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Bryan C. Ward

Publications

This page is updated periodically (last in Oct 2024). See my Google Scholar page for more up-to-date publications list.

  • A. Eisenklam, W. Hedgecock, and B. Ward. “Job-Level Batching for Software-Defined Radio on Multicore,” 45th Real-Time Systems Symposium. December 2024. Artifact that passed evaluation available online.
  • Y. Wang, C. Lemieux-Mack, T. Chantem, S. Baruah, N. Zhang, and B. Ward “Partial Context-Sensitive Pointer Integrity for Real-Time Embedded Systems.” 45th Real-Time Systems Symposium. December 2024.
  • Y. Wang, C. Lemieux-Mack, X. Tan, N. Zhang, Z. Zhao, S. Baruah, and B. Ward. “InsectACIDE: Debugger-Based Holistic Asynchronous CFI for Embedded System,” 30th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium. May 2024.
  • S. Baruah, P. Ekberg, M. Hosseinzadeh, A. Li, B. Ward and N. Zhang. “Who’s Afraid of Butterflies? A Close Examination of the Butterfly Attack,” 44th Real-Time Systems Symposium. December 2023. Outstanding Paper Award.
  • S. Jero, N. Burow, B. Ward, R. Skowyra, R. Khazan, H. Shrobe, H. Okhravi. “TAG: Tagged Architecture Guide” ACM Computing Surveys. Volume 55, Issue 6, Article 124. Dec. 2022.
  • A. Arafat, S. Vaidhun, B. Ward, and Z. Guo. “SR3: A Secure Resilient Real-Time Recovery Model, Scheduler, and Analysis,” Workshop on Mixed Criticality, December 2022.
  • S. Mergendahl, S. Jero, B. Ward, J. Furgala, G. Parmer, and R. Skowyra. “The Thundering Herd: Amplifying Kernel Interference to Attack Response Times,” Proceedings of the 28th Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, May 2022.
  • C. Nord, S. Caspin, C. Nemitz, H. Okhravi, H. Shrobe, J. Anderson, and B. Ward. “TORTIS: Retry-Free Software Transactional Memory for Real-Time Systems,” Proceedings of the 42nd Real-Time Systems Symposium. December 2021. Outstanding Paper Award.
  • S. Jero, J. Furgala, R. Pan, P. Gadepalli, A. Clifford, B. Ye, R. Khazan, B. Ward, G. Parmer, and R. Skowyra. “Practical Principle of Least Privilege for Secure Embedded Systems,” Proceedings of the 27th Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, May 2021
  • N. Burow, R. Burrow, R. Khazan, H. Shrobe, and B. Ward. “Moving Target Defense Considerations in Real-Time Safety- and Mission-Critical Systems,” Proceedings of the 7th ACM Workshop on Moving Target Defense, November, 2020.
  • H. Okhravi, N. Burow, R. Skowyra, B. Ward, S. Jero, R. Khazan, and H. Shrobe. “One Giant Leap for Computer Security,” IEEE Security & Privacy, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2020
  • B. Ward, and R. Burow, “Control Systems Need Software Security Too,” Signal Magazine, June 2020. Winner: Cyber Edge Writing Contest
  • B. Ward, R. Skowyra, C. Spensky, J. Martin, H. Okhravi. “The Leakage-Resilience Dilemma,” Proceedings of the 24th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, September, 2019.
  • R. Walls, N. Brown, T. Le Baron, C. Shue, H. Okhravi, B. Ward. “Control-Flow Integrity for Real-Time Embedded Systems,” Proceedings of the 31st Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, July, 2019.
  • S. Gomez, S. Jero, R. Skowyra, J. Martin, P. Sullivan, D. Bigelow, Z. Ellenbogen, B. Ward, H. Okhravi, J. Landry. “Controller-Oblivious Dynamic Access Control in Software-Defined Networks,” Proceedings of the 29th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, June 2019.
  • B. Ward, R. Skowyra, S. Jero, N. Burow, H. Okhravi, H. Shrobe, R. Khazan. “Security Considerations for Next-Generation Operating Systems for Cyber-Physical Systems,” Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Next-Generation Operating Systems for Cyber-Physical Systems, April 2019.
  • B. Ward}, S. Gomez, R. Skowyra, D. Bigelow, J. Martin, J. Landry, and H. Okhravi. “Survey of Cyber Moving Targets Second Edition,” MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technical Report 1228, January, 2018.
  • Z. Guo, S. Sruti, B. Ward, S. Baruah. “Sustainability in Mixed-Criticality Scheduling,” Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 2017.
  • N. Kim, B. Ward, M. Chisholm, J. Anderson, and F.D. Smith. “Attacking the One-Out-Of-m Multicore Problem by Combining Hardware Management with Mixed-Criticality Provisioning,” Real-Time Systems, special issue of outstanding papers from the 22nd IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2016), Volume 53, Number 5, pp. 709-759, September 2017.
