Publications – Amit Kumar Sikder

Conferences:

M. Yao, J. Fuller, R. P. Kasturi, S. Agarwal, A. K. Sikder, B. Saltaformaggio, “Hiding in Plain Sight: An Empirical Study of Web Application Abuse in Malware”, In proceedings of 32nd USENIX Security Symposium (Security 23), 2023. (Acceptance rate: 28.2\%).
L. Babun, A. K. Sikder, A. Acar, A. S. Uluagac, “The Truth Shall Set Thee Free: Enabling Practical Forensic Capabilities in Smart Environments”, In Proceedings of the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2022. (Acceptance rate: 16.2%)
J. Fuller, R. Pai Kasturi, A. K. Sikder, B. Arik, H. Xu, V. Verma, E. Asdar, B. Saltaformaggio “C3PO: Large-Scale Study Of Covert Monitoring of C&C Servers via Over-Permissioned Protocol Infiltration” In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2021. (Acceptance rate: 22%)
A. Cosson, A. K. Sikder, L. Babun, Z. B. Celik, P. McDaniel, and A. S. Uluagac, “Sentinel: A Robust Intrusion Detection System for IoT Networks Using Kernel-Level System Information”, In Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI), 2021. (Acceptance rate: 25%)
AKM I. Newaz, N. I. Haque, A. K. Sikder, Md. A. Rahman, and A. S. Uluagac “Adversarial Attacks on a Machine Learning-based Smart Healthcare System”, In Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOMM), 2020. (Acceptance rate: 38%)
A. K. Sikder, L. Babun, Z. B. Celik, A. Acar, H. Aksu, P. McDaniel, E. Kirda, A. S. Uluagac, “KRATOS: Multi-User Multi-Device-Aware Access Control System for Smart Home”, In Proceedings of the 13th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), 2020. (Acceptance rate: 28%)
A. Acar, H. Fereidooni, T. Abera, A. K. Sikder, M. Miettinen, H. Aksu, M. Conti, A. Reza Sadeghi, A. S. Uluagac, “Peek-a-Boo: I see your smart home activities, even encrypted!”, In Proceedings of the 13th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), 2020. (Acceptance rate: 28%)
AKM I. Newaz, A. K. Sikder, L. Babun, and A. S. Uluagac, “HEKA: A Novel Intrusion Detection System for Attacks to Personal Medical Devices”. In Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS), Avignon, France, 2020. (Acceptance rate: 28%)
A. K. Sikder, L. Babun, H. Aksu, and A. S. Uluagac, “AEGIS: A Context-aware Security Framework for Smart Home Systems “, In proceedings of the 35th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2019. (Acceptance rate: 22.5%)
AKM I. Newaz, A. K. Sikder, A. S. Uluagac, and Md. A, Rahman, “HealthGuard: A Machine Learning-Based Security Framework for Smart Healthcare System”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Health and Medical informatics, Management and Security (HMiMS), Granada, Spain, 2019.
Z. B. Celik, L. Babun, A. K. Sikder, H. Aksu, G. Tan, P. McDaniel, and A. S. Uluagac, “Sensitive Information Tracking in Commodity IoT”, In proceedings of the 27th USENIX security symposium (Security ’18), MD, USA 2018. (Acceptance rate: 15%)
A. K. Sikder, A. Acar, H. Aksu, A. S. Uluagac, K. Akkaya, and M. Conti, “IoT-enabled Smart Lighting Systems for Smart Cities”, In proceedings of the 8th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, NV, USA 2018.
A. K. Sikder, H. Aksu, and A. S. Uluagac, “6thSense: A Context-aware Sensor-based Attack Detector for Smart Devices”, In proceedings of the 26th USENIX Security Symposium (Security ’17), Vancouver, Canada, 2017. (Acceptance rate: 15%)
A. K. Sikder, N. A. Khan, Md T. Rahman, M. Islam and A. Hoque, “Possibility of a Tidal Power Plant in Sandwip Island of Bangladesh” In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Developments in the Renewable Energy Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.
A. K. Sikder, N. A. Khan, Md T. Rahman, M. Islam and A. Hoque, “Tidal Energy: A Solution to Energy Crisis in Coastal Area of Bangladesh” In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information and Communication Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.
N. A. Khan, A. K. Sikder, and S. S. Saha, “Optimal Planning of Off-Grid Solar-Wind-Tidal Hybrid Energy System for Sandwip Island of Bangladesh” In proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Green Energy Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.
A. K. Sikder, N. A. Khan and A. Hoque, ”Design and Optimal Cost Analysis of Hybrid Power System Using Tidal, Wind and Diesel for Kutubdia Island of Bangladesh” In proceedings of the International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.

