AFIT Faculty Directory

Journal Publications (* denotes student)

*Marsh, D.W., Baldwin, R.O., Mullins, B.E., Mills, R.F., and Grimaila, M.R., “A Security Policy Language for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 101-111, January 2009

*Hamill, J.T., Deckro, R.F., Mills, R.F., and Chrissis, J.W., “Reach-Based Assessment of Position,” Military Operations Research, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 59-78, 2008

*Suski, W., Temple, M.A., Mendenhall, M.J., and Mills, R.F., “Radio frequency fingerprinting commercial communication devices to enhance electronic security,” International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, Vol. 1, No. 3,pp. 301-322, 2008

*Hansen, A.P., Williams, P.D., Mills, R.F., and Kanko, M.A., “Cyber Flag: A Realistic Training Environment for the Future,” Air and Space Power Journal, Vol. XXII, No. 3, Fall 2008

*Franz, T.P., *Durkin, M., Williams, P.D., Raines, R.A., and Mills, R.F., “Defining IO Forces,” Air and Space Power Journal – Chinese Edition, Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 2008

*Hamill, J.T., Deckro, R.F., Chrissis, J.W., and Mills, R.F., “Layered Social Networks,” IO Sphere, Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations,pp. 27-33, Winter 2008

*Okolica, J.S., Peterson, G.L., and Mills, R.F., “Using Author Topic to detect insider threats from email traffic,” Digital Investigations Journal, 4th Quarter, pp. 158-164, 2007

Mullins, B.E., Lacey, T.H., Mills, R.F., *Trechter, J.M., and *Bass, S.D., “How the Cyber Defense Exercise Shaped an Information-Assurance Curriculum,” IEEE Security and Privacy, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 40-49, Fall 2007

*Okolica, J.S., Peterson, G.L., and Mills, R.F., “Using PLSI-U to Detect Insider Threats by Datamining Email,” Special Issue on Network Forensics of the International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), Vol 3:2, pp. 114-121, 2008

*Franz, T.P., *Durkin, M., Williams, P.D., Raines, R.A., and Mills, R.F., “Defining IO Forces,” Air and Space Power Journal, Vol. XXI, No. 2, pp. 53-66, Summer 2007

*Hubenko, V.P., Jr., Raines, R.A., Baldwin, R.O., Mullins, B.E., Mills, R.F., and Grimaila, M.R., “Improving Satellite Multicast Security Scalability by Reducing Re-keying Requirements,” IEEE Network, Special Issue on Advances in Network Systems Architecture, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 51-56, July/August 2007

*Roberts, M.L., Temple, M.A., Raines, R.A., Mills, R.F., and Oxley, M.E., “Communication Waveform Design Using an Adaptive Spectrally Modulated, Spectrally Encoded (SMSE) Framework,” IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Vol.1, No.1, pp.203-213, June 2007

*Hubenko, V.P., Raines, R.A., Mills, R.F., Baldwin, R.O., Mullins, B.E., and Grimaila, M.R., “Improving the Global Information Grid’s Performance through Satellite Communications Layer Enhancements,” IEEE Communications, Vol. 44, No. 11, pp. 66-72, November 2006

*Roberts, M.L., Temple, M.A., Mills, R.F., and Raines, R.A., “Interference Suppression Characterisation for Spectrally Modulated, Spectrally Encoded Signals,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 42, Issue 19,pp. 1103-1104, September 2006

Baldwin, R.O., *Peterson, B.S., and Mills, R.F., “Using Playing Cards to Estimate Interference in Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Radio Networks,” Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 79, No. 12, pp. 1782-1788, December 2006

*Roberts, M.L., Temple, M.A., Mills, R.F., and Raines, R.A., “Evolution of Cellular Communication Technology Toward 4G Realization,” IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 2-23, March 2006

Mills, R.F., and Prescott, G.E., “Detectability Models for Multiple Access Low-Probability-of-Intercept Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 36, No. 3,pp. 848-858, July 2000

Mills, R.F., and Prescott, G.E., “A Comparison of Various Radiometer Detection Models,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 32, No. 1,pp. 467-473, January 1996

