IT department seminar

Detecting faults and attacks in autonomous vehicles

The seminar will address the detection of failures and attacks in autonomous vehicles, focusing on the technical and scientific aspects related to the need to ensure the safety and reliability of connected systems that make decisions in real time.

The main challenges raised in the current literature will be addressed, as this continues to focus solely on operational safety and does not propose solutions that also integrate cybersecurity.

The researcher's contributions will be presented, such as the STRAUSS resilient architecture and the SafeML method, both based on reliable machine learning to improve the safety and security of autonomous vehicles.

Isadora Ferrão is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Lab-STICC / Université de Bretagne Occidentale, as part of an international postdoctoral research contract.

She obtained her PhD in December 2024 at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) on the topic "Resilient architecture of air cabs for smart cities", under the supervision of Kalinka Regina Lucas Jaquie Castelo Branco.

During her PhD, she completed several internships in international laboratories, including at the University of Hull (UK), the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic) and the University of Western Brittany (France).

Since 2021, she has been an ambassador for Technovation, the world's largest technology education program, which aims to empower young girls.

Previously (2022-24), she was a technical instructor for WoMakersCode, a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower and support the employability of women in technology.