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most citedEvaluating Permissioned Blockchain Using Stochastic Modeling and Chaos Engineering

4 citations · 5 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

cs.DC2023★ 4 cited

Evaluating Permissioned Blockchain Using Stochastic Modeling and Chaos Engineering

Shiv Sondhi, Sherif Saad, Kevin Shi +2

Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies rely on distributed consensus algorithms. In recent years many consensus algorithms and protocols have been proposed; most of them ar…

cs.DC2021

Chaos Engineering For Understanding Consensus Algorithms Performance in Permissioned Blockchains

Shiv Sondhi, Sherif Saad, Kevin Shi +2

A critical component of any blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform is the consensus algorithm. Blockchain consensus algorithms are the primary vehicle for the n…

cs.CR2020

Interpreting Machine Learning Malware Detectors Which Leverage N-gram Analysis

William Briguglio, Sherif Saad

In cyberattack detection and prevention systems, cybersecurity analysts always prefer solutions that are as interpretable and understandable as rule-based or signature-based detect…

cs.CR2019

JSLess: A Tale of a Fileless Javascript Memory-Resident Malware

Sherif Saad, Farhan Mahmood, William Briguglio +1

New computing paradigms, modern feature-rich programming languages and off-the-shelf software libraries enabled the development of new sophisticated malware families. Evidence of t…

cs.CR2019★ 1 cited

The Curious Case of Machine Learning In Malware Detection

Sherif Saad, William Briguglio, Haytham Elmiligi

In this paper, we argue that machine learning techniques are not ready for malware detection in the wild. Given the current trend in malware development and the increase of unconve…