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Here are the outcomes of our research. Please note that due to copyright and restrictions, not all publications are downloadable. Please contact us if you need any help.

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

Gokila Dorai, Shinelle Hutchinson, Beatriz Rodriguez, Umit Karabiyik

Mohsen Jozani, Gianluca Zanella, Maxium Khanov, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas

Mohsen Jozani, Gianluca Zanella, Maxium Khanov, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas

“Mobile Commerce - Analysis and Investigation of the Online Safety, Privacy, and Data Forensics of Amazon and Etsy Apps for the Social Good”. HICSS 2023 - The 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Mohsen Jozani, Gianluca Zanella, Maxium Khanov, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas

Mohsen Jozani, Gianluca Zanella, Maxium Khanov, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas

Mohsen Jozani, Gianluca Zanella, Maxium Khanov, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas

“The Need for Biometric Anti-Spoofing Policies: The Case of Etsy”. EAI ICDF2C 2022 - 13th EAI International Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime.

Bethany Sumner, Gokila Dorai and John Heslen

Mohsen Jozani, Gianluca Zanella, Maxium Khanov, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas

Bethany Sumner, Gokila Dorai and John Heslen

“Preliminary Analysis of Privacy Implications Observed in Social-Media Posts Across Shopping Platforms”. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES). ACM ICPS, 2022.

Benjamin Benson, Gokila Dorai

Mingming Peng, Max Khanov, Saikeerthi Reddy Madireddy, Hongmei Chi, Esra Akbas, Gokila Dorai

Bethany Sumner, Gokila Dorai and John Heslen

“Grey Areas of Digital Forensic Tools and a Framework to Solve the IoT Data Forensic Analysis Problems”, Abstract Paper in the International Conference on Microservices 2022, Paris, France.

Logan Vanputte, Gokila Dorai, Andrew Clark IV, Rayna Mock, Josh Brunty

Mingming Peng, Max Khanov, Saikeerthi Reddy Madireddy, Hongmei Chi, Esra Akbas, Gokila Dorai

Mingming Peng, Max Khanov, Saikeerthi Reddy Madireddy, Hongmei Chi, Esra Akbas, Gokila Dorai

“Forensic Analysis of Snapchat App Containing Spectacles-Synced Artifacts”. Advances in Digital Forensics XVIII by Springer. Proceedings of the 18th IFIP WG 11.9 Int.Conf., 2022.

Mingming Peng, Max Khanov, Saikeerthi Reddy Madireddy, Hongmei Chi, Esra Akbas, Gokila Dorai

Mingming Peng, Max Khanov, Saikeerthi Reddy Madireddy, Hongmei Chi, Esra Akbas, Gokila Dorai

Mingming Peng, Max Khanov, Saikeerthi Reddy Madireddy, Hongmei Chi, Esra Akbas, Gokila Dorai

“DECADE - Deep Learning Based Content-hiding Application Detection System for Android”, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (pp. 5430-5440).

Dane Troyer, Justin Henry, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, Bethany Sumner, Gagan Agrawal, Jon Ingram

Dane Troyer, Justin Henry, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, Bethany Sumner, Gagan Agrawal, Jon Ingram

Dane Troyer, Justin Henry, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, Bethany Sumner, Gagan Agrawal, Jon Ingram

“Privacy-Preserving Framework to Facilitate Shared Data Access for Wearable Devices”, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (pp. 2583-2592).

Gokila Dorai, Sudhir Aggarwal, Neet Patel, Charisa Powell

Dane Troyer, Justin Henry, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, Bethany Sumner, Gagan Agrawal, Jon Ingram

Dane Troyer, Justin Henry, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, Bethany Sumner, Gagan Agrawal, Jon Ingram

“Vault App Identification and Extraction System for iOS Devices”. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual DFRWS-USA 2020. Published by Elsevier in a special issue of Forensic Science Investigation - Digital Investigation Journal.

Gokila Dorai, Eleason A. Williams, Hongmei Chi

Dane Troyer, Justin Henry, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, Bethany Sumner, Gagan Agrawal, Jon Ingram

Samiha Shimmi, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik and Sudhir Aggarwal

“Is your Smart Home a Secure Home?” - Analysis of Smart Home Breaches and Approach for Vulnerability Analysis and the Device Isolation”. IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IOT) 2020.

Samiha Shimmi, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik and Sudhir Aggarwal

Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee et al.

Samiha Shimmi, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik and Sudhir Aggarwal

“Analysis of iOS SQLite Schema Evolution for Updating Forensic Data Extraction Tools”. In 2020 8th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.

Gokila Dorai, Sudhir Aggarwal and Shiva Houshmand

Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee et al.

Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee et al.

“Wearable Device Forensics - Data Extraction and Forensic Analysis for Smartphone Paired Wearables and IoT Devices”. The 53rd Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2020

Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee et al.

Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee et al.

Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee et al.

“Design and Implementation of a Targeted Data Extraction System for Mobile Devices”. Advances in Digital Forensics XV by Springer. Proceedings of the 15th IFIP WG 11.9 Int.Conf., 2019.

Gokila Dorai

Gokila Dorai, Shiva Houshmand and Ibrahim Baggili

Gokila Dorai, Shiva Houshmand and Ibrahim Baggili

“Energy Profiling of iOS Apps to Detect Causes of Energy Drain”. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Internet Computing and IoT (ICOMP), 2019.

Gokila Dorai, Shiva Houshmand and Ibrahim Baggili

Gokila Dorai, Shiva Houshmand and Ibrahim Baggili

Gokila Dorai, Shiva Houshmand and Ibrahim Baggili

“I know what you did last summer: your smart home Internet of Things and your iPhone forensically ratting you out”. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES). ACM, 2018.

