Paul Grace

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Paul Grace

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-0630

    • School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University

      B4 7ET Birmingham

      United Kingdom

    Accepting PhD Students

    PhD projects

    1. Adaptive Security for the Internet of Things. 2. Threat Intelligence Informed Dynamic Risk Analysis.

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    • 2024

      Analysing Cyberattacks Using Attack Tree and Fuzzy Rules

      Naik, N., Jenkins, P., Grace, P., Naik, D., Prajapat, S., Song, J., Xu, J. & M. Czekster, R., 1 Feb 2024, Contributions Presented at the 22nd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2023), September 6–8, 2023, Birmingham, UK. Naik, N., Jenkins, P., Grace, P., Yang, L. & Prajapat, S. (eds.). p. 364-378 (Advances in Computational Intelligence Systems; vol. 1453).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • An Introduction to Gossip Protocol Based Learning in Peer-to-Peer Federated Learning

      Naik, D., Grace, P., Naik, N., Jenkins, P., Mishra, D. & Prajapat, S., 19 Mar 2024, 2023 IEEE International Conference on ICT in Business Industry & Government (ICTBIG). IEEE

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Cyberattack Analysis Based on Attack Tree with Weighted Average Probability and Risk of Attack

      Naik, N., Jenkins, P. & Grace, P., 19 May 2024, Advances in Computational Intelligence Systems : Contributions Presented at the 21st UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, September 7-9, 2022, Sheffield, UK. Panoutsos, G., Mahfouf, M. & Mihaylova, L. S. (eds.). Springer, (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; vol. 1454).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Cyberattack Analysis Utilising Attack Tree with Weighted Mean Probability and Risk of Attack

      Naik, N., Jenkins, P., Grace, P., Prajapat, S., Song, J., Xu, J. & M. Czekster, R., 1 Feb 2024, Contributions Presented at the 22nd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2023), September 6–8, 2023, Birmingham, UK. Naik, N., Jenkins, P., Grace, P., Yang, L. & Prajapat, S. (eds.). p. 351-363 (Advances in Computational Intelligence Systems; vol. 1453).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Fuzzy Attack Tree: Assessing Cyberattack Risk Using Attack Tree and Fuzzy Logic

      Naik, N., Jenkins, P., Grace, P., Naik, D., Song, J., Prajapat, S., Mishra, D., Yang, L., Boongoen, T. & Iam-On, N., 19 Mar 2024, 2023 IEEE International Conference on ICT in Business Industry & Government (ICTBIG). IEEE

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • 2023

      Challenges and Opportunities for Conducting Dynamic Risk Assessments in Medical IoT

      M. Czekster, R., Grace, P., Marcon, C., Hessel, F. & Cazella, S. C., 22 Jun 2023, In: Applied Sciences. 13, 13, 26 p., 7406.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    • 2022

      An Attack Tree Based Risk Analysis Method for Investigating Attacks and Facilitating Their Mitigations in Self-Sovereign Identity

      Naik, N., Grace, P. & Jenkins, P., 24 Jan 2022, 2021 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI). IEEE

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • An Evaluation of Potential Attack Surfaces Based on Attack Tree Modelling and Risk Matrix Applied to Self-Sovereign Identity

      Naik, N., Grace, P., Jenkins, P., Naik, K. & Song, J., Sept 2022, In: Computers & Security. 120, 102808.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    • Comparing Attack Models for IT Systems: Lockheed Martin’s Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK Framework and Diamond Model

      Naik, N., Jenkins, P., Grace, P. & Song, J., 2022, ISSE 2022 - 2022 8th IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering, Conference Proceedings. IEEE

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • 2019

      Pseudonymization risk analysis in distributed systems

      Neumann, G., Grace, P., Burns, D. & Surridge, M., 8 Jan 2019, In: Journal of Internet Services and Applications. 10, 1, 1.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    • 2018

      Experimentation as a service over semantically interoperable Internet of Things testbeds

