R. Serral is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Architecture at UPC. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering (FIB 2001) and a PhD in Computer Science (DAC, UPC 2009).
He has been teaching at FIB since 2004, covering 5 courses in the Computer Science degree in the areas of Operating Systems, Computer Security, and Computer Networks, as well as 1 course in the Master’s in Cybersecurity. In this regard, he is part of the coordination committee for the Master’s in Cybersecurity.
He has combined these teaching tasks with research in the area of computer networks and security, participating in a total of 9 European projects, being the Principal Investigator (PI) in two of them, and 9 more funded by the Ministry. As part of these projects, and along with supervising theses, more than 15 articles have been published in journals and 40 in notable conferences at UPC.
At the same time, his research activities have led him to actively collaborate with various companies, particularly with Cisco Systems, where he has led several research projects in the area of intelligent traffic routing, seeking mechanisms to make this routing more secure and scalable.
He is currently collaborating with the company Clevernet, where he has established several cooperation agreements to serve as a bridge between the company and the university for technology transfer. This collaboration has enabled the hiring of more than 15 students by the company.