Book Chapters

*Schrader, K., Mullins, B., Peterson, G. and Mills, R., “Tracking Contraband Files Transmitted Using Bit-torrent,” Advances in Digital Forensics V, S. Shenoi and G. Peterson, eds., New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, pp. 159-174, 2009

Mills, R.F., Peterson, G.L., and Grimaila, M.R., “Insider Threat Prevention, Detection, and Mitigation,” Cyber-Security and Global Information Assurance: Threat Analysis and Response Solutions, K. Knapp, ed., IGI Global Publishing, pp. 48-74, March 2009

*Okolica, J.S., Peterson, G.L., and Mills, R.F., “Detecting Potential Insider Threats using Author Topic,” Digital Investigations Journal, Vol. 4, pp. 158-164, 2008

*Okolica, J.S., Peterson, G.L., and Mills, R.F., “Using PLSI-U to Detect Insider Threats from Email Traffic,” Advances in Digital Forensics II, Olivier, M.S., and Shenoi, S., eds., Springer Science+Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 91-104, 2006

Refereed Conference Publications

Grimaila, M., Schechtman, G., Mills, R., and Fortson, L., “Improving Cyber Incident Notification in Military Operations,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), Miami, FL, May 2009

*Myers, J., Grimaila, M.R., and Mills, R.F., “Towards Insider Threat Detection using Web Server Logs,” Proceedings of the Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop (CSIIRW 2009), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN,13-15 April 2009

Grimaila, M.R., Fortson, L.W., Sutton, J.L, and Mills, R.F., “Developing Methods for Timely and Relevant Mission Impact Estimation,” Proceedings of the 2009 SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Conference (SPIE DSS 2009), Orlando, FL,13-17 April 2009

Lacey, T.H., Peterson, G.L., and Mills, R.F., “The Enhancement of Graduate Digital Forensics Education via the DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge,” Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42), Big Island, HI, pp. 1-9, January 2009

*Suski, W.C., Temple, M.A., Mendenhall, M.J., and Mills, R.F., “Using Spectral Fingerprints to Improve Wireless Network Security,” 2008 IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOMM 08), Computer and Communications Security Symposium

*Kaun, M.D., Temple, M.A., Mills, R.F., and Mendenhall, M.J., “Exploiting the Electromagnetic Environment (EME) Using Entropy-Based Time-Frequency Techniques,” 2008 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM-2008), Classified Session

*Skarda, B., Mills, R.F., McDonald, J.T., and Strouble, D., “Operationalizing Social Engineering for Offensive Cyber Operations,” 13th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), Bellevue, WA (Best Student Paper: Concepts, Theory, and Policy Track), June 2008

Grimaila, M.R., Mills, R.F., and Fortson, L.W., “An Automated Information Asset Tracking Methodology to Enable Timely Cyber Incident Mission Impact Assessment,” 13th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), Bellevue, WA, June 2008

Grimaila, M.R., Mills, R.F., and *Fortson, L., “Improving the Cyber Incident Mission Impact Assessment (CIMIA) Process,” Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 12-14 May 2008

*Scheeres, J.W., Mills, R.F., and Grimaila, M.R., “Establishing the Human Firewall: Improving Resistance to Social Engineering Attacks,” 3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW 2008), Omaha, NE, April 2008

*Hansen, A., Williams, P., Mills, R., “Red Flag; A Realistic Training Environment for the Future,” 3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW 2008), Omaha, NE, April 2008

*Sorrels, D., Grimaila, M.R., Fortson, L.W., and Mills, R.F., “CIMIA: An Architecture for Near Real-Time Situational Awareness in Cyberspace,” 3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW 2008), Omaha, NE, April 2008

*Hellesen, D.L., Grimaila, M.R., Fortson, L.W., and Mills, R.F., “Information Asset Value Quantification,” 3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW 2008), Omaha, NE, April 2008

*Lacey, T.H., Mills, R.F., Raines, R.A., Williams, P.D., Oxley, M.E., Bauer, K.W., and Rogers, S.K., “A Qualia Representation of Cyberspace,” Proceedings of the SPIE Conference, Vol. 6964, 69640C, 11 April 2008

