Francesco Mercaldo received his master degree in computer engineering from the University of Sannio (Benevento, Italy), with a thesis in software testing. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2015 with a dissertation on malware analysis using machine learning techniques. The research areas of Francesco are related to data mining, deep learning, image processing and information security. Currently, he is working as Researcher at the University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.