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Marcello Pogliani is a leading researcher in the security of cyber-physical systems, with a specific focus on industrial robotics and smart manufacturing. His work addresses the critical vulnerabilities emerging from the fourth industrial revolution, where automated factories and interconnected production lines become prime targets for cyber attacks. Pogliani’s most influential contribution is his seminal 2017 study, “An Experimental Security Analysis of an Industrial Robot Controller,” which has garnered 169 citations and was among the first to systematically expose security flaws in industrial robot controllers. He has since expanded this research to cover controlled manufacturing systems, modular smart factories, and insecure code patterns in proprietary robot programming languages. His 2019 paper on the security of controlled manufacturing systems (42 citations) and his 2021 case study on modular smart manufacturing (26 citations) further demonstrate his impact. Pogliani’s work is notable for bridging the gap between traditional cybersecurity and industrial automation, revealing how domain-specific languages in robots can inadvertently expose low-level system resources. His research is essential for engineers and security professionals aiming to safeguard the connected factories of the future.