Dr. Kenneth M. Hopkinson, Dept Head and Professor of Computer Science

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Dr. Kenneth Hopkinson received a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, and MS and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, all in Computer Science. He is a Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Hopkinson is a Senior Member of the IEEE and ACM professional societies. His research interests include Networking, Security, Cryptography, Remote Sensing, Sensor Fusion, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Space Applications.

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Cornell University, 2004
M.S., Computer Science, Cornell University, 2002
B.S., Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1997

Publications

Books

  1. H. Song, Hopkinson, K., De Cola, T., Alexandrovich, T., Liu, D., eds., Avionics Cybersecurity: Foundations, Principles, and Applications, IET Scitech Publishing, London, United Kingdom, February 2022, pp. 309 pages, ISBN-10 1839533218, ISBN-13 978-1839533211.

Book Chapters

  1. Humphrey, L., Baity, R., Hopkinson, K., Formal Verification of Safety-Critical Software Using SPARK, Avionics Cybersecurity: Foundations, Principles, and Applications, H. Song, deCola, T., Alexandrovich, T., Liu, D., Hopkinson, K., eds., IET Scitech Publishing, London, United Kingdom, February 2022, pp. 31-45.
  2. Hamman, S.T., Hopkinson, K.M., McCarty, L.A., Applying Behavioral Game Theory to Cyber-Physical Systems Protection Planning, Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles, and Applications, H. Song, D.B. Rawat, S. Jeschke, and C. Brecher, eds., Elsevier, New York, NY, September 2016, pp 251-262.
  3. Wilkin, D., Raines, R., Williams, P., Hopkinson, K., Cyberspace Policies and Politics for Critical Infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Protection II, S. Shenoi, and M. Goetz, eds., Springer Science+Business Media, New York, NY, October 2008, pp. 17-28.
  4. Thorp, J.S., Wang, X.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Coury, D., Giovanini, R., Agent Technology Applied to the Protection of Power Systems, Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Agents in Power System Control and Operation, July 2003, pp. 115-153.

Refereed Journals                              

  1. Deberry, W.T., Dill, R. Hopkinson, K.M., Hodson, D., Grimaila, M., The Wargame Commodity Course of Action Analysis Method, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 19 pages, To Appear.
  2. Hughes, M.S., Lunday, B.J., Weir, J.D., Hopkinson, K.M., The Multiple Shortest Path Problem with Path Deconfliction, Elsevier European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 292, Issue 3, August 2021, pp. 818-829, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.11.033.
  3. James, K., Hopkinson, K.M., Testing the Fault Tolerance of a Backup Protection System Using SPIN, Journal of Information Warfare, Volume 19, Issue 3, 31 July 2020, pp. 19-34.
  4. Heglund, J., Hopkinson, K., Tran, H.T., Social Sensing: Towards Social Media as a Sensor for Resilience in Power Systems and Other Critical Infrastructures, Taylor and Francis Journal of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 12 March 2020, pp. 1-13.
  5. Becherer, N., Pecarina, J., Nykl, S., Hopkinson, K., Improving Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks through Parameter Fine-tuning, Springer Neural Computing and Applications, Volume 31, Issue 8, August 2019, pp. 3469-3479.
  6. Compton, A.J., Pecarina, J.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Lin, A.C., PeerAppear: A Self-Organizing Distributed Geospatial Index Supporting Collaborative World Model Construction and Maintenance, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 95, June 2019, pp. 802-815.
  7. Greve, G.H., Hopkinson, K.M., Lamont, G.B., Evolutionary Sensor Allocation for the Space Surveillance Network, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, Volume 15, Issue 3, July 2018, pp. 303-322.
  8. Hamman, S.T., Hopkinson, K.M., Fadul, J.E., A Model Checking Approach to Characterizing the Fault Tolerance of Smart Grid Protection Systems, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 32, Issue 6, December 2017, pp. 2408-2415.
