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On Selecting Paths for End-to-End Entanglement Creation in Quantum Networks
Anoosha Fayyaz, Prashant Krishnamurthy, Kaushik P. Seshadreesan, David Tipper, and Amy Babay
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) 2025
@inproceedings{FKSTB25_entangle, doi = {10.1109/QCE65121.2025.00137}, pages = {1225-1236}, volume = {01}, year = {2025}, title = {On Selecting Paths for End-to-End Entanglement Creation in Quantum Networks}, booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)}, author = {Fayyaz, Anoosha and Krishnamurthy, Prashant and Seshadreesan, Kaushik P. and Tipper, David and Babay, Amy}, }
Multi-dimensional Engagement for Richer Hyperlocal Citizen Science Data
Abhishek Viswanathan, Vasco Xu, Amy Babay, Rosta Farzan, and Aaron Birdy
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Communities & Technologies 2025
@inproceedings{VXBFB25_citsci, series = {C\&T '25}, location = {Siegen, Germany}, numpages = {14}, pages = {116--129}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Communities & Technologies}, doi = {10.1145/3742800.3742842}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3742800.3742842}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, isbn = {9798400715211}, year = {2025}, title = {Multi-dimensional Engagement for Richer Hyperlocal Citizen Science Data}, author = {Viswanathan, Abhishek and Xu, Vasco and Babay, Amy and Farzan, Rosta and Birdy, Aaron}, }
Service Availability for MEC Location in Radio Access Network
David Tipper, Prashant Krishnamurthy, Amy Babay, and Victor Liu
21st International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) 2025
@inproceedings{TKBL25_mec, doi = {10.1109/DRCN65040.2025.11046114}, pages = {1-8}, year = {2025}, title = {Service Availability for MEC Location in Radio Access Network}, booktitle = {21st International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN)}, author = {Tipper, David and Krishnamurthy, Prashant and Babay, Amy and Liu, Victor}, }
Tolerating Compound Threats in Critical Infrastructure Control Systems
Sahiti Bommareddy, Maher Khan, Huzaifah Nadeem, Benjamin Gilby, Imes Chiu, John W. van de Lindt, Omar Nofal, Mathaios Panteli, Linton Wells, Yair Amir, and Amy Babay
43rd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS) 2024
@inproceedings{BKHN+24_compound, note = {Best Paper Award}, doi = {10.1109/SRDS64841.2024.00017}, pages = {66-79}, number = {}, volume = {}, year = {2024}, title = {Tolerating Compound Threats in Critical Infrastructure Control Systems}, booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS)}, author = {Bommareddy, Sahiti and Khan, Maher and Nadeem, Huzaifah and Gilby, Benjamin and Chiu, Imes and van de Lindt, John W. and Nofal, Omar and Panteli, Mathaios and Wells, Linton and Amir, Yair and Babay, Amy}, }
Availability Analysis of Network-Attack-Resilient Byzantine Fault Tolerant Systems
Aren Alyahya, David Tipper, and Amy Babay
43rd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS) 2024
@inproceedings{ATB24_avail, doi = {10.1109/SRDS64841.2024.00014}, pages = {23-39}, number = {}, volume = {}, year = {2024}, title = {Availability Analysis of Network-Attack-Resilient Byzantine Fault Tolerant Systems}, booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS)}, author = {Alyahya, Aren and Tipper, David and Babay, Amy}, }
Optimal Planning Framework for Mitigating Cyber-Induced Cascading Failures in Power Grids
Balaji V. Venkatasubramanian, Sina Hashemi, Linton Wells, Kathryn Blackmond Laskey, John W. Van de Lindt, Yair Amir, Amy Babay, Imes Chiu, and Mathaios Panteli
IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) 2024
@inproceedings{VHWLL+24, doi = {10.1109/PESGM51994.2024.10761080}, pages = {1-5}, year = {2024}, title = {Optimal Planning Framework for Mitigating Cyber-Induced Cascading Failures in Power Grids}, booktitle = {IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)}, author = {Venkatasubramanian, Balaji V. and Hashemi, Sina and Wells, Linton and Laskey, Kathryn Blackmond and Van de Lindt, John W. and Amir, Yair and Babay, Amy and Chiu, Imes and Panteli, Mathaios}, }
A Resilience Assessment Framework for Coupled Power and Communication Infrastructure
