Leon Moonen
Head Of AI Security, Center For AI Security And Safety at Simula Research Laboratory
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolLeon Moonen is a senior research leader with nearly three decades of experience at the intersection of software engineering, security, and data-driven analytics, currently heading AI Security and Secure & Trustworthy Intelligent Systems at Simula Research Laboratory. His work blends empirical software engineering, machine learning, and reverse engineering to produce practical tools for automated vulnerability assessment, self-healing systems, and intelligent development analytics validated in industry settings. A PhD-trained "data-driven software explorer," he co-founded a software analysis spin-off and consistently favors close industry collaboration to ensure research has measurable real-world impact. Based in Oslo, he combines deep academic pedigree with hands-on applied research—often using bio-inspired approaches—to make large, complex software ecosystems more resilient and trustworthy.
29 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Ing., Computer Science, Ing., Computer Science at Fontys University of Applied SciencesPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English, German, Norwegian
Github Skills (46)
python9
openvas9
cli9
cve9
command-line-tool9
vulnerabilities8
macos8
pentesting8
vulnerability-scanners8
sca8
homebrew8
discounts8
software-composition-analysis8
administration8
security8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
secureIT-project/FAVD
Feb 2022 - Aug 2022
Replication package for the paper "Featherweight Assisted Vulnerability Discovery"
Contributions:1 release, 3 commits, 2 pushes in 6 months
discoveryassistedvulnerabilityreplicationreplication-package
hiforum/hiforum.github.io
Mar 2015 - Jan 2024
HI Forum web
Contributions:5 PRs, 40 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 11 months
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