  9. Bodnar, T., Dering, M.L., Tucker, C., Hopkinson, K.M., Use Large Scale Social Media Networks as a Scalable Sensing System for Modeling Real Time Energy Utilization Patterns, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Volume 47, Issue 10, October 2017, pp. 2627-2640.
  10. Clark, M.R., Stewart, K.E., Hopkinson, K.M., Dynamic, Privacy-preserving Decentralized Reputation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2017, pp. 2506-2517.
  11. Hamman, S.T., Hopkinson, K.M., Markham, R.L., Chaplik, A.M., Metzler, G.E., Teaching Game Theory to Improve Strategic Reasoning in Cybersecurity Students, IEEE Transactions on Education, Volume 60, Issue 3, August 2017, pp. 205-211.
  12. Azghandi, S., Hopkinson, K.M., Laviers, K.R., Benchmarking Approach for Empirical Comparison of Pricing Models in DRMS, IET Journal of Engineering, Volume 2016, Issue 11, November 2016, pp. 394-401.
  13. Hamman, S.T., Hopkinson, K.M., Teaching Adversarial Thinking for Cybersecurity, Journal of the Colloquium for Information System Security Education, Volume 4, Issue 1, September 2016, pp. 93-110.
  14. Betances, A., Hopkinson, K.M., Silvius, M., Context Aware Routing Management Architecture for Airborne Networks, IET Networks, Volume 5, Issue 4, July 2016, pp. 85-92.
  15. Thompson, J.J., Hopkinson, K.M., Silvius, M.D., A Test Methodology for Evaluating Cognitive Radio Systems, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2015, pp. 6311-6324.
  16. Raulerson, E.L., Hopkinson, K.M., Laviers, K.R., A Framework to Facilitate Cyber Defense Situational Awareness Modeled in an Emulated Virtual Machine Testbed, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, Volume 12, Issue 3, July 2015, pp. 229-239.
  17. Shipman, C.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Lopez, J., Con-Resistant Trust for Improved Reliability in a Smart Grid Special Protection System, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 30, Issue 1, February 2015, pp. 455-462.
  18. Clark, M.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Transferable Multiparty Computation with Applications to the Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2014, pp. 1356-1366.
  19. Fadul, J.E., Hopkinson, K.M., Andel, T.R., Sheffield, C.A., A Trust Management Toolkit for Smart Grid Protection Systems, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 29, Issue 4, August 2014, pp. 1768-1779.
  20. McLean, R.K., Silvius, M.D., Hopkinson, K.M., Flatley, B.N., Hennessey, E.S., Medve, C.C., Thompson, J.J., Tolson, M.R., Dalton, C.V., An Architecture for Coexistence with Multiple Users in Frequency Hopping Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Volume 32, Issue 3, March 2014, pp. 563-571.
  21. Duncan, M.C., Hopkinson, K.M., Trias, E.D., Humphries, J.W., Trust Management Approach to Satellite System Telecommanding Security, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2014, pp. 19-33.
  22. Reynolds, M.B., Hulce, D.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Oxley, M.E., Mullins, B.E., On-line Service Placement and Performance Control, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2013, pp. 326-339.
  23. Ross, K.J., Hopkinson, K.M., Pachter, M., Using a Distributed Agent-Based Communication Enabled Special Protection System to Enhance Smart Grid Security, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2013, pp. 1216-1224.
  24. Tong, X., Wang, X., Wang, R., Huang, F., Dong, X., Hopkinson, K.M., Song, G., The Study of a Regional Decentralized Peer-to-Peer Negotiation-Based Wide-Area Backup Protection Multi-Agent System, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2013, pp. 1197-1206.
  25. Haught, J.D., Hopkinson, K.M., Hemmes, J.M., The Modeling and Simulation of a Network Controller Based on Router Queue-Size Predictions, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, Volume 10, Issue 2, April 2013, pp. 105-115.
