David Brumley

9.2k citations

75 papers · 4.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Software top 0.1%
- Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
- Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Signal Processing top 0.1%
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

Papers in

Software 30
- Software Testing and Debugging Techniques 30
Signal Processing 46
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques 46

Co-authors: Thanassis Avgerinos Sang Kil Maverick Woo Edward J. Schwartz Dawn Song Manuel Egele Jiyong Jang Dan Boneh
Journals: Communications of the ACM (2 papers)Journal of Palliative Care (1 paper)Computer Networks (1 paper)Journal of Communications and Networks (1 paper)Chemical Reviews (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Australia Argentina

In The Last Decade

David Brumley

73 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Towards Automated Dynamic Analysis for Linux-based Embedded Firmware 2016 · 222 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Towards Automated Dynamic Analysis for Linux-based Embedded Firmware
2013 An empirical study of cryptographic misuse in android applications
2012 Unleashing Mayhem on Binary Code
2010 Figshare

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	The Cyber Grand Challenge and the Future of Cyber-Autonomy. David Brumley	2018	1
2	Towards Attack-Agnostic Defenses Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University) ·David Brumley, Dawn Song	2018	1
3	Optimizing Seed Selection for Fuzzing Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University) ·Nurit Eshel, Sang Kil, Thanassis Avgerinos, Bohumíra Eliášová, David S. Warren, Gustavo Grieco, David Brumley	2018	67
4	Blanket Execution: Dynamic Similarity Testing for Program Binaries and Components Figshare ·Manuel Egele, Maverick Woo, Peter Chapman, David Brumley	2018	64
5	RICH: Automatically Protecting Against Integer-Based Vulnerabilities Figshare ·David Brumley, Tzi‐cker Chiueh, Robert T. Johnson, Huijia Lin, Dawn Song	2018	12
6	Q: Exploit Hardening Made Easy Figshare ·Edward J. Schwartz, Thanassis Avgerinos, David Brumley	2018	39
7	Vulnerability-Specific Execution Filtering for Exploit Prevention on Commodity Software Figshare ·James Newsome, David Brumley, Dawn Song	2018	7
8	BYTEWEIGHT: Learning to Recognize Functions in Binary Code Figshare ·Tiffany Bao, Natalie G Alexander, Maverick Woo, Osaghae Edgar, David Brumley	2018	79
9	AEG: Automatic Exploit Generation Figshare ·Thanassis Avgerinos, Sang Kil, Vishek Batra, David Brumley	2018	56
10	Efficient Directionless Weakest Preconditions (CMU-CyLab-10-002) Figshare ·David Brumley, Я Н Третьякова	2018	0
11	Towards Automatic Discovery of Deviations in Binary Implementations with Applications to Error Detection and Fingerprint Generation USENIX Security Symposium ·David Brumley, Juan Caballero, Zhenkai Liang, James Newsome, Dawn Song	2018	8
12	Your Exploit is Mine: Automatic Shellcode Transplant for Remote Exploits Tiffany Bao, Ruoyu Wang, Yan Shoshitaishvili, David Brumley	2017	37
13	PicoCTF: A Game-Based Computer Security Competition for High School Students Genetics Selection Evolution ·Peter Chapman, Natalie G Alexander, David Brumley	2014	46
14	Native ×86 decompilation using semantics-preserving structural analysis and iterative control-flow structuring USENIX Security Symposium ·Edward J. Schwartz, JongHyup Lee, Maverick Woo, David Brumley	2013	60
15	SplitScreen: enabling efficient, distributed malware detection Networked Systems Design and Implementation ·Sang Kil, Iulian Moraru, Jiyong Jang, 沁原宋, David Brumley, David G. Andersen	2010	26
16	Generic Application-Level Protocol Analyzer and its Language. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium ·Nikita Borisov, David Brumley, Helen J. Wang, John Dunagan, Pallavi Joshi, Chuanxiong Guo	2007	61
17	Virtual Appliances for Deploying and Maintaining Software USENIX Large Installation Systems Administration Conference ·Constantine Sapuntzakis, David Brumley, Ramesh Chandra, Nickolai Zeldovich, Jim Chow, Monica S. Lam, Mendel Rosenblum	2003	107
18	“Burst” Ketamine for Refractory Cancer Pain Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ·Kate Jackson, Michael Ashby, Peter Martin, Clemens Lucke, David Brumley, Barbara Hayes	2001	78
19	Tracking hackers on IRC David Brumley	1999	5
20	Invisible intruders: rootkits in practice David Brumley	1999	9

About David Brumley

David Brumley is a scholar working on Software, Signal Processing, Hardware and Architecture, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems, having authored 75 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (46 papers), Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (30 papers), Security and Verification in Computing (29 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (15 papers), Software Engineering Research (10 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 papers), Spam and Phishing Detection (3 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Software (1.7k citations), Signal Processing (2.8k citations), Information Systems (1.9k citations), Artificial Intelligence (1.9k citations) and Hardware and Architecture (375 citations). David Brumley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Argentina. Frequent co-authors include Thanassis Avgerinos, Sang Kil, Maverick Woo, Edward J. Schwartz, Dawn Song, Manuel Egele, Jiyong Jang, Dan Boneh, Christopher Kruegel and Yanick Fratantonio. Their work appears in journals such as Communications of the ACM, Journal of Palliative Care, Computer Networks, Journal of Communications and Networks and Chemical Reviews.

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