Mohamed Lotfi, Mathaios Panteli, Linton Wells II, Kathryn Blackmond Laskey, John W. Van De Lindt, Yair Amir, Amy Babay, and Imes Chiu
2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) 2023
@inproceedings{LPWL+23, doi = {10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252712}, pages = {1-5}, year = {2023}, title = {A Resilience Assessment Framework for Coupled Power and Communication Infrastructure}, booktitle = {2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)}, author = {Lotfi, Mohamed and Panteli, Mathaios and Wells II, Linton and Laskey, Kathryn Blackmond and Van De Lindt, John W. and Amir, Yair and Babay, Amy and Chiu, Imes}, }
Making Intrusion Tolerance Accessible: A Cloud-Based Hybrid Management Approach to Deploying Resilient Systems
Maher Khan and Amy Babay
42nd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS) 2023
@inproceedings{KB23, address = {Marrakesh, Morocco}, doi = {10.1109/SRDS60354.2023.00033}, pages = {254-267}, month = {September}, year = {2023}, title = {Making Intrusion Tolerance Accessible: A Cloud-Based Hybrid Management Approach to Deploying Resilient Systems}, booktitle = {42nd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems ({SRDS})}, author = {Khan, Maher and Babay, Amy}, }
Controlling Epidemic Spread using Probabilistic Diffusion Models on Networks
Amy Babay, Michael Dinitz, Aravind Srinivasan, Leonidas Tsepenekas, and Anil Vullikanti
Proceedings of The 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 2022
@inproceedings{BDSTV22, publisher = {PMLR}, month = {28--30 Mar}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, volume = {151}, editor = {Camps-Valls, Gustau and Ruiz, Francisco J. R. and Valera, Isabel}, year = {2022}, pages = {11641--11654}, booktitle = {Proceedings of The 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics ({AISTATS})}, author = {Babay, Amy and Dinitz, Michael and Srinivasan, Aravind and Tsepenekas, Leonidas and Vullikanti, Anil}, title = {Controlling Epidemic Spread using Probabilistic Diffusion Models on Networks}, }
The Impact of COVID-19 on Communication Network Outages
Faris Alotibi, Alekhya Velagapudi, Akshay Madan, Kuheli Sai, Abhishek Viswanathan, Amy Babay, David Tipper, and Prashant Krishnamurthy
18th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) 2022
@inproceedings{AVMS+22, doi = {10.1109/DRCN53993.2022.9758011}, pages = {1-8}, year = {2022}, title = {The Impact of COVID-19 on Communication Network Outages}, booktitle = {18th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks ({DRCN})}, author = {Alotibi, Faris and Velagapudi, Alekhya and Madan, Akshay and Sai, Kuheli and Viswanathan, Abhishek and Babay, Amy and Tipper, David and Krishnamurthy, Prashant}, }
Toward Intrusion Tolerance as a Service: Confidentiality in Partially Cloud-Based BFT Systems
Maher Khan and Amy Babay
51st Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) 2021
@inproceedings{KB21, note = {Best Paper Runner-up}, address = {Virtual Event}, doi = {10.1109/DSN48987.2021.00019}, pages = {14-25}, month = {June}, year = {2021}, title = {Toward Intrusion Tolerance as a Service: Confidentiality in Partially Cloud-Based {BFT} Systems}, booktitle = {51st Annual {IEEE/IFIP} International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks ({DSN})}, author = {Maher Khan and Amy Babay}, }
Identifying Vulnerable Critical Infrastructure Zones in Smart Cities
Abdulaziz Alqahtani, David Tipper, Katrina Kelly-Pitou, and Amy Babay
16th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) 2020
@inproceedings{ATKB20, doi = {10.1109/DRCN48652.2020.1570613452}, pages = {1-7}, year = {2020}, title = {Identifying Vulnerable Critical Infrastructure Zones in Smart Cities}, booktitle = {16th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks ({DRCN})}, author = {Abdulaziz {Alqahtani} and David {Tipper} and Katrina {Kelly-Pitou} and Amy {Babay}}, }
Deploying Intrusion-Tolerant SCADA for the Power Grid
Amy Babay, John Schultz, Thomas Tantillo, Samuel Beckley, Eamon Jordan, Kevin Ruddell, Kevin Jordan, and Yair Amir
49th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) 2019
