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Journal Publications

• Security Risks in Wearable Mobile Applications

  [IC 2026]
  Sebastian Siedler, Mohamed Sylla, and Karim Elish
  IEEE Internet Computing, accepted, September 2026. To appear.
  PaperData

  Citation

  @article{Siedler2026SecurityRisksWearable,
    author    = {Sebastian Siedler and Mohamed Sylla and Karim Elish},
    title     = {Security Risks in Wearable Mobile Applications},
    journal   = {IEEE Internet Computing},
    year      = {2026},
    doi       = {10.1109/MIC.2026.3732938}
  }

• Large Language Models for Malware Detection: A Systematic Review, Taxonomy, and Open Challenges

  [Access 2026]
  Joyce Champie and Karim Elish
  IEEE Access, vol. 14, pp. 52734-52752, April 2026.
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Champie2026LargeLanguageModels,
    author    = {Joyce Champie and Karim Elish},
    title     = {Large Language Models for Malware Detection: A Systematic Review, Taxonomy, and Open Challenges},
    journal   = {IEEE Access},
    year      = {2026},
    doi       = {10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3680058}
  }

• RepackDroid: An Efficient Detection Model for Repackaged Android Applications

  [Information 2025]
  Tito Leadon and Karim Elish
  Information, vol. 16, no. 12, Article 1075, December 2025.
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Leadon2025RepackDroidEfficientDetection,
    author    = {Tito Leadon and Karim Elish},
    title     = {RepackDroid: An Efficient Detection Model for Repackaged Android Applications},
    journal   = {Information},
    year      = {2025},
    doi       = {10.3390/info16121075}
  }

• Lightweight, Effective Detection and Characterization of Mobile Malware Families

  [TC 2022]
  Karim Elish, Mahmoud Elish, and Hussain Almohri
  IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), vol. 71, no. 11, November 2022.
  PaperData

  Citation

  @article{Elish2022LightweightEffectiveDetection,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Mahmoud Elish and Hussain Almohri},
    title     = {Lightweight, Effective Detection and Characterization of Mobile Malware Families},
    journal   = {IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC)},
    year      = {2022}
  }

• An Empirical Comparison of Resampling Ensemble Methods of Deep Learning Neural Networks for Cross-Project Software Defect Prediction

  [IJIES 2021]
  Mahmoud Elish and Karim Elish
  International Journal of Intelligent Engineering and Systems (IJISAE), vol. 14, no. 3, 2021.
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Elish2021EmpiricalComparisonResampling,
    author    = {Mahmoud Elish and Karim Elish},
    title     = {An Empirical Comparison of Resampling Ensemble Methods of Deep Learning Neural Networks for Cross-Project Software Defect Prediction},
    journal   = {International Journal of Intelligent Engineering and Systems (IJISAE)},
    year      = {2021},
    doi       = {10.22266/ijies2021.0630.18}
  }

• A Client Bootstrapping Protocol for DoS Attack Mitigation on Entry Point Services in the Cloud

  [SCN 2020]
  Hussain Almohri, M. Almutawa, M. Alawadh, and Karim Elish
  Security and Communication Networks (SCN), 2020.
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Almohri2020ClientBootstrappingProtocol,
    author    = {Hussain Almohri and M. Almutawa and M. Alawadh and Karim Elish},
    title     = {A Client Bootstrapping Protocol for DoS Attack Mitigation on Entry Point Services in the Cloud},
    journal   = {Security and Communication Networks (SCN)},
    year      = {2020},
    doi       = {10.1155/2020/8873258}
  }

• Identifying Mobile Inter-App Communication Risks

  [TMC 2020]
  Karim Elish, Haipeng Cai, Daniel Barton, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder
  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 19, no. 1, January 2020.
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Elish2020IdentifyingMobileInter,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Haipeng Cai and Daniel Barton and Danfeng Yao and Barbara Ryder},
    title     = {Identifying Mobile Inter-App Communication Risks},
    journal   = {IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)},
    year      = {2020},
    doi       = {10.1109/TMC.2018.2889495}
  }

• Profiling User-Trigger Dependence for Android Malware Detection

  [C&S 2015]
  Karim Elish, Xiaokui Shu, Danfeng Yao, Barbara Ryder, and Xuxian Jiang
  Computers & Security, vol. 49, pp. 255–273, March 2015.
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Elish2015ProfilingUserTrigger,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Xiaokui Shu and Danfeng Yao and Barbara Ryder and Xuxian Jiang},
    title     = {Profiling User-Trigger Dependence for Android Malware Detection},
    journal   = {Computers & Security},
    year      = {2015},
    doi       = {10.1016/j.cose.2014.11.001}
  }

