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Citations
15740
World Ranking
2893
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1424

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2007 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Gail-Joon Ahn is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and has a research focus within the field of Computer Science. Their work covers a broad range of topics including advanced malware detection techniques, internet traffic analysis and secure e-voting, digital and cyber forensics, network security and intrusion detection, spam and phishing detection, security and verification in computing, and privacy-preserving technologies in data.

Their contributions span several subfields of computer science, notably artificial intelligence, information systems, signal processing, computer networks and communications, and control and systems engineering.

Gail-Joon Ahn has authored numerous papers published in reputable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "I'm SPARTACUS, No, I'm SPARTACUS" (2022) in Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "DyPolDroid: Protecting Against Permission-Abuse Attacks in Android" (2022) in Information Systems Frontiers
  • "CrawlPhish: Large-Scale Analysis of Client-Side Cloaking Techniques in Phishing" (2021) in IEEE Security & Privacy
  • "MuTent: Dynamic Android Intent Protection with Ownership-Based Key Distribution and Security Contracts" (2021) in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • "Guaranteeing anonymity in attribute-based authorization" (2024) in Journal of Information Security and Applications

The venues where Gail-Joon Ahn frequently publishes research include:

  • IEEE Security & Privacy
  • Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • Information Systems Frontiers
  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Journal of Information Security and Applications

Gail-Joon Ahn has collaborated regularly with several coauthors such as Yan Shoshitaishvili, Adam Doupé, Tiffany Bao, Ruoyu Wang, and Carlos Rubio-Medrano.

Recognition of Gail-Joon Ahn's professional standing includes honors such as the ACM Senior Member awarded in 2007 and ACM Distinguished Member awarded in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Security and Privacy Challenges in Cloud Computing Environments

    H Takabi;J B D Joshi;G Ahn

  • Cooperative Provable Data Possession for Integrity Verification in Multicloud Storage

    Yan Zhu;Hongxin Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn;Mengyang Yu

  • Role-based authorization constraints specification

    Gail-Joon Ahn;Ravi Sandhu

  • Deep Android Malware Detection

    Niall McLaughlin;Jesus Martinez del Rincon;BooJoong Kang;Suleiman Yerima

  • Access control in collaborative systems

    William Tolone;Gail-Joon Ahn;Tanusree Pai;Seng-Phil Hong

  • A rule-based framework for role-based delegation and revocation

    Longhua Zhang;Gail-Joon Ahn;Bei-Tseng Chu

  • User agent to exercise privacy control management in a user-centric identity management system

    Gail-Joon Ahn

  • Dynamic Audit Services for Outsourced Storages in Clouds

    Yan Zhu;Gail-Joon Ahn;Hongxin Hu;S. S. Yau

  • Role-based access control on the web

    Joon S. Park;Ravi Sandhu;Gail-Joon Ahn

  • Dynamic audit services for integrity verification of outsourced storages in clouds

    Yan Zhu;Huaixi Wang;Zexing Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn

  • FLOWGUARD: building robust firewalls for software-defined networks

    Hongxin Hu;Wonkyu Han;Gail-Joon Ahn;Ziming Zhao

  • Multiparty Access Control for Online Social Networks: Model and Mechanisms

    Hongxin Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn;J. Jorgensen

  • Policy-driven security management for fog computing: Preliminary framework and a case study

    Clinton Dsouza;Gail-Joon Ahn;Marthony Taguinod

  • Detecting and Resolving Firewall Policy Anomalies

    Hongxin Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn;K. Kulkarni

  • Behind closed doors: measurement and analysis of CryptoLocker ransoms in Bitcoin

    Kevin Liao;Ziming Zhao;Adam Doupe;Gail-Joon Ahn

  • Efficient provable data possession for hybrid clouds.

    Yan Zhu;Huaixi Wang;Zexing Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn

  • The RSL99 language for role-based separation of duty constraints

    Gail-Joon Ahn;Ravi Sandhu

  • A role-based delegation framework for healthcare information systems

    Longhua Zhang;Gail-Joon Ahn;Bei-Tseng Chu

  • Uncovering the Face of Android Ransomware: Characterization and Real-Time Detection

    Jing Chen;Chiheng Wang;Ziming Zhao;Kai Chen

  • Detecting and resolving privacy conflicts for collaborative data sharing in online social networks

    Hongxin Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn;Jan Jorgensen

  • Injecting RBAC to secure a Web-based workflow system

    Gail-Joon Ahn;Ravi Sandhu;Myong Kang;Joon Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongxin Hu
Hongxin Hu University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Ravi Sandhu
Ravi Sandhu The University of Texas at San Antonio
Xinwen Zhang
Xinwen Zhang Samsung (South Korea)
Guofei Gu
Guofei Gu Texas A&M University
Stephen S. Yau
Stephen S. Yau Arizona State University
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini Pennsylvania State University
James Joshi
James Joshi University of Pittsburgh
Martin Gogolla
Martin Gogolla University of Bremen
Subbarao Kambhampati
Subbarao Kambhampati Arizona State University
Elisa Bertino
Elisa Bertino Purdue University West Lafayette

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