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Students supervision

I am happy to supervise motivated students carrying out their final degree/thesis projects. You can find some examples below. If you’re interested, send me an email explaining your interests, and attach a brief CV along with an updated transcript.

PhD Theses
  1. Gabriel Roberto López Fonseca, Contributions to the automated assessment of agentic systems with EU regulations (Under development).
  2. Hugo Pascual, Privacy and Data Protection in Computer Networks. (Under development)
  3. David Rodríguez Torrado, Contributions to the Automated Assessment of Mobile Applications’ Compliance with Privacy and Data Protection Requirements, 2025. Summa cum laude – International PhD.
  4. Danny Santiago Guamán Loachamín, Contribution to Software Quality Control Techniques for Assessing Privacy and Data Protection, 2022. Summa cum laude.
  5. Julio César Caiza, Contribución al diseño de sistemas respetuosos con la privacidad usando patrones, 2020. Summa cum laude – International PhD.
  6. Beatriz San Miguel, Contribución a la Mejora de la Experiencia de Uso en Servicios Convergentes Mediante Técnicas de Modelado de Usuario, 2016.
MSc Final theses
  1. David Rodríguez Torrado, Development of automated methods for the assessment of GDPR compliance in Android apps, 2022.
  2. Ana Díez Medialdea, Development of a system for the automated evaluation of the regulatory compliance of Android applications in Spain, 2021. Matrícula de Honor
  3. Lucas María Tomé-Laveron, Development of a system for traffic analysis of smartphone apps for private data exfiltration detection, 2019. Premio Karpesky al mejor TFM en Ciberseguridad.
  4. Beatríz García González, A systematic literature review on the applicability of security patterns, 2018. Matrícula de Honor
  5. Julio César Caiza Ñacato, Automated Grading of Programming Assignments: Proposal and Validation of an Architecture, 2013.

Research projects

    • Horizon Europe ECHO (Principal Investigator) [2025-2028]: Empowering and Connecting Diverse Communities for Multi-Hazard Resilience with Open Data, Open Models, and Open-Source Software. This project will enhance the safety and resilience of critical infrastructures by creating a multi-level resilience ecosystem.
    • Spanish National Funds – Re-InITS (Principal Investigator) [2025-2028]: Reliable Industrial Information Technology Systems in the Computing Continuum Era. This project aims to develop enabling technologies for industrial applications in the computing continuum.
    • Horizon Europe CEDAR (Principal Investigator) [2023-2026]: Common European Data Spaces and Robust AI for Transparent Public Governance. This project will address the use of data spaces to improve transparency and accountability in public administrations across Europe.
    • Horizon Europe Edu4Standard.EU (Principal Investigator) [2023-2026]: Education for Standardization in the EU. This project aims to facilitate education related to standardization processes in higher education institutions across Europe, with the goal of strengthening the EU’s position in this field.
    • Horizon Europe SUNRISE (Principal Investigator) [2022-2025]: Strategies and Technologies for United and Resilient Critical Infrastructures and Vital Services in Pandemic-Stricken Europe. This project aims to enhance the resilience of critical infrastructures and essential services during pandemic episodes, such as the one recently experienced due to COVID.
    • Spanish National Funds – autoGDPR (Principal Investigator) [2022-2024]: GDPR Automated Assessment. This project focuses on the development of techniques and tools for the automated assessment of the compliance of telematic systems with various requirements of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
    • Spanish National Funds – IIP (Principal Investigator) [2020-2022]: Privacy Engineering Research. This project addresses research on privacy engineering and data protection, including a set of solutions to help organizations systematically and efficiently incorporate privacy and personal data protection considerations into their engineering processes.
    • Madrid Region Funds – CLIIP (Principal Investigator) [2020-2021]: Research Leadership in Privacy Engineering . This project was funded by the Community of Madrid to support research into methods, techniques, and tools that help software engineers address privacy and data protection issues and incorporate appropriate solutions into the development processes of new telematic systems and services.
    • AEPD – PrivApp (Principal Investigator) [2018-2019]: Privacy and data protection assessment in mobile apps. This project was funded by the Spanish Data Protection Agency to investigate the collection and use of personal data by various mobile applications.
    • Spanish National Funds – APPRENTICE (Principal Investigator) [2017-2019]: European Training Network on Privacy Engineering. This project seeks to establish an international consortium aimed at creating a network of public and private organizations that conduct research and innovation in the field of Privacy Engineering.
    • H2020 – TRUESSEC.eu (Principal Investigator) [2017-2018]: Trust-enhancing certified solutions for security and protection of citizens rights in digital Europe. This project seeks to coordinate trustworthiness certification and labeling efforts in the digital realm.

Publications

For a detailed and updated list of papers you can check any of the following sites:

Patents

    1. Del Álamo, J.M., Martín, Y.S., Yelmo, J.C., Method and System for Obtaining a Level of User Recognition of a Statement.
      1. PCT: PCT/ES2011/070098, WO/2012/110669.
      2. European patent: EP2677712.
    2. Del Álamo, J.M., Yelmo, J.C., Monjas, M.A., San Miguel, B. Trapero, R., Method for Selectively Distributing Information in a Computer or Communications Network, and Physical Entities Therefor
      1. PCT: PCT/EP2010/059264, WO/2012/000543.
      2. US patent:US20130173712
      3. European patent: EP2589004
      4. Indian application: 10198/DELNP/2012
    3. Del Álamo, J.M., Yelmo, J.C., Monjas, M.A., Method for Managing Access to Protected Resources and Delegating Authority in a Computer Network
      1. PCT: PCT/EP2010/052319, WO/2011/103916, 24 de febrero de 2010.
      2. US patent: 8819784.
      3. European patent: EP2540051.
      4. Chinese patent: CN103039050.
    4. Del Álamo, J.M., Yelmo, J.C., Monjas, M.A.,Method for Managing Access to Protected Resources in a Computer Network, Physical Entities and Computer Programs Therefor
      1. PCT: PCT/EP2009/063891, WO/2011/0477221.
      2. US patent: 8595494.
      3. Japanese patent: JP2013508831.
      4. European patent: EP2491694.
    5. Del Álamo, J.M., San Miguel, B., Yelmo, J.C., Monjas, M.A., Method for Privacy Management in an Identity Network, Physical Entities and Computer Programs Therefor
      1. PCT: PCT/EP2009/054223, WO/2010/115460
      2. Japanese patent: JP4950369.
      3. US patent: 8805985.
      4. Chinese patent: CN102439936
      5. European patent: EP2417740.
      6. Australia: AU2009344055 (Declined).

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