• Using Software Quality Attributes to Classify Refactoring to Patterns

  [JSW 2012]
  Karim Elish and Mohammed Alshayeb
  Journal of Software (JSW), vol. 7, no. 2, February 2012.
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Elish2012SoftwareQualityAttributes,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Mohammed Alshayeb},
    title     = {Using Software Quality Attributes to Classify Refactoring to Patterns},
    journal   = {Journal of Software (JSW)},
    year      = {2012},
    doi       = {10.4304/jsw.7.2.408-419}
  }

• A Classification of Refactoring Methods Based on Software Quality Attributes

  [AJSE 2011]
  Karim Elish and Mohammed Alshayeb
  Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE), vol. 36, no. 7, November 2011.
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Elish2011ClassificationRefactoringMethods,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Mohammed Alshayeb},
    title     = {A Classification of Refactoring Methods Based on Software Quality Attributes},
    journal   = {Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE)},
    year      = {2011},
    doi       = {10.1007/s13369-011-0117-x}
  }

• Predicting Defect-Prone Software Modules Using Support Vector Machines

  [JSS 2008]
  Karim Elish and Mahmoud Elish
  Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), vol. 81, no. 5, May 2008.
  Among Top 10 Most Cited Papers Published by JSS
  Paper

  Citation

  @article{Elish2008PredictingDefectProne,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Mahmoud Elish},
    title     = {Predicting Defect-Prone Software Modules Using Support Vector Machines},
    journal   = {Journal of Systems and Software (JSS)},
    year      = {2008},
    doi       = {10.1016/j.jss.2007.07.040}
  }

Conferences & Workshops Publications

• When LLMs Say Secure: An Empirical Study of False Assurance in Android Vulnerability Detection

  [ICSE 2027]
  Joyce Champie and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the 49th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) Dublin, Ireland · April 2027.
  Direct Acceptance Rate: 5.0% (119/2,375)
  Citation

  @inproceedings{Champie2027WhenLLMsSay,
    author    = {Joyce Champie and Karim Elish},
    title     = {When LLMs Say Secure: An Empirical Study of False Assurance in Android Vulnerability Detection},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 49th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)},
    year      = {2027}
  }

• STALKER: Composed Quasi-Identifiers and LLM-Amplified Behavioral Leakage in Anonymized
  Marketplace Data

  [IWSPA 2026]
  A. Dmytryk, S. El-Yaagoubi, L. Batista, P. Kouterguine, S. Gerken, A. Alhamadani, and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Workshop on Security and Privacy Analytics (IWSPA), co-located with the 16th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY) Frankfurt am Main, Germany · June 2026.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Dmytryk2026STALKERComposedQuasi,
    author    = {A. Dmytryk and S. El-Yaagoubi and L. Batista and P. Kouterguine and S. Gerken and A. Alhamadani and Karim Elish},
    title     = {STALKER: Composed Quasi-Identifiers and LLM-Amplified Behavioral Leakage in Anonymized Marketplace Data},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Workshop on Security and Privacy Analytics (IWSPA) 16th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY)},
    year      = {2026},
    doi       = {10.1145/3806007.3810967}
  }

• Rethinking MVC Violations as Security-Aware Architectural Smells in Android Applications

  [ICSA 2026]
  Mohamed Sylla and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA-Companion) Amsterdam, Netherlands · June 2026.
  Distinguished Paper Award Candidate
  PaperData

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Sylla2026RethinkingMVCViolations,
    author    = {Mohamed Sylla and Karim Elish},
    title     = {Rethinking MVC Violations as Security-Aware Architectural Smells in Android Applications},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA-Companion)},
    year      = {2026}
  }

• Automated Reproduction of Android Application Bugs with LLMs: Are We There Yet?

