SEAMS 2025
Mon 28 - Tue 29 April 2025 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
co-located with ICSE 2025

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Tue 29 Apr 2025 11:50 - 12:05 at 204 - Session 6: Security

Increasing complexity and availability demands of traditional software systems have derived the need for self-adaptive systems. Self-adaptive systems automatically adjust their behavior at runtime to meet objectives. However, these systems accompany additional challenges specially in terms of security. These challenges include interaction with non-trusted entities, widening of attack surface due to multichannel communication, risk of unauthorized and malicious access to operating environment, and potential exploitation of adaptive mechanisms by attackers. Despite the growing adoption of these systems in avionics, comprehensive study on their cybersecurity assessment is missing. To fill the gap, this study discusses various security vulnerabilities introduced with self-adaptivity in avionics. The aim of the study is to use the Plug&Fly Avionics Platform (PAFA) as a case study, and analyze the impact of self-adaptivity in exposing the system to a wide range of cyber threats such as, faulty decision making, compromised reconfigurations, and so on. Besides detailed analysis of security vulnerabilities introduced with self-adaptivity, the paper also proposes some novel mitigation strategies and demonstrate their effectiveness in achieving a cybersecure adaptive system in the context of PAFA. These findings aim to provide solid basis in future research and development towards securing self-adaptive systems, ensuring both their reliability and safety in complex operational environments.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Tue 29 Apr

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11:00 - 12:30
Session 6: SecurityResearch Track at 204
11:00
25m
Talk
Self-Adaptive Dual-Layer DDoS Mitigation using Autoencoder and Reinforcement LearningFULL
Research Track
Qi Duan Carnegie Mellon University, Ehab Al-Shaer Carnegie Mellon University, USA, David Garlan Carnegie Mellon University
11:25
25m
Talk
Analysis of Autonomous Driving Software to Low-Level Sensor Cyber AttacksFULL
Research Track
Andrew Roberts Tallinn University of Technology, Mohsen Malayjerdi Tallinn University of Technology, Mauro Bellone FinEst Smart City Centre, Raivo Sell Tallinn University of Technology, Olaf Maennel University of Adelaide, Mohammad Hamad Technical University of Munich, Sebastian Steinhorst Technical University of Munich
11:50
15m
Talk
A Comprehensive Analysis of Cybersecurity Challenges in Self-Adaptive Avionics: A Plug&Fly Avionics Platform Case StudySHORT
Research Track
Aisha Zahid Junejo Universitat Stuttgart, Mario Werthwein Universitat Stuttgart, Bjoern Annighoefer University of Stuttgart
12:05
15m
Talk
Towards Using Inductive Learning to Adapt Security Controls in Smart HomesSHORT
Research Track
Kushal Ramkumar Lero@University College Dublin, Wanling Cai Lero@Trinity College Dublin, John McCarthy Lero@University College Cork, Gavin Doherty Lero@Trinity College Dublin, Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University, UK; Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland, Liliana Pasquale University College Dublin & Lero
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12:20
10m
Other
Discussion Session 6
Research Track

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