Publications

The students advised by me are underlined.

2025

• BINGO: Radix-based Bias Factorization for Random Walk on Dynamic Graphs.[PDF]
  Pinhuan Wang, Chengying Huan, Zhibin Wang, Chen Tian, Yuede Ji, Hang Liu
  [EuroSys '25], ACM EuroSys 2025
  

• High-Performance Computing for Graph AI: A Top-Down Perspective.[PDF]
  Yuede Ji
  [EduPar '25], 15th NSF/TCPP Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing Education.

• Efficient Adaptation of Large Language Models for Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection. [PDF]
  Fadul Sikder, Yu Lei, Yuede Ji
  [PROMISE '25], 21st International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering.

• Adaptive Optimizations for Parallel Single-Source Shortest Paths.[PDF]
  Runbang Hu, Chaoqun Li, Xiaojiang Du, Yuede Ji
  [FCPC '25], FastCode Programming Challenge (FCPC '25), Co-hosted with PPoPP 2025.
  Ranked #4

• Optimized Parallel Breadth-First Search with Adaptive Strategies.[PDF]
  Chaoqun Li, Runbang Hu, Xiaojiang Du, Yuede Ji
  [FCPC '25], FastCode Programming Challenge (FCPC '25), Co-hosted with PPoPP 2025.
  Ranked #7

• A Secret Sharing-Inspired Robust Distributed Backdoor Attack to Federated Learning.
  Yuxin Yang, Qiang Li, Yuede Ji, Binghui Wang
  ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security

2024

• Code is not Natural Language: Unlock the Power of Semantics-Oriented Graph Representation for Binary Code Similarity Detection.
  Haojie He, Xingwei Lin, Ziang Weng, Ruijie Zhao, Shuitao Gan, Libo Chen, Yuede Ji, Jiashui Wang, Zhi Xue
  [USENIX Security '24], The 33rd USENIX Security Symposium
  

• CloudCover: Enforcement of Multi-Hop Network Connections in Microservice Deployments.[PDF][Slides]
  Dalton A. Brucker-Hahn, Wang Feng, Shanchao Li, Matthew Petillo, Alexandru G. Bardas, Drew Davidson, Yuede Ji
  [ACSAC '24], The 40th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)
  

• API2Vec++: Boosting API Sequence Representation for Malware Detection and Classification. [PDF][Code]
  Lei Cui, Junan Yin, Jiancong Cui, Yuede Ji, Peng Liu, Zhiyu Hao, Xiaochun Yun
  [TSE], IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  

• TLPGNN: A Lightweight Two-Level Parallelism Paradigm for Graph Neural Network Computation on Single and Multiple GPUs. [PDF][Code]
  Qiang Fu, Yuede Ji, Thomas B. Rolinger, and H. Howie Huang,
  [ACM TOPC], ACM Transactions on Parallel Computing
  

• TrustEvent: Cross-Platform IoT Trigger Event Verification Using Edge Computing
  Trent Reichenbach, Chenglong Fu, Xiaojiang Du, Jia Di, and Yuede Ji
  [IEEE ICC '24], IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2024
  

• Fine-Grained Geo-Obfuscation to Protect Workers’ Location Privacy in Time-Sensitive Spatial Crowdsourcing. [PDF]
  Chenxi Qiu, Sourabh Yadav, Yuede Ji, Anna Squicciarini, Ramanamurthy Dantu, Juanjuan Zhao, and Chengzhong Xu
  [EDBT '24], The 27th International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT)
  

2023

• PeeK: A Prune-Centric Approach for K Shortest Path Computation.[PDF][Code]
  Wang Feng, Shiyang Chen, Hang Liu, and Yuede Ji
  [SC '23], International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC)
  

• Tango: Re-Thinking Quantization for Graph Neural Network Training on GPUs.[PDF]
  Shiyang Chen, Da Zheng, Caiwen Ding, Chengying Huan, Yuede Ji, and Hang Liu
  [SC '23], International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC)
  

• API2vec: Learning Representations of API Sequences for Malware Detection. [PDF][Code]
  Lei Cui^*, Jiancong Cui^*, Yuede Ji, Zhiyu Hao, Lun Li, Zhenquan Ding (^* equal contributions).
  [ISSTA '23], ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA)
  

• Understanding Nationwide Power Outage and Restoration for Future Prediction. [PDF][Code]
  Yasmeen Haleem, Isabelle Wagenvoord, Qianjun Wei, Ting Xiao, Tong Shu, and Yuede Ji
  [SMCDC '23] 7th Annual Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences Data Challenge (SMCDC)
  Best Poster Award

• Exploring Power and Thermal Dynamics in the Summit Supercomputer: A Data Visualization Study.[PDF][Code]
  Joseph Caldwell, Wang Feng, Mimi Byun, Mark Albert, Tong Shu, and Yuede Ji
  [SMCDC '23] 7th Annual Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences Data Challenge (SMCDC)
  

2022

• Efficient Sparse Deep Neural Network Computation on GPU with TVM (Poster)
  Lillian Wang, Avik Malladi, and Yuede Ji
  [SC '22], International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC)
  

• TLPGNN: A Lightweight Two-Level Parallelism Paradigm for Graph Neural Network Computation on GPU. [PDF][Code]
  Qiang Fu, Yuede Ji, and H. Howie Huang,
  [HPDC '22], ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing
  Acceptance rate: 21/108 = 19%

• iSpan: Parallel Identification of Strongly Connected Components with Spanning Trees. [PDF]
  Yuede Ji, Hang Liu, Yang Hu, and H. Howie Huang,
  [ACM TOPC], ACM Transactions on Parallel Computing
  