      Lanza, J., Sanchez, L., Santana, J. R., Agarwal, R., Kefalakis, N., Grace, P., Elsaleh, T., Zhao, M., Tragos, E., Nguyen, H., Cirillo, F., Steinke, R. & Soldatos, J., 17 Sept 2018, In: IEEE Access. 18, 1, p. 51607 - 51625 19 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    • Identifying privacy risks in distributed data services: A model-driven approach

      Grace, P., Burns, D., Neumann, G., Pickering, B., Melas, P. & Surridge, M., 23 Jul 2018, Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 38th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2018. IEEE, p. 1513-1518 6 p. (Proceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems; vol. 2018-July).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

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    • 2017

      A Reference Architecture for federating IoT infrastructures supporting semantic interoperability

      Carrez, F., Elsaleh, T., Gomez, D., Sanchez, L., Lanza, J. & Grace, P., 13 Jul 2017, EuCNC 2017 - European Conference on Networks and Communications. IEEE, 7980765. (EuCNC 2017 - European Conference on Networks and Communications).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

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    • Towards a model of user-centered privacy preservation

      Grace, P. & Surridge, M., 29 Aug 2017, ARES 2017 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. ACM, a91. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; vol. Part F130521).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Towards an interoperability certification method for semantic federated experimental IoT testbeds

      Zhao, M., Kefalakis, N., Grace, P., Soldatos, J., Le-Gall, F. & Cousin, P., 1 Jan 2017, Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities - 11th International Conference, TRIDENTCOM 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Wei, G., Lin, X., Lorenz, P., Guo, S. & Xiang, Y. (eds.). Springer, Vol. 177. p. 103-113 11 p. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; vol. 177).

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    • 2016

      Model-driven interoperability: engineering heterogeneous IoT systems

      Grace, P., Pickering, B. & Surridge, M., 1 Apr 2016, In: Annals of telecommunications. 71, 3-4, p. 141-150

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    • 2014

      A consistency framework for dynamic reconfiguration in AO-middleware architectures

      Surajbali, B., Grace, P. & Coulson, G., 1 Jan 2014, Software Architecture - 8th European Conference, ECSA 2014, Proceedings. Springer, p. 398-405 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 8627 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

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    • AO-OpenCom: An AO-middleware architecture supporting flexible dynamic reconfiguration

      Surajbali, B., Grace, P. & Coulson, G., 1 Jan 2014, CBSE 2014 - Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering (Part of CompArch 2014). ACM, p. 75-84 10 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Taming the interoperability challenges of complex IoT systems

      Grace, P., Barbosa, J., Pickering, B. & Surridge, M., 9 Dec 2014, Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Middleware for Context-Aware Applications in the IoT, M4IOT 2014 - In conjunction with ACM/IFIP/USENIX ACM International Middleware Conference. ACM, p. 1-6 6 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

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    • 2013

      Model-based management of service composition

      Ma, Y., Liu, X., Wu, Y. & Grace, P., 5 Aug 2013, Proceedings - 2013 IEEE 7th International Symposium on Service-Oriented System Engineering, SOSE 2013. IEEE, p. 103-112 10 p. 6525511

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • 2012

      Emergent middleware: Tackling the interoperability problem

      Blair, G. & Grace, P., 9 Jan 2012, In: IEEE Internet Computing. 16, 1, p. 78-81 4 p., 6123702.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    • Exploiting safe parallelism in Wireless Sensor Networks: A generic and reconfigurable approach

      Ueyama, J., Hughes, D., Grace, P. & Madeira, E. R. M., 1 Dec 2012, Proceedings - 2012 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Networked Embedded Systems for Every Application, NESEA 2012. IEEE, 6474011

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Juno: A middleware platform for supporting delivery-centric applications

      Tyson, G., Mauthe, A., Kaune, S., Grace, P., Taweel, A. & Plagemann, T., Dec 2012, In: ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. 12, 2, 4.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    • Juno: An adaptive delivery-centric middleware

