Model-Based Explanation For Human-in-the-Loop Security - July 2020

PI(s), Co-PI(s), Researchers: David Garlan, Bradley Schmerl (CMU)

HARD PROBLEM(S) ADDRESSED
Human Behavior
Metrics
Resilient Architectures

We are addressing human behavior by providing understandable explanations for automated mitigation plans generated by self-protecting systems that use various models of the software, network, and attack. We are addressing resilience by providing defense plans that are automatically generated as the system runs and accounting for current context, system state, observable properties of the attacker, and potential observable operations of the defense.

**Due to COVID-19, research and on-campus work was shutdown for the duration of the quarter. Publication sections have been updated as needed.

PUBLICATIONS

• Nianyu Li, Sridhar Adepu, Eunsuk Kang and David Garlan. Explanations for Human-on-the-loop: A Probabilistic Model Checking Approach. In Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-managing Systems (SEAMS), 29 June - 3 July 2020.

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