Is AI a Trick or T(h)reat for Securing Programmable Data Planes?
Enkeleda Bardhi, Mauro Conti, and Riccardo Lazzeretti. "Is AI a Trick or T (h) reat for Securing Programmable Data Planes?." IEEE Network (2024).
CV
Education
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Computer Science, Delft University of Technology
- Ph.D in Computer Science Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 2024
- M.S. in ICT for Internet and Multimedia, University of Padua, 2020
- B.S. in Telecommunication Engineering, Polytecnic University of Tirana, 2017
Work experience
- August to November 2023: Visiting Research Scholar
- Purdue University
- Duties includes: Researching with Purdue University’s Networking and Systems Lab (PurNET) on the integration of Machine Learning (ML)-based security mechanisms on the programmable network devices
- Supervisor: Prof. Muhammad Shahbaz
- October 2022 to February 2023: Visiting Research Scholar
- Delft University of Technology
- Duties included: Researching with the Embedded and Networked Systems (ENS) group on security mechanisms on the constrained programmable network devices.
- Supervisor: Prof. Fernando Kuipers
- November 2018 - August 2020: Data Entry
- Mengotti S.N.C.
- Duties included: Data entry of all the new products in the database application of the company; responsibility on preparing and analysing several product statistics on the data provided by the database, according to the required objectives.
- May to September 2017: Helpdesk Support Specialist
- Digicom Sh.a.
- Duties included: Offering technical support for customers on services connected to the fiber optics technology.
Skills
- Cybersecurity:
- Ethical Hacking
- Network Security
- Privacy
- Programmable network devices:
- Intel Tofino switches
- FPGAs
- Networking:
- Information-centric Networking
- Software-Defined Networking
- Machine Learning:
- Supervised-learning algorithms
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI) for network security
- Coding:
- High intermediate skills of: Python, C, C++, MySQL, Matlab, OpenCV
- Good knowledge of: HTML and Java
- Other:
- Presentation, planning, organization, creative problem-solving, teamwork, active listening, adapability, analytical thinking, decision making and self-organisation
Publications
Caravan: Practical Online Learning of {In-Network}{ML} Models with Labeling Agents
Qizheng Zhang, Ali Imran, Enkeleda Bardhi, Tushar Swamy, Nathan Zhang, Muhammad Shahbaz, Kunle Olukotun (2024). "Caravan: Practical Online Learning of {In-Network}{ML} Models with Labeling Agents." 18th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI 24). 2024.
Anonymous Federated Learning via Named-Data Networking
Andrea Agiollo, Enkeleda Bardhi, Mauro Conti, Nicolò Dal Fabbro, Riccardo Lazzeretti (2024). "Anonymous Federated Learning via Named-Data Networking." Future Gener. Comput. Syst. 152: 288-303 (2024)
Security and Privacy of IP-ICN coexistence: A Comprehensive Survey
Enkeleda Bardhi, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Eleonora Losiouk (2023). "Security and Privacy of IP-ICN Coexistence: A Comprehensive Survey." IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials 25(4): 2427-2455 (2023)
GNN4IFA: Interest Flooding Attack Detection with Graph Neural Networks
Andrea Agiollo, Enkeleda Bardhi, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Eleonora Losiouk, Andrea Omicini (2023) "GNN4IFA: Interest flooding attack detection with graph neural networks." 2023 IEEE 8th European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P). IEEE, 2023.
Sim2Testbed Transfer: NDN Performance Evaluation
Enkeleda Bardhi, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Eleonora Losiouk, Ahmed Taffal (2022). "Sim2Testbed Transfer: NDN Performance Evaluation." Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. 2022.
ICN PATTA: ICN Privacy Attack Through Traffic Analysis
Enkeleda Bardhi, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Eleonora Losiouk (2021). "ICN PATTA: ICN privacy attack through traffic analysis." 2021 IEEE 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN). IEEE, 2021.
Talks
In the Intersection of Current and Future Internet Security and Privacy
Talk at PurNET Group at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Presentation of the paper Sim2Testbed Transfer: NDN Performance Evaluation
Conference proceedings talk at The 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Vienna, Austria
Presentation of the paper GNN4IFA: Interest Flooding Attack Detection With Graph Neural Networks
Conference proceedings talk at IEEE 8th European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P), Delft, Netherlands
The Future of the Internet: Security and Privacy of Current and Future Networking Paradigms
Talk at Cybersecurity group at Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
Presentation of the paper ICN PATTA: ICN Privacy Attack Thorugh Traffic Analysis
Conference talk at The 6th Italian Conference on Cybersecurity, Rome, Italy
Presentation of the paper ICN PATTA: ICN Privacy Attack Thorugh Traffic Analysis
Conference talk at The 46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Edmonton, Canada
Teaching
Service
- TPC Member of AAAI 2023
- TPC Member of AAAI 2024
- TPC Member of EXTRAAMAS 2024
- TPC Member of AAAI 2025
Funding
- Research project funding: “The-old-meets-the-new: Securing the IoT Networks through Artificial Intelligence Solutions and Emerging Technologies”; Progetti per Avvio alla Ricerca, Tipo 1, Sapienza University of Rome; Total: 1000€ (2022-2023)
- Research project funding: “The Trick and T(h)reat of Artificial Intelligence in Programmable Network”; Progetti per Avvio alla Ricerca, Tipo 2, Sapienza University of Rome; Total: 2000€ (2023-2024)