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Publications on Cybersecurity, Software Testing, Program Analysis & CS Education

2016

  • [ACM CHI - Late-Breaking-Work] Akbar Siami Namin, Rattikorn Hewett, Keith Jones, and Rona Pogrund, Sonifying Internet Security Threats,ACM International Conference in Computer-Human Interactions (CHI), USA [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
  • 2015

    • [ICMLA Conference] Yulei Pang, Xiaozhen Xue, and Akbar Siami Namin, Predicting Vulnerable Software Components through N-gram Analysis and Statistical Feature Selection,International Conference in Machine Learning Application (ICMLA), USA [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ICMLA Conference] Alaa Darabseh and Akbar Siami Namin, Effective User Authentications Using Keystroke Dynamics Based on Feature Selection,International Conference in Machine Learning Application (ICMLA), USA [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ICMLA Conference] Akbar Siami Namin, Statistical Fault Localization based on Importance Sampling, International Conference in Machine Learning Application (ICMLA), USA [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ETS Journal] Fethi Inan, Akbar Siami Namin, Rona Pogrund, and Keith Jones, Consumer Perception of Cybersecurity Risks for Internet Users Who are Visually Impaired, Educational Technology & Society" (ISSN 1436-4522) [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [BIOSIG Conference] Alaa Darabseh, Akbar Siami Namin, On Accuracy of Keystroke Authentications Based on Commonly Used English Words, 14th International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group (BIOSIG), September, 2015 Darmstadt, Germany. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [CyberWorlds Workshop] Alaa Darabseh and Akbar Siami Namin, On Accuracy of Classification-based Keystroke Dynamics for Continuous User Authentication, International Workshop on Biometric Secrurity in Conjunction with 2015 International Conference on CyberWorlds, Gotland, Sweden, 2015. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [CSEIT Conference] Akbar Siami Namin, Rattikorn Hewett, and Fethi Inan, Faculty Development Programs on Cybersecurity for Community Colleges - An Experience and Lessons Learned Report from a Two-Year Education Project, 6th Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology (CSEIT 2015), 5 - 6 October 2015 - Singapore. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ICSE - Poster] Sara Sartoli and Akbar Siami Namin, Reasoning based on Imperfect Context Data in Adaptive Security, in International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Firenze, Italy, 2015. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [CODASPY Workshop] Alaa Darabseh and Akbar Siami Namin, “Keystroke Active Authentications Based on Most Frequently Used Words,” International workshop on Security and Privacy Analytics (SPA), Col-located with ACM CODASPY 2015, March 2015, San Antonio, TX, USA. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [JS Jounral] Yulei Pang, Xiaozhen Xue, Akbar Siami Namin, Debugging in Parallel or Sequential: An Empirical Study, Volume 10, Number 5, Journal of Software, May 2015. [ Paper][ Bib]

    2014

    • [STVR - Journal] Akbar Siami Namin, Xiaozhen Xue, Omar Rosa, Pankaj Sharma, MuRanker: A Mutation Ranking Tool, International Journal on Software Testing, Verification, and Reliability (STVR). [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [JSM - Journal] Delbert Bonner and Akbar Siami Namin: Measuring the Energy Efficiency Ratio of Parallelized Software Applications, Journal of JSM Computer Science and Engineering, (Online) [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ICMLA - Conference] Xiaozehn Xue, Yulei Pang, and Akbar Siami Namin, “Feature Selections for Effectively Localizing Faulty Events in GUI Applications,” International Conference on Machine Learning and Application (ICMLA), Detroit, Michigan. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [AECT - Conference] Fethi Inan and Akbar Siami Namin, “Evaluation of Cybersecurity Training: Exploring Participants’ Knowledge, Confidence, Satisfaction,” AECT: Association for Educational Communications and Technology, AECT International Convention Learning, Design, and Technology, November 2014, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [CSEIT - Conference] Akbar Siami Namin, Fethi Inan, Rattikorn Hewett, “Building Cyber Security Instructional Plans Through Faculty Development Program - An Experience Report With Two and Four Year Educational Institutions”, 5th Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology (CSEIT 2014), 22nd - 23rd September 2014, Singapore. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [FECS, WorldComp - Conference] Akbar Siami Namin, Fethi Inan, Rattikorn Hewett, “Stimulating Software Security Education at Community Colleges Through Training Workshops,” FECS'14 - The 2014 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, in conjunction with The 2014 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WorldComp'14), ISBN#:1-60132-271-2, July 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [COMPSAC - Conference] Yulei Pang, Xiaozhen Xue, and Akbar Siami Namin, “Trimming Test Suites with Coincidentally Correct Test Cases for Enhancing Fault Localizations,” COMPSAC 2014. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [CISR - Conference] Alaa Darabseh and Akbar Siami Namin, “The Accuracy of User Authentication through Keystroke Features Using Most Frequent Words,” The 9th Annual Cyber and Information Security Research (CISR) Conference, USA, [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]

