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João Vitorino is a researcher at GECAD, an R&D unit of the School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP). He holds a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence Engineering, in addition to several certifications in the fields of AI and computer networking. He has collaborated with various companies and institutions in international R&D projects, and has been responsible for the conceptualization and development of AI solutions for several real-world cybersecurity applications. The focus of his work has been ML explainability and adversarial robustness in complex tabular data domains. He has developed an intelligent method that performs realistic adversarial attacks, and training mechanisms that provide secure ML models for complex tasks like network intrusion detection and cyber-attack classification.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Pedro Machado Vitorino

Citation names

  • João Vitorino
  • Vitorino, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3312-592F-B628
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4968-3653
Google Scholar ID
HlqCxhoAAAAJ
Researcher Id
HZL-8519-2023
Scopus Author Id
57579914600

Email addresses

  • jpmvo@isep.ipp.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/09 - 2026/08
Ongoing
 Doctoral degree in Informatics Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Robust Explanations for Trustworthy Machine Learning Assessments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2023/10 - 2023/10
Concluded
 Airbus CyberRange Certified Modeling and Simulation (Outros)
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Germany
2021/09 - 2023/07
Concluded
 Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence Engineering (Mestrado)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
"Realistic Adversarial Machine Learning to improve Network Intrusion Detection (20/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19/20
2022/07 - 2022/08
Concluded
 Erasmus+ AI for Industry programme (Outros)
Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, Germany
 5/5
2022/01 - 2022/01
Concluded
 NVIDIA DLI Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA Python (Outros)
NVIDIA Corp, United States
2021/08 - 2021/08
Concluded
 Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals (Outros)
Microsoft Corp, United States
2018/09 - 2021/07
Concluded
 Bachelor's degree in Informatics Engineering (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
"IoT Intrusion Detection through Machine Learning (19/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20
2020/10 - 2021/02
Concluded
 Erasmus+ Digital Innovation Hub programme (Outros)
Haaga-Helia Ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland
 5/5
2020/03 - 2020/10
Concluded
 CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker (Outros)
International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants Inc, United States
2019/03 - 2020/02
Concluded
 CCNA R&S - Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (Outros)
Cisco Systems Inc, United States
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/10 - Current CYDERCO - Cyber Detection, Response, and Collaboration
101128052
Researcher
European Commission
Ongoing
2022/07 - 2023/09 VALU3S - Verification and Validation of Automated Systems' Safety and Security
876852
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2023/01 - 2023/06 ForPharmacy - Future Pharmacy as a Plug-and-Play Ecosystem
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-070053
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2022/04 - 2023/03 Cybers SeC IP - Cybersecurity Scientific Competences and Innovation Potential
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000044
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2022/01 - 2022/06 SPET - Secure Interactions and Trusted Participation in Local Electricity Trading
PTDC/EEI-EEE/29165/2017
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/09 - 2022/06 CyberFactory#1 - Opportunities and Threats for the Factory of the Future
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-040124
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2021/03 - 2022/05 SeCoIIA - Secure Collaborative Intelligent Industrial Assets
871967
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Pedro Pereira; Paulo Mendes; João Vitorino; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. "Intelligent Green Efficiency for Intrusion Detection". Paper presented in 17th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security (FPS 2024), Montreal, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Miguel Silva; João Vitorino; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. "Efficient Network Traffic Feature Sets for IoT Intrusion Detection". Paper presented in 21st International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI 2024), Salamanca, 2024.
    In press • 10.48550/arXiv.2406.08042
  3. João Vitorino; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. "Adversarial Evasion Attack Efficiency against Large Language Models". Paper presented in 21st International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI 2024), Salamanca, 2024.
    In press • 10.48550/arXiv.2406.08050
  4. João Vitorino; Miguel Silva; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. "An Adversarial Robustness Benchmark for Enterprise Network Intrusion Detection". Paper presented in 16th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security (FPS 2023), Bordeaux, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-57537-2_1
  5. Tiago Dias; João Vitorino; Tiago Fonseca; Isabel Praça; Eva Maia; Maria João Viamonte. "Unravelling Network-Based Intrusion Detection: A Neutrosophic Rule Mining and Optimization Framework". Paper presented in 28th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2023), Hague, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-54129-2_4
  6. Tiago Dias; Tiago Fonseca; João Vitorino; Andreia Martins; Sofia Malpique; Isabel Praça. "From Data to Action: Exploring AI and IoT-driven Solutions for Smarter Cities". Paper presented in 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI 2023), Guimaraes, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-38333-5_5
  7. João Vitorino; Lourenço Rodrigues; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça; André Lourenço. "Adversarial Robustness and Feature Impact Analysis for Driver Drowsiness Detection". Paper presented in 21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2023), Portoroz, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-34344-5_13
