5 papers
Topical Shifts in the Dark Web: A Longitudinal Analysis of Content from the Cybercrime Ecosystem
Roy Ricaldi, Maximilian Schafer, Philipp Zech +3
The dark web hosts a dynamic ecosystem of cybercrime forums and marketplaces that adapt to law enforcement pressure, technological change, and economic incentives. Prior research h…
Artificial Intelligence for Modeling & Simulation in Digital Twins
Philipp Zech, Istvan David
The convergence of modeling & simulation (M&S) and artificial intelligence (AI) is leaving its marks on advanced digital technology. Pertinent examples are digital twins (DTs) - hi…
M&SCheck: Towards a Checklist to Support Software Engineering Newcomers to the Modeling and Simulation Area
Luiza Martins de Freitas Cintra, Philipp Zech, Mohamad Kassab +3
The advent of increasingly complex and dynamic ecosystems, such as digital twins (DT), smart cities and Industry 4.0 and 5.0, has made evident the need to include modeling and simu…
Sustaining Research Software: A Fitness Function Approach
Philipp Zech, Irdin Pekaric
The long-term sustainability of research software is a critical challenge, as it usually suffers from poor maintainability, lack of adaptability, and eventual obsolescence. This pa…
LLMs in Cybersecurity: Friend or Foe in the Human Decision Loop?
Irdin Pekaric, Philipp Zech, Tom Mattson
Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming human decision-making by acting as cognitive collaborators. Yet, this promise comes with a paradox: while LLMs can improve accuracy, t…