Gokila Dorai and Shiva Houshmand

Gokila Dorai, Shiva Houshmand and Ibrahim Baggili

Neea Rusch, Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Hoda Maleki, Gagan Agrawal, and Gokila Dorai

“IoT Digital Forensics of Nest Ecosystem”, Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) 2017. (Abstract Paper and Poster.)

Neea Rusch, Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Hoda Maleki, Gagan Agrawal, and Gokila Dorai

Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Mahdieh Heidaripour, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, and Gagan Agrawal

Neea Rusch, Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Hoda Maleki, Gagan Agrawal, and Gokila Dorai

“Classify Me Correctly if You Can: Evaluating Adversarial Machine Learning Threats in

NIDS,” EAI 19th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication

Networks (SecureComm). 2023.

Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Mahdieh Heidaripour, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, and Gagan Agrawal

Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Mahdieh Heidaripour, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, and Gagan Agrawal

Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Mahdieh Heidaripour, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, and Gagan Agrawal

“ForensiBlock: A Provenance-Driven Blockchain Framework for Data Forensics

and Auditability,” IEEE 5th International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in

Intelligent Systems and Applications (TPS). 2023.

Seth Barrett, Bradley Boswell, and Gokila Dorai

Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Mahdieh Heidaripour, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, and Gagan Agrawal

Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Mahdieh Heidaripour, Hoda Maleki, Gokila Dorai, and Gagan Agrawal

“Exploring the Vulnerabilities of IoT

Devices: A Comprehensive Analysis of Mirai and Bashlite Attack Vectors,” The 10th Inter-

national Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS). 2023.

Seth Barrett, Alex Salontai, Rajon Bardhan, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas and Patrick Woodell

Seth Barrett, Alex Salontai, Rajon Bardhan, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas and Patrick Woodell

Seth Barrett, Alex Salontai, Rajon Bardhan, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas and Patrick Woodell

“Identifying and Analyzing Vault Apps,” 20th Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference

on Digital Forensics (ICDF). New Delhi, India. 2024.

Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam, Gokila Dorai and Hoda Maleki

Seth Barrett, Alex Salontai, Rajon Bardhan, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas and Patrick Woodell

Seth Barrett, Alex Salontai, Rajon Bardhan, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas and Patrick Woodell

“Secure Cross-Chain Provenance for

Digital Forensics Collaboration,” IEEE 6th International Conference on Trust, Privacy and

Security (TPS) in Intelligent Systems, and Applications. Washington DC, USA.

Bradley Boswell, Seth Barrett and Gokila Dorai

Seth Barrett, Alex Salontai, Rajon Bardhan, Gokila Dorai, Esra Akbas and Patrick Woodell

Rajon Bardhan, Raymond Garay-Paravisini, Gokila Dorai and Logan Vanputte

“Unraveling IoT Traffic Patterns: Leveraging

Principal Component Analysis for Network Anomaly Detection and Optimization,” IEEE

12th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS). San Antonio,

Texas, USA. 2024.

Rajon Bardhan, Raymond Garay-Paravisini, Gokila Dorai and Logan Vanputte

Khan Mohammad Al Farabi, Gagan Agrawal, Gokila Dorai, Hoda Maleki, Rajon Bardhan and Thomas Kadri

Rajon Bardhan, Raymond Garay-Paravisini, Gokila Dorai and Logan Vanputte

“Digital Forensics Analysis of a Financial Mobile Application: Uncovering Security and Privacy Implications,” IEEE 11th International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications

(ISNCC). Washington DC, USA. 2024.

Pouria Rad, Gokila Dorai and Mohsen Jozani

Khan Mohammad Al Farabi, Gagan Agrawal, Gokila Dorai, Hoda Maleki, Rajon Bardhan and Thomas Kadri

Khan Mohammad Al Farabi, Gagan Agrawal, Gokila Dorai, Hoda Maleki, Rajon Bardhan and Thomas Kadri

Best Paper Award. “From Seaweed

to Security: Leveraging Alginate for Fingerprint Spoofing and Proof-of-Concept Experi-

ments,” ARES - ICS-CSR Conference - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on

Availability, Reliability and Security. Vienna, Austria. 2024.

Khan Mohammad Al Farabi, Gagan Agrawal, Gokila Dorai, Hoda Maleki, Rajon Bardhan and Thomas Kadri

Khan Mohammad Al Farabi, Gagan Agrawal, Gokila Dorai, Hoda Maleki, Rajon Bardhan and Thomas Kadri

Khan Mohammad Al Farabi, Gagan Agrawal, Gokila Dorai, Hoda Maleki, Rajon Bardhan and Thomas Kadri

“Evaluating and Extending Techniques for Fine-Grained Text-Topic

Prediction for Digital Forensic Data,” ICDF2C 2024 - 15th EAI International Conference

on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime, Dubrovnik, Croatia. 2024.

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Bradley Boswell, Seth Barrett, Swarnamugi Rajaganapathy, Gokila Dorai, and Meikang Qiu

“FLARE: Feature-based Lightweight Aggregation for Robust Evaluation of IoT Intrusion

Detection,” SecureComm - 21st EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy

in Communication Networks. Xiangtan, China. Accepted. 2025.

Vijayalakshmi Ramasamy, Seth Barrett, Gokila Dorai, and Jessica Zumbach

“Unveiling privacy policy complexity: An exploratory study using graph mining, machine learning,

and natural language processing,” AIRC - Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International

Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Control. Georgia, USA. 2025.

Seth Barrett, Vijayalakshmi Ramasamy, Gokila Dorai, and Bradley Boswell

“Navigating Privacy Policies with NLP and Graph Mining: Advancements in User-Centric Legal

Document Analysis,” IEEE SoutheastCon. 2025.

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