  26. Harmon, D.F., Reynolds, M.B., Graham, S.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Integrating Disruption Prone Links Into Reliable Networks – A TCP Friendly Approach, IET Communications, Volume 6, Issue 12, August 14, 2012, pp. 1702-1709.
  27. Kleeman, M.P., Seibert, B.A., Lamont, G.B., Hopkinson, K.M., Graham, S.R., Solving Multicommodity Capacitated Network Design Problems using Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Volume 16, Issue 4, August 2012, pp. 449-471.
  28. Compton, M.D., Hopkinson, K.M., Peterson, G.L., Moore, J.T., Using Modeling and Simulation to Examine the Benefits of a Network Tasking Order, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, Volume 9,    Issue 3, July 2012, pp. 205-217.
  29. Stuckey, N.C., Vasquez, J.R., Graham, S.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Maybeck, P.S., Stochastic Control of Computer Networks, IET  Control Theory and Applications, Volume 6, Issue 3, 16 February 2012, pp. 403-411.
  30. Kennedy, K.T., Deckro, R.F., Moore, J.T., Hopkinson, K.M., Nodal Interdiction, Elsevier Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Volume 54, Issues 11-12, December 2011, pp. 3116-3125.
  31. Borowski, J.F., Hopkinson, K.M., Humphries, J.W., Borghetti, B.J., Reputation-Based Trust for a Cooperative Agent-Based Backup Protection Scheme, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2011, pp. 287-301.
  32. Carlos Gonzalez, J.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Greve, G.H., Compton, M.D., Wilhelm, J., Kurkowski, S.H., Thomas, R.W., Optimization of Trust System Placement for Power Grid Security and Compartmentalization, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Volume 26, Issue 2, May 2011, pp. 550-563.
  33. Llewellyn, L.C., Hopkinson, K.M., Graham, S.R., Distributed Fault-Tolerant Quality of Wireless Networks, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2011, pp. 175-190.
  34. Oquendo Class, L.A., Hopkinson, K.M., Wang, X., Andel, T.R., Thomas, R.W., A Robust Communication-Based Special Protection System, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 25, Issue 3, July 2010, pp. 1314-1324.
  35. Coates, G.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Graham, S.R., Kurkowski, S.H., A Trust System Architecture for SCADA Network Security, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2010, pp. 158-169.
  36. Hopkinson, K., Jenkins, K., Birman, K., Thorp, J., Toussaint, G., Parashar, M., Adaptive Gravitational Gossip: A Gossip-Based Communication Protocol with User-Selectable Rates, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 20, Issue 12, December 2009, pp. 1830-1843.
  37. Hopkinson, K., Roberts, G., Wang, X., Thorp, J., Quality of Service Considerations in Utility Communication Networks, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 24, Issue 3, July 2009, pp. 1465-1474.
  38. Tong, X., Wang, X., Hopkinson, K.M., The Modeling and Verification of Peer-to-Peer Negotiating Multi-Agent Colored Petri Nets for Wide-Area Backup Protection, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2009, pp. 61-72.
  39. Coates, G.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Graham, S.R., Kurkowski, S.H., Collaborative, Trust-Based Security Mechanisms for a Regional Utility Intranet, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Volume 23, Issue 3, August 2008, pp. 831-844.
  40. Tong, X., Wang, X., Hopkinson, K.M., Tang, J., Simulation Modeling and Implementation of a Wide-Area Backup Protection Multi-Agent System, Proceedings of the CSEE, Volume 28, Issue 19, July 5, 2008, pp. 111-117.
  41. Giovanini, R., Hopkinson, K.M., Coury, D.V., Thorp, J.S., A Primary and Backup Cooperative Protection System Based on Wide Area Agents, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 21, Issue 3, July 2006, pp. 1222-1230.
  42. Hopkinson, K., Wang, X., Giovanini, R., Thorp, J., Birman, K., Coury, D., EPOCHS: A Platform for Agent-based Electric Power and Communication Simulation Built from Commercial Off-The-Shelf Components, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Volume 21, Issue 2, May 2006, pp. 548-558.