@inproceedings{BSTB+19, address = {Portland, Oregon}, doi = {10.1109/DSN.2019.00043}, pages = {328-335}, month = {June}, year = {2019}, title = {Deploying Intrusion-Tolerant {SCADA} for the Power Grid}, booktitle = {49th Annual {IEEE/IFIP} International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks ({DSN})}, author = {Amy Babay and John Schultz and Thomas Tantillo and Samuel Beckley and Eamon Jordan and Kevin Ruddell and Kevin Jordan and Yair Amir}, }
Network-Attack-Resilient Intrusion-Tolerant SCADA for the Power Grid
Amy Babay, Thomas Tantillo, Trevor Aron, Marco Platania, and Yair Amir
48th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) 2018
@inproceedings{BTAPA18, address = {Luxembourg City, Luxembourg}, doi = {10.1109/DSN.2018.00036}, pages = {255-266}, month = {June}, year = {2018}, title = {Network-Attack-Resilient Intrusion-Tolerant {SCADA} for the Power Grid}, booktitle = {48th Annual {IEEE/IFIP} International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks ({DSN})}, author = {Amy Babay and Thomas Tantillo and Trevor Aron and Marco Platania and Yair Amir}, }
Characterizing Demand Graphs for (Fixed-Parameter) Shallow-Light Steiner Network
Amy Babay, Michael Dinitz, and Zeyu Zhang
38th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2018) 2018
@inproceedings{BDZ18, annote = {Keywords: fixed-parameter tractable, network design, shallow-light steiner network, demand graphs}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2018.33}, urn = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-99329}, url = {http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2018/9932}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik}, editor = {Sumit Ganguly and Paritosh Pandya}, volume = {122}, year = {2018}, issn = {1868-8969}, isbn = {978-3-95977-093-4}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, pages = {33:1--33:22}, booktitle = {38th {IARCS} Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science ({FSTTCS} 2018)}, title = {Characterizing Demand Graphs for (Fixed-Parameter) Shallow-Light Steiner Network}, author = {Amy Babay and Michael Dinitz and Zeyu Zhang}, }
Toward an Intrusion-Tolerant Power Grid: Challenges and Opportunities
Amy Babay, John Schultz, Thomas Tantillo, and Yair Amir
IEEE 38th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) 2018
@inproceedings{BSTA18, issn = {2575-8411}, doi = {10.1109/ICDCS.2018.00132}, pages = {1321-1326}, address = {Vienna, Austria}, year = {2018}, month = {July}, title = {Toward an Intrusion-Tolerant Power Grid: Challenges and Opportunities}, booktitle = {{IEEE} 38th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ({ICDCS})}, author = {Amy Babay and John Schultz and Thomas Tantillo and Yair Amir}, }
Timely, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Internet Transport Service Using Dissemination Graphs
Amy Babay, Emily Wagner, Michael Dinitz, and Yair Amir
IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) 2017
@inproceedings{BWDA17, note = {Best Paper Award}, issn = {1063-6927}, doi = {10.1109/ICDCS.2017.63}, pages = {1-12}, address = {Atlanta, GA}, year = {2017}, month = {June}, title = {Timely, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Internet Transport Service Using Dissemination Graphs}, booktitle = {{IEEE} 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ({ICDCS})}, author = {Amy Babay and Emily Wagner and Michael Dinitz and Yair Amir}, }
Structured Overlay Networks for a New Generation of Internet Services
Amy Babay, Claudiu Danilov, John Lane and Michal Miskin-Amir, Daniel Obenshain, John Schultz and Jonathan Stanton, Thomas Tantillo, and Yair Amir
IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) 2017
@inproceedings{BDLM+17, issn = {1063-6927}, doi = {10.1109/ICDCS.2017.119}, pages = {1771-1779}, year = {2017}, month = {June}, title = {Structured Overlay Networks for a New Generation of Internet Services}, booktitle = {{IEEE} 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ({ICDCS})}, author = {Amy Babay and Claudiu Danilov and John Lane and Michal Miskin-Amir and Daniel Obenshain and John Schultz and Jonathan Stanton and Thomas Tantillo and Yair Amir}, }
Practical Intrusion-Tolerant Networks
Daniel Obenshain, Thomas Tantillo, Amy Babay and John Schultz, Andrew Newell, Md Endadul Hoque and Yair Amir, and Cristina Nita-Rotaru