  [ICST 2026]
  Dennis Carey, Karim Elish, and Paniz Abedin
  Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) Daejeon, South Korea · May 2026.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Carey2026AutomatedReproductionAndroid,
    author    = {Dennis Carey and Karim Elish  and Paniz Abedin},
    title     = {Automated Reproduction of Android Application Bugs with LLMs: Are We There Yet?},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST)},
    year      = {2026},
    doi       = {10.1109/ICST69053.2026.00057}
  }

• AndroMetric: Bridging Multi-Dimensional Software Metrics and Mobile Application Security

  [MSR 2026]
  Sebastian Siedler and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Data and Tool Showcase Track Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · April 2026.
  PaperData

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Siedler2026AndroMetricBridgingMulti,
    author    = {Sebastian Siedler and Karim Elish},
    title     = {AndroMetric: Bridging Multi-Dimensional Software Metrics and Mobile Application Security},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Data and Tool Showcase Track},
    year      = {2026},
    doi       = {10.1145/3793302.3793329}
  }

• SMELLDroid: A Dataset for Code Smells in Android Apps

  [MSR 2026]
  Joyce Champie, Karim Elish, and Mahmoud Elish
  Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Data and Tool Showcase Track Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · April 2026.
  PaperData

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Champie2026SMELLDroidDatasetCode,
    author    = {Joyce Champie and Karim Elish  and Mahmoud Elish},
    title     = {SMELLDroid: A Dataset for Code Smells in Android Apps},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Data and Tool Showcase Track},
    year      = {2026},
    doi       = {10.1145/3793302.3793330}
  }

• MIRROR: A Dataset of Structural Metrics for Repackaged Android Apps

  [FORGE 2026]
  Sebastian Siedler and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on AI Foundation Models and Software Engineering (FORGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · April 2026.
  PaperData

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Siedler2026MIRRORDatasetStructural,
    author    = {Sebastian Siedler and Karim Elish},
    title     = {MIRROR: A Dataset of Structural Metrics for Repackaged Android Apps},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on AI Foundation Models and Software Engineering (FORGE)},
    year      = {2026},
    doi       = {10.1145/3793655.3793713}
  }

• High-Accuracy Android Ransomware Detection Using SMALI Code-Based Analysis

  [ACDSA 2025]
  Vinicius Seixas and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Data Sciences and Applications (ACDSA) Antalya, Turkey · August 2025.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Seixas2025HighAccuracyAndroid,
    author    = {Vinicius Seixas and Karim Elish},
    title     = {High-Accuracy Android Ransomware Detection Using SMALI Code-Based Analysis},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Data Sciences and Applications (ACDSA)},
    year      = {2025}
  }

• A New Collaborative Approach to Multidisciplinary Capstone Design at Florida Polytechnic University

  [ASEE 2025]
  M. Bohm, J. Dewey, Karim Elish, E. Kames, A. Murphy, O. Toker, and D. Ulybyshev
  Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education Montreal, Canada · June 2025.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Bohm2025NewCollaborativeApproach,
    author    = {M. Bohm and J. Dewey and Karim Elish and E. Kames and A. Murphy and O. Toker and D. Ulybyshev},
    title     = {A New Collaborative Approach to Multidisciplinary Capstone Design at Florida Polytechnic University},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education},
    year      = {2025},
    doi       = {10.18260/1-2--55373}
  }

• Stealthy No More: An Effective Ensemble Learning Approach for Detecting Android RATs

  [SERA 2025]
  Nesreen Dalhy and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the IEEE/ACIS 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA) Las Vegas, NV · May 2025.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Dalhy2025StealthyNoMore,
    author    = {Nesreen Dalhy and Karim Elish},
    title     = {Stealthy No More: An Effective Ensemble Learning Approach for Detecting Android RATs},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/ACIS 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA)},
    year      = {2025},
    doi       = {10.1109/SERA65747.2025.11154598}
  }

• FSProtoTransfer: Synergizing Few-Shot, Prototypical Networks, and Transfer Learning for Intrusion Detection in VANETs

  [FLAIRS 2025]
  Ayesha Dina, Colby Edell, Karim Elish, and Arijet Sarker
  Proceedings of the 38th International FLAIRS Conference, Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS) Daytona Beach, FL · May 2025.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Dina2025FSProtoTransferSynergizingFew,
    author    = {Ayesha Dina and Colby Edell and Karim Elish  and Arijet Sarker},
    title     = {FSProtoTransfer: Synergizing Few-Shot, Prototypical Networks, and Transfer Learning for Intrusion Detection in VANETs},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 38th International FLAIRS Conference, Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS)},
    year      = {2025},
    doi       = {10.32473/flairs.38.1.138952}
  }

• Identifying Android Malware Families Using Android-Oriented Metrics

  [BigData 2019]
  William Blanc, Lina Hashem, Karim Elish, and Hussain Almohri
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) Los Angeles, CA · December 2019.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Blanc2019IdentifyingAndroidMalware,
    author    = {William Blanc and Lina Hashem and Karim Elish  and Hussain Almohri},
    title     = {Identifying Android Malware Families Using Android-Oriented Metrics},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)},
    year      = {2019},
    doi       = {10.1109/BigData47090.2019.9005669}
  }

