Sara Rampazzi

My research areas include cyber-phyisical system security, embedded systems design, modeling, and simulation with applications in Healthcare, Automotive, and the Internet of Things. I investigate security risks to design reliable devices. I'm always searching for talented students for my cybersecurity lab at University of Florida at Gainesville. If you are not at student at the University of Florida and you are interested in my research, please apply to the program! Proud to be part of N95Decon.org, a volunteer collective of amazing scientists, engineers, and clinicians across US, with the goal to help to disseminate scientific information about N95 masks decontamination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay healthy, stay safe! Are you a First Gen Engineer student and you need advice, mentorship, or just a Zoom chat? Email me with the subject "First Gen mentoring" Useful links: Latest updated CV Florida Institute of Cybersecurity Research (FICS) UF CISE Department Warren B. Nelms Institute Faculty highlight		Last updates & News: Tweets by sara_rampazzi

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

The complete list is available in my latest updated CV or Google Scholar

2023

Deep Note: Can Acoustic Interference Damage the Availability of Hard Disk Storage in Underwater Data Centers?
Jennifer Sheldon, Weidong Zhu, Adnan Abdullah, Kevin Butler, Md Jahidul Islam, Sara Rampazzi
In Proceedings of the 15th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems, 2023
paper · SK Hynix Best Paper Award

bibtex

@inproceedings{sheldon2023deep,
  title={Deep Note: Can Acoustic Interference Damage the Availability of Hard Disk Storage in Underwater Data Centers?},
  author={Sheldon, Jennifer and Zhu, Weidong and Abdullah, Adnan and Butler, Kevin and Islam, Md Jahidul and Rampazzi, Sara},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems},
  pages={51--57},
  year={2023}
}

EMI-LiDAR: Uncovering Vulnerabilities of LiDAR Sensors in Autonomous Driving Setting using Electromagnetic Interference
Sri Hrushikesh Varma Bhupathiraju, Jennifer Sheldon, Luke A Bauer, Vincent Bindschaedler, Takeshi Sugawara, Sara Rampazzi
In Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec 2023), 2023
paper

bibtex

@inproceedings{bhupathiraju2023emi,
  title={EMI-LiDAR: Uncovering Vulnerabilities of LiDAR Sensors in Autonomous Driving Setting Using Electromagnetic Interference},
  author={Bhupathiraju, Sri Hrushikesh Varma and Sheldon, Jennifer and Bauer, Luke A and Bindschaedler, Vincent and Sugawara, Takeshi and Rampazzi, Sara},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks},
  pages={329--340},
  year={2023}
}

Shimware: Toward Practical Security Retrofitting for Monolithic Firmware Images
Eric Gustafson, Paul Grosen, Nilo Redini, Saagar Jha, Ruoyu Wang, Kevin Fu, Sara Rampazzi, Giovanni Vigna
In Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID 2023), 2023
paper ·

bibtex

@article{gustafson2023shimware,
  title={Shimware: Toward Practical Security Retrofitting for Monolithic Firmware Images},
  author={Gustafson, Eric and Grosen, Paul and Redini, Nilo and Jha, Saagar and Wang, Ruoyu and Fu, Kevin and Rampazzi, Sara and Vigna, Giovanni},
  journal={the 26th International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID 2023)}
  year={2023}
}

You can't see me: physical removal attacks on LiDAR-based autonomous vehicles driving frameworks
Yulong Cao, S Hrushikesh Bhupathiraju, Pirouz Naghavi, Takeshi Sugawara, Z Morley Mao, Sara Rampazzi
In Proceeding of the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 23), 2023
paper ·

bibtex

@inproceedings {285475,
author = {Yulong Cao and S. Hrushikesh Bhupathiraju and Pirouz Naghavi and Takeshi Sugawara and Z. Morley Mao and Sara Rampazzi},
title = {You Can{\textquoteright}t See Me: Physical Removal Attacks on {LiDAR-based} Autonomous Vehicles Driving Frameworks},
booktitle = {32nd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 23)},
year = {2023},
isbn = {978-1-939133-37-3},
address = {Anaheim, CA},
pages = {2993--3010},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity23/presentation/cao},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = aug,
}