    2013

    • [ICMLA - Conference] Xiaozehn Xue and Akbar Siami Namin, “Identifying Effective Test Cases Through K-means Clustering for Enhancing Regression Testing,” International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), Miami, Florida, 2013. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ESEM - Conference] Xiaozhen Xue and Akbar Siami Namin, “How significant is the effect of fault interactions on coverage-based fault localizations,” International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM), Baltimore, USA, 2013. Acceptance rate 26%. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [Ada-Europe - Conference] Xiaozhen Xue and Akabr Siami Namin, “Measuring the Odds of Statements Being Faulty,” European Conference on Ada (Ada-Europe), Berlin, Germany, 2013. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]

    2012

    • [ICSE - Tutorial] Akbar Siami Namin: Effective Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis of Software Engineering Data," International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2012), Zurich, Switzerland, June, 2012. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [CGC - Conference] Delbert Bonner and Akbar Siami Namin: An Energy Model for Applications Running on Multicore Systems, in the International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing (CGC) [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]

    2011

    • [ISSTA - Conference] A. Siami Namin, S. Kakarla, "The use of mutation in testing experiment and its sensitivity to external threats", International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2011) July 2011. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [Mutation, ICST - Workshop] P. Madiraju and A. Siami Namin, "ParaMu − A Partial and Higher-Order Mutation Tool with Concurrency Operators", the 6th International Workshop on Mutation Analysis (Mutation 2011), in conjunction with the International conference on Software Testing (ICST 2011). [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [Mutation, ICST, Workshop] S. Kakarla, S. Momotaz, and A. Siami Namin, "An Evaluation of Mutation and Data-flow Testing: A Meta-Analysis", the 6th International Workshop on Mutation Analysis (Mutation 2011), in conjunction with the International conference on Software Testing (ICST 2011) . [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]

    2010

    • [ISSRE - Fast Abstract] A. Siami Namin, B. Millet, M. Sridharan, "Fast Abstract: Stochastic Model-based Testing for Human-Robot Interaction", 21th International Symposium on Software Relaibility Engineering (ISSRE 2010) November 2010
    • [ICSE - Tutorial] M. Sridharan and A.S. Namin, Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis inSoftware Engineering, 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2010), Cape Town, South Africa. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ISSRE - Fast Abstract] K. Rathod and A. Siami Namin, "Fast Abstract: A Framework for Testing Multithreaded Applications with Interleaving Faults", 21th International Symposium on Software Relaibility Engineering (ISSRE 2010) November 2010
    • [ISSRE - Conference] M. Sridharan and A. Siami Namin, "Prioritizing Mutation Operators Using Probabilistic Sampling", 21st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2010)November 2010 [ Slides] [Paper] [ Bib]
    • [ESEM - Conference] S. Kakarla and A. Siami Namin, "The Influence of Environmental Parameters on Concurrency Fault Exposures − An Explanatory Study", 4th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2010), bolzano-Bozen, Italy, September 2010 [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [FSE - FOSER Workshop] A. Siami Namin and M. Sridharan, "Position Paper: Bayesian Reasoning for Software Reasoning", International Workshop on Future of Software Engineering (FoSER) in conjunction with the International Conference on Foundation of Software Engineering (FSE 2010) [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ICSE - Workshop] A. Siami Namin, M. Sridharan, P. Tomar, Predicting Multi-Core Performance Using Solaris Containers: A Case Study, Third International Workshop on Multicore Software Engineering (IWMSE 2010) in Conjunction with 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2010), Cape Town, South Africa. [Slides] [Paper][Bib]
    • [TTU - Technical Report] M. Sridharan and A. Siami Namin, "Probabilistic Model for Effective Mutation Testing", Computer Science Department, Texas Tech University, May 2010.