      Tyson, G., Mauthe, A., Kaune, S., Grace, P. & Plagemann, T., 11 May 2012, 2012 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC'2012. p. 587-591 5 p. 6181010

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

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    • OverStar: An open approach to end-to-end middleware services in systems of systems

      Grace, P., Bromberg, Y. D., Réveillère, L. & Blair, G., 28 Nov 2012, Middleware 2012 - ACM/IFIP/USENIX 13th International Middleware Conference, Proceedings. Springer, p. 229-248 20 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 7662 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • 2011

      Bridging the interoperability gap: Overcoming combined application and middleware heterogeneity

      Bromberg, Y. D., Grace, P., Réveillère, L. & Blair, G. S., 23 Dec 2011, Middleware 2011 - ACM/IFIP/USENIX 12th International Middleware Conference, Proceedings. Springer, p. 390-409 20 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 7049 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Interoperability in complex distributed systems

      Blair, G. S., Paolucci, M., Grace, P. & Georgantas, N., 22 Jun 2011, Formal Methods for Eternal Networked Software Systems - 11th International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems, SFM 2011, Advanced Lectures. Springer, p. 1-26 26 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6659 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • SeDiM: A middleware framework for interoperable service discovery in heterogeneous networks

      Flores, C., Grace, P. & Blair, G. S., 1 Feb 2011, In: ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems. 6, 1, 6.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    • Starlink: Runtime interoperability between heterogeneous middleware protocols

      Bromberg, Y. D., Grace, P. & Réveillère, L., 25 Aug 2011, Proceedings - 31st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2011. IEEE, p. 446-455 10 p. 5961699

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    • The CONNECT architecture

      Grace, P., Georgantas, N., Bennaceur, A., Blair, G. S., Chauvel, F., Issarny, V., Paolucci, M., Saadi, R., Souville, B. & Sykes, D., 22 Jun 2011, Formal Methods for Eternal Networked Software Systems - 11th International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems, SFM 2011, Advanced Lectures. Springer, p. 27-52 26 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6659 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • The role of ontologies in emergent middleware: Supporting interoperability in complex distributed systems

      Blair, G. S., Bennaceur, A., Georgantas, N., Grace, P., Issarny, V., Nundloll, V. & Paolucci, M., 23 Dec 2011, Middleware 2011 - ACM/IFIP/USENIX 12th International Middleware Conference, Proceedings. Springer, p. 410-430 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 7049 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • The role of ontologies in enabling dynamic interoperability

      Nundloll, V., Grace, P. & Blair, G. S., 11 Jul 2011, Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - 11th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2011, Proceedings. p. 179-193 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6723 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • 2010

      Dynamic deployment and reconfiguration of ad-hoc routing protocols

      Ramdhany, R., Grace, P., Coulson, G. & Hutchison, D., 1 Nov 2010, In: Journal of Internet Services and Applications. 1, 2, p. 135-152 18 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    • Exploiting a generic approach to construct component-based systems software in Linux environments

      Ueyama, J., Madeira, E. R. M., Taiani, F., Camargo, R. Y., Grace, P. & Coulson, G., 1 Sept 2010, In: International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. 20, 6, p. 843-873 31 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    • Towards an architecture for runtime interoperability

      Bennaceur, A., Blair, G., Chauvel, F., Gang, H., Georgantas, N., Grace, P., Howar, F., Inverardi, P., Issarny, V., Paolucci, M., Pathak, A., Spalazzese, R., Steffen, B. & Souville, B., 23 Dec 2010, Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification, and Validation - 4th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications, ISoLA 2010, Proceedings. PART 2 ed. Springer, p. 206-220 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6416 LNCS, no. PART 2).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • 2009

      A component-based approach for (Re)-configurable routing in VANETs

      Nundloll, V., Blair, G. S. & Grace, P., 1 Dec 2009, ARM 2009 - Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware co-located with the 10th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference. ACM, p. 1-6 2

