Md Fazle Rabbi

Short Bio

I am Md Fazle Rabbi, a PhD student in Computer Science at Idaho State University. I am honored to be advised by Dr. Minhaz Zibran and to be a part of the Software Engineering and Cybersecurity Research Team (SECReT). My research focuses on software security, vulnerability analysis, and dependency management in software ecosystems.

I completed my B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Bangladesh, and my M.S. in Computer Science at Idaho State University.

Selected Publications

• MSR 2025 - M. Rabbi, R. Paul, A. Champa, and M. Zibran. "Understanding Software Vulnerabilities in the Maven Ecosystem: Patterns, Timelines, and Risks." In 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), pp. 290-294, Canada, IEEE, 2025.

• MSR 2025 - M. Rabbi, A. Champa, R. Paul, and M. Zibran. "Chasing the Clock: How Fast Are Vulnerabilities Fixed in the Maven Ecosystem?" In 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), pp. 265-269, Canada, IEEE, 2025.

• SAC 2025 - M. Rabbi, A. Champa, and M. Zibran, "Claim vs. Capability: A Comparative Analysis of the SBOM Generation Tools for Rust Projects," In 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC '25), pp. 1712-1720, Italy, 2025.

• SAC 2024 - M. Rabbi, A. Champa, C. Nachuma and M. Zibran, "SBOM Generation Tools Under Microscope: A Focus on the npm Ecosystem," In 39th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing (ACM SAC), pp. 1233-1241, Avila, Spain, 2024.

• MSR 2024 - M. Rabbi, A. Champa, M. Zibran, and M. Islam, "AI Writes, We Analyze: The ChatGPT Python Code Saga," In 21st ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), pp. 1 - 5, Portugal, 2024.

• MSR 2024 - A. Champa, M. Rabbi, C. Nachuma, and M. Zibran, "ChatGPT in Action: Analyzing Its Use in Software Development," In 21st ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), pp. 1 - 5, Portugal, 2024.

• MSR 2024 - M. Islam, M. Rabbi, J. Youngeun, A. Champa, E. Young, C. Wilson, G. Scott, and M. Zibran, "A Four-Dimension Gold Standard Dataset for Opinion Mining in Software Engineering," In 21st ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), pp. 1 - 5, Portugal, 2024

• MSR 2023 - A. Champa, M. Rabbi, M. Zibran and M. Islam, "Insights into Female Contributions in Open-Source Projects," In 20th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), pp. 357-361, Melbourne, Australia, 2023. 

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Idaho State University (ongoing)

• MS in Computer Science, Idaho State University, USA (2023)

• BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh (2017)

Recent news

• 09/20/2025 I delivered my talk "SBOM Tools: Are they as reliable as they claim?" at BSides Idaho Falls 2025. 

• 08/19/2025 I will be serving as a Artifact Evaluation Committee member at PoPETs 2026, to be held in Washington, DC.

• 07/25/2025 I will be serving as a Shadow Program Committee member at ICSE 2026, to be held in Brazil.

• 06/03/2025 Our paper entitled "Trick or Treat: A Study of Human Detection of Manipulative Tactics in Phishing Emails" has been accepted at SENSEI 2025.

• 05/27/2025 I received the 2025 Summer Research/Creative Activity Grant from ISU Graduate School to support my doctoral research in software security.

• 04/28/2025 I attended and presented our papers at MSR 2025. Our paper, titled "Faster Releases, Fewer Risks: A Study on Maven Artifact Vulnerabilities and Lifecycle Management" was awarded Best Paper in MSR Mining Challenge track.

• 03/19/2025 I received the Best Oral Presentation Award in Engineering, Physical, & Mathematical Sciences at the ISU Research and Creative Works Symposium.

• 02/24/2025 Our paper entitled "The Popularity Paradox: Insights into Vulnerabilities and Updates in Maven Ecosystem" has been accepted at ICoSSE 2025.

• 02/11/2025 I attended and presented at the 2025 Statewide Three Minute Thesis Graduate Student Competition at Idaho Falls, UofI.

• 01/13/2025 Four of our papers are accepted at MSR 2025 Mining Challenge.

• 11/21/2024 Our paper titled "Claim vs. Capability: A Comparative Analysis of the SBOM Generation Tools for Rust Projects" has been accepted at ACM SAC 2025.

• 11/14/2024 I presented at the 8th Annual ISU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition on 'Fact or Fiction: Do SBOM Tools Truly Identify Software Components and Vulnerabilities?' and secured 3rd place.

• 10/09/2024 I presented a poster at 2024 NSF Cybersecurity Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA.

• 10/07/2024 I attended 2024 NSF Cybersecurity Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA.

• 09/20/2024 I attended the 2024 BSides Idaho Falls at Idaho State University, Idaho Falls, ID.

• 05/30/2024 I attended the 22nd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Management and Applications (SERA 2024) at Honolulu, HI.

• 04/29/2024 I attended the 12th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

• 04/08/2024 Two papers, "Analyzing ChatGPT Assistance in Programming" and "Illustration or Illusion? Reassessing the Use of Machine Learning in Phishing Email Detection", have been accepted at SERA 2024.

• 04/05/2024 I won 2nd runner-up for Student Employee of the Year 2024 award from ISU Career Center. 

• 02/15/2024 A paper entitled "Curated Datasets and Feature Analysis for Phishing Email Detection with Machine Learning" has been accepted at ICMI 2024.

• 02/07/2024 A paper entitled "Why Phishing Emails Escape Detection: A Closer Look at the Failure Points" has been accepted at ISDFS 2024.

• 01/19/2024 Two papers have been accepted for presentation at MSR Mining Challenge 2024!

• 01/12/2024 A paper entitled "A Four-Dimension Gold Standard Dataset for Opinion Mining in Software Engineering", has been accepted at MSR 2024!

• 12/22/2023 I am awarded an MS degree in CS from Idaho State University!

• 11/24/2023 Our paper titled "SBOM Generation Tools Under Microscope: A Focus on the npm Ecosystem" has been accepted at ACM SAC 2024.

• 06/23/2023 Our research has been featured in a local newspaper!

• 06/20/2023 Our research, "Insights into Female Contributions in Open-Source Projects", was featured in Idaho State University news!

• 05/31/2023 Awarded a $400 travel grant from the ISU Graduate School.

• 05/24/2023 Presented our research paper, "Phishy? Detecting Phishing Emails Using ML and NLP" at SERA '23 in Orlando, Florida.

• 05/16/2023 Received a summer stipend of $4000 from the College of Science and Engineering and the Graduate School.

• 04/18/2023 Awarded a $250 travel grant from the Dean's Excellence Fund.

• 03/27/2023 Two papers have been accepted for presentation at SERA 2023!

• 03/15/2023 Presented a research poster at the ISU Graduate Research Symposium 2023.

• 03/07/2023 Our paper has been accepted for presentation at MSR Mining Challenge 2023!