Álvaro FEAL
PhD Student
- 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
- Former position: Research intern. IMDEA Software Institute. Madrid. Spain
- Joining date: March 2018
- Email: alvaro.feal@imdea.org
- Phone: +34 91 481 7331
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
Trouble Over-The-Air: An Analysis of FOTA Apps in the Android Ecosystem
42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P). May 2021
Blocklist Babel: On the Transparency and Dynamics of Open Source Blocklisting
Transactions on Network and Service Management. May 2021
Understanding Incentivized Mobile App Installs on Google Play Store
The 20th ACM Internet Measurement Conference (ACM IMC 2020). Virtual event. October 2020
Mis-shapes, Mistakes, Misfits: An Analysis of Domain Classification Services
The 20th ACM Internet Measurement Conference (ACM IMC 2020). Virtual event. October 2020
The Price is (Not) Right:Comparing Privacy in Free and Paid Apps
The 20th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS 2020). Montreal, Canada. July 2020