D-Box: DMA-enabled Compartmentalization for Embedded Applications, The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) 2022.
SoK: Attacks on Industrial Control Logic and Formal Verification-BasedDefenses, IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy 2021.
DICE: Automatic Emulation of DMA Input Channels for Dynamic Firmware Analysis, IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland) 2021.
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P²IM : Scalable and Hardware-independent Firmware Testing via Automatic Peripheral Interface Modeling, USENIX Security 2020.
Detection and Mitigation of Malicious Modifications on the Minnowboard Turbot, A. Mera, B. Koch, B. Liu, Research in security IA8660 course At Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Dec. 2016.
RISE 2017 Award winner, Outstanding graduate student research.
Mobile Forensics: An analysis of Android architecture and evidence integrity, A. Mera, Information System Forensics IA5210 course At Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Dec. 2015.
Unintentional Insider threat: Policy, training and technologies to mitigate end user risk, A. Mera, Foundations of Information Assurance IA5010 course At Northeastern University, Boston, MA, May 2015.
YouTube Reactions Gauged by Comments, A. Mera, M. Senthivel, N. Gengo, T. Gonzalez. Data Mining in Cyberspace IA5050 course At Northeastern University, Boston, MA, May 2015.
Publications in Spanish
Design of a management model for information security of the ERP system of EP PETROECUADOR according to ISO/IEC 27002 and COBIT 5.
Diseño del modelo de gestión de seguridad de la información del sistema ERP de EP PETROECUADOR de acuerdo a norma ISO/IEC 27002 y COBIT 5, A. Mera, Baldeón Mauricio, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas, Sangolquí Ecuador, Enero 2014
Design and implementation of an access control for Mitsubishi elevators using a magnetic security system.
Diseño e implementación de un control de acceso para ascensores Mitsubishi mediante un sistema de seguridad magnético personal (PSSM Duo), A. Mera, P. Padilla, H. Ortiz, Escuela Politécnica del Ejercito, Sangolquí Ecuador, Marzo 2007.