IEEE 36th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) 2016
@inproceedings{OTBS+16, issn = {1063-6927}, doi = {10.1109/ICDCS.2016.99}, pages = {45-56}, address = {Nara, Japan}, year = {2016}, month = {June}, title = {Practical Intrusion-Tolerant Networks}, booktitle = {{IEEE} 36th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ({ICDCS})}, author = {Daniel Obenshain and Thomas Tantillo and Amy Babay and John Schultz and Andrew Newell and Md Endadul Hoque and Yair Amir and Cristina Nita-Rotaru}, }
Fast Total Ordering for Modern Data Centers
Amy Babay and Yair Amir
IEEE 36th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) 2016
@inproceedings{BA16, issn = {1063-6927}, doi = {10.1109/ICDCS.2016.20}, pages = {669-679}, address = {Nara, Japan}, year = {2016}, month = {June}, title = {Fast Total Ordering for Modern Data Centers}, booktitle = {{IEEE} 36th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ({ICDCS})}, author = {Amy Babay and Yair Amir}, }

Journal Papers

Availability and Cost Analysis of Network-Attack-Resilient Byzantine Fault Tolerant Systems
Aren Alyahya, David Tipper, and Amy Babay
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management 2025
@article{ATB25_cost, doi = {10.1109/TNSM.2025.3589936}, pages = {3895-3908}, number = {5}, volume = {22}, year = {2025}, title = {Availability and Cost Analysis of Network-Attack-Resilient Byzantine Fault Tolerant Systems}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management}, author = {Alyahya, Aren and Tipper, David and Babay, Amy}, }
Network Connectivity Resilience in Next Generation Backhaul Networks: Challenges and Future Opportunities
David Tipper, Amy Babay, Balaji Palanisamy, and Prashant Krishnamurthy
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management 2024
@article{TBPK24, doi = {10.1109/TNSM.2024.3392857}, pages = {5321-5334}, number = {5}, volume = {21}, year = {2024}, title = {Network Connectivity Resilience in Next Generation Backhaul Networks: Challenges and Future Opportunities}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management}, author = {Tipper, David and Babay, Amy and Palanisamy, Balaji and Krishnamurthy, Prashant}, }
Availability Analysis of Multi-Connectivity for Providing URLLC
David Tipper, Prashant Krishnamurthy, and Amy Babay
IEEE Networking Letters 2023
@article{TKB23, doi = {10.1109/LNET.2023.3296350}, pages = {223-226}, number = {4}, volume = {5}, year = {2023}, title = {Availability Analysis of Multi-Connectivity for Providing URLLC}, journal = {IEEE Networking Letters}, author = {Tipper, David and Krishnamurthy, Prashant and Babay, Amy}, }
Spotting anomalous trades in NFT markets: The case of NBA TopShot
Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Xin Liu, Prashant Krishnamurthy, and Amy Babay
PLOS ONE 2023
@article{PLKB23, year = {2023}, pages = {e0287262}, number = {6}, volume = {18}, journal = {{PLOS ONE}}, author = {Pelechrinis, Konstantinos and Liu, Xin and Krishnamurthy, Prashant and Babay, Amy}, title = {Spotting anomalous trades in NFT markets: The case of NBA TopShot}, }

Workshop and Other Publications

Taming the Airwaves: Resilient Spectrum Sharing with BFT
Xiaoxuan Qin, Prashant Krishnamurthy, and Amy Babay
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Disrupt Track (DSN-S) 2026
@inproceedings{QKB26_spectrum, year = {2026}, booktitle = {IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Disrupt Track (DSN-S)}, title = {Taming the Airwaves: Resilient Spectrum Sharing with BFT}, author = {Qin, Xiaoxuan and Krishnamurthy, Prashant and Babay, Amy}, }
Byzantine Fault Tolerance Models for Distributed Coordination in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Amy Babay, Prashant Krishnamurthy, Ilia Murtazashvili, and Xiaoxuan Qin
Proceedings of the TPRC 53: The 53rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy 2025
@inproceedings{BKMQ25, doi = {10.2139/ssrn.5375967}, year = {2025}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the TPRC 53: The 53rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy}, title = {Byzantine Fault Tolerance Models for Distributed Coordination in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing}, author = {Babay, Amy and Krishnamurthy, Prashant and Murtazashvili, Ilia and Qin, Xiaoxuan}, }
