Dr. Enkeleda Bardhi

Dr. Enkeleda Bardhi

Postdoctoral Researcher

Bio

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the at the Networked Systems Group at TU Delft, where I work with Prof. Fernando Kuipers on the Future Network Services (FNS) project.

I obtained my Ph.D. from Sapienza University of Rome in 2024. My academic background includes research positions at the Cybersecurity Group (DIAG, Sapienza University), the SPRITZ Research Group (University of Padua), and internship roles at Purdue University (PurNet Group), hosted by Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz and TU Delft (Networked Systems Group), hosted by Prof. Fernando Kuipers.

My research focuses on cybersecurity, programmability, and neuro-symbolic AI applications in networking. Specifically, I develop: (i) robust ML-based solutions for traffic classification and network intrusion detection systems; (ii) neuro-symbolic AI architectures to build transparent and interpretable network security systems; and language models applications to assist Security Operations Centers (SOC) by reducing alert fatigue and streamlining rule generation.

My work has been published in top-tier venues including USENIX OSDI, IEEE Euro S&P, Elsevier FGCS, IEEE COMST, IEEE Network, IEEE LCN, and ACM ARES.

I am always open to collaborations and supervising motivated students. If you are interested in working together, please feel free to drop an e-mail.

Recent News

  • [March 2026] --> HotDiSec 2026 has been officially accepted as a co-located workshop at ESORICS 2026, taking place this September!
  • [March 2026] --> Had a blast at the Security Group at TU/e, talking all things at intersection of systems and security at the edge. Thanks for having me!
    📸 Bits from the talk

    March 19, 2026, TU Eindhoven, Security Group.

  • [March 2026] --> Joined as Editorial Board Program of Elsevier Computer Networks.
  • [March 2026] --> Joined the Program Committee of ACSAC 2026.
  • [March 2026] --> Joined the Program Committee of CompSys 2026.
  • [February 2026] --> Joined the Program Committee of DSN RASACC 2026.
  • [November 2025] --> Joined the Program Committee of Euro S&P 2026.
  • [October 2025] --> Hosted our ANSyA 2025 workshop in Bologna (IT). The workshop recorded 80+ participants, with two sessions of poster discussions and an outstanding keynote from Dr. Daria Stepanova, Bosch Center for AI, Germany.
    📸 Bits from ANSyA 2025

    (Leftmost) Organizers, (Middle) Posters and Attendance, (Rightmost) Keynote.

  • [July 2025] --> Hosted our HotDiML 2025 workshop in Glasgow (UK). It was a buzzing experience, with fruitful discussions and an engaging keynote from Prof. Giuseppe Antonio di Luna from Sapienza University of Rome.
    📸 Bits from HotDiML 2025

    (Left) Opening remarks, (Middle) Keynote, (Right) Best paper award.

  • [July 2025] --> Joined the Program Committee of AAAI-26.
  • [July 2025] --> Attending Euro S&P 2025 in the lovely Venice and presenting our O'MINE paper. O'MINE is a novel distributed DDoS detection mechanism, designed for programmable data-plane devices. Thanks to all the co-authors for this fruitful collaboration!
    📸 Bits from Euro S&P 2025

    (Left) O'MINE Talk, (Middle) Interactions with the community, (Right) Social Dinner Event Venue.

  • [May 2025] --> Joined the Organizing Committee of ECAI 2025 as Social Chair.
  • [April 2025] --> O'MINE paper accepted to Euro S&P '25!
  • [March-April 2025] --> Attending ASPLOS and EuroSys 2025, where I am also serving as a volunteer.
  • [February 2025] --> Attending ITASEC 2025 in Bologna (IT) and presenting the CARAVAN paper.
    📸 Bits from ITASEC 2025

    (Left) CARAVAN Talk, (Middle) With my dearest colleague, Dr. Alessandro Palma, (Right) Real lasagna.

  • [February 2025] --> ANSyA 2025 workshop is accepted at ECAI 2025.
  • [January 2025] --> HotDiML 2025 workshop is accepted at IEEE ICDCS 2025.
  • [December 2024] --> Joined as Shadow PC Member of CoNEXT 2025.
  • [November 2024] --> Attending The Annual Cybersecurity Next Generation Workshop in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • [October 2024] --> Attended Alice and Eve 2024 Workshop in Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • [October 2024] --> Today marks the start of my PostDoc position at the Networked Systems group at TU Delft.
  • [August 2024] --> Our paper entitled "Is AI a Trich or T(h)reat for Securing Programmable Data Planes?" is accepted at IEEE Network Magazine.
  • [August 2024] --> Joined the Program Committee of AAAI 2025.
  • [6 May 2024] --> I successfully defended my PhD thesis, entitled "Cybersecurity at the Intersection of Modern and Future Networking"!
    📸 Bits from my PhD Defense

    (Left) My PhD Advisors, (Middle-Left) Family, (Middle-Right) My partner and nephew, (Right) Celebration.

  • [March 2024] --> Our Caravan paper, in collaboration with Stanford and Purdue University, is accepted at Usenix OSDI 2024.
  • [November 2023] --> 🏆 Attending the NSF CRISP Workshop on Grand Challenges in Resilience organized at Purdue University, Indiana, USA, where I was awarded the second runner-up poster!
  • [May 2023] --> Attending EuroSys 2023 in Rome.
  • [August 2022] --> Attending the 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2022) in Vienna and presenting our paper "Sim2Testbed Transfer: NDN Performance Evaluation".
  • [July 2022] --> Attending the DeepLearn Summer School in Las Palmas.
  • [June 2022] --> Attending the Italian Conference on Cybersecurity ITASEC in Rome and presenting our ICN PATTA paper.
  • [June 2022] --> Serving as Student Volunteer for the EUROVIS 2022 in Rome.