal traffic. Malware execution, dataset creation, malware for IoT, ML detection models, networks patterns analysis, keystroke dynamics, web anomaly detection, data analysis, machine learning algorithms, hackspaces and amateur robotics.
I am fascinated by the fact that through high-quality security research we are actually protecting civil society.
As a teacher I believe in an education where students decide what, where and when to learn and teach themselves. The only difference between the teacher and the student is that the teacher knows how to learn better. I also believe that a high motivation and strong connection with the students is the best way to reach their hearts.
Specialties
- Botnet and Malware network-based behavior detection
- Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Network analysis and forensics
- Intruders identification and classification
- Web Penetration Testing
- Keystroke Dynamics
- Web Anomaly detection
- Stochastic Processes
- Deep Neural Networks
- Classification Models
- Anomaly Detection
Latest Projects
The goal of Civilsphere project is to provide simple solutions for NGOs and people at risk for detecting attacks in their devices using our network behavioral Intrusion Detection and Prevention System, Stratosphere IPS.
Propaganda, fake news, and misinformation are not just social science topics. Our security research deals with so-called computational propaganda. In addition to politics, algorithms and automation are increasingly entering communication. Learn how they are being exploited.
Research Results
The latest white paper published by our cybersecurity research group explores the growth of IPv6 in the last years and how it impacts the field of IoT.
Machine learning based tool to analyze if a URL is safe to click.
The first free software to use machine learning to detect attacks in the network.
Latest news
Tomáš Votroubek has been awarded the prestigious AIC Best Student Paper Award for his innovative research on globally optimal inverse kinematics in robotics. His work, published in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, introduces a new optimization technique with the potential to revolutionize robot design and control.
Currently our Ph.D. student, Janota succeeded with his Master's thesis on tracking honeybee behavior with robots.
The new publication, co-authored by the AIC researcher Jakub Mareček, explores challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization.