Journal Articles

Graph-Theoretic Approach for Increasing Participation in Networks with Assorted Resources

In many cooperative networks, individuals participate actively as long as they recognize a sufficient value in participation, which depends not only on the number, but also on the …

Waseem Abbas
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Blockchains for Transactive Energy Systems: Opportunities, Challenges, and Approaches

The emergence of blockchains and smart contracts have renewed interest in electrical cyber-physical systems, especially in the area of transactive energy systems. However, despite …

Scott Eisele
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A Privacy-preserving Mobile and Fog Computing Framework to Trace and Prevent COVID-19 Community Transmission

To slow down the spread of COVID-19, governments worldwide are trying to identify infected people, and contain the virus by enforcing isolation, and quarantine. However, it is …

Md Whaiduzzaman
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Integrating Redundancy, Diversity, and Hardening to Improve Security of Industrial Internet of Things

As the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) becomes more ubiquitous in critical application domains, such as smart water-distribution and transportation systems, providing security …

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Aron Laszka
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Post-Incident Audits on Cyber Insurance Discounts

We introduce a game-theoretic model to investigate the strategic interaction between a cyber insurance policyholder whose premium depends on her self-reported security level and an …

Sakshyam Panda
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Detection and Mitigation of Attacks on Transportation Networks as a Multi-Stage Security Game

In recent years, state-of-the-art traffic-control devices have evolved from standalone hardware to networked smart devices. Smart traffic control enables operators to decrease …

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Aron Laszka
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A Game-Theoretic Approach for Selecting Optimal Time-Dependent Thresholds for Anomaly Detection

Adversaries may cause significant damage to smart infrastructure using malicious attacks. To detect and mitigate these attacks before they can cause physical damage, operators can …

Amin Ghafouri
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Database Audit Workload Prioritization via Game Theory

The quantity of personal data that is collected, stored, and subsequently processed continues to grow rapidly. Given its sensitivity, ensuring privacy protections has become a …

Chao Yan
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Improving Network Connectivity and Robustness Using Trusted Nodes with Application to Resilient Consensus

To observe and control a networked system, especially in failure-prone circumstances, it is imperative that the underlying network structure is robust against node or link …

Waseem Abbas
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On the Assessment of Systematic Risk in Networked Systems

In a networked system, the risk of security compromises depends not only on each node’s security, but also on the topological structure formed by the connected individuals, …

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Aron Laszka
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