  43. Wang, X.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Thorp, J.S., Giovanini, R., Birman, K., Coury, D., Novel Backup Protection Systems for the Electric Power Grid Using Agents, Automation of Electric Power Systems, Volume 29, Issue 21, November 10, 2005, pp. 57-62.
  44. Birman, K.P., Chen, J., Hopkinson, K., Thomas, B., Thorp, J., Van Renesse, R., Vogels, W., Overcoming Communications Challenges in Software for Monitoring and Controlling Power Systems, Proceedings of the IEEE: Special Issue on Energy Infrastructure Defense Systems, May 2005, Volume 93, Issue 5, pp. 1028-1041.
  45. Coury, D.V., Thorp, J.S., Hopkinson, K.M., Birman, K.P, An Agent Based Current Differential Relay for use with a Utility Intranet, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2002, pp. 47-53.

Refereed Conference/Workshop Articles and Presentations (Full Paper Review)

  1. Singh, H., Bhatta, N.P., Jawad, T., Singh, H., Amsaad, F., Hopkinson, K., ML Assisted Security for the Detection of DDoS Attacks in Connected IIoT Environment Implementation and Comparative Analysis, IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON 2023), 28-31 August 2023, Dayton, Ohio, USA, pp. 1-6.
  2. Bhatta, N.P., Amsaad, F., Singh, H., Sherif, A., Hopkinson, K., Enhancing Hardware Security: A Comprehensive Analysis of SRAMPUFs, IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON 2023), 28-31 August 2023, Dayton, Ohio, USA, pp. 1-6.
  3. Ghmire,A., Amsaad, F., Sherif, A., Hopkinson, K., FPGA Hardware Trojan Detection: Golden-Free Machine Learning Approach, IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON 2023), 28-31 August 2023, Dayton, Ohio, USA, pp. 1-6.
  4. Greve,G., Hopkinson, K., Lamont, G., Oxley, M., Tasking Resources in Heterogeneous Aerial Sensor Environment with Algorithm Scalability Analysis, IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON 2023), 28-31 August 2023, Dayton, Ohio, USA, pp. 1-6.
  5. Ghimire, A., Amsaad, F., Hoque, T., Rahman, T., Hopkinson, K., Unsupervised IC Security with Machine Learning for Trojan Detection, IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 6 – 9 August 2023, Pheonix, Arizona, USA, pp. 1-8.
  6. Wheelhouse, B., Humphrey, L., Hopkinson, K.M., Formal Verification of Prim’s Algorithm Using the SPARK Auto-Active Toolset, IEEE Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 3 – 6 January 2023, Maui, Hawaii, USA, pp. 1-9.
  7. Wheelhouse, B.S., Humphrey, L.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Hodson, D., SPARK and Rust: An Overview of Safe and Reliable Software, 2022 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (CSCE’22), 25-28 July 2022, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, pp. 1-5.
  8. Smith, G., Schubert Kabban, C.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Oxley, M.E., Noel, G.E., Cheng, H., Sensor Fusion for Context Analysis in Social Media COVID-19 Data, IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), 16-19 August 2021, Dayton, Ohio, USA, pp. 415-422.
  9. Baity, R.M., Humphrey, L.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Formal Verification of a Merge Sort Algorithm in SPARK, AIAA SciTech Forum, 11-15 and 19-21 January 2021, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, pp.1-10.
  10. Azghandi, S., Hopkinson, K.M., Impact of Electro-Optical Noises and Quality Hindrances in Satellite Imagery, IEEE Aerospace Conference, 7-14 March 2019, Big Sky, Montana, USA, pp. 1-9.
  11. Sinn, Y.U., Hopkinson, K.M., Borghetti, B.J., Steward, B.J., IR Small Target Detection and Prediction with ANNs Trained Using ASSET, IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2-9 March 2019, Big Sky, Montana, USA, pp. 1-10.