WIP: Infrared Laser Reflection Attack Against Traffic Sign Recognition Systems
Takami Sato, Sri Hrushikesh Varma Bhupathiraju, Michael Clifford, Takeshi Sugawara, Qi Alfred Chen, Sara Rampazzi
In Proceedings Inaugural International Symposium on Vehicle Security \& Privacy (VehicleSec 2023), 2023
paper · Ethas Best Short/WIP Paper Award and Qualcomm Best Demo Award

bibtex

@inproceedings{sato2023wip,
  title={WIP: Infrared Laser Reflection Attack Against Traffic Sign Recognition Systems},
  author={Sato, Takami and Bhupathiraju, Sri Hrushikesh Varma and Clifford, Michael and Sugawara, Takeshi and Chen, Qi Alfred and Rampazzi, Sara},
  booktitle={Proceedings Inaugural International Symposium on Vehicle Security \& Privacy. San Diego, CA, USA: Internet Society},
  year={2023}
}

2022

VeriMask: Sensor Platform for Decontamination of N95 Masks
Yan Long, Alexander Curtiss, Sara Rampazzi, Josiah Hester, Kevin Fu
In GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications 26, no. 2, 2022
paper · Research Highlight Selected

bibtex

@article{long2022verimask,
  title={VeriMask: Sensor Platform for Decontamination of N95 Masks},
  author={Long, Yan and Curtiss, Alexander and Rampazzi, Sara and Hester, Josiah and Fu, Kevin},
  journal={GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications},
  volume={26},
  number={2},
  pages={25--28},
  year={2022},
  publisher={ACM New York, NY, USA}
}

Analyzing the Monetization Ecosystem of Stalkerware
Cassidy Gibson, Vanessa Frost, Katie Platt, Washington Garcia, Luis Vargas, Sara Rampazzi, Vincent Bindschaedler, Patrick Traynor, Kevin Butler
In Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies 4: 105-119, 2022
paper · Coalition Against Stalkerware Website

bibtex

@article{gibson2022analyzing,
  title={Analyzing the Monetization Ecosystem of Stalkerware},
  author={Gibson, Cassidy and Frost, Vanessa and Platt, Katie and Garcia, Washington and Vargas, Luis and Rampazzi, Sara and Bindschaedler, Vincent and Traynor, Patrick and Butler, Kevin},
  journal={Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies},
  volume={4},
  pages={105--119},
  year={2022}
}

Explaining RADAR features for detecting spoofing attacks in Connected Autonomous Vehicles
Nidhi Rastogi, Sara Rampazzi, Michael Clifford, Miriam Heller, Matthew Bishop, Karl Levitt
In Proceedings of the AAAI 2022 Workshop on Explainable Agency in Artificial Intelligence, 2022
paper ·

bibtex

@article{rastogi2022explaining,
  title={Explaining RADAR features for detecting spoofing attacks in Connected Autonomous Vehicles},
  author={Rastogi, Nidhi and Rampazzi, Sara and Clifford, Michael and Heller, Miriam and Bishop, Matthew and Levitt, Karl},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00150},
  year={2022}
}

2021

Protecting COVID-19 Vaccine Transportation and Storage from Analog Cybersecurity Threats
Yan Long, Sara Rampazzi, Takeshi Sugawara, Kevin Fu
In Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology 55, no. 3, 2021
paper ·

bibtex

@article{long2021protecting,
  title={Protecting COVID-19 Vaccine Transportation and Storage from Analog Cybersecurity Threats},
  author={Long, Yan and Rampazzi, Sara and Sugawara, Takeshi and Fu, Kevin},
  journal={Biomedical Instrumentation \& Technology},
  volume={55},
  number={3},
  pages={112--117},
  year={2021}
}

