Rui Shu

Works (8)

Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:37

2022 article

Dazzle

Shu, R., Xia, T., Williams, L., & Menzies, T. (2022, May 23). 2022 MINING SOFTWARE REPOSITORIES CONFERENCE (MSR 2022), pp. 144–155.

By: R. Shu n, T. Xia n, L. Williams n & T. Menzies n 

author keywords: Security Vulnerability Prediction; Class Imbalance; Hyperparameter Optimization; Generative Adversarial Networks
topics (OpenAlex): Software Engineering Research; Advanced Malware Detection Techniques; Software Reliability and Analysis Research
TL;DR: The use of optimized GANs are suggested as an alternative method for security vulnerability data class imbalanced issues and further help build better prediction models with resampled datasets. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 19, 2022

2022 article

Do I really need all this work to find vulnerabilities?

Zahan, N., Shu, R., Metro, M., Kozarev, V., Menzies, T., & Williams, L. (2022, August 6). Empirical Software Engineering, Vol. 27.

By: N. Zahan n , R. Shu n, M. Metro n, V. Kozarev n, T. Menzies n  & L. Williams n

author keywords: Vulnerability Management; Web Application Security; Penetration Testing; Vulnerability Scanners
topics (OpenAlex): Software Engineering Research; Software System Performance and Reliability; Web Application Security Vulnerabilities
TL;DR: The goal of this research is to assist managers and other decision-makers in making informed choices about the use of software vulnerability detection techniques through an empirical study of the efficiency and effectiveness of four techniques on a Java-based web application. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 22, 2022

2022 article

Predicting health indicators for open source projects (using hyperparameter optimization)

Xia, T., Fu, W., Shu, R., Agrawal, R., & Menzies, T. (2022, June 22). Empirical Software Engineering, Vol. 27.

By: T. Xia n, W. Fu n, R. Shu n, R. Agrawal  n & T. Menzies n 

author keywords: Hyperparameter optimization; Project health; Machine learning
topics (OpenAlex): Software Engineering Research; Software Reliability and Analysis Research; Software System Performance and Reliability
TL;DR: This is the largest study yet conducted, using recent data for predicting multiple health indicators of open-source projects, and finds that traditional estimation algorithms make many mistakes. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 5, 2022

2021 article

How to Better Distinguish Security Bug Reports (Using Dual Hyperparameter Optimization)

Shu, R., Xia, T., Chen, J., Williams, L., & Menzies, T. (2021, April 5). Empirical Software Engineering, Vol. 26.

By: R. Shu n, T. Xia n, J. Chen n, L. Williams n & T. Menzies n 

author keywords: Hyperparameter Optimization; Data pre-processing; Security bug report
topics (OpenAlex): Software Engineering Research; Software Testing and Debugging Techniques; Machine Learning and Data Classification
TL;DR: The SWIFT’s dual optimization of both pre-processor and learner is more useful than optimizing each of them individually, and this approach can quickly optimize models that achieve better recalls than the prior state-of-the-art. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 3, 2021

2021 article

Omni: automated ensemble with unexpected models against adversarial evasion attack

Shu, R., Xia, T., Williams, L., & Menzies, T. (2021, November 30). Empirical Software Engineering, Vol. 27.

By: R. Shu n, T. Xia n, L. Williams n & T. Menzies n 

author keywords: Hyperparameter optimization; Ensemble defense; Adversarial evasion attack
topics (OpenAlex): Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning; Advanced Malware Detection Techniques; Network Security and Intrusion Detection
TL;DR: Omni is a promising approach as a defense strategy against adversarial attacks when compared with other baseline treatments, and it is suggested to create ensemble with unexpected models that are distant from the attacker’s expected model through methods such as hyperparameter optimization. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 6, 2021

2021 article

Structuring a Comprehensive Software Security Course Around the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard

E., S., Zahan, N., Kozarev, V., Shu, R., Menzies, T., & Williams, L. (2021, May 1). 2021 IEEE/ACM 43RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: JOINT TRACK ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND TRAINING (ICSE-JSEET 2021), pp. 95–104.

By: S. E.  n, N. Zahan n , V. Kozarev n, R. Shu n, T. Menzies n  & L. Williams n

author keywords: Security and Protection; Computer and Information Science Education; Industry-Standards
topics (OpenAlex): Information and Cyber Security; Web Application Security Vulnerabilities; Software Reliability and Analysis Research
TL;DR: A theme of the course assignments was to map vulnerability discovery to the security controls of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS), and this mapping may have increased students' depth of understanding of a wider range of security topics. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: November 1, 2021

2020 article

Sequential Model Optimization for Software Effort Estimation

Xia, T., Shu, R., Shen, X., & Menzies, T. (2020, December 24). IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 48, pp. 1994–2009.

By: T. Xia n, R. Shu n, X. Shen n  & T. Menzies n 

author keywords: Estimation; Software; Tools; Optimization; Data models; Task analysis; Mathematical model; Effort estimation; COCOMO; hyperparameter tuning; regression trees; sequential model optimization
topics (OpenAlex): Software Engineering Research; Software Reliability and Analysis Research; Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
TL;DR: This paper applies a configuration technique called “ROME” (Rapid Optimizing Methods for Estimation), which uses sequential model-based optimization (SMO) to find what configuration settings of effort estimation techniques work best for a particular data set. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 15, 2022

2016 article

A Study of Security Isolation Techniques

Shu, R., Wang, P., Gorski, S. A., III, Andow, B., Nadkarni, A., Deshotels, L., … Gu, X. (2016, October 12). ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 49, p. 50.

By: R. Shu n, P. Wang n, S. Gorski n, B. Andow n, A. Nadkarni n, L. Deshotels n, J. Gionta n, W. Enck n , X. Gu n

author keywords: Security isolation; access control; resilient architectures
topics (OpenAlex): Security and Verification in Computing; Advanced Malware Detection Techniques; Network Security and Intrusion Detection
TL;DR: This article provides a hierarchical classification structure for grouping different security isolation techniques by systematically classifying different approaches and analyzing their properties. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

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