  12. James, K., Hopkinson, K., Testing the Fault-Tolerance of a Backup Protection System Using SPIN, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS), 28 February – 1 March 2019, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, pp. 133-141.
  13. Dering, M., Lee, C., Hopkinson, K.M., Tucker, C.S., Mining Big Media Data Streams Generated Within Social Media Networks for Discovering Object-Energy Correlations, Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2018), 26-29 August 2018, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, pp. 1-11, DETC2018-85417.
  14. Hamman, S.T., Hopkinson, K.M., Fadul, J.E., A Model Checking Approach to Characterizing the Fault Tolerance of Smart Grid Protection Systems, IEEE General Power Meeting, 5-9 August 2018, Portland, Oregon, USA, pp. 1-1.
  15. Mivule, K., Hopkinson, K.M., Distortion Search – A Web Search Privacy Heuristic,” IEEE Future Technologies Conference, 29-30 November 2017, Vancouver, Canada, Paper 239, pp. 1-11.
  16. Tong, X.Y., Zheng, Y., Hopkinson, K.M., Lian, W., A Two-Stage Hybrid Online Fault Detection Method Based on Wide-Area Protection and Limited PMUs, IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid and Clean Energy Technologies, 19-22 October 2016, Chengdu, China, pp. 37-43.
  17. Hamman, S.T., Hopkinson, K.M., Teaching Adversarial Thinking for Cybersecurity, CRC Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, 13-15 June 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 1-10.
  18. Shipman, C.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Lopez, J., Con-Resistant Trust for Improved Reliability in a Smart Grid Special Protection System, IEEE General Power Meeting, 26-30 July 2015, Denver, Colorado, USA, pp. 1-1.
  19. Shirey, R.G., Hopkinson, K.M., Stewart, K., Hodson, D.D., Borghetti, B.J., Securing Git for Use as an Efficient and Productive Wide-Scale Collaboration Version Control System (VCS) Hosted on an Unsecure Environment, 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 5-8 January 2015, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, pp. 5310-5319.
  20. Bodnar, T., Tucker, C., Hopkinson, K., Bilen, S.G., Increasing the Veracity of Event Detection on Social Media Networks Through User Trust Modeling, IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2014), 27-30 October 2014, Washington DC, USA, pp. 636-643.
  21. Hennessey, E.S., Hopkinson, K.M., Silvius, M.D., Opportunistic Access in Frequency Hopping Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 9-11 April 2014, Washington, D.C., USA, pp. 1-6.
  22. Thompson, J.J., Hennessey, E.S., Hopkinson, K.M., Silvius, M.D., Evaluation of Fast Frequency Hopping Model Using Evaluation-Based Test Framework for Cognitive Radios, Wireless Innovation Forum Conference on Wireless Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (SDR-WInnComm), 11-13 March 2014, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, pp. 1-5.
  23. Medve, C.C., Seery, M.K., Silvius, M.D., McTasney, R.J., Hopkinson, K.M., Hardware Implementation of Gold’s Algorithm for Rendezvous in Adaptable FH Cognitive Radio Networks, Wireless Innovation Forum Conference on Wireless Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (SDR-WInnComm), 11-13 March 2014, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, pp. 1-10.
  24. Azghandi, S., Hopkinson, K.M., McTasney, R.J., An Empirical Model for Smart Meters Using Data Security, IEEE Fifth Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 19-22 February 2014, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 1-5.
  25. Tolson, M.R., Dalton C.V., Silvius, M.D., Hennessey, E.S., Medve, C.V., Thompson, J.J., Hopkinson, K.M., Azghandi, S., Totally-Ordered, Reliable Multicast Over Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 6-9 January 2014, Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, pp. 5135-5143.