VeriMask: Facilitating Decontamination of N95 Masks in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Safeguarding the Future
Yan Long, Alexander Curtiss, Sara Rampazzi, Josiah Hester, Kevin Fu
In Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (ACM IMWUT), September 2021
paper · website

bibtex

@inproceedings{long2021verimask,
  title={VeriMask: Facilitating Decontamination of N95 Masks in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Safeguarding the Future},
  author={Long, Yan and Curtiss, Alexander and Rampazzi, Sara and Hester, Josiah and Fu, Kevin},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies)},
  year={2021}
}

2020

Light Commands: Laser-Based Audio Injection on Voice-Controllable Systems
Takeshi Sugawara, Ben Cyr, Sara Rampazzi, Daniel Genkin, Kevin Fu
In Proceedings of USENIX Security Symposium 2020, August 2020
paper and presentation · website

bibtex

@inproceedings{sugawara2020light,
  title={Light Commands: Laser-Based Audio Injection Attacks on Voice-Controllable Systems},
  author={Sugawara, Takeshi and Cyr, Benjamin and Rampazzi, Sara and Genkin, Daniel and Fu, Kevin},
  booktitle={29th {USENIX} Security Symposium ({USENIX} Security 20)},
  year={2020}
}

Scientific Collaboration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: N95DECON.org
David Rempel, Members of the N95DECON Consortium
In Annals of Work Exposures and Health, June 2020
paper · N95Decon Members · Complete publications list of the N95Decon consortium
bibtex
```
@article{rempel2020scientific,
  title={Scientific Collaboration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: N95DECON. org},
  author={Rempel, David and The N95DECON Consortium},
  journal={Annals of Work Exposures and Health},
  year={2020}
}
```

2019

Adversarial Sensor Attack on LiDAR-based Perception in Autonomous Driving
Yulong Cao, Chaowei Xiao, Benjamin Cyr, Yimeng Zhou, Won Park, Sara Rampazzi, Qi Alfred Chen, Kevin Fu, Z. Morley Mao.
In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2019, November 2019
paper · conference

bibtex

@inproceedings{cao2019adversarial,
  title={Adversarial sensor attack on lidar-based perception in autonomous driving},
  author={Cao, Yulong and Xiao, Chaowei and Cyr, Benjamin and Zhou, Yimeng and Park, Won and Rampazzi, Sara and Chen, Qi Alfred and Fu, Kevin and Mao, Z Morley},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security},
  pages={2267--2281},
  year={2019},
  organization={ACM}
}

Manipulating Critical Temperature-Based Control Systems Using Rectification Attacks
Yazhou Tu, Sara Rampazzi (* Co-First Author), Bin Hao, Angel Rodriguez, Kevin Fu, Xiali Hei.
In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2019, November 2019
paper · conference

bibtex

@inproceedings{tu2019trick,
  title={Trick or heat? Manipulating critical temperature-based control systems using rectification attacks},
  author={Tu, Yazhou and Rampazzi, Sara and Hao, Bin and Rodriguez, Angel and Fu, Kevin and Hei, Xiali},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security},
  pages={2301--2315},
  year={2019}
}

2018

Protease target prediction via matrix factorization
Simone Marini, Francesca Vitali, Sara Rampazzi, Andrea Demartini, Tatsuya Akutsu.
In Bioinformatics, August 2018
paper

bibtex

@article{marini2019protease,
  title={Protease target prediction via matrix factorization},
  author={Marini, Simone and Vitali, Francesca and Rampazzi, Sara and Demartini, Andrea and Akutsu, Tatsuya},
  journal={Bioinformatics},
  volume={35},
  number={6},
  pages={923--929},
  year={2019},
  publisher={Oxford University Press}
}

