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=== 2026 ===
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:'''[1] From Telemetry to Explainability: Traceable Robots in the Post-Quantum Era '''
::* David Sobrín-Hidalgo, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Vicente Matellán-Olivera.
::* 1st Transparent and Interpretable Robots Conference. April 16-17th 2026

:'''[2] Detecting Automated SQL Injection Attacks in Flow-Based Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning and Traditional Approaches in Sampled and Unsampled Flow Data '''
::* Adrián Campazas-Vega, Alberto Miguel-Diez, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Vicente Matellán-Olivera, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras.
::* IEEE Access, 2026


:'''[3] A systematic literature review of unsupervised learning algorithms for anomalous traffic detection based on flows '''
::* Alberto Miguel-Diez, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Gonzalo Esteban-Costales, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras.
::* Logic Journal of the IGPL, 2026


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=== 2025 ===
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:'''[1] Anomaly detection in network flows using unsupervised online machine learning '''
::* Alberto Miguel-Diez, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio and Vicente Matellán-Olivera
::* Actas de la 18th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2025)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.01375

:'''[2] Enhancing Evasive Malware Detection Through Undetectable Cape-Based Sandboxes '''
::* Raúl Bayón-Martínez, David García-Franco, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, and Vicente Matellán-Olivera 
::* Preprint article
::* DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5345862)

:'''[3] A systematic literature review of unsupervised learning algorithms for anomalous traffic detection based on flows  '''
::* Alberto Miguel-Diez, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio,Gonzalo Esteban-Costales, and Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras
::* Actas de la 18th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2025)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.01375

:'''[4] Generating Explanations for Autonomous Robots: a Systematic Review'''
::* David Sobrín-Hidalgo, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, and Vicente Matellán-Olivera
::* IEEE Access
::* DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3535097

:'''[5] Aportes para el cumplimiento del Reglamento (UE) 2024/1689 en robótica y sistemas autónomos'''
::* Francisco J. Rodríguez-Lera, Yoana Pita Lorenzo, David Sobrín-Hidalgo, Laura Fernández-Becerra, Irene González-Fernández, and José Miguel Guerrero-Hernández
::* arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.17730
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.17730

:'''[6] Definiendo el concepto de explicación: propuesta de una taxonomía para explicabilidad en robótica'''
::* David Sobrín-Hidalgo, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera, and Vicente Matellán-Olivera
::* Actas de las X Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación en Ciberseguridad (Universidad de Zaragoza), pp. 50–57, 2025
::* DOI: 10.26754/uz.978-84-10169-61-6

:'''[7] Integrating Quantized LLMs into Robotics Systems as Edge AI to Leverage their Natural Language Processing Capabilities'''
::* Miguel Á. González-Santamarta, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Lera, David Sobrín-Hidalgo, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, and Vicente Matellán-Olivera
::* arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.09581
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.09581


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=== 2024 ===

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:'''[1] Explicabilidad aplicada a ciberseguridad en sistemas autónomos: Un enfoque basado en LLMs para la detección forense de amenazas'''
::* David Sobrín-Hidalgo, Irene González-Fernández, Miguel Ángel González-Santamarta, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera and Vicente Matellán-Olivera
::* Actas de las IX Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación en Ciberseguridad
::* DOI: https://hdl.handle.net/11441/159179

:'''[2] An Approach Based on LLMs for Forensic Threat Detection in Autonomous Systems'''
::* David Sobrín-Hidalgo, Irene González-Fernández, Miguel Ángel González-Santamarta, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera and Vicente Matellán-Olivera 
::* Actas de la 17th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2024)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75016-8_3

:'''[3] Exploring the Landscape of Honeypots in the Fight Against Cyber Threats: A Systematic Mapping of Literature'''
::* Alberto Miguel-Diez, Rodrigo González-Fernández, Gonzalo Esteban-Costales, Christian Vega-González, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Vicente Matellán-Olivera and Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras  
::* Actas de la 17th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2024)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75016-8_17

