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Author:

Delozier, Adam Johannes

Title:

Characterizations of Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures in Advanced Metering Infrastructure Collectors

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

smartgrid
AMI
vulnerabilities
security
attack trees

File:

Download delozier-ms.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Patrick Mc Daniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Patrick Mc Daniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Krantz, Amanda

Title:

The Effects of Security Guards and Gallery Guides on Visitor Experience at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

visitor
security
art museum

File:

Download Krantz_Thesis_4-13_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David Ebitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Ebitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chaugule, Ashwin

Title:

Interrupt And IPC Driven Kernel Framework For Prevention Against Smartphone Malware

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ipc
interrupts
kernel
smartphones
malware
security

File:

Download Ashwin_Chaugule-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sawani, Anuj

Title:

Providing Verifiable Integrity on Mobile Platforms

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

openmoko
attacks
mobile phone
integrity
security
selinux

File:

Download anuj-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jakka, Guruprasad

Title:

Runtime Monitoring Tool for Monitoring Attack Surfaces in Programs using SELinux

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

security
integrity
attack surface
program
selinux
policy

File:

Download jakka-ms.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Choi, Heesook

Title:

Security and Privacy Aspects in Wireless and Mobile Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

mobile ad hoc networks
Mobile IP
clone
anonymity
privacy
security
wireless sensor networks

File:

Download hchoi_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas F Laporta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guohong Cao, Committee Member
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Member

Author:

MURTHY, JANANI

Title:

SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN LOW COST RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

RFID
security
privacy

File:

Download thesis_jum223.pdf

Committee Members:

Raj Acharya, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raj Acharya, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Butler, Kevin Raymond Boyce

Title:

Leveraging Emerging Disk Functionality for New Security Services

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

security
storage
operating systems

File:

Download butler-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Patrick Mc Daniel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Trent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Stephen George Simpson, Committee Member
Matthew Blaze, Committee Member

Author:

Pirretti, Matthew Gregory

Title:

Secure Communications in Sensor Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Sensor networks
security
secure localization
secure clusterhead election
energy attacks

File:

Download Pirretti_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Aylin Yener, Committee Member

Author:

Hassan, Mohamed N

Title:

Security Enforcement in Mobile Telephony Server

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

security
selinux
smartphones security
reference monitor
mobile telephony server
attention commands
openmoko
LSM

File:

Download MohamedHassan-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shao, Min

Title:

Security and Privacy Support for Wireless Sensor Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

sensor networks
privacy
security

File:

Download MinShao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tom F. La Porta, Committee Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Heng Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Hicks, Boniface Patrick

Title:

Secure Systems Development Using Security-Typed Languages

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

language-based security
Jif
security-typed language
information flow
security
secure software engineering

File:

Download e-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Joseph Hannan, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Trent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
Stephen George Simpson, Committee Member
Michael Johannes Hicks, Committee Member

Author:

Traynor, Patrick Gerard

Title:

Characterizing the Impact if Rigidity on the Security of Cellular Telecommunications Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

sms
security
cellular networks

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas La Porta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Trent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
Guohong Cao, Committee Member
Aylin Yener, Committee Member

Author:

Gu, Qijun

Title:

A STUDY OF SELECTED SECURITY ISSUES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

key management
denial of service
ad hoc network
wireless network
security
broadcast service

File:

Download thesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Hsien Chu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Tracy Mullen, Committee Member
Guohong Cao, Committee Member

Author:

Kamath, Radhesh Muralidhara

Title:

Applying Netlabel to Network Access Control in a Virtualized Environment

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

network security
virtualization
security
system security

File:

Download radhesh_kamath_ms_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Miadzvezhanka, Siarhei

Title:

PROTOCOLS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION AND TRAITOR TRACING IN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

security
protocol
AMI
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
smart grid
communication
traitor tracing

File:

Download miadzvezhanka-ms.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Patrick Mc Daniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Moyer, Thomas Michael

Title:

Scalable Web Content Attestations

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

integrity measurement
trusted computing
attestations
security

File:

Download moyer-ms.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rao, Vikhyath

Title:

DYNAMIC MANDATORY ACCESS CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

mobile phones
security
access control
multiple stakeholders

File:

Download Vikhyath_Rao.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Enck, William Harold

Title:

Analysis Techniques for Mobile Operating System Security

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

operating systems
smartphone
security

File:

Download enck-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Trent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
Thomas F Laporta, Committee Member
Eileen M Kane, Committee Member

Author:

Zhong, Wei

Title:

DICE: A NONDETERMINISTIC MEMORY ALIGNMENT DEFENSE AGAINST HEAP TAICHI

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

heap spraying
allocation granularity
shellcode injection
security

File:

Download Dice.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Kifer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sreenivasan, Yogesh Raju

Title:

BUILDING A FRAMEWORK FOR INFORMATION FLOW AWARE WEB APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

security
virtual machines
web applications
MAC
SELinux

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Patrick Mc Daniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jiao, Yu

Title:

Mobile Agent-Based Energy-Efficient and Secure Global Information Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

power management
information retrieval
mobile agents
mobile computing
security

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali R Hurson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guohong Cao, Committee Member
John Joseph Hannan, Committee Member
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member

Author:

Celik, Zeynel Berkay

Title:

Salting Public Traces with Attack Traffic to Test Flow Classifiers

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

security
classification
botnet detection
netflow
intrusion detection

File:

Download Z_Berkay_Celik_MsThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

George Kesidis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Koshy, Philip

Title:

CoinSeer: A Telescope Into Bitcoin

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Bitcoin
security
CoinSeer

File:

Download PhilipKoshy_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Keating, Daniel Steven

Title:

exploiting memory remnant vulnerabilities to do cross-tenant data extraction in cloud systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

Cloud computing
security

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schiffman, Joshua Serratelli

Title:

Practical System Integrity Verification in Cloud Computing Environments

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

security
cloud computing
operating systems
trustworthy computing
integrity verification

File:

Download JoshuaSchiffman-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Lee David Coraor, Committee Member

Author:

Bergstein, Adam

Title:

Pyrena: Closing the semantic gap for access control in web-based content management systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

content management systems
access control
security

File:

Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Patrick Mc Daniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cole, Robert James

Title:

Multi-step Attack Detection via Bayesian Modeling Under Model Parameter Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

intrusion detection
IDS
uncertainty
Bayesian modeling
security

File:

Download ColeThesisCorrected2.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Benjamin Gill, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Special Member

Author:

Heysham, Megan Elizabeth

Title:

Adaptive Password Meters with Unreliable Storage

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

adaptive password meters
password meters
passwords
security

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Adam Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sundareswaran, Smitha

Title:

GABE: A Cloud Brokerage System for Service Selection, Accountability and Enforcement

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

brokerage
service selection
accountability
cloud computing
node selection
security

File:

Download smitha-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member
John Metzner, Special Member

Author:

Octeau, Damien

Title:

Analysis of Inter-Component Communication in Mobile Applications Through Retargeting

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

smartphone
security
application analysis
inter-component communication

File:

Download octeau-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Trent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
John Joseph Hannan, Committee Member
Stephen George Simpson, Committee Member
Somesh Jha, Special Member

Author:

Pohly, Devin James

Title:

Practical Multichannel Secret Sharing Protocols: Architecture, Analysis, and Application

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

security
multichannel
secret sharing
protocols
networks
content delivery networks
privacy
streaming media

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wu, Lawrence

Title:

Blockchain Smart Contracts in Megacity Logistics

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

blockchain
ethereum
hyperledger
bitcoin
cryptocurrency
megacity
supply chain
traceability
smart contracts
tracking
transparency
negotiation
procurement
hyperledger sawtooth
permissioned
permissionless
immutability
security

File:

Download Blockchain_Smart_Contracts_in_Megacity_Logistics_4_.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member
Nicklaus A Giacobe, Committee Member

Author:

Celik, Zeynel Berkay

Title:

Automated IoT Security and Privacy Analysis

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

IoT security and privacy
program analysis
security
privacy

File:

Download Automated_IoT_Security_and_Privacy_Analysis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick McDaniel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas F. La Porta, Committee Member
Gang Tan, Committee Member
David Reitter, Outside Member
A. Selcuk Uluagac, Special Member

Author:

Wong, Joseph

Title:

Smart Home Surveillance System Through Edge Computing

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

smart home
edge computing
security
machine learning
deep learning
motion detection
facial recognition
fog computing

File:

Download thesis_grad.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alrizah, Mshabab

Title:

Enhancing Ad-blocking Systems for Better Web Browsing Security and Privacy

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ad-blocking systems
privacy
security
Internet Security
crowdsourcing
Advertisement

File:

Download Mshabab_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Committee Member
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Member
Jia Li, Outside Member
Xinyu Xing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xinyu Xing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pauley, Eric

Title:

Static Instrumentation for Performant Binary Fuzzing

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

fuzzing
security
program analysis

File:

Download MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Danfeng Zhang, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sahin, Eralp

Title:

Automatic EDL generation for Intel Software Guard Extensions

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SGX
Intel SGX
enclave
security
memory
EDL
automate

File:

Download EralpSahin-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gang Tan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Beugin, Yohan

Title:

Building a Secure and Privacy-Preserving Smart Camera System

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

smart camera system
privacy-preserving
security
secure and authenticated pairing
key tree
encryption

File:

Download Building_a_Secure_and_Privacy_Preserving_Smart_Camera_System.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gang Tan, Committee Member
Syed Rafiul Hussain, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Natu, Parth Vidyadhar

Title:

Securing 5G Broadcast Messages

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

5G
security
4G-LTE
cellular networks
broadcast authentication
replay protection
fake base stations

File:

Download pnatu_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Syed Rafiul Hussain, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahanth Gowda, Committee Member
Tao Wan, Special Signatory

Author:

Le, Thai Quang

Title:

Trustworthy Machine Learning: Learning under Security, Explainability and Uncertainty Constraints

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

machine learning
responsible AI
explainability
adversarial attack
adversarial defense
security
privacy
XAI
trustworthy

File:

Download Thesis_ThaiLe_IST_B.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fan, Jingyao

Title:

Security and Privacy Support For Smart Grid

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

smart grid
security
privacy
power system

File:

Download JingyaoFan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Yan Li, Major Field Member
Sencun Zhu, Major Field Member
Anna Squicciarini, Outside Unit & Field Member
Guohong Cao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Tu, Kai

Title:

A Conformance Checker for the Control Plane Protocols of 5G Basebands

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

5G
security
Conformance Testing

File:

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Committee Members:

Syed Rafiul Hussain, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Young Kun Ko, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

King, Rachel

Title:

Evaluating Realistic Deployments of Trusted Execution Environments in the Tor Network

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

trusted execution environments
security
tor network

File:

Download RachelKing_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member