Journals:

A. K. Sikder, L. Babun, Z. B. Celik, H. Aksu, P. McDaniel, E. Kirda, A. S. Uluagac, “Who’s Controlling My Device? Multi-User Multi-Device-Aware Access Control System for Shared Smart Home Environment”, accepted to appear in ACM Transactions on Internet of Things.
A. K. Sikder, G. Petracca, H. Aksu, T. Jaegar, and A. S. Uluagac, “A Survey on Sensor-based Threats to Smart Devices and Applications”, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (IEEE COMST), Volume 23, no. 2 (2021). (Impact factor: 23.7)
A. K. Sikder, L. Babun, and A. S. Uluagac, “AEGIS+: A Context-aware Platform Independent Security Framework for Smart Home Systems “, ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice, Volume 2, Issue 1, February, 2021.
AKM I. Newaz, A. K. Sikder, Md. A. Rahman, and A. S. Uluagac “A Survey on Security and Privacy Issues in Modern Healthcare Systems: Attacks and Defenses”, ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare (ACM HEALTH), Volume 2, Issue 3, 2021.
A. H. Jalal, A. K. Sikder, F. Alam, S. Samin, S. S. Rahman, Md. M. A. Khan, M. R. Siddiquee, “Early diagnosis with alternative approaches: innovation in lung cancer care”, Shanghai Chest, Volume 5, Issue 7, 2020.
A. K. Sikder, H. Aksu, and A. S. Uluagac, “A Context-aware Framework for Detecting Sensor-based Threats on Smart Devices”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC), February, 2019. (Impact Factor: 5.112)

Theses:

Amit Kumar Sikder, “A Comprehensive Security Framework for Securing Sensors in Smart Devices and Applications”, Florida International University Theses and Dissertation, <https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/4464/>, 2020.

Invention Disclosures:

A. K. Sikder, H. Aksu, and A. S. Uluagac, “A context-aware Intrusion Detection method for smart devices with sensors”, granted by U.S. Patent Office, September 2019 (US10417413B2).
Leonardo Babun, A. K. Sikder, Abbas Acar, and A. Selcuk Uluagac, “A Method for Automatic Evaluation and Modification of Smart Applications to Enable Comprehensive Forensic Analysis for Smart Settings”, submitted to Florida International University, 2022.
A. K. Sikder, L. Babun, A. Acar, H. Aksu, and A. S. Uluagac, “A multi-user multi-device access control system with policy management for an IoT-enabled smart environment”, submitted to Florida International University, 2021.

Posters and Demos:

M. Yao, J. Fuller, R. P. Kasturi, S. Agarwal, A. K. Sikder, B. Saltaformaggio, “Hiding in Plain Sight: An Empirical Study of Web Application Abuse in Malware” IEEE Secure Development Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2023.
M. Yao, J. Fuller, R. P. Kasturi, S. Agarwal, A. K. Sikder, B. Saltaformaggio, “Hiding in Plain Sight: An Empirical Study of Web Application Abuse in Malware” 2023 CAE-R CoP Research Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, 2023.
A. K. Sikder, L. Babun, Z. B. Celik, A. Acar, H. Aksu, P. McDaniel, E. Kirda, and A. S. Uluagac, “A Novel Fine-grained Access Control System for Multi-user Multi-device Smart Home Systems”, 35th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2019.
A. K. Sikder and A. S. Uluagac, “Securing Sensory Side-Channels in Cyber-Physical Systems”, 2019 NSF Cyber-Physical Systems Principal Investigators’ Meeting, November 2019.
L. Babun, A. K. Sikder, A. Acar, and A. S. Uluagac, “A digital forensics framework for smart settings: poster”, 12th Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec 2019).
A. K. Sikder and A. S. Uluagac, “Context-aware Sensor-based Threat Detection in Smart Devices”, eMerge Americas, Miami Beach, Florida, April 2019.
A. K. Sikder and A. Selcuk Uluagac, “6thSense: A Context-aware Sensor-based Attack Detector for CPS Devices”, Transforming Antennas Center workshop, Florida International University, September 2018. (Best poster award)
M. Ortiz, A. K. Sikder, and A. S. Uluagac, “Classifying Android Malware Using App Permission and Intents”, 2018 NSF Summer REU Program, July 2018.
L. Babun, B. Celik, A. K. Sikder, H. Aksu, G. Tan, P. McDaniel, and A. S. Uluagac, “SaINT: Sensitive Information Tracking for IoT Applications”, eMerge Americas, Miami Beach, Florida, April 2018.
L. Babun, B. Celik, A. K. Sikder, H. Aksu, G. Tan, P. McDaniel, and A. S. Uluagac, “SaINT: Sensitive Information Tracking for IoT Applications”, Research Annual Conference on Cybersecurity, Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research (FICS), University of Florida, February 2018. (Best Demo Award)
A. K. Sikder and A. S. Uluagac, “Hacking Smart Devices using Embedded Sensors”, eMerge Americas 2018, Miami Beach, Florida, April 2018.
A. K. Sikder and A. S. Uluagac, “Sensor-based attack using a smartwatch and a smartphone”, technical panel on Managing the Risk of Insecurity in Businesses, jointly hosted by Florida International University and U.S Chamber of Commerce, Florida, December 2017.
D. Gabay, H. Aksu, A. K. Sikder and A. S. Uluagac, “Blockchain: Framework and applications in IoT”, 2017 NSF Summer REU Program, June 2017.