    2009

    • [ISSTA - Conference] A. Siami Namin, J. Andrews, "The Influence of Size and Coverage on Test Suite Effectiveness", International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2009), Chicago, USA, July 2009 [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]

    2008

    • [ICSE - Conference] A. Siami Namin, J. Andrews, D. Murdoch, "Mutation Analysis for Assessing Software Testing Techniques", 30th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2008), Leipzig, Germany, May 2008 [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]

    2007

    • [ICSE - Doctoral Symposium] A. Siami Namin, J. Andrews, "On Sufficiency of Mutants", Doctoral Symposium being held in conjunction with the 29th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2007), pp. 73-74, Minneapolis, MN, USA, May 2007 [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [ICSE - Poster] A. Siami Namin, J. Andrews, "On Sufficiency of Mutants", Doctoral Symposium being held in conjunction with the 29th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2007), Minneapolis, MN, USA, May 2007. [Poster]

    2006

    • [TSE - Journal] James H. Andrews, Lionel C. Briand, Yvan Labiche, Akbar Siami Namin, Using Mutation Analysis for Assessing and Comparing Testing Coverage Criteria, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 608-624, Aug., 2006. [ Paper][ Bib]
    • [Mutation, ISSRE, Workshop] A. Siami Namin, J. Andrews, Finding Sufficient Mutation Operators via Variable Reduction, Second Workshop on Mutation Analysis (Mutation 2006) in conjunction with the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering ( ISSRE 2006), November, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. [Slides] [Paper][Bib]
    • [IJNVO, Journal] A. S. Namin, A., Shen, W., Ghenniwa, H. Implementing Enterprise Collaboration Using Web Services and Software Agents, International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations: Special issue on Organizing Collaborative Supply Chains and Networks, 2006 − Vol3, No.2 pp. 185 − 201. ISSN (Online): 1741−5225 − ISSN (Print): 1470−9503 [Paper] [Bib]

    Early Publications on Information Technolg

    • [CSCW - Conference] A. S. Namin, A. Wei, R., Shen, W., Ghenniwa, H. An Efficient Trust Model for Multi−Agent Systems, The 10th International Conference on CSCW in Design, CSCWID2006, pp. 659 - 664, May 3-5, Nanjing, China. [Paper] [Bib]
    • [CSCW - Conference] A. S. Namin, A. Wei, R., Shen, W., Ghenniwa, H. Applying Secret Sharing Schemes to Service Reputation, The 9th International Conference on CSCW in Design, CSCWID2005, pp. 696 − 703, May, Coventry, UK. [Slides] [Paper] [Bib]
    • [BASIS - Book Chapter] A. S. Namin, A., Shen, W., Ghenniwa, H. A Web Services / Agent-Based Model for Inter−Enterprise Collaboration, in Camarinha−Matos, L.M. (Ed.), Emerging Solutions for Future Management Systems, Springer, 2004, pp. 231-240. [Paper] [Bib]
    • [FAIM - Conference] A. S. Namin, A.S., Shen, W. Towards Web Services Oriented Agent Based Manufacturing, Proceedings of FAIM 2004, July 12−14, 2004, Toronto, Canada, pp. 632−639. [Paper]
    • [AAMAS - Workshop] A. S. Namin, A., Wei, R., Shen, W., Ghenniwa, H. An Agent-Based Threshold Payment Model for Metering Web Services, Proceedings of AAMAS’04 Workshop on Services and Agent-Based Engineering, July 19, 2004, New York, NY. [Paper]
    • [NRC - Technical Report] A. S. Namin, W. Shen, "A Service-Oriented Model for Manufacturing System Design", A Technical Report, National Research Council Canada, Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, 116 pages, NRC-IMTI, London, Canada, December 2003