*Hubenko, V.P., Raines, R.A., Baldwin, R.O., Mullins, B.E., Mills, R.F., and Grimaila, M.R., “A Secure and Efficient Satellite-based Multicast Architecture,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Orlando, FL,3rd Place Best Student Papers, 21-23 January 2008

*Roberts, M.L., Temple, M.A. and Mills, R.F., “An SMSE Implementation of CDMA with Partial Band Interference Suppression,” 2007 IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOMM 07), Washington, D.C., 26-30 November 2007

*Hubenko, V.P., Raines, R.A., Baldwin, R.O., Mullins, B.E., Mills, R.F., and Grimaila, M.R., “Applying a Secure and Efficient Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Based Multicast Architecture in a Deployed Environment,” IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 07), Orlando, FL,pp. 1-7, October 2007

*Lacey, T.H., Mills, R.F., Raines, R.A., Williams, P.D., and Rogers, S.K., “A Qualia Framework for Awareness in Cyberspace,” IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 07), Orlando, FL, October 2007

*Beard, T.W., Temple, M.A., Miller, J.O., Mills, R.F., and Raquet, J.F., “Using Genetic Algorithms for SMSE Waveform Design,” IEEE International Waveform Diversity & Design Conf (WDD 2007), Pisa, Italy, pp. 265-269,4-8 June 2007

*Wong-Jiru, A., Colombi, J., Suzuki, L., and Mills, R. “Graph Theoretical Analysis of Network Centric Operations Using Multi-Layer Models,” 5th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Hoboken, NJ,14-16 March 2007

*Smith, T.S., *Woolley, P.L., Mills, R.F., and Raines, R.A., “A Framework for Relating Cyberspace Operations to the Cognitive and Physical Domains,” The International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW 2007),pp. 217-224, March 2007

Mullins, B.E., Lacey, T.H., Mills, R.F., *Trechter, J.M., and *Bass, S.D., “The Impact of the NSA Cyber Defense Exercise on the Curriculum at the Air Force Institute of Technology,” Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-40), Waikoloa, HI, pp. 1-9, January 2007

*Levoy, T., Grimaila, M.R., and Mills, R., “A Methodology for Customizing Security Auditing Templates for Malicious Insider Detection,” 8th International Symposium on System and Information Security (ISSIS 2006), Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil,8-10 November 2006

*Edge, K.S., Dalton, G.C., Raines, R.A., and Mills, R.F., “Using Attack and Protection Trees to Analyze Threats and Defenses to Homeland Security,” 2006 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 06), Washington, D.C.,7 pages (CD), October 2006

*Rehm, C.R., Temple, M.A., Mills, R.F., and Raines, R.A., “Entropy-Based Spectral Processing on the 802.11a Waveform,” 2006 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 06), October 2006

*Bass, S., Mills, R., and Seetharaman, G., “Challenges of Information Management in the Networked Battlespace,” Second International Conference on Innovative and Commercial Applications of Distributed Sensor Networks, Crystal City, VA, 16-17 October 2006

*Valentine, J.R., Mills, R.F., Grimaila, M.R., and Elder, K.L., “Application of the Strategic Alignment Model and Information Technology Governance Concepts to Support Network Centric Warfare,” 11th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), Cambridge, UK, September 2006

*Dalton, G.C., Colombi, J.M., Mills, R.F., “Modeling Security Architectures for the Enterprise,” 11th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), Cambridge, UK, September 2006

*Roberts, M.L., Temple, M.A., Oxley, M.E., Mills, R.F., and Raines, R.A., “A Spectrally Modulated, Spectrally Encoded Analytic Framework for Carrier Interferometry Signals,” ACM International Wireless Communication & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 06), Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 1009-1014, July 2006

*Dalton, G.C., Mills, R.F., Colombi, J.M., and Raines, R.A., “Analyzing Attack Trees using Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets,” 7th IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, pp. 116-123, 21-23 June 2006

*Okolica, J.S., Peterson, G.L., and Mills, R.F., “Using Author Topic to Detect Insider Threats from Email Traffic,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI-2006), San Diego, CA, pp. 642-643 (also appears as book chapter), 22-24 May 2006

*Butts, J.W., Mills, R.F., and Peterson, G.L., “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Mitigating the Insider Threat,” International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW), Princess Anne, MD, March 2006

*Dalton, G.C., Mills, R.F., and J.M. Colombi, “A Survey of the Use of Petri Nets to Model Security and Access Controls,” International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW), Princess Anne, MD, March 2006

*Hubenko, V.P., Raines, R.A., Temple, M.A., Mills, R.F., and Saeger, M.D., “Adaptation, Modeling, and Analysis of PIM – DM in a LEO Satellite Network Environment,” 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 2006

*Roberts, M.L., Temple, M.A., Oxley, M.E., Mills, R.F., and Raines, R.A., “A General Analytic Framework for Spectrally Modulated, Spectrally Encoded Signals,” 2006 International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference, Lihue, HI, CD-S2-P2, pp. 1-5, January 2006

*Mims, W.H., Temple, M.A., Mills, R.F., and *Gronholz, B.D., “Spectral Sensing Ultra Wideband Signals Using a Down-Converting Channelized Receiver,” 2005 IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Conference (DySPAN 2005), Baltimore, MD, pp. 706-709, November 2005

*Gaona, C.M., Mills, R.F., Temple, M.A., and Hale, T.B., “Spectrally Encoded, Multi-Carrier PSK Communication in a Frequency-Selective, Slowly-Fading Channel,” 24th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Washington, D.C. (Best Paper of Session, Best Paper of CNS Systems Track, Best Overall Student Paper), pp. 1.C.7.1-1.C.7.12, November 2005

*Stanley, J.E., Mills, R.F., Raines, R.A. and Baldwin, R.O., “Correlating Network Services with Operational Mission Impact,” 2005 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Atlantic City, NJ, 7 pages, October 2005

*Butts, J.W., Mills, R.F., and Baldwin, R.O., “Developing an Insider Threat Model Using Functional Decomposition,” 2nd International Workshop on Mathematical Methods, Models and Architectures for Computer Networks Security (MMM-CNS), St Petersburg, Russia, September 2005

Peterson, G.L., Mills, R.F., *McBride, B.T., and *Alred, W.C., 2005, “A Comparison of Generalizability for Anomaly Detection,” KDD-2005 Workshop on Data Mining Methods for Anomaly Detection, Chicago, IL, pp. 51-56, August 2005

*Yee, J., Mills, R.F., Peterson, G.L., and Bartczak, S., “Automatic Generation of Social Network Data from Electronic-Mail Communications,” Tenth International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), McLean, VA, June 2005

*Gronholz, B., Temple, M.A., Mills, R.F., *Mims, W.H., and Niedzwiecki, T., “Communication Channel Assessment: Detection of Ultra Wideband Signals Using a Channelized Receiver,” IEEE 2005 International Wireless Communications Conference, Maui, HI,pp. 1071-1076, June 2005

*Nunez, A.S., Temple, M.A., Mills, R.F., and Raines, R.A., “Interference Avoidance in Spectrally Encoded Multiple Access Communications Using MPSK Modulation,” 2005 Wireless Communications & Networking Conference, New Orleans, LA, Vol. 2, pp. 730-734, March 2005

*Cobb, W.E., Baldwin, R.O., Temple, M.A., and Mills, R.F., “Non-Cooperative (Passive) Synchronization with a Bluetooth Piconet,” 2004 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) (Best Classified Paper), October 2004

*Madden, C.B., and Mills, R.F., “Effects of a Transform Domain Filter Upon Error Rates and Detectability of a Spread Spectrum Signal,” Tactical Communications Conference (TCC-96), Fort Wayne, IN, pp. 503-509, May1996

Mills, R.F., and Prescott, G.E., “Waveform Design and Analysis of Frequency Hopping LPI Networks,” IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), San Diego CA, pp. 778-782, November 1995

Mills, R.F., and Prescott, G.E., “Detection of Multiple Access Low-Probability-of-Intercept Networks,” Tactical Communications Conference (TCC-94), Fort Wayne, IN, pp. 497-504, May 1994

