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Vinod Yegneswaran

Vinod Yegneswaran

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Computer Science

D-Index
34
Citations
9598
World Ranking
11907
National Ranking
4856

Overview

Vinod Yegneswaran is affiliated with SRI International in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the field of computer science, with a specialized focus on computer networks and communications. Within these areas, their contributions address topics related to network security, software-defined networks, advanced malware detection, internet traffic analysis, and security verification.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Computer Science

The subfields of study where they have notable contributions are:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Signal Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management

Vinod Yegneswaran's research covers several core topics, including:

  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Security and Verification in Computing
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Software Engineering Research

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • Computers & Security
  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Networks

Some of their recent papers include:

  • TRACE: Enterprise-Wide Provenance Tracking for Real-Time APT Detection (2021), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • A comprehensive security assessment framework for software-defined networks (2020), Computers & Security
  • BottleNet: Hiding Network Bottlenecks Using SDN-Based Topology Deception (2021), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • GapFinder: Finding Inconsistency of Security Information From Unstructured Text (2020), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • Extended data plane architecture for in-network security services in software-defined networks (2022), Computers & Security

Frequent collaborators of Vinod Yegneswaran include:

  • Phillip Porras
  • Seungwon Shin
  • Jinwoo Kim
  • Jaehyun Nam
  • Ashish Gehani

Best Publications

  • BotHunter: detecting malware infection through IDS-driven dialog correlation

    Guofei Gu;Phillip Porras;Vinod Yegneswaran;Martin Fong

  • A security enforcement kernel for OpenFlow networks

    Philip Porras;Seungwon Shin;Vinod Yegneswaran;Martin Fong

  • AVANT-GUARD: scalable and vigilant switch flow management in software-defined networks

    Seungwon Shin;Vinod Yegneswaran;Phillip Porras;Guofei Gu

  • Characteristics of internet background radiation

    Ruoming Pang;Vinod Yegneswaran;Paul Barford;Vern Paxson

  • An Inside Look at Botnets

    Paul Barford;Vinod Yegneswaran

  • Internet intrusions: global characteristics and prevalence

    Vinod Yegneswaran;Paul Barford;Johannes Ullrich

  • Global Intrusion Detection in the DOMINO Overlay System.

    Vinod Yegneswaran;Paul Barford;Somesh Jha

  • Rosemary: A Robust, Secure, and High-performance Network Operating System

    Seungwon Shin;Yongjoo Song;Taekyung Lee;Sangho Lee

  • A comparative assessment of malware classification using binary texture analysis and dynamic analysis

    Lakshmanan Nataraj;Vinod Yegneswaran;Phillip Porras;Jian Zhang

  • An architecture for generating semantics-aware signatures

    Vinod Yegneswaran;Jonathon T. Giffin;Paul Barford;Somesh Jha

  • Securing the Software Defined Network Control Layer.

    Phillip A. Porras;Steven Cheung;Martin W. Fong;Keith Skinner

  • DroidMiner: Automated Mining and Characterization of Fine-grained Malicious Behaviors in Android Applications

    Chao Yang;Zhaoyan Xu;Guofei Gu;Vinod Yegneswaran

  • On the design and use of Internet sinks for network abuse monitoring

    Vinod Yegneswaran;Paul Barford;Dave Plonka

  • BLADE: an attack-agnostic approach for preventing drive-by malware infections

    Long Lu;Vinod Yegneswaran;Phillip Porras;Wenke Lee

  • Model checking invariant security properties in OpenFlow

    Sooel Son;Seungwon Shin;Vinod Yegneswaran;Phillip Porras

  • StegoTorus: a camouflage proxy for the Tor anonymity system

    Zachary Weinberg;Jeffrey Wang;Vinod Yegneswaran;Linda Briesemeister

  • A foray into Conficker's logic and rendezvous points

    Phillip Porras;Hassen Saïdi;Vinod Yegneswaran

  • Eureka: A Framework for Enabling Static Malware Analysis

    Monirul Sharif;Vinod Yegneswaran;Hassen Saidi;Phillip Porras

  • Flow Wars: Systemizing the Attack Surface and Defenses in Software-Defined Networks

    Changhoon Yoon;Seungsoo Lee;Heedo Kang;Taejune Park

  • DELTA: A Security Assessment Framework for Software-Defined Networks

    Seungsoo Lee;Changhoon Yoon;Chanhee Lee;Seungwon Shin

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip Porras
Phillip Porras SRI International
Paul Barford
Paul Barford University of Wisconsin–Madison
Guofei Gu
Guofei Gu Texas A&M University
Yan Chen
Yan Chen Northwestern University
Somesh Jha
Somesh Jha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wenke Lee
Wenke Lee Georgia Institute of Technology
Xiangyu Zhang
Xiangyu Zhang Purdue University West Lafayette
Dongyan Xu
Dongyan Xu Purdue University West Lafayette
Patrick Lincoln
Patrick Lincoln SRI International
Vern Paxson
Vern Paxson University of California, Berkeley

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