Stavros Dimou

(he/him)

PhD Student

Research interests

  • Security and privacy 
  • Systems and networking 

Education

  • MEng (+BSc) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly — Greece 

Biography

Stavros Dimou is a PhD student in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston. He is advised by Guevara Noubir

Dimou’s PhD research, which he began in 2024, focuses on systems and networking, with a particular interest in enhancing the performance and security of 5G. He hopes to develop a deeper understanding of the real-world operations and flaws of modern networks. So far, he has published his work at IEEE ICC, BRAINS, and ACM WiSec. 

Before beginning his PhD, Dimou held positions as an R&D software engineering intern at the Ericsson Kista Innovation Lab, a research assistant at the Network Implementation Testbed Laboratory, and a research intern at Prace Summer of HPC. 

In his free time, Dimou is passionate about traveling and discovering new cultures. 

Recent publications

  • Low-Layer Attacks Against 4G/5G Networks

    Citation: Norbert Ludant, Marinos Vomvas, Stavros Dimou, Guevara Noubir. (2025). Low-Layer Attacks Against 4G/5G Networks WISEC, 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1145/3734477.3734725