A selection of publications from researchers with the Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center (VMASC), Old Dominion University. Publications listed here are either copyright of the ODU author, open access, or those for which publishers allow a version to be available in an institutional repository.
Submissions from 2025
Zero Trust Architecture as a Risk Countermeasure in Small-Medium Enterprises and Advanced Technology Systems, Ahmed M. Abdelmagid and Rafael Diaz
A Spine-Specific Lexicon for the Sentiment Analysis of Interviews with Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Correlate with SF-36, SF-36, and ODI scores: A Pilot Study of 25 Patients, Ross Gore, Michael M. Safaee, Christopher J. Lynch, and Christopher P. Ames
AI-Generated Messaging for Life Events Using Structured Prompts: A Comparative Study of GPT With Human Experts and Machine Learning, Christopher Lynch, Erik Jensen, Ross Gore, Virginia Zamponi, Kevin O'Brien, Brandon Feldhaus, Katherine Smith, Joseph Martínez, Madison H. Munro, Timur E. Ozkose, Tugce B. Gundogdu, Ann Marie Reinhold, Hamdi Kavak, and Barry Ezell
From Cyclones to Cybersecurity: A Call for Convergence in Risk and Crisis Communications Research, Ann Marie Reinhold, Ross J. Gore, Barry Ezell, Clemente I. Izurieta, and Elizabeth A. Shanahan
Guiding Evolutionary Algorithms With Large Language Models to Learn Fuzzy Cognitive Maps, Ryan Schuerkamp and Philippe J. Giabbanelli
Submissions from 2024
A Defensive Strategy Against Android Adversarial Malware Attacks, Fabrice Setephin Atedjio, Jean-Pierre Lienou, Frederica F. Nelson, Sachin S. Shetty, and Charles A. Kamhoua
CycleGAN-Gradient Penalty For Enhancing Android Adversarial Malware Detection in Gray Box Setting, Fabrice Setephin Atedjio, Jean-Pierre Lienou, Frederica F. Nelson, Sachin S. Shetty, and Charles A. Kamhoua
Adapting and Validating a Survey to Assess Host Communities Support for Migration, Jhon G. Botello, Katherine Palacio, Erika Frydenlund, Humberto Llinás, and Jose Padilla
Teaching Analytics Online: A Self-Study of Professional Practice, Andrew J. Collins, Brandon Butler, James F. Leathrum Jr., and Christopher J. Lynch
Methods That Support the Validation of Agent-Based Models: An Overview and Discussion, Andrew Collins, Matthew Koehler, and Christopher Lynch
Applications of AI/ML in Maritime Cyber Supply Chains, Rafael Diaz, Ricardo Ungo, Katie Smith, Lida Haghnegahdar, Bikash Singh, and Tran Phuong
Automatic Classification of Activities in Classroom Videos, Jonathan K. Foster, Matthew Korban, Peter Youngs, Ginger S. Watson, and Scott T. Acton
Classification of Instructional Activities in Classroom Videos Using Neural Networks, Jonathan K. Foster, Matthew Korban, Peter Youngs, Ginger S. Watson, and Scott T. Acton
Automated Classification of Elementary Instructional Activities: Analyzing the Consistency of Human Annotations, Jonathan K. Foster, Peter Youngs, Rachel van Aswegen, Samarth Singh, Ginger S. Watson, and Scott T. Acton
Editorial: Citizen initiatives for Global Solidarity (CIGS) in Disaster and Humanitarian Response, Erika Frydenlund, Hanne Haaland, Jose J. Padilla, and Hege Wallevik
Emerging Directions in Leveraging Machine Intelligence for Explainable and Equity-Focused Simulation Models of Mental Health, Philippe J. Giabbanelli
The Nature and Validity of Implicit Bias Training for Health Care Providers and Trainees: A Systematic Review, Nao Hagiwara, Conor Duffy, John Cyrus, Nadia Harika, Ginger S. Watson, and Tiffany L. Green
A New Cache Replacement Policy in Named Data Network Based on FIB Table Information, Mehran Hosseinzadeh, Neda Moghim, Samira Taheri, and Nasrin Gholami
A Secure and Privacy-Preserving Signature Protocol Using Quantum Teleportation in Metaverse Environment, Pankaj Kumar, Vivek Bharmaik, Sunil Prajapat, Garima Thakur, Ashok Kumar Das, Sachin Shetty, and Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues
Designing a Blockchain-Empowered Telehealth Artifact for Decentralized Identity Management and Trustworthy Communication: Interdisciplinary Approach, Xueping Liang, Nabid Alam, Tahmina Sultana, Eranga Bandara, and Sachin Shetty
Enhancing Risk and Crisis Communication with Computational Methods: A Systematic Literature Review, Madison H. Munro, Ross J. Gore, Christopher J. Lynch, Yvette D. Hastings, and Ann Marie Reinhold
Designing High-Performance Identity-Based Quantum Signature Protocol With Strong Security, Sunil Prajapat, Pankaj Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Ashok Kumar Das, Sachin Shetty, and M. Shamim Hossain
Embedding Software Engineering in Mixed Methods: Computationally Enhanced Risk Communication, Ann Marie Reinhold, Madison H. Munro, Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Ross J. Gore, Barry C. Ezell, and Clemente I. Izurieta
Mapping Cooperation: Insights into Colombia's Humanitarian Response to Migration from Venezuela, Liss Dayana Romero, Jose J. Padilla, Katherine Palacio, and Erika Frydenlund
Evaluating the Performance of 5G NR in Indoor Environments: An Experimental Study, Bikash Chandra Singh, Rafael Diaz, and Sachin Shetty
Enhancing Cyber Resilience Through Traffic Generation Patterns in Complex Networks: A Study on Cascading Failures, Aymar Le Père Tchimwa Bouom, Jean-Pierre Lienou, Wilson Ejuh Geh, Frederica Nelson, Sachin Shetty, and Charles Kamhoua
Efficiently Learning an Encoder That Classifies Token Replacements And Masked Permuted Network-Based BiGRU Attention Classifier for Enhancing Sentiment Classification of Scientific Text, Muhammad Inaam Ul Haq, Khalid Mahmood, Qianmu Li, Ashok Kumar Das, Sachin Shetty, and Majid Hussain
Coastal Hazards, Emergency Management, Resilience, and Equity: Issues and Concerns at the Intersection of Research and Practice, Wie Yusuf, Marina Saitgalina, Oge Nwandu-Vincent, Joshua Behr, Jennifer Whytlaw, Nicole Hutton, Tom Allen, and Khairul Anuar
Submissions from 2023
Mitigating Anomalous Electricity Consumption in Smart Cities Using an AI-Based Stacked-Generalization Technique, Arshid Ali, Laiq Khan, Nadeem Javaid, Safdar Hussain Bouk, Abdulaziz Aldegheishem, and Nabil Alrahjeh
Partnering to Advance Equity in Coastal Resilience: Lessons Learned for Research and Practice Collaborations for On-the-Ground Projects, Ren-Neasha Blake Gilmore, Marina Saitgalina, Jennifer Whytlaw, Nicole Hutton, Tom Allen, Joshua Behr, and Wie Yusuf
The Shortfalls of Vulnerability Indexes for Public Health Decision-Making in the Face of Emergent Crises: The Case of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Virginia, Lydia Cleveland Sa and Erika Frydenlund
Digital Transformation, Applications, and Vulnerabilities in Maritime and Shipbuilding Ecosystems, Rafael Diaz and Katherine Smith
A Review of IoT Security and Privacy Using Decentralized Blockchain Techniques, Vinay Gugueoth, Sunitha Safavat, Sachin Shetty, and Danda Rawat
APT Adversarial Defence Mechanism for Industrial IoT Enabled Cyber-Physical System, Safdar Hussain Javed, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Muhammad Asif, Waseem Akram, Khalid Mahmood, Ashok Kumar Das, and Sachin Shetty
Energy-Efficient Multi-Rate Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks, Mohammad Ali Mansouri Khah, Neda Moghim, Nasrin Gholami, and Sachin Shetty
Murder on the VR Express: Studying the Impact of Thought Experiments at a Distance in Virtual Reality, Andrew Kissel, Krzysztof J. Rechowicz, and John B. Shull
Architectural Design of a Blockchain-Enabled, Federated Learning Platform for Algorithmic Fairness in Predictive Health Care: Design Science Study, Xueping Liang, Juan Zhao, Yan Chen, Eranga Bandara, and Sachin Shetty
A Structured Narrative Prompt for Prompting Narratives from Large Language Models: Sentiment Assessment of ChatGPT-Generated Narratives and Real Tweets, Christopher J. Lynch, Erik J. Jensen, Virginia Zamponi, Kevin O'Brien, Erika Frydenlund, and Ross Gore
Blockchain and PUF-Based Secure Key Establishment Protocol for Cross-Domain Digital Twins In Industrial Internet of Things Architecture, Khalid Mahmood, Salman Shamshad, Muhammad Asad Saleem, Rupak Kharel, Ashok Kumar Das, Sachin Shetty, and Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues
Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Exploratory Cyber-Physical Safety Analyzer Framework for Civilian Urban Air Mobility, Md. Shirajum Munir, Sumit Howlader Dipro, Kamrul Hasan, Tariqul Islam, and Sachin Shetty
Open DLT for Patient Privacy Protection in the Age of Healthcare Consumerism, Maria Palombini, Sachin Shetty, and Daniel Harrell
Joint Congestion and Contention Avoidance in a Scalable QoS-Aware Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, Ali Parsa, Neda Moghim, and Sasan Haghani
The Use of Artificial Intelligence to Detect Students Sentiments and Emotions in Gross Anatomy Reflections, Krzysztof J. Rechowicz and Carrie A. Elzie
Efficient Maritime Object Detection and Validation for Enhancing Safety of Uncrewed Marine Systems, Ahmed Saglam and Yiannis Papelis
Partnering to Advance Equity in Coastal Resilience: Lessons Learned for Research and Practice Collaborations for On-the-Ground Projects, Marina Saitgalina, Jennifer Whytlaw, Nicole Hutton, Tom Allen, Joshua Behr, and Wie Yusuf
Modeling the Spread of COVID-19 in Spatio-Temporal Context, S.H. Sathish Indika, Norou Diawara, Hueiwang Anna Jeng, Bridget D. Giles, and Dilini S.K. Gamage
An Efficient Lightweight Provably Secure Authentication Protocol for Patient Monitoring Using Wireless Medical Sensor Networks, Garima Thakur, Sunil Prajapat, Pankaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar Das, and Sachin Shetty
Design of Robust Blockchain-Envisioned Authenticated Key Management Mechanism for Smart Healthcare Applications, Siddhant Thapiyal, Mohammad Wazid, Devesh Pratap Singh, Ashok Kumar Das, and Sachin Shetty
Computational Decision Support for Socio-Technical Awareness of Land-Use Planning under Complexity—A Dam Resilience Planning Case Study, Andreas Tolk, Jennifer A. Richkus, F. LeRon Shults, and Wesley J. Wildman
Evacuation Behavior of Households Facing Compound Hurricane-Pandemic Threats, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Jennifer L. Whytlaw, Nicole Hutton, Taiwo Olanrewaju-Lasisi, Bridget Giles, Kaleen Lawsure, Joshua Behr, Rafael Diaz, and George McLeod
Coastal Squeeze, Climigration, Equity, Oh My! An Agenda for Engaged and Applied Research on Social Equity and Coastal Resilience, Wie Yusuf, Tom Allen, Nicole Hutton, Jennifer Whytlaw, Marina Saitgalina, and Joshua Behr
Considering Equity in Infrastructure Planning Processes and Outcomes for Coastal Resilience, Wie Yusuf, Marina Saitgalina, Tom Allen, Nicole S. Hutton, Jennifer L. Whytlaw, and Joshua Behr
Advancing an Agenda for Social Equity and Coastal Resilience through a Multi-Sectoral, Multi-Disciplinary and Applied Research Lens, Wie Yusuf, Marina Saitgalina, Jennifer Whytlaw, Nicole Hutton, Tom Allen, and Joshua Behr
Understanding and Assessing Demographic (In)Equity Resulting From Extreme Heat Exposure Due to Lack of Tree Canopies in Norfolk, VA Using Agent-Based Modeling, Virginia Zamponi, Kevin O'Brien, Erik Jensen, Brandon Feldhaus, Russell Moore, Christopher J. Lynch, and Ross Gore
Submissions from 2022
Formal Modeling and Verification of a Blockchain-Based Crowdsourcing Consensus Protocol, Hamra Afzaal, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Umar Janjua, and Sarada Prasad Gochhayat
Measuring the Economic Impact of Recurrent Flooding on Workforce Productivity and Property, Joshua G. Behr, Wie Yusuf, George McLeod, Sarah Stafford, Derek Loftis, Afi Anuar, and Rafael Diaz
Challenges and Solutions for Designing a COVID-19 Vaccination Hub: A Simulation Approach, Antonio Cimino, Maria Grazia Gnoni, Francesco Longo, Rafael Diaz, Adriano Solis, Antonio Nervoso, Karen Althea Manfredi, and Marika Diaco
Combining Green Metrics and Digital Twins for Sustainability Planning and Governance of Smart Buildings and Cities, Casey R. Corrado, Suzanne M. DeLong, Emily G. Holt, Edward Y. Hua, and Andreas Tolk
Post-Quantum Secure Identity-Based Encryption Scheme Using Random Integer Lattices for IoT-Enabled AI Applications, Dharminder Dharminder, Ashok Kumar Das, Sourav Saha, Basudeb Bera, and Athanasios V. Vasilakos
Estimating the Health Effects of Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Paths at the Census Tract Level: Multiple Model Comparison, Ross J. Gore, Christopher Lynch, Craig Jordan, Andrew Collins, R. Michael Robinson, Gabrielle Fuller, Pearson Ames, Prateek Keerthi, and Yash Kandukuri
Leveraging Maching Learning in Financial Fraud Forensics in the Age of Cybersecurity, Md. Ariful Haque and Sachin Shetty
A Unified Health Information System Framework for Connecting Data, People, Devices, and Systems, Wu He, Justin Zuopeng Zhang, Huanmei Wu, Wenzhuo Li, and Sachin Shetty
Participatory Mapping to Address Neighborhood Level Data Deficiencies for food Security Assessment in Southeastern Virginia, USA, Nicole S. Hutton, George McLeod, Thomas R. Allen, Christopher Davis, Alexander Garnand, Heather Richter, Prachi P. Chaven, Leslie Hoglund, Jill Comess, Matthew Herman, Brian Martin, and Cynthia Romero
Human Ergonomic Simulation to Support the Design of an Exoskeleton for Lashing/De-Lashing Operations of Containers Cargo, Francesco Longo, Antonio Padovano, Vittorio Solina, Virginia D' Augusta, Stefan Venzl, Roberto Calbi, Michele Bartuni, Ornella Anastasi, and Rafael Diaz
Development of a Framework to Support Informed Shipbuilding Based on Supply Chain Disruptions, Katherine Smith, Rafael Diaz, and Yuzhong Shen
Definition and Detection of Hypervulnerabilities Using a Framework for Assessing Port Resilience, Katherine Smith, Rafael Diaz, Yuzhong Shen, and Francesco Longo
Perspective on Macroscale Complexity in the National Transplant System, Morgan Stuart, Andrew Placona, Gabe Vece, Kelsi Lindblad, Saikou Diallo, and Bob Carrico
Simulation-Based Optimization: Implications of Complex Adaptive Systems and Deep Uncertainty, Andreas Tolk
Healthcare 5.0 Security Framework: Applications, Issues and Future Research Directions, Mohammad Wazid, Ashok Kumar Das, Noor Mohd, and Youngho Park
ASCP-IoMT: AI-Enabled Lightweight Secure Communication Protocol for Internet of Medical Things, Mohammad Wazid, Jaskaran Singh, Ashok Kumar Das, Sachin Shetty, Muhammad Khurram Khan, and Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues
Submissions from 2021
Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA, Thomas Allen, Joshua Behr, Anamaria Bukvic, Ryan S.D. Calder, Kiki Caruson, Charles Connor, Christopher D'Elia, David Dismukes, Robin Ersing, Rima Franklin, Jesse Goldstein, Jonathon Goodall, Scott Hemmerling, Jennifer Irish, Steven Lazarus, Derek Loftis, Mark Luther, Leigh McCallister, Karen McGlathery, Molly Mitchell, William Moore, Charles Reid Nichols, Karinna Nunez, Matthew Reidenbach, Julie Shortridge, Robert Weisberg, Robert Weiss, Lynn Donelson Wright, Meng Xia, Kehui Xu, Donald Young, Gary Zarillo, and Julie C. Zinnert
Vind: A Blockchain-Enabled Supply Chain Provenance Framework for Energy Delivery Systems, Eranga Bandara, Sachin Shetty, Deepak Tosh, and Xueping Liang
Prioritizing Countries by Concern Regarding Access to Weapons of Mass Destruction Materials, Susan Caskey and Barry Ezell
Developing an Artificial Intelligence Framework to Assess Shipbuilding and Repair Sub-Tier Supply Chains Risk, Rafael Diaz, Katherine Smith, Beatriz Acero, Francesco Longo, and Antonio Padovano
Methods for Weighting Decisions to Assist Modelers and Decision Analysts: A Review of Ratio Assignment and Approximate Techniques, Barry Ezell, Christopher J. Lynch, and Patrick T. Hester
Modeling the Effects of Religious Belief and Affiliation on Prosociality, Luke Galen, Ross Gore, and F. LeRon Shults
Criticality Based Optimal Cyber Defense Remediation in Energy Delivery Systems, Kamrul Hasan, Sachin Shetty, Md. Sharif Ullah, Amin Hassanzadeh, and Tariqul Islam
Changing Logistics of Evacuation Transportation in Hazardous Settings During COVID-19, Saige Hill, Nicole S. Hutton, Jennifer L. Whytlaw, Juita-Elena Yusuf, Joshua G. Behr, Eduardo Landaeta, and Rafael Diaz
Nonprofit Capacity to Manage Hurricane-Pandemic Threat: Local and National Perspectives on Resilience During COVID-19, Nicole S. Hutton, Steven W. Mumford, Marina Saitgalina, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Joshua G. Behr, Rafael Diaz, and John J. Kiefer
