Biography:
Roberto Gesteira Miñarro studied a BSc. and MSc. in Telecommunications Engineering (2020 and 2022) and a MSc. in Cybersecurity (2022) at Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI). Roberto received the Extraordinary Award from ICAI (2020) and the Best Final Degree Project Award from COITT/AEGITT (2021). He developed his Master Thesis at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) regarding vehicle cybersecurity. Roberto is passionate about Mathematics, he achieved 2 Honorific Mentions, 2 Bronze Medals and 1 Silver Medal at the International Mathematics Competition (IMC). At the moment, he is studying a BSc. in Mathematics at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Roberto also enjoys learning hacking and exploitation techniques in CTF platforms. In fact, he has participated in several international competitions with his team ICAI Cyber Team and has played for Spain in the European Cyber Security Challenge in 2023, at Norway. Nowadays, he plays for an international CTF team called thehackerscrew and is the captain of a university team called ICAI Cyber Team
Areas of interest:
Vehicle cybersecurity. Software exploitation. Cryptography. Mathematics. Web development
Experience:
(2024 - 2025) Telematics and Computing Department (ICAI): Assistant professor in Cybersecurity and Data Protection for the 4th year of iMAT and Security and Regulations for the 4th year of GITT
(2023 - 2024) Applied Mathematics Department (ICAI): Professor in Differential Equations for the 2nd year of GITT
(2021 - 2022) Telematics and Computing Department (ICAI - IIT): Academic research on vehicle cybersecurity. Developed tools and methodologies for radio frequency attacks and analysis
(2019 - 2021) Applied Mathematics Department (ICAI): Writing slides and exam exercises for Mathematics subjects. Working with LaTeX presentations and developing numeric differential equation approaches on MATLAB
(2019 - 2019) Optiva Media: Frontend developer for Smart TV and web applications
(2018 - 2019) Electronics, Automation and Communications Department (ICAI): Conducted research on magnetic components for RF medical devices. Designed PCB with KiCAD and programmed a Freescale microcontroller
Skills:
- Languages: Spanish (native), English (C1)
- Programming languages: Python, Go, JavaScript, C, Java, Bash, Ruby, MATLAB
- Operating Systems: macOS, Linux (Ubuntu, Kali Linux)
- Frameworks and libraries: ExpressJS, Flask, Angular, jQuery, Bootstrap
- Other technologies: SDR, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, LaTeX
Current research interests:
Vehicle cybersecurity. Software exploitation. Cryptography