Blue Note: How Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability and Integrity in Hard Disk Drives and Operating Systems
Connor Bolton, Sara Rampazzi, Chaohao Li, Andrew Kwong, Wenyuan Xu, Kevin Fu.
In Proceedings of the 39th Annual IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 2018
paper · conference

bibtex

@inproceedings{bolton2018blue,
  title={Blue note: How intentional acoustic interference damages availability and integrity in hard disk drives and operating systems},
  author={Bolton, Connor and Rampazzi, Sara and Li, Chaohao and Kwong, Andrew and Xu, Wenyuan and Fu, Kevin},
  booktitle={2018 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)},
  pages={1048--1062},
  year={2018},
  organization={IEEE}
}

2015

A Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Portable Instrument for Quick On-Site Biomolecular Detection
Sara Rampazzi, Giovanni Danese, Francesco Leporati, Franco Marabelli.
In IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, February 2016
paper

bibtex

@article{rampazzi2015localized,
  title={A localized surface plasmon resonance-based portable instrument for quick on-site biomolecular detection},
  author={Rampazzi, Sara and Danese, Giovanni and Leporati, Francesco and Marabelli, Franco},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement},
  volume={65},
  number={2},
  pages={317--327},
  year={2015},
  publisher={IEEE}
}

2013

A novel portable surface plasmon resonance based imaging instrument for on-site multi-analyte detection
Sara Rampazzi, Francesco Leporati, Giovanni Danese, Nelson Nazzicari, Lucia Fornasari, Franco Marabelli, Andrea Valsesia.
In Proceedings of the 2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS),, September 2013
paper · conference

bibtex

@inproceedings{rampazzi2013novel,
  title={A novel portable surface plasmon resonance based imaging instrument for on-site multi-analyte detection},
  author={Rampazzi, Sara and Leporati, Francesco and Danese, Giovanni and Nazzicari, Nelson and Fornasari, Lucia and Marabelli, Franco and Valsesia, Andrea},
  booktitle={2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems},
  pages={619--626},
  year={2013},
  organization={IEEE}
}

Lab on chip: portable optical device for on-site multi-parametric analysis
Sara Rampazzi, Francesco Leporati, Giovanni Danese, Nelson Nazzicari, Lucia Fornasari, Franco Marabelli, Andrea Valsesia.
In Proceedings of the 2013 Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD) , September 2013
paper · conference

bibtex

@inproceedings{rampazzi2013lab,
  title={Lab on chip: portable optical device for on-site multi-parametric analysis},
  author={Rampazzi, Sara and Danese, Giovanni and Fornasari, Lucia and Leporati, Francesco and Marabelli, Franco and Nazzicari, Nelson and Valsesia, Armand},
  booktitle={2013 Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design},
  pages={807--810},
  year={2013},
  organization={IEEE}
}

PATENTS

Detection device of molecular compounds based on Surface Plasmon Resonance

Sara Rampazzi, Francesco Leporati, Giovanni Danese, Nelson Nazzicari, Lucia Fornasari, Franco Marabelli, Andrea Valsesia.
European patent #IT2013MI01345 20130806. Priority 2013. Issued 2015.

Invited talks & seminars

Sensor Security
Invited Keynote at the 15th IEEE Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT ’21), May 2021
website
Autonomous Vehicle Security
Invited talk, Lansing Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Dec 2020
website
Wirelessly sensor technology for verifiable decontamination of N95 masks
Invited talk, COVID-19 Research Lightning Round Webinar, COVID Information Commons, Oct 2020
website
I Always Feel Like Someone Is Listening to Me: Voice Assistants, the Internet of Things, and Privacy
Invited talk and discussion panel , 2020 Privacy@Michigan Symposium, Jan 2020
website
Protecting Cyber-physical Systems from Physical Attacks
Invited Seminar, University of California Santa Barbara , Security Lab, May 2019
website
Cybersecurity in Hospitals: comparing EU and US strategies
Seminar & discussion panel in second level postgraduate Master in Cyberlaw and Policies for Digital Innovation, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dec 2018
flyer - event
Cybersecurity and Implantable Devices
In Women in Electrophysiology, Medical Education - Medtronic Accademy, Oct 2018
website
Fear The Hacked IoT Medical Devices: the apocalypse is already happening, and no one noticed?
In Proceedings of USENIX 2018 Summit on Hot Topics in Security (HotSec 18), Aug 2018
bibtex
Sensor Security in Cyber-Physical Systems
Seminar for graduate students of the Ph.D. School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Science,
University of Pavia, Jun 2018
abstract

Industry Experience

Firmware developer

Azcom Technology

Client: Blue Danube Inc.
Project: Firmware and software developer for smart antenna based wireless network.

