Experience
April 2022 - present
Advanced Computer Scientist II
Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International, New York, NY, USA
March 2019 - April 2022
Advanced Computer Scientist
Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International, New York, NY, USA
Conducting research and development in security and privacy aspects of machine learning.
Conducting R&D in machine learning applied to diverse cybersecurity domains.
Participating in existing and new projects for the U.S. government and commercial clients.
Developing prospects and proposals for new R&D projects.
Publishing in machine learning, security and privacy conferences and journals.
May 2016 - March 2019
Visiting Research Scholar
Computer Science Department, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken NJ, USA
Worked with Prof. Giuseppe Ateniese on the intersection between cyber-security and deep learning.
Investigated uses of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in security & privacy.
Investigated security & privacy properties of collaborative (federated) learning.
Investigated uses of GANs for password guessing.
Lead author of PassGAN, the first GAN-based password guessing approach.
June 2013 - October 2014
Software Developer
ICTC Office, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania
Responsible for the process of devising the database of the new automation system for Epoka University
Responsible for devising triggers, procedures and query optimization
Responsible for the data migration process from the old database to the new one.
Developer of the mobile friendly version of Epoka University's main website
January 2011 - June 2013
Web Developer (part-time)
ICTC Office, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania
Member of the team for developing Epoka University's website
Responsible for development of Content Management System for the website
June 2010 - August 2010
Intern
Lab 13 Srl, Tirana, Albania
Internship on Web Technologies