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • A reflective middleware to support peer-to-peer overlay adaptation

      Tyson, G., Grace, P., Mauthe, A., Blair, G. & Kaune, S., 20 Aug 2009, Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - 9th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2009, Proceedings. Springer, p. 30-43 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 5523 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Dynamic adaptation

      Grace, P., 1 Dec 2009, Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications. Springer, p. 285-302 18 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Chapter

    • Exploiting a generic approach for constructing mobile device applications

      Ueyama, J., Pinto, V. P. V., Madeira, E. R. M., Grace, P., Jonhson, T. M. M. & Camargo, R. Y., 24 Dec 2009, Proceedings of the 4th International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware, COMSWARE '09. ACM, 12 p. 12

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • MANETKit: Supporting the dynamic deployment and reconfiguration of Ad-Hoc routing protocols

      Ramdhany, R., Grace, P., Coulson, G. & Hutchison, D., 1 Dec 2009, Middleware 2009: ACM/IFIP/USENIX 10th International Middleware Conference, Proceedings. Springer, p. 1-20 20 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 5896 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Towards a base ontology for privacy protection in service-oriented architecture

      Garcia, D., Toledo, M. B. F., Capretz, M. A. M., Allison, D. S., Blair, G. S., Grace, P. & Flores, C., 1 Dec 2009, IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications, SOCA' 09. IEEE, p. 57-64 8 p. 5410467

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Towards protecting consumer's privacy in service-oriented architecture

      Garcia, D., Toledo, M. B. F., Capretz, M. A. M., Allison, D. S., Grace, P. & Blair, G. S., 1 Dec 2009, TIC-STH'09: 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology for Humanity. IEEE, p. 473-478 6 p. 5444454

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    • 2008

      A generic component model for building systems software

      Coulson, G., Blair, G., Grace, P., Taiani, F., Joolia, A., Lee, K., Ueyama, J. & Sivaharan, T., 1 Mar 2008, In: ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 26, 1, 1.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    • An experiment with reflective middleware to support grid-based flood monitoring

      Hughes, D., Greenwood, P., Blair, G., Coulson, G., Grace, P., Pappenberger, F., Smith, P. & Beven, K., 10 Aug 2008, In: Concurrency Computation Practice and Experience. 20, 11, p. 1303-1316 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    • A reflective framework for fine-grained adaptation of aspect-oriented compositions

      Grace, P., Lagaisse, B., Truyen, E. & Joosen, W., 7 Apr 2008, Software Composition - 7th International Symposium, SC 2008, Proceedings. p. 215-230 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 4954 LNCS).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Experiences with open overlays: A middleware approach to network heterogeneity

      Grace, P., Hughes, D., Porter, B., Blair, G. S., Coulson, G. & Taiani, F., 1 Dec 2008, EuroSys'08 - Proceedings of the EuroSys 2008 Conference. ACM, p. 123-136 14 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Exploiting extreme heterogeneity in a flood warning scenario using the GridKit middleware

      Hughes, D., Bencomo, N., Blair, G., Coulson, G., Grace, P. & Porter, B., 1 Dec 2008, Proceedings of the ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2008 Conference Companion. Michiels, S. (ed.). ACM, p. 54-57 4 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Flexible self-management using the model-view-controller pattern

      Curry, E. & Grace, P., 1 May 2008, In: IEEE Software. 25, 3, p. 84-90 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    • FlexPar: Reconfigurable middleware for parallel environments

      Ueyama, J., Madeira, E. R. M. & Grace, P., 22 Aug 2008, Proceedings - 11th IEEE Symposium on Object/Component/Service-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing, ISORC 2008. IEEE, p. 312-316 5 p. 4519593

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication

    • Interfacing remote transaction services using UPnP

      Eidsvik, A. K., Karlsen, R., Blair, G. & Grace, P., 1 Mar 2008, In: Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 74, 2, p. 158-169 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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