• Machine Learning-based Prediction of Prolonged Length of Stay in Newborns

  [ICMLA 2018]
  Brandon Thompson, Karim Elish, and Robert Steele
  Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) Orlando, FL · December 2018.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Thompson2018MachineLearningBased,
    author    = {Brandon Thompson and Karim Elish  and Robert Steele},
    title     = {Machine Learning-based Prediction of Prolonged Length of Stay in Newborns},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)},
    year      = {2018},
    doi       = {10.1109/ICMLA.2018.00236}
  }

• Enabling Smart Cities Through V2X Communication

  [ICCC 2018]
  Mert Aydin, Mohammad Samarah, and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC) Chengdu, China · December 2018.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Aydin2018EnablingSmartCities,
    author    = {Mert Aydin and Mohammad Samarah and Karim Elish},
    title     = {Enabling Smart Cities Through V2X Communication},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC)},
    year      = {2018},
    doi       = {10.1109/CompComm.2018.8780839}
  }

• BetterChoice: A Migraine Drug Recommendation System Based on Neo4J

  [ICCIA 2017]
  Benjamin Stark, Constanze Knahl, Mert Aydin, Mohammad Samarah, and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Applications (ICCIA) Beijing, China · September 2017.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Stark2017BetterChoiceMigraineDrug,
    author    = {Benjamin Stark and Constanze Knahl and Mert Aydin and Mohammad Samarah and Karim Elish},
    title     = {BetterChoice: A Migraine Drug Recommendation System Based on Neo4J},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Applications (ICCIA)},
    year      = {2017},
    doi       = {10.1109/CIAPP.2017.8167244}
  }

• Prioritized Analysis of Inter-App Communication Risks

  [CODASPY 2017]
  Fang Liu, Haipeng Cai, Gang Wang, Danfeng Yao, Karim Elish, and Barbara Ryder
  Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY) Scottsdale, AZ, March 2017 (poster paper).
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Liu2017PrioritizedAnalysisInter,
    author    = {Fang Liu and Haipeng Cai and Gang Wang and Danfeng Yao and Karim Elish  and Barbara Ryder},
    title     = {Prioritized Analysis of Inter-App Communication Risks},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY)},
    year      = {2017},
    doi       = {10.1145/3029806.3029843}
  }

• MR-Droid: A Scalable and Prioritized Analysis of Inter-App Communication Risks

  [SPW 2017]
  Fang Liu, Haipeng Cai, Gang Wang, Danfeng Yao, Karim Elish, and Barbara Ryder
  Proceedings of the IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), Mobile Security Technologies (MoST), in conjunction with the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P) San Jose, CA · May 2017.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Liu2017MRDroidScalable,
    author    = {Fang Liu and Haipeng Cai and Gang Wang and Danfeng Yao and Karim Elish  and Barbara Ryder},
    title     = {MR-Droid: A Scalable and Prioritized Analysis of Inter-App Communication Risks},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), Mobile Security Technologies (MoST) IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P)},
    year      = {2017},
    doi       = {10.1109/SPW.2017.12}
  }

• On the Need of Precise Inter-App ICC Classification for Detecting Android Malware Collusions

  [SPW 2015]
  Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder
  Proceedings of the IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), Mobile Security Technologies (MoST), in conjunction with the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P) San Jose, CA · May 2015.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Elish2015NeedPreciseInter,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Danfeng Yao and Barbara Ryder},
    title     = {On the Need of Precise Inter-App ICC Classification for Detecting Android Malware Collusions},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), Mobile Security Technologies (MoST) IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P)},
    year      = {2015}
  }

• High Precision Screening for Android Malware using Dimensionality Reduction

  [ICMLA 2014]
  Britton Wolfe, Karim Elish, and Danfeng Yao
  Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) Detroit, MI · December 2014.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Wolfe2014HighPrecisionScreening,
    author    = {Britton Wolfe and Karim Elish  and Danfeng Yao},
    title     = {High Precision Screening for Android Malware using Dimensionality Reduction},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)},
    year      = {2014},
    doi       = {10.1109/ICMLA.2014.10}
  }

