Dr. James Jimmy S. Okolica, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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Education

2017 PhD Computer Science, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH

2006 MS Computer Science, Air Force Institute of Technologym WPAFB, OH

1990 BA Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Drew University, Madison, NJ

Publications

Journal Articles

• Okolica, J. S., Peterson, G. L., Mills, R. F., & Grimaila, M. R. (2018). Sequence pattern mining with variables. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 32(1), 177-187.
• Okolica, J. S., & Peterson, G. L. (2011). Windows driver memory analysis: A reverse engineering methodology. computers & security, 30(8), 770-779.
• Okolica, J., & Peterson, G. L. (2011). Extracting the windows clipboard from physical memory. digital investigation, 8, S118-S124.
• Okolica, J., & Peterson, G. L. (2010). Windows operating systems agnostic memory analysis. Digital investigation, 7, S48-S56.
• Okolica, J. S., Peterson, G. L., & Mills, R. F. (2008). Using PLSI-U to detect insider threats by datamining e-mail. International Journal of Security and Networks, 3(2), 114-121.
• Okolica, J. S., Peterson, G. L., & Mills, R. F. (2007). Using Author Topic to detect insider threats from email traffic. digital investigation, 4(3-4), 158-164.
• Bailey, K. O., Okolica, J. S., & Peterson, G. L. (2014). User identification and authentication using multi-modal behavioral biometrics. Computers & Security, 43, 77-89.
• Lapso, J. A., Peterson, G. L., & Okolica, J. S. (2017). Whitelisting system state in windows forensic memory visualizations. Digital Investigation, 20, 2-15.

Book Chapters

• Okolica, J. S., Lin, A. C., & Peterson, G. L. (2021). Gaming DevSecOps-A Serious Game Pilot Study. In National Cyber Summit (NCS) Research Track 2020 (pp. 61-77). Springer International Publishing.
• Okolica, J., & Peterson, G. (2010). A compiled memory analysis tool. In Advances in Digital Forensics VI: Sixth IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, Hong Kong, China, January 4-6, 2010, Revised Selected Papers 6 (pp. 195-204). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
• Okolica, J., Peterson, G., & Mills, R. (2006, January). Using PLSI-U to detect insider threats from email traffic. In IFIP International Conference on Digital Forensics (pp. 91-103). Boston, MA: Springer US.
• Schelkoph, D. J., Peterson, G. L., & Okolica, J. S. (2019). Digital forensics event graph reconstruction. In Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime: 10th International EAI Conference, ICDF2C 2018, New Orleans, LA, USA, September 10–12, 2018, Proceedings 10 (pp. 185-203). Springer International Publishing.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

• Okolica, J. S., Peterson, G. L., & Mendenhall, M. J. (2020, May). Middleware Unifying Framework for Independent Nodes System (MUFFINS). In The Thirty-Third International Flairs Conference.
• Pendleton, A., & Okolica, J. (2019). Creating serious games with the game design matrix. In Games and Learning Alliance: 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Athens, Greece, November 27–29, 2019, Proceedings 8 (pp. 530-539). Springer International Publishing.
• Dodge, D. A., Mullins, B. E., Peterson, G. L., & Okolica, J. S. (2010). Simulating windows-based cyber attacks using live virtual machine introspection.
• Okolica, J., McDonald, J. T., Peterson, G. L., Mills, R. F., & Haas, M. W. (2009). Developing systems for cyber situational awareness.
• Okolica, J. S., Peterson, G. L., & Mills, R. F. (2006). Using author topic to detect insider threats from email traffic. In Intelligence and Security Informatics: IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2006, San Diego, CA, USA, May 23-24, 2006. Proceedings 4 (pp. 642-643). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Technical Reports

• Okolica, J. S. and Peterson, G. L. (2011). Extracting Forensic Artifacts from Winodws O/S Memory, AFIT/EN/TR-11-02, Air Force Institute of Technology. 

PhD Thesis

• Okolica, J. S. (2017). Temporal Event Abstraction and Reconstruction, AFIT-ENG-DS-17-D-004, Air Force Institute of Technology. 

MS Thesis

• Okolica, J. S. (2006). Detecting Potential Insider Threats Through Email Datamining, AFIT/GCS/ENG/06-10, Air Force Institute of Technology.