Pasquale De Rosa

Welcome to my website! I’m Pasquale De Rosa, an AI and security researcher and incoming Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta (May 2026). I hold a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

My research focuses on AI-driven security, with a primary interest in intrusion and malware detection. My doctoral work applied machine learning to improve the security of decentralized systems, specifically detecting malicious smart contracts through bytecode analysis, and explored cryptocurrency market dynamics using time series forecasting.

Outside of my academic work, I’m a passionate retro gamer, comic book enthusiast, and rock/metal fan. I’m also a beginner keyboardist and an advocate for open-source software.

On this site, you’ll find a snapshot of my work and interests. Check out my interactive CV, browse my publications, or visit my blog, where I aim to make complex tech and research topics accessible to everyone.

Enjoy exploring!

Latest post

Jul 29, 2025	PhishingHook: Catching Ethereum Scams Before They Strike

Latest publication

ACCESS

Seeing Through EVM Bytecode Obfuscation

Pasquale De Rosa, Pascal Felber, and Valerio Schiavoni

IEEE Access, 2026

DOI Bib

@article{11373339,
  author = {De Rosa, Pasquale and Felber, Pascal and Schiavoni, Valerio},
  journal = {IEEE Access},
  title = {Seeing Through EVM Bytecode Obfuscation},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {14},
  number = {},
  pages = {25515-25536},
  keywords = {Blockchains;Codes;Smart contracts;Malware;Semantics;Virtual machines;Source coding;Flowering plants;Phishing;Logic;Bytecode;detectors;EVM;machine learning;malware;obfuscation;smart contracts;vision},
  doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3662238},
}