  26. Clark, M.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Towards an Understanding of the Tradeoffs in Adversary Models of Smart Grid Privacy Protocols, IEEE General Power Meeting, 21-25 July 2013, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  27. McLean, R.K., Silvius, M.D., Hopkinson, K.M., Method for Evaluating k-Means Clustering for Increased Reliability in Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE Sixth International Conference on Software Security and Reliability (SERE), 18-20 June 2013, Washington, D.C., USA, pp. 99-108.
  28. Borowski, J.F., Hopkinson, K.M., Humphries, J.W., Borghetti, B.J., Reputation-Based Trust for a Cooperative Agent-Based Backup Protection Scheme, IEEE General Power Meeting, 22-27 July 2012, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 1-1.
  29. Reynolds, M.B., Hulce, D.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Oxley, M.E., Mullins, B.E., Cloud Chamber: A Self-Organizing Facility to Create, Exercise, and Examine Software as a Service Tenants, IEEE Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 4-7 January 2012, Maui, HI, USA, pp. 5546-5555.
  30. Hemmes, J., Fisher, M., Hopkinson, K., Predictive Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, IEEE Fifth International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services, and Technologies, 14-16 September 2011, Cardiff, Wales, UK, pp. 117-122.
  31. Carlos Gonzalez, J.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Greve, G.H., Compton, M.D., Wilhelm, J., Kurkowski, S.H., Thomas, R.W., Optimization of Trust System Placement for Power Grid Security and Compartmentalization, IEEE General Power Meeting, 24-29 July 2011, Detroit, MI, USA, pp. 1-1.
  32. Naga, V., Colombi, J., Grimaila, M., Hopkinson, K., A Method to Determine Superior QoS Configurations for Mission Objectives: Aligning the Network with the Mission. Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM), 18-21 July 2011, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 1-7.
  33. Reynolds, M.B., Hopkinson, K.M., Oxley, M.E., Mullins, B.E., Provisioning Norm: An Asymmetric Quality Measure for SaaS Resource Allocation. Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 8th International Conference on Services Computing (SCC). 4-9 July 2011, Washington DC, USA, pp. 112-119.
  34. Fadul, J., Hopkinson, K., Sheffield, C., Moore, J., Andel, T., Trust Management and Security in the Future Communication-Based “Smart” Electric Power Grid, IEEE Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Electric Power Systems: Reliability, Security, and Trust Track), 4-7 January 2011, Kauai, HI, USA, pp. 1-10.
  35. Haught, J., Hopkinson, K., Stuckey, N., Dop, M., Stirling, A., A Kalman Filter-Based Prediction System for Better Network Context-Awareness (Invited Article), Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, 5-8 December 2010, Baltimore, MD, USA, pp. 2927-2934.
  36. Dong, X.Y., Hopkinson, K.M., Tong, X.Y., Wang, X.R., Thorp, J., IP-Based Communication Systems for Wide-Area Frequency Stability Predictive Control, Fifth International Conference on Critical Infrastructure (CRIS), 20-22 September 2010, Beijing, China, pp. 1-7.
  37. Hopkinson, K., Roberts, G., Wang, X., Thorp, J., Quality of Service Considerations in Utility Communication Networks, IEEE General Power Meeting, 25-29 July 2010, Minneapolis, MN, USA, pp. 1-1.
  38. Naga, V., Colombi, J., Grimaila, M., Hopkinson, K., Enabling Performance of Mission-Oriented Networks Through Quality of Service Methods, International Conference on Security and Management (SAM), 12-15 July 2010, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 529-535.
  39. Fadul, J.E., Hopkinson, K.M., Andel, T.R., Kurkowski, S.H., Moore, J.T., SCADA Trust Management System, 2010 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM), 12-15 July 2010, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 548-554.
  40. Naga, V., Colombi, J., Grimaila, M., Hopkinson, K., Effecting Quality of Service Across Systems of Systems, 20th International Conference on Systems Engineering (INCOSE ), 12-15 July 2010, Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 1-15.
