Pioneering AI for Cyber Security, Digital Forensics & Smart Systems
The UCD ASEADOS Lab investigates advanced artificial intelligence methodologies to address emerging threats in software-defined cybersecurity, multi-modal digital evidence, generative AI provenance, and resilient IoT cyber-physical systems.
Core Research Thrusts
Our lab focuses on four interconnected research pillars combining adversarial AI, distributed forensics, and secure cyber-physical architectures.
AI for Cyber Security
Autonomous anomaly detection, Software-Defined Network (SDN) defense, zero-day threat intelligence, and adversarial attack mitigation on deep learning models in high-throughput enterprise architectures.
View Thrust Projects →Digital Forensics & XAI
Explainable AI for forensic attribution, cryptocurrency fraud analytics (FraudLens), forensic readiness for heterogeneous IoT ecosystems, and cross-border blockchain intelligence.
View Thrust Projects →Deepfake Defense & GenAI
Multi-bit watermarking for diffusion models (DiffMark), test-time adaptation for multi-modal deepfake detection (FreDA), and robust provenance attribution for synthetic generative media.
View Thrust Projects →IoT & Smart Systems
Side-channel electromagnetic analysis (EM-SCA), UAV communication security, secure cyber-physical systems (CPS), and telemetry defense for critical medical and agricultural infrastructure.
View Thrust Projects →Public Research Datasets & Open-Source Tools
Freely accessible, validated research artifacts supporting reproducible academic research worldwide.
ASEADOS-SDN-IoT Dataset
Novel SDN-IoT network intrusion detection dataset generated from hybrid testbed integrating physical IoT devices with control-plane telemetry.
Download Dataset →EM-SCA Dataset & Suite
Electromagnetic Side-Channel Analysis dataset and framework for non-invasive device classification and forensic investigation.
Download Dataset →FraudLens Platform
AI-assisted investigative platform aiding law enforcement and forensic practitioners in end-to-end investigation of cryptocurrency crime.
Explore Platform →Collaborate With Our Lab
We actively partner with academic institutions, industry innovators, and law enforcement agencies across Europe and globally. We also welcome talented prospective PhD researchers.