Publications
Sponsors
Google Scholar: citations: 1464, h-index: 16
Journal Publications
[IEEE TC'22] K. Elish, M. Elish, and H. Almohri, “Lightweight, Effective Detection and Characterization of Mobile Malware Families," accepted, IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), 2022.
[IJISAE'21] M. Elish, and K. Elish, “An Empirical Comparison of Resampling Ensemble Methods of Deep Learning Neural Networks for Cross-Project Software Defect Prediction," International Journal of Intelligent Engineering and Systems, vol. 14, no. 3, 2021
[SCN'20] H. Almohri, M. Almutawa, M. Alawadh, and K. Elish, “A Client Bootstrapping Protocol for DoS Attack Mitigation on Entry Point Services in the Cloud,” Security and Communication Networks (SCN), 2020.
[IEEE TMC'20] Karim Elish, Haipeng Cai, Daniel Barton, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder, “Identifying Mobile Inter-App Communication Risks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 19 , no. 1, Jan. 2020.
[IJACSA'19] Benjamin Stark, Constanze Knahl, Mert Aydin, and Karim Elish, "A Literature Review on Medicine Recommender Systems," International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), vol. 10, no. 8, Aug. 2019.
[JTLE'18] Caleb Riggs, Carl-Edwin Rigaud, Robert Beard, Tanner Douglas, and Karim Elish, “A Survey on Connected Vehicles Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures,” Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering, vol. 6, no. 1, June 2018.
[Elsevier C&S'15] Karim Elish, Xiaokui Shu, Danfeng Yao, Barbara Ryder, and Xuxian Jiang, “Profiling User-Trigger Dependence for Android Malware Detection,” Computers & Security (C&S), Elsevier, vol. 49, 255-273, March 2015.
[JSW'12] Karim Elish and Mohammed Alshayeb, “Using Software Quality Attributes to Classify Refactoring to Patterns,” Journal of Software (JSW), Academy Publisher, vol. 7, no. 2, Feb. 2012.
[Springer AJSE'11] Karim Elish and Mohammed Alshayeb, “A Classification of Refactoring Methods Based on Software Quality Attributes,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE), Springer, vol. 36, no. 7, Nov. 2011.
[Elsevier JSS'08] Karim Elish and Mahmoud Elish, “Predicting Defect-Prone Software Modules Using Support Vector Machines,” Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Elsevier, vol. 81, no. 5, May 2008. [In the top 10 most cited papers among all the papers published by JSS, more than 590 citations]
Refereed Conference and Workshop Publications
[IEEE BigData'19] William Blanc, Lina Hashem, Karim Elish, and Hussain Almohri, “Identifying Android Malware Families Using Android-Oriented Metrics”, In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 2019.
[IEEE ICMLA'18] Brandon Thompson, Karim Elish, and Robert Steele, “Machine Learning-based Prediction of Prolonged Length of Stay in Newborns.” In proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), Orlando, FL, Dec. 2018.
[IEEE ICCC'18] Mert Aydin, Mohammad Samarah, and Karim Elish, “Enabling Smart Cities Through V2X Communication”, In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC), Chengdu, China, Dec. 2018.
[ISSNSS'17] Christopher Harrison, Makala Quinn, Jacob Livingston, and Karim Elish, "On the Need of Security Standards in Big Data Information Flow." In proceedings of the International Symposium on Sensor Networks, Systems and Security (ISSNSS), Lakeland, FL, Sep. 2017. Springer.
[IEEE ICCIA'17] Benjamin Stark, Constanze Knahl, Mert Aydin, Mohammad Samarah, and Karim Elish, “BetterChoice: A Migraine Drug Recommendation System Based on Neo4J.” In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Applications (ICCIA), Beijing, China, Sep. 2017.
[ACM CODASPY'17] Fang Liu, Haipeng Cai, Gang Wang, Danfeng Yao, Karim Elish, and Barbara Ryder, “Prioritized Analysis of Inter-App Communication Risks.” In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), Scottsdale, Arizona, Mar. 2017.
[IEEE MoST'17] Fang Liu, Haipeng Cai, Gang Wang, Danfeng Yao, Karim Elish, and Barbara Ryder. “MR-Droid: A Scalable and Prioritized Analysis of Inter-App Communication Risks.” In proceedings of the IEEE Mobile Security Technologies (MoST), in conjunction with the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Jose, CA. May 2017.
[IEEE MoST'15] Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder, “On the Need of Precise Inter-App ICC Classification for Detecting Android Malware Collusions.” In proceedings of the IEEE Mobile Security Technologies (MoST), in conjunction with the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Jose, CA. May 2015.
[IEEE ICMLA'14] Britton Wolfe, Karim Elish, and Danfeng Yao, “High Precision Screening for Android Malware using Dimensionality Reduction.” In proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), Detroit, MI, Dec. 2014.
[ISC'14] Britton Wolfe, Karim Elish, and Danfeng Yao, “Comprehensive Behavior Profiling for Proactive Android Malware Detection.” In proceedings of the 17th International Information Security Conference (ISC), Hong Kong, Oct. 2014.
[Elsevier IUPT'13] Karim Elish, Yipan Deng, Danfeng Yao, and Dennis Kafura, “Device-Based Isolation for Securing Cryptographic Keys.” In proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Internet of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Things (IUPT), Procedia Computer Science (Elsevier), Halifax, Canada, June 2013.
[IEEE MoST'12] Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder, “User-Centric Dependence Analysis for Identifying Malicious Mobile Apps.” In proceedings of the IEEE Mobile Security Technologies (MoST), in conjunction with the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, CA. May 2012.
[IEEE APSEC'09] Karim Elish and Mohammad Alshayeb, “Investigating the Effect of Refactoring on Software Testing Effort.” In proceedings of the 16th IEEE Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC), Penang, Malaysia, Dec. 2009.
[IEEE CSMR'09] Mahmoud Elish and Karim Elish, “Application of TreeNet in Predicting Object-Oriented Software Maintainability: A Comparative Study.” In proceedings of the 13th IEEE European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR), Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 2009.
Poster Abstracts
Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder, “Inter-Component and Inter-App Communication Analysis in Android for Malware Detection.” 9th Showcase of the Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC), Washington DC, May 2014.
Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, Barbara Ryder, “User-Intention Based Program Analysis for Android Security.” 2nd Annual Graduate Student Poster Showcase, Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech, April. 2014. (Best Poster Award)
Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, Barbara Ryder, and Xuxian Jiang, “User-Intention Based Android Malware Detection.” 22nd USENIX Security Symposium, Washington DC, Aug. 2013.
Karim Elish, Yipan Deng, and Danfeng Yao, and Dennis Kafura, “DataGuard: A Mobile System for Securing Ultra-Sensitive Information.” 28th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Virginia Tech, March 2012. (1st Place Poster Award)
Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder, “User-Centric Dependence Analysis in Programs for Identifying Malware.” 4th Showcase of the Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC), Iowa State University, Iowa, Nov. 2011.
Technical Reports
Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, Barbara Ryder, and Xuxian Jiang, “A Static Assurance Analysis of Android Applications”, Technical Report TR-13-03, Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 2013.
Karim Elish, Yipan Deng, Danfeng Yao, and Dennis Kafura, “Device-Based Isolation for Securing Cryptographic Keys”, Technical Report TR-12-21, Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 2012.
PhD Dissertation
Karim Elish, "User-Intention Based Program Analysis for Android Security", Virginia Tech, 2015.
Master's Thesis
Karim Elish, "Classification of Refactoring Methods Based on Software Quality Attributes", King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 2008.