On the Security & Privacy in Federated Learning
Gorka Abad and Stjepan Picek and Aitor Urbieta
202137 citations
Hi — I'm Gorka Abad
I am a LEAD-AI Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Bergen, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND program. My research focuses on bridging cryptography and deep learning. Formerly, I was a P.h.D. candidate @ Radboud University.
Bergen, Norway
Research Areas
Deep Learning & Crypto
Bridging the gap between cryptography and deep learning to build more secure and efficient machine learning systems.
Spiking Neural Networks
Investigating the security and robustness of bio-inspired Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs).
Neuromorphic Data
Developing novel attacks and defenses for neuromorphic data and event-based vision systems.
Fellowships & Grants
LEAD-AI Postdoctoral Fellowship
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND program. University of Bergen, Norway.
2025 — Present
Academic Service
Program Committee
- ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) — Machine Learning and Security Track, 2026
- IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning (SaTML), 2026
- SAFE-ML Workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST), 2026
2026 — Present
Session Chair
European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2025
2025
Reviewer
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security (TIFS)
2023 — Present
Artifact Evaluator
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS)
2023 — 2024
Research Visits
University College London (UCL)
Visiting Prof. Lorenzo Cavallaro and his team. London, UK.
2024
Selected Publications
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Sneaky Spikes: Uncovering Stealthy Backdoor Attacks in Spiking Neural Networks with Neuromorphic Data
Gorka Abad and Oguzhan Ersoy and Stjepan Picek and Aitor Urbieta
202428 citations
Poster: Backdoor attacks on spiking nns and neuromorphic datasets
Gorka Abad and Oguzhan Ersoy and Stjepan Picek and Víctor Julio Ramírez-Durán and Aitor Urbieta
202216 citations
Rethinking the trigger-injecting position in graph backdoor attack
Jing Xu and Gorka Abad and Stjepan Picek
202315 citations
Sniper Backdoor: Single Client Targeted Backdoor Attack in Federated Learning
Gorka Abad and Servio Paguada and Oguzhan Ersoy and Stjepan Picek and Victor Julio Ramírez-Durán and Aitor Urbieta
202312 citations