:'''[4] Analysis of Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms: A Systematic Literature Review'''
::* Francisco Javier de la Puente Secades, Gonzalo Esteban-Costales, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Vicente Matellán-Olivera and Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras
::* Actas de la 17th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2024)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75016-8_20

:'''[5] Performance Impact of Strengthening the Accountability and Explainability System in Autonomous Robots'''
::* Alejandro González-Cantón, Miguel A. González-Santamarta, Enrique Soriano, Gorka Guardiola and Francisco J. Rodriguez Lera
::* Actas de la 17th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2024)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75016-8_8

:'''[6] Evaluating Sniffers, IDS, and IPS: A Systematic Literature Mapping'''
::* Raúl Bayón-Martínez, Laura Inyesto-Alonso, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Gonzalo Esteban-Costales, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, and Vicente Matellán-Olivera
::* Actas de la 17th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2024)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75016-8_8

:'''[7] Fuzzing Robotic Software Using HPC and LLM'''
::* Garnelo Del Río Francisco Borja, Francisco J. Rodríguez Lera, Camino Fernández Llamas and Vicente Matellán-Olivera
::* Actas de la 17th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2024)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75016-8_8

:'''[8] Performance Impact of Strengthening the Accountability and Explainability System in Autonomous Robots'''
::* Alejandro González-Cantón, Miguel A. González-Santamarta, Enrique Soriano, Gorka Guardiola, and Francisco J. Rodríguez Lera
::* Actas de la 17th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2024)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75016-8_8


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=== 2023 ===

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:'''[1] SQL injection attack detection in network flow data'''
::* Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez, Adrián Campazas-Vega,  Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Virginia Riego-DelCastillo and Camino Fernández-Llamas
::* Computers & Security
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2023.103093

:'''[2] Analyzing the influence of the sampling rate in the detection of malicious traffic on flow data'''
::* Adrián Campazas-Vega, Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez,  Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Vicente Matellán and Camino Fernández- Llamas
::* Computers Networks
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.109951

:'''[3] Malicious traffic detection on sampled network flow data with novelty-detection-based models'''
::* Adrián Campazas-Vega, Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez,  Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Vicente Matellán and Camino Fernández- Llamas
::* Scientific Reports
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42618-9

:'''[4] Evaluación de la seguridad en el robot cuadrúpedo A1 de Unitree Robotics'''
::* Alberto Miguel-Diez, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Beatriz Jové-De-Castro, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez and  Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras
::* VIII Jornadas Nacionales de Ciberseguridad (JNIC 2023)

:'''[5] Impact of the Keep-Alive Parameter on SQL Injection Attack Detection in Network Flow Data'''
::*  Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, and Camino Fernández- Llamas 
::* Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems Conference (CISIS 2023)

:'''[6] Systematic Literature Review of Methods Used for SQL Injection Detection Based on Intelligent Algorithms'''
::*  Juan Jose Navarro-Cáceres, Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras 
::* Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems Conference (CISIS 2023)

:'''[7] Cybersecurity issues in robotic platforms'''
::*  Adrián Campazas-Vega, Alberto Miguel-Diez, Mario Hermida-López, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio,  Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras 
::*  14th International Conference on Business Information Security BISEC’2023 (Keynote Speaker).


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=== 2022 ===

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:'''[1] SecDocker: Hardening the Continuous Integration Workflow'''
::* David Fernández González, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Lera, Gonzalo Esteban, Camino Fernández Llamas
::* SN Computer Science, 3, 80 (2022)
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00939-4


:'''[2] Revisión sistemática de técnicas de aprendizaje automático para la detección de amenazas persistentes avanzadas (APTs), utilizando flujos de red en formato NetFlow'''
::* Christian Vega-Gonzalez, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martinez, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Vicente Matellan
::* Jnic 2022


:'''[3] Evaluation of the reliability index of IP addresses in reputation lists'''
::* Alberto Miranda-García, Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, and Vicente Matellán-Olivera
::* CISIS 2022
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18409-3_15


