Madjda Fares

Cybersecurity, CI/CD, GitHub Actions
Madjda Fares

PhD student in Computer Science, Software Engineering.

I do research in applied cybersecurity, focused on software supply chain security and CI/CD workflow hardening, with a particular emphasis on GitHub Actions. I hold both an Engineering degree and a Master's degree from ESTIN (Algeria).

Université de Montréal, DIRO, Baudry Lab Montréal, QC

Route

academic path

Jan 2026 to present
PhD

PhD Student in Computer Science

Université de Montréal, DIRO, Baudry Lab, Quebec.

Dec 2020 to Sep 2025
Engineering

Engineering Degree in Software Engineering (Cybersecurity)

ESTIN, Bejaia. GPA: 15.30 / 20.

Jun 2023 to Sep 2025
Master’s

Master’s Degree in Software Engineering (Cybersecurity)

ESTIN, Bejaia. GPA: 15.83 / 20.

Publications

one preprint

Unpacking Security Scanners for GitHub Actions Workflows

arXiv preprint, 2026, arXiv:2601.14455
Preprint CI/CD Supply chain