• Illuminati: Towards Explaining Graph Neural Networks for Cybersecurity Analysis. [PDF][Code]
  Haoyu He, Yuede Ji, and H. Howie Huang
  [EuroS&P '22], IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2022
  Acceptance rate: 42/141 = 29.8%

• NestedGNN: Detecting Malicious Network Activity with Nested Graph Neural Networks. [PDF]
  Yuede Ji and H. Howie Huang
  [IEEE ICC '22], IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2022
  

2021

• DEFInit: An Analysis of Exposed Android Init Routines. [PDF][PPT]
  Yuede Ji, Mohamed Elsabagh, Ryan Johnson, and Angelos Stavrou
  [USENIX Security '21], the 30th USENIX Security Symposium
  Acceptance rate: 248/1319 = 18.8%

• BugGraph: Differentiating Source-Binary Code Similarity with Graph Triplet-Loss Network. [PDF][PPT]
  Yuede Ji, Lei Cui, and H. Howie Huang
  [AsiaCCS '21], The ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  Acceptance rate : 70/370 = 19%

• Vestige: Identifying Binary Code Provenance for Vulnerability Detection. [PDF][PPT]
  Yuede Ji, Lei Cui, and H. Howie Huang
  [ACNS '21], The 19th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security
  Acceptance rate: 37/186 = 20%

• Discovering Unknown Advanced Persistent Threat Using Shared Features Mined by Neural Networks.
  Longkang Shang, Dong Guo, Yuede Ji, and Qiang Li.
  [Computer Networks], 2021.
  

2020 and Earlier

• Detecting Lateral Movement in Enterprise Computer Networks with Unsupervised Graph AI. [PDF]
  Benjamin Bowman, Craig Laprade, Yuede Ji, and H. Howie Huang
  [RAID '20], The 23rd International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses
  Acceptance rate: 31/121 = 25.6%

• Aquila: Adaptive Parallel Computation of Graph Connectivity Queries. [PDF][PPT][Video][Code]
  Yuede Ji and H. Howie Huang
  [HPDC '20], The 29th International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing
  Acceptance rate: 16/71 = 22%

• SwarmGraph: Analyzing Large-Scale In-Memory Graphs on GPUs. [PDF]
  Yuede Ji, Hang Liu, and H. Howie Huang.
  [HPCC '20], IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), 2020.

• GRL: Knowledge Graph Completion with GAN-based Reinforcement Learning.
  Qi Wang, Yuede Ji, Yongsheng Hao, and Jie Cao.
  [KBS], Knowledge-Based Systems, 2020.
  

• Securing Malware Cognitive Systems against Adversarial Attacks. [PDF][PPT]
  Yuede Ji, Benjamin Bowman, and H. Howie Huang,
  [ICCC '19], 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Computing,
  Invited to the panel discussion at The AAAI-19 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security
  

• Stopping the Cyber Attack in the Early Stage: Assessing the Security Risks of Social Network Users. [PDF]
  Bo Feng, Qiang Li, Yuede Ji, Dong Guo, and Xiangyu Meng.
  [SCN], Security and Communication Networks, 2019.
  

• Understanding and Detecting Social Botnet.
  Yuede Ji, and Qiang Li
  Botnets: Architectures, Countermeasures, and Challenges, 2019.
  

• iSpan: Parallel Identification of Strongly Connected Components with Spanning Trees. [PDF][PPT][Code]
  Yuede Ji, Hang Liu, and H. Howie Huang,
  [SC '18], Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
  Acceptance rate (first round): 55/288 = 19%

• Understanding socialbot behavior on end hosts. [PDF]
  Yukun He, Qiang Li, Jian Cao, Yuede Ji, and Dong Guo,
  [IJDSN], International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2017.
  

• Detection of Forwarding-based Malicious URLs in Online Social Networks. [PDF]
  Jian Cao, Qiang Li, Yuede Ji, Yukun He, and Dong Guo.
  [NPC '14], IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing,
  Invited to journal publication, International Journal of Parallel Programming, 44(1), 163-180, 2016.
  Best Paper Award

• Combating the evasion mechanisms of social bots. [PDF]
  Yuede Ji, Yukun He, Xinyang Jiang, Jian Cao, Qiang Li
  [Computers & Security], Volume 58, Pages 230-249, 2016.
  

• BotCatch: leveraging signature and behavior for bot detection. [PDF]
  Yuede Ji, Qiang Li, Yukun He, and Dong Guo.
  [SCN], Security and Communication Networks, 8(6): 952-969, 2015.

• Overhead Analysis and Evaluation of Approaches to Host-based Bot Detection. [PDF]
  Yuede Ji, Qiang Li, Yukun He, and Dong Guo.
  [IJDSN], International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2015.

• Towards Social Botnet Behavior Detecting in the End Host. [PDF] [PPT]
  Yuede Ji, Yukun He, Xinyang Jiang, and Qiang Li.
  [ICPADS '14], 20th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed System, 2014

• A Multiprocess Mechanism of Evading Behavior-Based Bot Detection Approaches. [PDF] [PPT]
  Yuede Ji, Yukun He, Dewei Zhu, Qiang Li, and Dong Guo.
  [ISPEC '14], Information Security Practice and Experience, 2014

• BotCatch: A Behavior and Signature Correlated Bot Detection Approach. [PDF] [PPT]
  Yuede Ji, Yukun He, Qiang Li, and Dong Guo.
  [HPCC '13], IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 2013.

• BotInfer: A Bot Inference Approach by Correlating Host and Network Information. [PDF]
  Yukun He, Qiang Li, Yuede Ji, and Dong Guo.
  [NPC '13], IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, 2013