IMDEA Networks
Dr. Álvaro FEAL
Postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Graduation date: Nov 2022
- Affiliation: IMDEA Networks Institute, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (U3CM)
- BSc: Computer Engineering - Universidade da Coruña. A Coruña, Spain
- MSc: Software and Systems - Polytechnic University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain
- Telematic Engineering - University Carlos III of Madrid. Madrid, Spain
- Ph.D. Thesis: “And all the pieces matter...” Hybrid Testing Methods for Android App’s Privacy Analysis
- Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Narseo VALLINA-RODRÍGUEZ
- Former position: PhD Student. IMDEA Networks Institute. Madrid. Spain
- Joining date: March 2018
- Leaving date: July 2022
- Email: alvaro.feal@imdea.org
Biography
I am a fourth year PhD student in the Internet Analytics Group. I obtained my Computer Engineering Degree at Universidade da Coruña in 2016. In 2017 I obtained my Master Degree on Software and Systems at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. I worked six months as a research intern at IMDEA Software, working on topics of mobile privacy and anonymous communications systems under Prof. Carmela Troncoso’s advice. I’m currently working in Prof. Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez’s group at IMDEA Networks, mainly in Android and web privacy and regulatory compliance. My research has been featured in different venues such as ConPro, CPDP, IMC, PETS, Oakland and USENIX Security, receiving a Distinguished Paper Award in the latter.
Publications
Not Your Average App: A Large-scale Privacy Analysis of Android Browsers
Amogh Pradeep, Álvaro Feal, Julien Gamba, Ashwin Rao, Martina Lindorfer, Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez, David Choffnes
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (was International Workshop of Privacy Enhancing Technologies). Laussane, Switzerland. July 2023
Mixed Signals: Analyzing Software Attribution Challenges in the Android Ecosystem (Accepted for publication)
Kaspar Hageman, Álvaro Feal, Julien Gamba, Aniketh Girish, Jakob Bleier, Martina Lindorfer, Juan Tapiador, Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. January 2023
“And all the pieces matter...” Hybrid Testing Methods for Android App’s Privacy Analysis (PhD)
Álvaro Feal
November 2022
Trouble Over-The-Air: An Analysis of FOTA Apps in the Android Ecosystem
Eduardo Blázquez, Sergio Pastrana, Álvaro Feal, Julien Gamba, Platon Kotizias, Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez, Juan Tapiador
42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P). May 2021
Blocklist Babel: On the Transparency and Dynamics of Open Source Blocklisting
Álvaro Feal, Pelayo Vallina, Julien Gamba, Sergio Pastrana, Antonio Nappa, Oliver Hohlfeld, Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez, Juan Tapiador
Transactions on Network and Service Management. May 2021