6G Enabled Smart Infrastructure for Sustainable Society: Opportunities, Challenges, and Research Roadmap, Abotinam Lucky Imoize, Oluwadara Adedeji, Nistha Tandiya, and Sachin Shetty
Simulation for Cybersecurity: State of the Art and Future Directions, Hamdi Kavak, Jose J. Padilla, Daniele Vernon-Bido, Saikou Y. Diallo, Ross Gore, and Sachin Shetty
Human Factors, Ergonomics and Industry 4.0 in the Oil & Gas Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis, Francesco Longo, Antonio Padovano, Lucia Gazzaneo, Jessica Frangella, and Rafael Diaz
Digital Twins for Manufacturing And Logistics Systems: Is Simulation Practice Ready?, Francesco Longo, Antonio Padovano, Letizia Nicoletti, Mohaiad Elbasheer, and Rafael Diaz
Fuzzy Cognitive Map-Based Knowledge Representation of Hazardous Industrial Operations, Francesco Longo, Antonio Padovano, Letizia Nicoletti, Caterina Fusto, Mohaiad Elbasheer, and Rafael Diaz
Short-Range Forecasting of COVID-19 During Early Onset at County, Health District, and State Geographic Levels Using Seven Methods: Comparative Forecasting Study, Christopher Lynch and Ross Gore
Application of One-, Three-, and Seven-Day Forecasts During Early Onset on the COVID-19 Epidemic Dataset Using Moving Average, Autoregressive, Autoregressive Moving Average, Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average, and Naïve Forecasting Methods, Christopher J. Lynch and Ross Gore
Internet-of-Things Devices in Support of the Development of Echoic Skills Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Krzysztof J. Rechowicz, John B. Stull, Michelle M. Hascall, Saikou Y. Diallo, and Kevin J. O'Brien
Conceptual Development of a Probabilistic Graphical Framework for Assessing Port Resilience, Katherine Smith, Rafael Diaz, Yuzhong Shen, and Francesco Longo
Computational Decision Support for the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, Andreas Tolk, Christopher Glazner, and Joseph Ungerleider
Developing an Institutional Arrangement for a Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Community Approach to Regional Adaptation to Sea Level Rise: The Hampton Roads Pilot Project, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, J. Gail Nicula, Burton St. John III, Meagan M. Jordan, Michelle Covi, Carol Considine, Marina Saitgalina, and Joshua Behr
Submissions from 2020
COVID-19 Evacuation and Sheltering Risk Perception Study, Joshua G. Behr, Rafael Diaz, Wie Yusuf, Bridget Giles, Kaleen Lawsure, and George McLeod
Agent-Based Modelling of Values: The Case of Value Sensitive Design for Refugee Logistics, Christine Boshuijzen-van Burken, Ross J. Gore, Frank Dignum, Lamber Royakkers, Phillip Wozny, and F. LeRon Shults
Minding Morality: Ethical Artificial Societies for Public Policy Modeling, Saikou Y. Diallo, F. LeRon Shults, and Wesley J. Wildman
Shipbuilding Supply Chain Framework and Digital Transformation: A Project Portfolios Risk Evaluation, Rafael Diaz, Katherine Smith, Rafael Landaeta, and Antonio Padovano
A Blockchain Simulator for Evaluating Consensus Algorithms in Diverse Networking Environments, Peter Foytik, Sachin Shetty, Sarada Prasad Gochhayat, Eranga Herath, Deepak Tosh, and Laurent Njilla
Measuring Decentrality in Blockchain Based Systems, Sarada Prasad Gochhayat, Sachin Shetty, Ravi Mukkamala, Peter Foytik, Georges A. Kamhoua, and Laurent Njilla
A Review of Problem Structuring Methods for Consideration in Prognostics and Smart Manufacturing, Patrick T. Hester, Andrew J. Collins, Barry Ezell, and John Horst
Polyacrylamide in Glycerol Solutions From an Atomistic Perspective of the Energetics, Structure, and Dynamics, Scott D. Hopkins, Gideon K. Gogovi, Eric Weisel, Robert A. Handler, and Estela Blaisten-Barojas
Virginia Digital Shipbuilding Program (VDSP): Building an Agile Modern Workforce to Improve Performance in the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industry, Joseph Peter Kosteczko, Katherine Smith, Jessica Johnson, and Rafael Diaz