Andrea Augello

I am an Assistant Professor (RTD-A) in the Department of Engineering at the University of Palermo, Italy. Currently, I am a member of the Networking and Distributed Systems research group.

I got my Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering in 2019, 2021, and 2025, respectively, and in 2023 I have been a visiting researcher under the guidance of Prof. Sajal K. Das in Computer Science at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, United States.

My research interests lie at the intersection of cybersecurity, distributed systems, and artificial intelligence. I focus extensively on machine learning applications in decentralized environments, concentrating on topics such as IoT intrusion detection systems, privacy-preserving federated learning, and mobile malware mitigation under concept drift.

For more information on my research, please read the publications page, where you can find a comprehensive list of my research papers and articles, and the projects page, where you can find more details about my ongoing and completed research projects.

On top of research, I am also passionate about teaching and mentoring students. By visiting the teaching page, you can find information about the courses I have taught and the master’s thesis I have supervised.

news

Aug 08, 2026	My paper titled “Towards Neuro-Symbolic Federated Tree Learning” has been published in the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT 2026)
Aug 01, 2026	My paper titled “Resource-Aware Federated Learning for Malware Detection on Smart Devices” has been published in the proceedings of the 2026 IEEE SMARTCOMP - International Conference on Smart Computing
Jul 31, 2026	AI-SEC 2027 - Third workshop edition

selected publications

Towards Neuro-Symbolic Federated Tree Learning

Andrea Augello, Stefano Merendino, Alessandra De Paola, and 1 more author

In 2026 12th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), 2026

DOI Bib

@inproceedings{augello_2026_towards,
  author = {Augello, Andrea and Merendino, Stefano and De Paola, Alessandra and Lo Re, Giuseppe},
  booktitle = {2026 12th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT)},
  title = {Towards Neuro-Symbolic Federated Tree Learning},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {194-199},
  issn = {2576-3555},
  isbn = {979-8-3195-2077-7},
  doi = {10.1109/CoDIT70676.2026.11631225},
}

FairRFL: Fair and Robust Federated Learning in the Presence of Selfish Clients

Andrea Augello, Ashish Gupta, Giuseppe Lo Re, and 1 more author

IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 2026

DOI Bib

@article{augello2026fairrfl,
  author = {Augello, Andrea and Gupta, Ashish and Lo Re, Giuseppe and Das, Sajal K.},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing},
  title = {FairRFL: Fair and Robust Federated Learning in the Presence of Selfish Clients},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {14},
  number = {1},
  issn = {2168-6750},
  pages = {316-331},
  doi = {10.1109/TETC.2026.3661199},
}

Hybrid Multilevel Detection of Mobile Devices Malware Under Concept Drift

Andrea Augello, Alessandra De Paola, and Giuseppe Lo Re

Journal of Network and Systems Management, Feb 2025

DOI Bib

@article{augello_2025_multilevel,
  title = {Hybrid Multilevel Detection of Mobile Devices Malware
  		  Under Concept Drift},
  volume = {33},
  issn = {1573-7705},
  doi = {10.1007/s10922-025-09906-3},
  number = {2},
  journal = {Journal of Network and Systems Management},
  author = {Augello, Andrea and De Paola, Alessandra and Lo Re, Giuseppe},
  year = {2025},
  month = feb,
  pages = {36},
}

M2FD: Mobile malware federated detection under concept drift

Andrea Augello, Alessandra De Paola, and Giuseppe Lo Re

Computers & Security, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{augello_2025_m2fd,
  title = {M2FD: Mobile malware federated detection under concept
  		  drift},
  issn = {0167-4048},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cose.2025.104361},
  journal = {Computers \& Security},
  author = {Augello, Andrea and De Paola, Alessandra and Lo Re, Giuseppe},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {152},
  pages = {104361},
}