Biography

I received my doctoral degree (Dr.Sc. Tech) from the University of Oulu (Finland). As the years went by, I reached a good experience in short-range wireless communications and cybersecurity solutions by exploiting the physical layer security. My research focuses on multilevel cybersecurity with a particular interest in critical infrastructure systems.

I am IEEE Senior Member and I have been TPC member in several conferences. I serve as a reviewer IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. I also serve as an Editor reviewer Frontiers in Communcations and Networks - Non-Conventional Communications and Networks section. Furthermore, I hold five patents (wireless communications and positioning).

Today, I am Assistant Professor at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, within the SySMA research unit. I work on cybersecurity projects in collaboration with CINI National Laboratory for Cybesecurity.

In 2020, I served CINI as National Coordinator of the CyberChallenge.IT project and I collaborated at the first edition of the Italian cybersecurity olympiad: OliCyber.IT.

Since 2024, I have been a member of the working group of COST Action CA22168 - Physical layer security for trustworthy and resilient 6G systems (6G-PHYSEC). The COST Action 6G-PHYSEC aims to propose novel physical layer security (PLS) solutions to develop a trustworthy and resilient 6G.

I currently give lectures on cybersecurity management and on security engineering as a multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity.

Research Area

• Physical layer security (PLS);
• 6G Security: visible light communications (VLC);
• Covert channel communications: acoustic communications;
• Protocol Security;
• Network Security;
• Security in critical infrastructure systems.

Selected Publications

• Physical Layer Authentication for Distributed RIS (DRIS) enabled VLC Systems. A. Brighente, S. Soderi, S. Xu, and M. Conti. (accepted) In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2024. Denver, CO. 9–13 June 2024.

• CONNECTION: COvert chaNnel Network attaCk Through bIt-rate mOdulatioN. S. Soderi and R. De Nicola. In: Emerging Information Security and Applications. Springer Nature Singapore, 2024, pp. 164–183. isbn:9789819996148. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-9614-8_11.

• Cybersecurity Considerations for Communication Based Train Control. Soderi, S., Masti, D., Hämäläinen, M. and Iinatti, J., in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 92312-92321, 2023,

• Railway Cyber-Security in the Era of Interconnected Systems: A Survey. Soderi, S., Masti, D., & Lun, Y. Z. (2023). in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 6764-6779, July 2023

• Formally verifying security protocols built on watermarking and jamming. Costa, G.; Degano, P.; Galletta, L.; and Soderi, S. Computers & Security, 128: 103133. 2023.

• VLC Physical Layer Security through RIS-aided Jamming Receiver for 6G Wireless Networks. Soderi, S.; Brighente, A.; Turrin, F.; and Conti, M. In 2022 19th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON), pages 370-378, 2022

• Turning Federated Learning Systems Into Covert Channels. Costa, G.; Pinelli, F.; Soderi, S.; and Tolomei, G. IEEE Access, 10: 130642-130656. 2022

• SENECAN: Secure KEy DistributioN OvEr CAN Through Watermarking and Jamming. Soderi, S., Colelli R., Turrin F., Pascucci F. and Conti M. in in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, June 2022

• 6G Networks Physical Layer Security Using RGB Visible Light Communications. Soderi, S.; De Nicola, R. in IEEE Access vol. 10, pp. 5482-5496. January 2022

• Enhancing Security in 6G Visible Light Communications. Soderi, S. 2020 2nd 6G Wireless Summit (6G SUMMIT). March 2020

• Acoustic-Based Security: A Key Enabling Technology for Wireless Sensor Network. Soderi, S. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, 27(1): 45–59. nov 2019

• Cybersecurity Assessment of the Polar Bluetooth Low Energy Heart-Rate Sensor. Soderi, S. 14th EAI International Conference on Body Area Networks. October 2019

• Physical layer security based on spread-spectrum watermarking and jamming receiver. Soderi, S.; Mucchi, L.; Hämäläinen, M.; Piva, A.; and Iinatti, J. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 28(7). 2017

• Performance and security evaluation of intra-vehicular communication architecture. Liyanage, M.; Kumar, P.; Soderi, S.; Ylianttila, M.; and Gurtov, A. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2016,302-308. 2016

• Near-field measurements for safety related systems and jamming attack. Soderi, S.; Papini, M.; Iinatti, J.; and Hämäläinen, M. Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, 62(1): 289-302. 2015

• Signal fingerprinting in cognitive wireless networks. Soderi, S.; Dainelli, G.; Iinatti, J.; and Hämäläinen, M. Proceedings of the 2014 9th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications, CROWNCOM 2014,266-270. 2014

• An experimental evaluation of WiFi-based vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication in a tunnel. Viittala, H.; Soderi, S.; Saloranta, J.; Hämäläinen, M.; and Iinatti, J. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. 2013

• Emulation of secure Wi-Fi communication: A performance gap analysis against a virtual test-bed. Soderi, S.; Viittala, H.; Saloranta, J.; Mancini, A.; Hämäläinen, M.; and Iinatti, J. 2013 13th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications, ITST 2013,226-231. 2013

See links at the top of the page for a full list of my publications.

My Doctoral Thesis

• Evaluation of industrial wireless communications systems’ security. Soderi, S. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Oulu, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering; Centre for Wireless Communications, June 2016

Teaching Activties

• Adjunct Professor at Dept. of Mathematics of University of Padova : Teaching: “Security and risk: management and certifications“, SSD:INF/01, 6CFU (48 hours), a.y. 21/22, a.y. 22/23 - Master Degree in Cybersecurity

• Instructor at Infotech Oulu, University of Oulu, Finland Teaching: “Security Engineering as a multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity.“, (32 hours), May 2022

• Instructor at CyberChallenge.IT, CINI National Laboratory for Cybesecurity Teaching: “Network security: CAN Bus fundamentals and security.“, 2021/2022 edition.

Patents

• DISTANCE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A RAILWAY VEHICLE. Soderi, S.; Viittala, H.; and Saloranta, J. 2015. US 9134411 B2; EP 2786172 A1; WO 2013081792 A1

• SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE POSITION DETECTION. Soderi, S.; and Giusto, R. 2015. US 9606224 B2; WO 2015108726 A1

• POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD. Viittala, H.; Soderi, S.; Saloranta, J.; Hamalainen, M.; and Iinatti, J. 2014. US 8751127 B2; EP 2786167 A1; WO 2013081791 A1

• SPREAD SPECTRUM SIGNALS IN VEHICLE NETWORK SYSTEMS. Soderi, S.; and Papini, M. 2014. US 9425854 B2; EP 2760141 B1; HK 1196479 A1

• METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIGNAL FINGERPRINTING. Soderi, S.; and Papini, M. 2013. US 9608742 B2; EP 2676860 B1; AU 2013206087 C1; ES 2710221 T3