:'''[4] Orquestador de despliegue de infraestructura en la nube (ODIN) (DESEi+d 2022: 93)'''
::* Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Vicente Matellán-Olivera, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera, Adrián Campazas-Vega, Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez
::* DESEi+d 2022


:'''[5] Caracterización dual de las competiciones de robótica espacial (DESEi+d 2022: 153) '''
::* Miguel Ángel González Santamarta, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Camino Fernández Llamas y Vicente Matellán Olivera
::* DESEi+d 2022


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=== 2021 ===

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:'''[1] Analysis of NetFlow Features’ Importance in Malicious Network Traffic Detection'''
::* Adrián Campazas-Vega; Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez; Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras; Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio; Vicente Matellán
::* CISIS 2021
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87872-6_6

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:'''[2] Analysis of the Performance of Different Accountability Strategies for Autonomous Robots'''
::* Laura Fernández-Becerra Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera Camino Fernández-Llamas
::* CISIS 2021
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87872-6_5

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:'''[3] Attacks Detection on Sampled Netflow Traffic Through Image Analysis with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)'''
::* Alberto Fernández de Retana Alberto Miranda-García Ángel Manuel Guerrero Camino Fernández-Llamas
::* CISIS 2021
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87872-6_4

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:'''[4] Gait-Based Authentication Using a RGB Camera'''
::* Verónica Toral-Álvarez Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras Camino Fernández-Llamas
::* CISIS 2021
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87872-6_13

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:'''[5] HOUSE: Marco de trabajo modular de arquitectura escalable y desacoplada para el uso de técnicas de fuzzing en HPC'''
::* Francisco Borja Garnelo del Río, Francisco J Rodríguez Lera, Gonzalo Esteban Costales, Camino Fernández Llamas, Vicente Matellán Olivera
::* JNIC 2021
::* DOI: http://doi.org/10.18239/jornadas_2021.34.39

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=== 2020 ===

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:'''[1] Flow-Data Gathering Using NetFlow Sensors for Fitting Malicious-Traffic Detection Models'''
::* Adrián Campazas-Vega; Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez; Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras; Camino Fernández-Llamas
::* Sensors 2020, volumen 24: volumen 7294
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20247294 


:'''[2] Collecting Vulnerable Source Code from Open-Source Repositories for Dataset Generation'''
::* Razvan Raducu; Gonzalo Esteban; Francisco Javier Rodríguez Lera; Camino Fernández
::* Applied Sciences 2020, 10(4), 1270
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10041270


:'''[3] Module Evaluator (MoEv)'''
::* Guerrero-Higueras, Á.M.; Campazas-Vega, A.; Ignacio Samuel Crespo-Martínez
::* Applied Sciences 2020, 10(4), 1270
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4114127


:'''[4] Systematic Mapping of Detection Techniques for Advanced Persistent Threats'''
::* David Sobrín, Adrián Campazas, Ángel Manuel Guerrero, Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Camino Fernández
::* CISIS 2020
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57805-3_40


:'''[5] Modeling a Honeypot Architecture for a Robotic Scenario'''
::* Francisco J Rodríguez-Lera, Camino Fernández, Ángel Manuel Guerrero Higueras, and Vicente Matellán.
::* Workshop on Security and Privacy in Robotics, at 2020 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020). May-August 2020 Paris (France). Virtual Conference due to Covid19
::* Paper access: ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kLR-U8OS5080rkj2MSnHb0qZ-YhEqmWB/view?usp=sharing PDF])


:'''[6] Cybersecurity Overview of a Robot as a Service Platform'''
::* Laura Fernández Becerra, David Fernández González, Ángel Manuel Guerrero, Francisco J. Rodríguez Lera, and Camino Fernández
::* 13th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2020). CISIS 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1267. Springer, Cham.
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57805-3_13


:'''[7] On Fingerprinting of Public Malware Analysis Services'''
::* Álvaro Botas, Ricardo J Rodríguez, Vicente Matellán, Juan F. García, M. T. Trobajo, Miguel Carriegos.
::* Logic Journal of the IGPL. ISI Impact Factor 2019: 0,931 (Q1, 3/21) Logic; (Q2, 126/324) Mathematics.
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jigpal/jzz050


