Enrico Bacis

Research Software Engineer - Google Zurich

https://enricobacis.com

I am a passionate developer who loves working with enthusiastic people on projects that matter. I work as a software engineer at Google Zurich in the Applied Privacy Research team on AI-assisted Web Privacy features. Before that, I received a PhD in Engineering and Applied Sciences from University of Bergamo, investigating the integration of security features in (mobile|cloud|database) systems. My non-work interests range widely, from programming languages, to CTFs, to playing drums. I love to solve problems, learn new things and discuss them with interesting people.

Work Experience

Google Zurich

Senior Software Engineer (Applied Privacy Research)

2020-06-08 - Present
https://research.google/people/enricobacis/

Making the web more private and secure!

Google Zurich

Software Engineering Intern (Applied Privacy Research)

2019-07-15 - 2019-12-27
https://research.google/people/enricobacis/

Measuring users privacy in web browsers

Google London

Software Engineering Intern (Google Play Protect)

2018-07-02 - 2018-10-19

Advanced the state of automatic Android malware discovery

Google Munich

Software Engineering Intern (Chrome V8/WebAssembly)

2017-07-01 - 2017-09-29

Advanced the state of WebAssembly memory accesses bounds checks

Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Researcher

2014-05-01 - 2020-06-07
https://seclab.unibg.it

UniBG Seclab is the Computer Security group at the University of Bergamo. Their research interests include cloud, mobile and systems security, with particular focus on policies and access control.

  • Co-principal investigator of a Google Research Award - Winter 2016
  • Participation in the SeSQLite project (Google Research Award - Winter 2014)
  • Integrated SELinux access controls in Docker, SQLite and Android Apps
  • Developed an algorithm to balance utility and privacy in data publishing
  • Supervised 30+ thesis students

Politecnico di Milano

Teaching Assistant

2014-10-01 - 2015-01-31
https://polimi.it

Teaching assistant for Databases II

Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Teaching Assistant

2014-09-01 - 2014-12-31
https://www.unibg.it

Teaching assistant for Databases II / Computer Security

Volunteer

BITM - Hacklab Bergamo

Volunteer

2018 - Present
https://hacklabg.net
  • Founding Member
  • Organizer of the No Hat Computer Security Conference (since 2019)

BgLUG - Bergamo Linux Users Group

Volunteer

- Present
https://bglug.it

Local GNU/Linux Users Group to spread Linux and FOSS.

  • Implemented a framework to install and manage Linux on local primary/secondary school labs
  • Organizer of the Bergamo Linux Day conference

Education

Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Software Engineering

Ph.D. program in Engineering and Applied Sciences

2016-10-01 - 2020-05-06
GPA: Excellent

Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Software Engineering

Master of Science (MSc)

2011-12-01 - 2014-04-30
GPA: 4.0/4.0 - Graduated summa cum laude

Syddansk Universitet

Software Engineering

Erasmus Program

2012-01-01 - 2012-06-30

Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Software Engineering

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

2008-09-01 - 2011-12-16

Liceo Scientifico L. Einaudi

Scientific High School

High School

2003-09-01 - 2008-06-30

Awards

New graduate of the year

LUBERG - University of Bergamo Alumni Association

2014

LUBERG new graduate of the year award rewards talent, determination and commitment of graduates who stand out for a particularly brilliant academic record, the results achieved in the degree course, the originality and the scientific rigor of the thesis.

Best Poster Award - IEEE CNS'15

IEEE

2015

Best Poster Award at IEEE CNS'15 for 'An SELinux-based Intent Manager for Android'

Select Publications

How Unique is Whose Web Browser? The role of demographics in browser fingerprinting among US users

PETS'25

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Assessing Web Fingerprinting Risk

WWW'24

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Don’t Interrupt Me – A Large-Scale Study of On-Device Permission Prompt Quieting in Chrome

NDSS'24

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Mix&Slice: Efficient Access Revocation in the Cloud

IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (2023)

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SEApp: Bringing Mandatory Access Control to Android Apps

USENIX Security'21

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I Told You Tomorrow: Practical time-locked secrets using smart contracts

ARES'21

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Securing Resources in Decentralized Cloud Storage

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (2019)

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Dynamic Allocation for Resource Protection in Decentralized Cloud Storage

GLOBECOM'19

2019
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Protecting Resources and Regulating Access in Cloud-Based Object Storage

Springer (2018)

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Mix&Slice: Efficient Access Revocation in the Cloud

CCS'16

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Access Control Management for Secure Cloud Storage

SECURECOMM'16

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SeSQLite: Security Enhanced SQLite

ACSAC'15

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DockerPolicyModules: Mandatory Access Control for Docker Containers

CNS'15

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AppPolicyModules: Mandatory Access Control for Third-Party Apps

ASIACCS'15

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An SELinux-based Intent manager for Android

CNS'15

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Skills

Research

Senior

  • ML / AI
  • Web Privacy
  • Web Security

Programming

Senior

  • Python
  • JS/TS
  • C/C++/Java

Engineering

Senior

  • Linux
  • DevOps
  • Full Stack

Languages

Italian

Native speaker

English

Fluent

Polish

Basic

Interests

Technology

Travel

Music

References

available upon request