Publications

Publications

Journal and conference papers. See research, software, and writing for context.

Manuscripts

Submitted and under review

ZeroDown: A Zero-Downtime IoT Policy Enforcement Framework

A zero-downtime post-commissioning policy enforcement framework for MCU-class IoT devices using an embedded uBPF runtime and secure OTA policy lifecycle management.

Submitted to ACM WiSec · 2026

BlueSentry: Dynamic Runtime eBPF Policies for Comprehensive BLE Security on Embedded Devices

A BLE security framework combining FSM-based enforcement and runtime-tunable eBPF policies for embedded-device threat detection without kernel or controller changes.

Under review · 2025

Journals

Journal articles

  1. Akailvi, S., Gautam, U., Bhandari, P., Rashid, H., Huff, P. D., & Springer, J. P. (2023). HELOT–Hunting Evil Life in Operational Technology. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 14(4), 3058–3071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2022.3222261
    DOI 
    @article{Akailvi_2023,
  title = {HELOT–Hunting Evil Life in Operational Technology},
  volume = {14},
  issn = {1949-3061},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2022.3222261},
  doi = {10.1109/tsg.2022.3222261},
  number = {4},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid},
  publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
  author = {Akailvi, Syed and Gautam, Uddhav and Bhandari, Praveshika and Rashid, Hadi and Huff, Philip D. and Springer, Jan P.},
  year = {2023},
  month = jul,
  pages = {3058–3071}
}

    

    









    
Conferences

    
Conference proceedings

    
  1. Craun, M., Hussain, K., Gautam, U., Ji, Z., Rao, T., & Williams, D. (2024). Eliminating eBPF Tracing Overhead on Untraced Processes. Proceedings of the SIGCOMM Workshop on EBPF and Kernel Extensions, 16–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3672197.3673431
    








    




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    @inproceedings{Craun_2024,
  series = {ACM SIGCOMM ’24},
  title = {Eliminating eBPF Tracing Overhead on Untraced Processes},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3672197.3673431},
  doi = {10.1145/3672197.3673431},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the SIGCOMM Workshop on eBPF and Kernel Extensions},
  publisher = {ACM},
  author = {Craun, Milo and Hussain, Khizar and Gautam, Uddhav and Ji, Zhengjie and Rao, Tanuj and Williams, Dan},
  year = {2024},
  month = aug,
  pages = {16–22},
  collection = {ACM SIGCOMM ’24}
}