:'''[8] DOcker-based fRamework fOr gaTHering nEtflow dAta (DOROTHEA)'''
::* Campazas Vega, Adrián, Crespo Martínez, Ignacio Samuel, & Guerrero Higueras, Ángel Manuel.
::* Technical Report, Robotics group, Universidad de León, 2020.
::* DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4114119

=== 2019 ===
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:'''Security and Safety in Cluttered Environments: Tracking People with a Mobile Robot from 2D LIDAR Scans using Full Convolutional Neural Networks.'''
::* Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, María Carmen Calvo-Olivera, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera, Camino Fernández-Llamas, Francisco Martín and Vicente Matellán.
::* Frontiers in neurorobotics, On-line 8th January 2019.
::* Paper access: ([https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbot.2018.00085/full PDF])


:'''Modelling and Deploying a Honeypot Architecture for Robotics Environments.'''
::* Francisco J Rodríguez Lera, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Camino Fernández and Vicente Matellán.
::* Cybersecurity for Robotics.
::* Paper access: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASDPNsO1B5w&feature=emb_logo])


:'''Message Encryption in Robot Operating System: Collateral Effects of Hardening Mobile Robots.'''
::* Francisco J. Rodrı́guez Lera, Vicente Matellán Olivera, Jesús Balsa-Comerón, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras and Camino Fernández-Llamas.
::* Computer and Network security.
::* Paper access: ([https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fict.2018.00002/full PDF])

=== 2018 ===
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:'''Detection of Cyber-attacks to indoor real time localization systems for autonomous robots.'''
::* Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Noemí DeCastro-García, Vicente Matellán
::* Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Volume 100, February 2018, Pages 41-42
::* Paper access: ([https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921889017307984?via%3Dihub PDF])


:'''Cyber-security in robotics and autonomous systems.'''
::* Vicente Matellán, Tamara Bonaci, and Giedre Sabaliauskaite.
::* Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol 99, January 2018, pp. 75-83.
::* Paper access: ([https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092188901730283X?via%3Dihub PDF])

=== 2017 ===
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:'''Empirical analysis of cyber-attacks to an indoor real time localization system for autonomous robots.'''
::* Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Noemí DeCastro-García, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera, Vicente Matellán.
::* Computers & Security.
::* Paper access: ([https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404817301396?via%3Dihub PDF])


:'''Cybersecurity in Autonomous Systems: hardening ROS using ciphered communications and semantic rules.'''
::* Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Jesús Balsa, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera, Camino Fernández-Llamas, and Vicente Matellán.
::* ROBOT 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 694, pp. 67-78.
::* Paper access: ([https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-70836-2_6 PDF])

=== 2016 ===
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:'''Cybersecurity in Robotic Systems.'''
::* Vicente Matellán, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Lera, Jesús Balsa.
::* ERCIM News 106, pp 44-45. July 2016
::* Paper access: ([https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en106/special/cybersecurity-in-robotic-systems PDF])


:'''Cybersecurity in Autonomous Systems: Evaluating the performance of hardening ROS.'''
::* Francisco Javier Rodríguez Lera, Jesús Balsa, Fernando Casado, Camino Fernández, Francisco Martín Rico, and Vicente Matellán
::* Workshop en Agentes Físicos, pp. 47-54. June 16th-17th, 2016. Málaga (Spain).
::* Paper access: ([https://robotica.unileon.es/vmo/pubs/waf2016.pdf PDF])


=== 2015 ===
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:'''Security Assessment Methodology for Mobile Applications'''
::* Alvaro Botas, Ricardo J. Rodríguez, Jesús Balsa, Juan Felipe García, Javier Alonso, Francisco J. Lera, Christian García, Vicente Matellán, and Raúl Riesco.
::* Rooted Con 2015. 5-7 Mars 2015. Madrid (Spain)
::* Paper access: ([https://robotica.unileon.es/vmo/pubs/rooted2015.pdf PDF])