Oct 2016 - Jul 2017

Software engineer consultant

Alten Italia

Client: Leonardo S.p.A. - Space division
Project: Embedded software developer for the spacecraft EUCLID Command and Data Handling system and orbit control.

Client: Magneti Marelli (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group)
Project: Model-based design engineer for HMI (Human-Machine Interface) in automotive cluster area.

Feb 2015 - Sept 2016

CPSecLab

Explore Sara Rampazzi's laboratory research areas HERE

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor

University of Florida, Gainesville - CISE Dept.

Jan 2021 - Present

Research Investigator

University of Michigan, EECS Dept. CSE Division - SPQR Lab

Feb 2018 - Dec 2020

Intermittent Lecturer

University of Michigan, EECS Dept. - CSE Division

Jan 2019 - Present

Computer Science Research Affiliate

University of Michigan, EECS Dept. CSE Division - SPQR Lab

Aug 2017 - Jan 2018

Visiting Researcher

Univ. de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Institute for Applied Microelectronics

Spring 2014

Postdoc Fellow

University of Pavia, CS Dept - CCPS Lab

Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

Teaching

Instructor

Fall 2021 - Present

CIS4930/CIS6930 - Cyber-physical System Security
Dept. of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida
CIS4360 - Computer and Information Security
Dept. of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida

Lecturer

Winter 2019

EECS 496 - Major Design Experience Professionalism
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Instructor of record

2013-2014
C Coding
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Pavia
2010-2012
Introduction to Computer Systems II
Dept. of Computer Science Engineering, University of Pavia

Teaching assistant and tutor

2007-2010
Introduction to Computer Systems
Dept. of Computer Science Engineering, University of Pavia

Education

University of Pavia

PhD in Electronics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Dissertation title: Embedded system for Lab-On-Chip biosensors

2014

University of Pavia

MEng in Computer Science Engineering

2010

University of Pavia

BS in Computer Science Engineering

2008

Mentoring & Advising activity

Computer Engineering Undergraduate Advisor

University of Michigan, Advising Office

Jan 2019 - May 2019

Mentor for the First Generation Engineering Program

University of Michigan, 1st Gen Engin

Nov 2018 - Dec 2020

Society of Women Engineers Summer Camp Mentor

University of Michigan, SWE SEE Camp

Summer 2018

IEEE Student Branch Computer Science Area Advisor

University of Pavia, IEEE Pavia Student Branch

2011-2014

Service to profession

PEER REVIEWER OF:

Publons reference

NSF SaTC grant proposal review panelist

Security consultant for Archimedes

Center of Medical Device Security

2018 - 2020

Sara Rampazzi

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

PATENTS

Invited talks & seminars

Industry Experience

Firmware developer

Software engineer consultant

CPSecLab

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor

Research Investigator

Intermittent Lecturer

Computer Science Research Affiliate

Visiting Researcher

Postdoc Fellow

Teaching

Education

University of Pavia

University of Pavia

University of Pavia

Mentoring & Advising activity

Computer Engineering Undergraduate Advisor

Mentor for the First Generation Engineering Program

Society of Women Engineers Summer Camp Mentor

IEEE Student Branch Computer Science Area Advisor

Service to profession

Co-Chair of:

PC Member of:

Organization Committee of:

PEER REVIEWER OF:

NSF SaTC grant proposal review panelist

Security consultant for Archimedes