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Esteban Alejandro Armas Vega

Cyber Security Researcher

Complutense University of Madrid

Biography

Esteban Alejandro Armas Vega received his Computer Science degree in 2009 at the Polytechnic Institute “José Antonio Echeverría” in Havana (Cuba) and a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science in 2016 from Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). He is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence of the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering at Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Member of the Group of Analysis, Security and Systems (GASS) http://gass.ucm.es.

His research interests include computer networks and computer security.

Interests

  • Cyber Security
  • Multimedia Forensic
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Science

Education

  • PhD in Computer Science, ~2020

    Complutense University of Madrid

  • MSc in Computer Science, 2016

    Complutense University of Madrid

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2009

    Polytechnic Institute "José Antonio Echeverría"

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Cyber Security Researcher/Developer

Complutense University of Madrid

Oct 2016 – Present Madrid, Spain
Development of multimedia forensic analysis tool for police use platform. Analysis of images and video, detection of manipulations and identification of source of acquisition.
 
 
 
 
 

Web and Mobile Applications Developer

ESRI Spain

Oct 2015 – Sep 2016 Madrid, Spain
Web and Mobile Applications Developer. Development of prototype applications for client use, using ESRI technology. Development done in languages: Python, JavaScript, Swift, Objective-C, C#.
 
 
 
 
 

Network Administration and Implementation of Computer Systems

Armas Vega Asociados S.A.

Sep 2009 – Sep 2014 Quito, Ecuador
Design of software applications for inventory management. Design and Implementation of the data network infrastructure, installation and deployment of Servers and Network Equipment. Design and Implementation of Websites and Web Applications (PHP, MySQL).

Projects

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EU - H2020 - RAMSES

Internet Forensic Platform for Tracking the Money Flow of Financially-Motivated Malware.

EU - H2020 - SELFNET

Framework for Self-Organized Network Management in Virtualized and Software Defined Networks.

Recent Publications

Passive Image Forgery Detection Based on the Demosaicing Algorithm and JPEG Compression

Multimedia files play an important role in everyday life. Today, the majority of the population owns state-of-the-art cameras …

Image Tampering Detection by Estimating Interpolation Patterns

Several works have addressed the problem of detecting manipulations in images acquired from devices that use colour filter arrays, …

Digital Images Authentication Technique Based on DWT, DCT and Local Binary Patterns

In the last few years, the world has witnessed a ground-breaking growth in the use of digital images and their applications in the …

Contact

  • +34 913 947 649
  • Calle Profesor José García Santesmases, 9, Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
  • First floor, A15
  • Monday-Friday 10:00 to 20:00
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