  • M. Chisholm, N. Kim, B. Ward, N. Otterness, J. Anderson, and F.D. Smith. “Reconciling the Tension Between Hardware Isolation and Data Sharing in Mixed-Criticality, Multicore Systems,” Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 2016.
  • N. Kim, B. Ward, M. Chisholm, C.-Y. Fu, J. Anderson, and F. D. Smith. “Attacking the One-Out-Of-m Multicore Problem by Combining Hardware Management with Mixed-Criticality Provisioning,” Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE Real-Time Embedded Technology & Applications Symposium. 2016. Best Student Paper Award
  • B. Ward. “Relaxing Resource-Sharing Constraints for Improved Hardware Management and Schedulability,” Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium. 2015
  • M. Chisholm, B. Ward, N. Kim, and J. Anderson. “Cache Sharing and Isolation Tradeoffs in Multicore Mixed-Criticality Systems,” Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium. 2015
  • C. Jarrett, B. Ward and J. Anderson. “A Contention-Sensitive Multi-Resource Locking Protocol for Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems,” Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Real-Time and Network Systems. 2015
  • B. Ward and J. Anderson. “A Contention-Sensitive Multi-Resource Locking Protocol for Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems,” Proceedings of the 35th Real-Time Systems Symposium Work-in-Progress Session. 2015
  • B. Ward, A. Thekkilakattil, and J. Anderson. “Optimizing Preemption-Overhead Accounting in Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems,” Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Real-Time and Network Systems. 2014
  • B. Ward and J. Anderson. “Multi-Resource Real-Time Reader/Writer Locks for Multiprocessors,” Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 2014
  • J. Erickson, J. Anderson, and B. Ward. “Fair Lateness Scheduling: Reducing Maximum Lateness in G-EDF-like Scheduling,” Real-Time Systems, special issue on selected papers from the 24th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems. 2014
  • G. Elliott, B. Ward, J. Anderson. “GPUSync: A Framework for Real-Time GPU Management,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium. 2013
  • B. Ward and J. Anderson. “Fine-Grained Multiprocessor Real-Time Locking with Improved Blocking,” Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Real-Time and Network Systems. 2013
  • B. Ward, J. Herman, C. Kenna, and J.\Anderson. “Making Shared Caches More Predictable on Multicore Platforms,” Proceedings of the 25th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, July 2013. Outstanding Paper Award
  • B. Ward, J. Erickson and J. Anderson. “A Linear Model for Setting Priority Points in Soft Real-Time Systems,” Proceedings of Real-Time Systems: The Past, the Present, and the Future — A Conference Organized in Celebration of Alan Burns’s Sixtieth Birthday. 2013
  • L. F. Perrone, C. Main, and B. Ward. “SAFE: Simulation Automation Framework for Experiments,” Proceedings of the 44th Winter Simulation Conference. 2012
  • B. Ward, G. Elliott and J. Anderson. “Replica-Request Priority Donation: A Real-Time Progress Mechanism for Global Locking Protocols,” Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications.
  • B. Ward and J. Anderson. “Supporting Nested Locking in Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems,” Proceedings of the 24th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems. 2012
  • N. Ryan, B. Ward}, and R. Ward. “Some Conjectures on the Maximal Height of the Divisors of x^n – 1,” Involve, a Journal of Mathematics. 2010
  • A. Hallagan, B. Ward, and L. F. Perrone. “An Experiment Automation Framework for ns-3,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (abstract). 2010
  • L. F. Perrone, C. Cicconetti, G. Stea, and B. Ward. “On the Automation of Computer Network Simulators,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulations Tools and Techniques. 2009.
  • L. F. Perrone, C. Kenna, and B. Ward. “Enhancing the Credibility of Wireless Network Simulations with Experiment Automation,” IEEE International Workshop on Selected Topics in Mobile and Wireless Computing. 2008