• Comprehensive Behavior Profiling for Proactive Android Malware Detection

  [ISC 2014]
  Britton Wolfe, Karim Elish, and Danfeng Yao
  Proceedings of the 17th International Information Security Conference (ISC) Hong Kong, October 2014.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Wolfe2014ComprehensiveBehaviorProfiling,
    author    = {Britton Wolfe and Karim Elish  and Danfeng Yao},
    title     = {Comprehensive Behavior Profiling for Proactive Android Malware Detection},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th International Information Security Conference (ISC)},
    year      = {2014},
    doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-13257-0_19}
  }

• Device-Based Isolation for Securing Cryptographic Keys

  [IUPT 2013]
  Karim Elish, Yipan Deng, Danfeng Yao, and Dennis Kafura
  Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Internet of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Things (IUPT), Procedia Computer Science (Elsevier) Halifax, Canada · June 2013.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Elish2013DeviceBasedIsolation,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Yipan Deng and Danfeng Yao and Dennis Kafura},
    title     = {Device-Based Isolation for Securing Cryptographic Keys},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Internet of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Things (IUPT) Procedia Computer Science (Elsevier)},
    year      = {2013},
    doi       = {10.1016/j.procs.2013.06.160}
  }

• User-Centric Dependence Analysis for Identifying Malicious Mobile Apps

  [SPW 2012]
  Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder
  Proceedings of the IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), Mobile Security Technologies (MoST), in conjunction with the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P) San Jose, CA · May 2012.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Elish2012UserCentricDependence,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Danfeng Yao and Barbara Ryder},
    title     = {User-Centric Dependence Analysis for Identifying Malicious Mobile Apps},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), Mobile Security Technologies (MoST) IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P)},
    year      = {2012}
  }

• Investigating the Effect of Refactoring on Software Testing Effort

  [APSEC 2009]
  Karim Elish and Mohammad Alshayeb
  Proceedings of the 16th IEEE Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) Penang, Malaysia · December 2009.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Elish2009InvestigatingEffectRefactoring,
    author    = {Karim Elish and Mohammad Alshayeb},
    title     = {Investigating the Effect of Refactoring on Software Testing Effort},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th IEEE Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC)},
    year      = {2009},
    doi       = {10.1109/APSEC.2009.14}
  }

• Application of TreeNet in Predicting Object-Oriented Software Maintainability: A Comparative Study

  [CSMR 2009]
  Mahmoud Elish and Karim Elish
  Proceedings of the 13th IEEE European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR) Kaiserslautern, Germany · March 2009.
  Paper

  Citation

  @inproceedings{Elish2009ApplicationTreeNetPredicting,
    author    = {Mahmoud Elish and Karim Elish},
    title     = {Application of TreeNet in Predicting Object-Oriented Software Maintainability: A Comparative Study},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th IEEE European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR)},
    year      = {2009},
    doi       = {10.1109/CSMR.2009.57}
  }

Refereed Posters and Abstracts

• Towards Intelligent Detection of Android Remote Access Trojans (RATs)

  [IEOM 2025]
  Nesreen Dalhy and Karim Elish
  10th North American IEOM Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Computer Science Track Orlando, FL · June 2025.
  Nesreen Dalhy: 2nd Place in Master’s Thesis Competition
• Evaluating the Capabilities of LLMs in Security Analysis for Mobile Applications

  [IEOM 2025]
  Joyce Champie and Karim Elish
  10th North American IEOM Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Computer Science Track Orlando, FL · June 2025.
  Joyce Champie: 1st Place in Poster Competition
• Inter-Component and Inter-App Communication Analysis in Android for Malware Detection

  [S2 ERC 2014]
  Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder
  9th Showcase of the Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) Washington, DC · May 2014.
• User-Intention Based Program Analysis for Android Security

  [VT-CS 2014]
  Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder
  2nd Annual Graduate Student Poster Showcase, Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech April 2014.
  Best Poster Award
• User-Intention Based Android Malware Detection

  [USENIX Sec 2013]
  Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, Barbara Ryder, and Xuxian Jiang
  22nd USENIX Security Symposium Washington, DC · August 2013.
• DataGuard: A Mobile System for Securing Ultra-Sensitive Information

  [VT-CS 2012]
  Karim Elish, Yipan Deng, Danfeng Yao, and Dennis Kafura
  28th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Virginia Tech March 2012.
  1st Place Poster Award
• User-Centric Dependence Analysis in Programs for Identifying Malware

  [S2 ERC 2011]
  Karim Elish, Danfeng Yao, and Barbara Ryder
  4th Showcase of the Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) Iowa, November 2011.