Elena Ferrari is a Professor of Computer Science and Director of the STRICT Social Lab at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Ferrari was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013[1] for contributions to security and privacy for data and applications.
[2][3] She was elected as an ACM Fellow in 2019 "for contributions to security and privacy of data and social network systems".
[3] Ferrari is a full professor of Computer Science at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Ferrari's main research interests are in cybersecurity, privacy, and trust, and she publishes mainly in the areas of security and privacy for big data and Internet of Things (IoT); access control; machine learning for cybersecurity; risk analysis; blockchain; and secure social media.