Using Digital Twins as an Upgrade Path for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems
Huzaifah Nadeem and Amy Babay
55th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W) 2025
@inproceedings{NB25_twin, doi = {10.1109/DSN-W65791.2025.00057}, pages = {168-175}, year = {2025}, title = {Using Digital Twins as an Upgrade Path for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems}, booktitle = {55th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W)}, author = {Nadeem, Huzaifah and Babay, Amy}, }
Real-Time Byzantine Resilient Power Grid Infrastructure: Evaluation and Trade-offs
Sahiti Bommareddy, Maher Khan, David J Sebastian Cardenas, Carl Miller, Christopher Bonebrake, Yair Amir, and Amy Babay
Workshop on Explainability of Real-Time Systems and their Analysis (ERSA), co-located with IEEE RTSS 2022
@inproceedings{BKCM+22_eval, year = {2022}, title = {Real-Time Byzantine Resilient Power Grid Infrastructure: Evaluation and Trade-offs}, booktitle = {Workshop on Explainability of Real-Time Systems and their Analysis (ERSA), co-located with IEEE RTSS}, author = {Bommareddy, Sahiti and Khan, Maher and Cardenas, David J Sebastian and Miller, Carl and Bonebrake, Christopher and Amir, Yair and Babay, Amy}, }
Data-Centric Analysis of Compound Threats to Critical Infrastructure Control Systems
Sahiti Bommareddy, Benjamin Gilby, Maher Khan, Imes Chiu, Mathaios Panteli, John W. van de Lindt, Linton Wells, Yair Amir, and Amy Babay
52nd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W) 2022
@inproceedings{BGKC+22, address = {Baltimore, Maryland}, doi = {10.1109/DSN-W54100.2022.00022}, pages = {72-79}, year = {2022}, title = {Data-Centric Analysis of Compound Threats to Critical Infrastructure Control Systems}, booktitle = {52nd Annual {IEEE/IFIP} International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops ({DSN-W})}, author = {Bommareddy, Sahiti and Gilby, Benjamin and Khan, Maher and Chiu, Imes and Panteli, Mathaios and van de Lindt, John W. and Wells, Linton and Amir, Yair and Babay, Amy}, }
Timely, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Internet Transport Service using Dissemination Graphs
Amy Babay, Emily Wagner, Michael Dinitz, and Yair Amir
N2Women Workshop (Poster) 2016
@inproceedings{BWDA16_dissem, title = {Timely, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Internet Transport Service using Dissemination Graphs}, year = {2016}, booktitle = {N2Women Workshop (Poster)}, author = {Babay, Amy and Wagner, Emily and Dinitz, Michael and Amir, Yair}, }
Timely, Reliable, and Cost-effective Transport Service using Dissemination Graphs
Amy Babay
IEEE/IFIP DSN Student Forum 2015
@inproceedings{Bab15_dissem, title = {Timely, Reliable, and Cost-effective Transport Service using Dissemination Graphs}, year = {2015}, booktitle = {{IEEE/IFIP DSN} Student Forum}, author = {Babay, Amy}, }
Fast Total Ordering for Modern Data Centers
Amy Babay and Yair Amir
IEEE 35th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (Poster) 2015
@inproceedings{BA15_ring, doi = {10.1109/ICDCS.2015.97}, pages = {762-763}, year = {2015}, title = {Fast Total Ordering for Modern Data Centers}, booktitle = {IEEE 35th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (Poster)}, author = {Babay, Amy and Amir, Yair}, }

Theses

Timely, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Internet Transport Service using Structured Overlay Networks
Amy Babay
PhD Thesis, Johns Hopkins University 2018
@phdthesis{Bab18, url = {http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/60095}, address = {Baltimore, MD}, school = {Johns Hopkins University}, month = {September}, year = {2018}, author = {Amy Babay}, title = {Timely, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Internet Transport Service using Structured Overlay Networks}, }
The Accelerated Ring Protocol: Ordered Multicast for Modern Data Centers
Amy Babay
Master's Thesis, Johns Hopkins University 2014
@mastersthesis{Bab14, url = {http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/37100}, address = {Baltimore, MD}, school = {Johns Hopkins University}, month = {May}, year = {2014}, author = {Amy Babay}, title = {The Accelerated Ring Protocol: Ordered Multicast for Modern Data Centers}, }