Juan Caballero
Associate Research Professor
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolJuan Caballero is an Associate Research Professor based in Madrid with a decade of professional experience focused on computer security and rigorous systems research. He has risen through academic ranks at IMDEA Software Institute—from Assistant Research Professor to Deputy Director and now Associate Research Professor—bringing both leadership and hands-on research to applied security problems. His background includes doctoral training at Carnegie Mellon and research stints at UC Berkeley, reflecting a strong foundation in electrical and computer engineering and advanced systems analysis. Juan combines deep academic credentials with practical industry experience from roles at AT&T Labs and telecom engineering early in his career, giving him a pragmatic perspective on securing real-world systems. Known for bridging theory and practice, he often translates formal methods and security insights into deployable research outcomes that inform safer software. An international technologist comfortable in multidisciplinary teams, he leverages long-term institutional leadership to mentor researchers and drive impactful projects.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
VSPA, Computer Science, VSPA, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyM.Sc., Electrical Engineering, M.Sc., Electrical Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityEngineer, Telecommunications, Engineer, Telecommunications at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Github Skills (19)
labeling10
malware10
testing7
firefox7
python6
webkit6
playwright5
chromium5
automation4
latex3
python-can3
unicode3
encoding3
parser3
browser-automation3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
malicialab/iocsearcher
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
A library and command line tool for extracting indicators of compromise (IOCs) from security reports in PDF, HTML, Word, or text format
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 30 pushes in 2 years 1 month
malicialab/avclass
Jul 2016 - Sep 2022
AVClass malware labeling tool
Contributions:2 releases, 52 commits, 10 PRs in 6 years 4 months
malwarelabeling-toollabeling
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