Manuel Cheminod graduated in Computer Engineering in 2005, and received the PhD degree in Computer Engineering in 2010 both at Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. He is currently a Technologist with the Institute of Electronics, Information Engineering and Telecommunications, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IEIIT).  His current research interests include industrial communication systems and technologies, the verification of security properties in cyber-physical systems, and the analysis of security devices performances.