Training and Research

PhD Programme Courses/classes

Non monotonic reasoning

Credits: 3

Language: English

Teacher:  Matteo Cristani

Sustainable Embodied Mechanical Intelligence

Credits: 3

Language: English

Teacher:  Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo

Brain Computer Interfaces

Credits: 3

Language: English

Teacher:  Silvia Francesca Storti

A practical interdisciplinary PhD course on exploratory data analysis

Credits: 4

Language: English

Teacher:  Prof. Vincenzo Bonnici (Università di Parma)

Multimodal Learning and Applications

Credits: 5

Language: English

Teacher:  Cigdem Beyan

Introduction to Blockchain

Credits: 3

Language: English

Teacher:  Sara Migliorini

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Credits: 5

Language: English

Teacher:  Alessandro Farinelli

Cyber-physical systems security

Credits: 3

Language: English/Italian

Teacher:  Massimo Merro

Foundations of quantum languages

Credits: 3

Language: English

Teacher:  Margherita Zorzi

Advanced Data Structures for Textual Data

Credits: 3

Language: English

Teacher:  Zsuzsanna Liptak

AI and explainable models

Credits: 5

Language: English

Teacher:  Gloria Menegaz, Lorenza Brusini

Automated Software Testing

Credits: 4

Language: English

Teacher:  Mariano Ceccato

Elements of Machine Teaching: Theory and Appl.

Credits: 3

Language: English

Teacher:  Ferdinando Cicalese

Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning

Credits: 4

Language: English

Teacher:  Alessandra Di Pierro

Laboratory of quantum information in classical wave-optics analogy

Credits: 3

Language: English

Teacher:  Claudia Daffara

Credits

3

Language

English/Italian

Class attendance

Free Choice

Location

VERONA

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to investigate the peculiar vulnerabilities of cyber-physical systems and the cyber-physical attacks that can exploit them.

Prerequisites and basic notions

A master's degreee in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.

Program

1. A Cyber-Physical World
Basic Concepts and Definitions of a Cyber-Physical World
Defining Cyber-Physical Attacks
2. A History of Cyber-Physical Security Incidents
3. Cyber-Physical Attacks on Implants and Vehicles
Implantable Medical Devices
Vehicles
4. Cyber-Physical Attacks on Industrial Control Systems
SCADA
Stuxnet: A Milestone in Industrial Control System Security
The Electric Grid
5. Cyber-Physical Attack Steps
Preliminary Research and Reconnaissance
Vulnerability Discovery
Intrusion
Attack Delivery
Antiforensics
6. Protection Mechanisms and Secure Design Principles
Protection Mechanisms
Secure Design Principles

Didactic methods

Lezioni, video e seminari.

Learning assessment procedures

Talk on a paper of the literature.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Assessment

The marks are from 18 to 30.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

It will depend on the explanation of the paper.

Scheduled Lessons

When Classroom Teacher topics
Monday 09 September 2024
14:00 - 17:00
Duration: 3:00 AM
Ca' Vignal 2 - L [67 - 1°] Massimo Merro Introduzione ai sistemi ciberfisici. Concetti e definizioni di base dei sistemi ciberfisici. Definizione degli attacchi cyber-fisici. Storia degli incidenti legati alla sicurezza ciberfisica negli ultimi 15 anni, con particolare enfasi sull'attacco STUXnet.
Tuesday 10 September 2024
14:00 - 17:00
Duration: 3:00 AM
Ca' Vignal 2 - L [67 - 1°] Massimo Merro Architettura delle reti industriali. Introduzione alle componenti OT dei sistemi industriali con specifica delle loro manzioni. Ulteriori dettagli sull'attacco STUXnet.
Wednesday 11 September 2024
14:00 - 17:00
Duration: 3:00 AM
Ca' Vignal 2 - L [67 - 1°] Massimo Merro Metodologie diverse per attaccare i sistemi industriali. Metodologie formali per la verifica e l'analisi di sicurezza dei sistemi industriali: - definizione di un linguaggio formale per CPS e e attacchi ciberfisici e relativo impatto; - Tecniche di model checking e tecniche statistical model checking per fare analisi di sicurezza statica di un sistema ciberfisico.
Friday 13 September 2024
14:00 - 17:00
Duration: 3:00 AM
Ca' Vignal 2 - L [67 - 1°] Massimo Merro Metodologie formali per sistemi ciberfisici: Tecniche di runtime enforcement per garantire proprietà di safety anche quando i controllori sono totalmente compromessi. Il concetto di Privacy per sistemi ciberfisici. Attacchi non convenzionali, prettamente ciberfisici, che usano vettori di attacco inaspettati.