Mills, R.F., “Implementation of the Single Cycle Detector using the Signal Processing Workstation,” Tactical Communications Conference (TCC-94), Fort Wayne, IN, pp. 393-399, May 1994

Mills, R.F., and Prescott, G.E., “Noncoherent Pulse Combining for Improved Multiple Access LPI Network Performance,” IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Bedford, MA, pp. 590-594, October 1993

Conference Publications (Refereed Abstract)

*Okolica, J.S., McDonald, J.T., Peterson, G.L., Mills, R.F., and Haas, M.W., “Developing Systems for Cyber Situational Awareness, 2nd Cyberspace Research Workshop, Shreveport, LA, 15 June 2009

Grimaila, M.R., Mills, R.F., and *Fortson, L.W., “Development of a Cyber Incident Mission Impact Assessment Methodology,” 23rd Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, Miami Beach, FL, 10-14 December 2007

*Dalton, G.C., Mills, R.F., and J.M. Colombi, “The Deployment Readiness Service:A Case Study of the Challenges of Implementing a Service Oriented Architecture in a Legacy System Environment,” 10th Annual Systems Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, 22-25 October 2007

*Wieser, T.L., *Miller, G.J., *Piepkorn, A.F., *Kennedy, J.F., Mills, R.F., and Colombi, J.M., “DoD Enterprise Architecting:Joint Issues Derived From SOF Air Analysis,” 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, 23-26 October 2006

Gerace, G.C., Mills, R.F., Raines, R.A., Suter, B.W., Terzuoli, A.J., and Welsh, B.M., “Military Communications Graduate Education Curriculum,” 1996 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Washington D.C., Session 1532, 10 pages, June 1996

Other Publications

*Thomas, B.Humphries, J., and Mills, R., “There and Back Again:Centralizing Security by Migrating to a Thin Client Architecture,” IANewsletter, Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 12-16, Summer 2009

Williams, P.D., Rogers, S.K., Mills, R.F., Raines, R.A., and Lacey, T.H., “Tomorrow Night,” IANewsletter, Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 10-15, Summer 2008

Mills, R.F., Raines, R.A., and Williams, P.D., “Developing Cyberspace Competencies for Air Force Professional Military Education,” white paper, September 2007

*Lacey, T.H., Mills, R.F., Raines, R.A., Williams, P.D. and Rogers, S., “A Qualia Framework for Awareness in Cyberspace,” IANewsletter, Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center, Vol. 10, No. 3,pp. 12-17, Fall 2007

Lacey, T., Mills, R., Mullins, B., and Raines, R., “The Morphing of a Cyber Operations Curriculum at AFIT,” IANewsletter, Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 26-30, Spring 2007

*Wieser, T.L., *Miller, G.J., *Piepkorn, A., *Kennedy, J., Mills, R.F., and Colombi, J.M., “Heuristics for Joint Architecting,” Defense AT&L Magazine, pp. 44-48, November - December 2006

Raines, R.A., Baldwin, R.O., Temple, M.A., and Mills, R.F., “Whitepaper on the Creation of a Cyberspace Center of Excellence at the Air Force Institute of Technology,” unpublished whitepaper, 8 pages, April 2006

*Jones, C.O., Mills, R.F., and Raines, R.A., “Removing Security through Obscurity from Software Watermarking,” IANewsletter, Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 14-17, Fall 2006

Jackson, J., Jones, B., Lehmkuhl, L., Parnell, G., Hasen, G., Gunsch, G., Andrew, J., Buter, T., Conley, H., and Mills, R., “An Operational Analysis for 2025: An Application of Value-Focused Thinking to Future Air and Space Capabilities,” 2025 White Papers, Vol. 4, Air University Press, pp. 45-217, 1996

Mills, R.F., “Detectability Models and Waveform Design for Multiple Access Low-Probability-of-Intercept Networks,” PhD Dissertation, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Kansas, May 1994

Mills, R.F., “A Real Time Digital Signal Processing Implementation of the Modulation Detection and Classification (MODAC) Receiver,” MS Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, December 1987