Neville Grech
Director Security Researcher at University of Malta
Valletta, South Eastern Region, Malta
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Top SchoolNeville Grech is a Director Security Researcher and tenured lecturer with 11 years of experience applying program analysis to real-world security problems, particularly in smart contracts and energy-aware software. He co-developed notable tools such as MadMax and Gigahorse for Ethereum security and Doop, P/Taint and HeapDL for Java analysis, work that has been highlighted by ACM SIGPLAN and Communications of the ACM. His background spans academic research (PhD from Southampton, Reach High Fellow at Athens, Senior Research Associate at Bristol) and industry roles in software engineering and data science, giving him a rare blend of deep theory and practical delivery. At Dedaub he leads security research while maintaining an academic appointment at the University of Malta, currently on long leave, and has collaborated with industry partners like XMOS on energy-prediction analyses. Known for combining metaprogramming and formal methods with pragmatic tooling, he often surfaces subtle, hard-to-detect vulnerabilities in compiled and smart-contract code. Based in Valletta, Malta, he brings a global research footprint and a strong open-source ethos to applied security challenges.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Maths & Computing, High School, Maths & Computing at St Aloysius College MaltaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of SouthamptonB.Sc.(Hons), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, B.Sc.(Hons), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at University of Malta
English, Maltese, Italian, French
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Github Skills (58)
datalog10
solidity10
decompiler10
contract10
java10
security10
ethereum10
blockchain10
ranking10
smart-contracts10
documentation10
logic-programming9
eip9
bitbucket9
react9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nevillegrech/MadMax
Feb 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:89 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
nevillegrech/nevillegrech.github.io
Dec 2015 - Sep 2023
Contributions:126 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 10 months
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