Full Publication List

2022

• 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]
  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

• Slides for DP [PPTX]