  8. Tiago Fonseca; Tiago Dias; João Vitorino; Luís Lino Ferreira; Isabel Praça. "A Low-Cost Multi-Agent System for Physical Security in Smart Buildings". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks (ICCCN 2022), Manchester, 2022.
    Published • 10.1063/5.0185830
  9. Rui Andrade; João Vitorino; Sinan Wannous; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. "LEMMAS: a Secured and Trusted Local Energy Market Simulation System". Paper presented in 18th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM 2022), Ljubljana, 2022.
    Published • 10.1109/EEM54602.2022.9921159
  10. João Vitorino; Tiago Dias; Tiago Fonseca; Nuno Oliveira; Isabel Praça. "A Multi-policy Framework for Deep Learning-based Fake News Detection". Paper presented in 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI 2022), L'Aquila, 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-20859-1_13
  11. João Vitorino; Rui Andrade; Isabel Praça; Orlando Sousa; Eva Maia. "A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for IoT Intrusion Detection". Paper presented in 14th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security (FPS 2021), Paris, 2021.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-08147-7_13
Journal article
  1. Andreia Martins; João Vitorino; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. "PharmiTech: Addressing Polypharmacy Challenges through AI-Driven Solutions". Applied Sciences 14 19 (2024): 8838. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14198838.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/app14198838
  2. João Vitorino; Miguel Silva; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. "Reliable Feature Selection for Adversarially Robust Cyber-Attack Detection". Annals of Telecommunications (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-024-01047-z.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s12243-024-01047-z
  3. João Vitorino; Tiago Dias; Tiago Fonseca; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. "Constrained Adversarial Learning and its applicability to Automated Software Testing: a systematic review". (2024):
    Under revision • 10.48550/arXiv.2303.07546
  4. Tiago Dias; João Vitorino; Eva Maia; Orlando Sousa; Isabel Praça. "KeyRecs: A Keystroke Dynamics and Typing Pattern Recognition Dataset". Data in Brief 50 (2023): 109509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109509.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109509
  5. João Vitorino; Isabel Praça; Eva Maia. "SoK: Realistic Adversarial Attacks and Defenses for Intelligent Network Intrusion Detection". Computers and Security 134 (2023): 103433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2023.103433.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.cose.2023.103433
  6. João Vitorino; Isabel Praça; Eva Maia. "Towards Adversarial Realism and Robust Learning for IoT Intrusion Detection and Classification". Annals of Telecommunications 78 (2023): 401-412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-023-00953-y.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s12243-023-00953-y
  7. João Vitorino; Nuno Oliveira; Isabel Praça. "Adaptative Perturbation Patterns: Realistic Adversarial Learning for Robust Intrusion Detection". Future Internet 14 4 (2022): 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi14040108.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/fi14040108
Online resource
  1. Tiago Dias; João Vitorino; Jorge Oliveira; Nuno Oliveira; Eva Maia; Isabel Praça. IFEED: Interactive Facial Expression and Emotion Detection Dataset. 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7963451.
    10.5281/zenodo.7963451
  2. Tiago Dias; João Vitorino; Eva Maia; Orlando Sousa; Isabel Praça. KeyRecs: Keystroke Dynamics Dataset. 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7886742.
    10.5281/zenodo.7886742
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/10/26 - 2022/10/28 36th European Simulation and Modelling Conference (2022)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/12/09 - 2024/12/11 FPS 2024 conference at Montreal, Canada
Conference
 17th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security
HEC Montréal, Canada
2024/06/26 - 2024/06/28 DCAI 2024 conference at Salamanca, Spain
Conference
 21st International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
2023/12/11 - 2023/12/14 FPS 2023 conference at Bordeaux, France
Conference
 16th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security
Bordeaux INP, France
2023/07/12 - 2023/07/14 DCAI 2023 conference at Guimaraes, Portugal
Conference
 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/06/12 - 2023/06/15 AIME 2023 conference at Portoroz, Slovenia
Conference
 21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Univerza v Mariboru Fakulteta za Zdravstvene Vede, Slovenia
2023/06/07 - 2023/06/07 ENISA conference at Brussels, Belgium
Conference
 ENISA AI Cybersecurity Conference
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, Greece
2022/09/13 - 2022/09/15 EEM 2022 conference at Ljubljana, Slovenia
Conference
 18th International Conference on the European Energy Market
Univerza v Ljubljani Fakulteta za Elektrotehniko, Slovenia
2022/07/13 - 2022/07/15 PAAMS 2022 conference at L'Aquila, Italy
Conference
 20th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Italy
2021/12/07 - 2021/12/10 FPS 2021 conference at Paris, France
Conference
 14th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security
IRT SystemX, France

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/03 - Current Information Sciences (0020-0255) Elsevier
2024/01 - Current Computers, Materials and Continua (1546-2226) Tech Science Press
2023/10 - Current Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (1362-3079) Taylor & Francis
2023/09 - Current IEEE Access (2169-3536) IEEE
Distinctions

Award

2024 Engineers Association 3rd Young Engineer Innovation Award
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2023 IEEE Portugal Section Outstanding MSc Thesis Award
Instituto de Engenheiros Eletricistas e Eletrônicos, Portugal
2023 Certificate of Merit in the Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2022 Editor's Choice Article in Future Internet Journal
Future Internet, Switzerland
2021 Certificate of Merit in the Bachelor's Degree in Informatics Engineering
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2020 Letters of Merit in the 4 CCNA R&S Instructor-led Courses
Cisco Systems Inc, United States