Official supervision and research advising

A portfolio of student projects supported through formal supervision or close day-to-day scientific advising.

31Students supported
10Current students
10Ph.D. students
8Institutions
Official supervision

Official supervision

Students for whom I serve or served as the official supervisor, from internships and student projects to doctoral research.

Master Supervision20

Feb. 2026 - present University of Luxembourg Internship Current
Abdelrahman Yousef nationality flag

Abdelrahman Yousef

Computer Security

Security Analysis of Modern Drone Software Ecosystems

My roleSupervisor

Feb. 2026 - present University of Luxembourg Internship Current
Aslan Kazimov nationality flag

Aslan Kazimov

Computer Security

Mobile App Market Exploration and Integration Into AndroZoo

My roleSupervisor

Jan. 2026 - present University of Luxembourg Internship Current
Khoi Nguyen Huynh Tuan nationality flag

Khoi Nguyen Huynh Tuan

Computer Security

Android Studio Add-on Development for Dynamic Analysis Assistant

My roleSupervisor

Apr. 2025 - Oct. 2025 Central Nantes Internship Former
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Guillaume Vizioz

Software Security

Scaling LLM analysis of Android malware

My roleSupervisor

Mar. 2025 - Aug. 2025 University of Luxembourg Master's Thesis Former

Noureddine Shriffe

Computer Science

Developing LLM-Based Strategies for Logic Bomb Identification

My roleSupervisor

Feb. 2025 - Aug. 2025 University of Lorraine Master's Thesis Former
Mahamadou Nazirou Nafiou Mahamane nationality flag

Mahamadou Nazirou Nafiou Mahamane

Computer Science

Localization of malware in android app using LLMs

My roleSupervisor

May 2024 - Oct. 2024 CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security Master's Thesis Former

Computer Science

Learning the effects of software changes

My roleCo-supervisor

Apr. 2023 - Jul. 2023 University of Luxembourg Master's Thesis Former
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Adrien Geets

Information and Computer Science

Exploring dynamic analysis for Android apps

My roleSupervisor

Feb. 2023 – Aug. 2023 University of Luxembourg Master's Thesis Former
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Lucas Visintin

Information and Computer Science

On the impact of Vulnerabilities in the Odoo Platform

My roleSupervisor

Feb. 2023 – Aug. 2023 University of Luxembourg Master's Thesis Former

Information and Computer Science

Detecting Hidden Files and Code in Android apps

My roleSupervisor

Jan. 2023 - Jun. 2023 KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm Master's Thesis Former
Frederick Van Der Windt nationality flag

Frederick Van Der Windt

Computer Science

Static Analysis of JS Code To Detect Business Logic Vulnerabilities

My roleSupervisor

Jul. 2022 – Aug. 2022 University of Luxembourg Student Job Former

Information and Computer Science

Empirical study to characterize file usage in Android apps

My roleSupervisor

Apr. 2022 – Sep. 2022 University of Luxembourg Master's Thesis Former
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Claude Ohlhoff

Information and Computer Science

Detecting Javascript Vulnerabilities using Static Analysis

My roleSupervisor

Feb. 2022 – Sep. 2022 University of Luxembourg Internship Former
Fernandez Oliva Cesar Francisco nationality flag

Fernandez Oliva Cesar Francisco

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Business development of a spin-off project

My roleSupervisor

Feb. 2022 – Jun. 2022 University of Luxembourg Master's Thesis Former
Ye Qiu nationality flag

Ye Qiu

Information and Computer Science

Digging the Android Framework to find ways to Trigger Logic Bombs

My roleSupervisor

Jun. 2021 – Aug. 2021 École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Bretagne-Sud Internship Former
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François Jullion

Software Security

Automatically extracting logic bomb's payload using static analysis

My roleSupervisor

Jun. 2021 – Aug. 2021 National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse Student Job Former

Nahom Belay

Software Security

Manual characterization of Android malware families

My roleSupervisor

May 2021 – Jul. 2021 University of Luxembourg Student Job Former
Ye Qiu nationality flag

Ye Qiu

Information and Computer Science

Manual characterization of Android malware families

My roleSupervisor

Mar. 2021 – Sep. 2021 University of Lorraine Master's Thesis Former
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Mansaf Bourkaib

Information and Computer Security, Networks and Virtual Architectures

Extracting Android apps information

My roleSupervisor

Feb. 2021 – Aug. 2021 University of Luxembourg Master's Thesis Former
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Vanitha Varadharajan

Information and Computer Science

Mining source code samples from Pastebin public data

My roleSupervisor

Bachelor Supervision1

Feb. 2020 – Jul. 2020 University of Luxembourg Bachelor Project Former
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Sean Achtatou

Information and Computer Science

Machine-learning based characterization of Android Malware

My roleSupervisor

Advising

Advising alongside an official supervisor

Students for whom I served as advisor while another academic held the official supervision role.

Ph.D. Supervision10

Apr. 2026 - present University of Luxembourg Ph.D. Student Current
Babacar Thioye nationality flag

Babacar Thioye

Computer Security

Mobile Money App Analysis

Feb. 2026 - present University of Luxembourg Ph.D. student Current

Computer Science

Privacy of User-unflashable Android Software Components

Nov. 2025 - present University of Luxembourg Ph.D. Student Current

Computer Science

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Nov. 2025 - present University of Luxembourg Ph.D. Student Current
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Elouan Rigaut

Computer Science

Cyber Threat Intelligence for Android, the case of Stalkerware

Dec. 2024 - present University of Luxembourg Ph.D. Student Current
Loïc Taleb nationality flag

Loïc Taleb

Computer Science

Vulnerability Detection

Jul. 2024 - present University of Luxembourg Ph.D. Student Current
Serge Lionel Béninwendé Nikiema nationality flag

Serge Lionel Béninwendé Nikiema

Computer Science

Investigating LLMs to improve Android Security

Nov. 2023 - present University of Luxembourg Ph.D. Student Current

Computer Science

Static and Dynamic Analysis of Android apps

May 2023 - Sep. 2024 Monash University Ph.D. Student Former

Computer Science

Static Analysis of Android apps

Oct. 2022 - May 2026 University of Luxembourg Ph.D. Student Former

Computer Science

Static Analysis of Android apps

Feb. 2022 - Feb. 2026 University of Luxembourg Ph.D. Student Former
Alioune Diallo nationality flag

Alioune Diallo

Computer Science

Security Analysis of Android apps in the African ecosystem