  41. Naga, V.D., Colombi, J.M., Grimaila, M.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Mission-Related Execution and Planning Through Quality of Service Methods, 15th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), 22-24 June 2010, Santa Monica, CA, USA, pp. 1-26. (Best Student Paper Award Winner)
  42. Fadul, J.E., Hopkinson, K.M., Andel, T.R., Kurkowski, S., Moore, J.T., Simple Trust Protocol for Wired and Wireless SCADA Networks, 2010 International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW), 8-9 April 2010, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA, pp. 89-97.
  43. Tiwari, A., Ganguli, A., Kothari, A., Avadhanam, S., Compton, M., and Hopkinson, K., Feasibility of Communication Planning in Airborne Networks Using Mission Information, 2009 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 18 - 21 October 2009, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 1-7.
  44. Gocmen, M., Hopkinson, K.M., Compton, M., The Benefits of a Network Tasking Order in Combat Search and Rescue Missions, 2009 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 18 - 21 October 2009, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 1-7.
  45. Coates, G.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Graham, S.R., Kurkowski, S.H., Collaborative, Trust-Based Security Mechanisms for a Regional Utility Intranet, IEEE General Power Meeting, 26-30 July 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-1.
  46. Larweck, A., Thomas, R, Kurkowski, S., Hopkinson, K., Using a Multiobjective Approach to Balance Mission and Network Goals with a Delay Tolerant Network Topology, Symposium and Summer School on Wireless Communications, 3-5 June 2009, Blacksburg, VA, USA, pp. 1-7.
  47. Weir, J.S., Kurkowski, K.H., Hopkinson, K.M., Mediated User-Simulator Interactive Command with Visualization (MUSIC-V), Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim), 22-27 March 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 1-8.
  48. Durham, C.M., Andel, T.R., Kurkowski, S.H., Hopkinson, K.M., Evaluation of an OPNET Model for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Networks, Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim), 22-27 March 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 1-8.
  49. Coyne, M.E., Graham, S.R., Hopkinson K.M., Kurkowski, S.H., A Methodology for Unit Testing Actors in Proprietary Discrete Event Based Simulations, Winter Simulation Conference, 7-10 December 2008, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 1012-1019.
  50. Belue, J.M., Kurkowski, S.H., Graham, S.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Thomas, R.W., Abernathy, J.W., Research and Analysis of Simulation-based Networks through Multi-Objective Visualization, Winter Simulation Conference, 7-10 December 2008, Miami, FL, USA, pp.1216-1224 .
  51. Compton, M., Hopkinson, K., Graham, S., The Network Tasking Order (NTO), IEEE MILCOM, 17-19 November 2008, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 1-7.
  52. Oimoen, S.C., Peterson, G.L., Hopkinson, K.M., Network Formation Using Ant Colony Optimization – A Comparative Analysis, IEEE Sixth International Conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence (ANTS) 2008, 22-24 September, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 405-406.
  53. Wilkins, D.C., Kolbe, M.B., Raines, R.A., Williams, P.D., Hopkinson, K., Designing and Implementing a Critical Infrastructure Lab for Educational Research, 3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, 24-25 April 2008, Omaha, NE, USA., pp. 1-5. (CD)
  54. Kolbe, M.B., Wilkin, D.C., Williams, R.A., Raines, R.A., Hopkinson, K., Taxonomy of Critical Infrastructure Control System Effects, 3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, 24-25 April 2008, Omaha, NE, USA., pp. 1-5. (CD)
  55. Kleeman, M., Lamont, G., Hopkinson, K., Graham, S., Solving Multicommodity Capacitated Network Design Problems using a Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications, 1-5 April 2007, Honolulu, HI, USA, pp. 33-41.
  56. Sanchez, R., Hopkinson, K., Reducing Bandwidth Utilization in DIS Simulation Networks. Proceedings of the Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop (Fall SIW) 2006, 10-15 September 2006, Orlando, FL, USA, 11 pages in length, Proceedings ID 06F-SIW-039.
  57. Liao, G., Hopkinson, K.M., Tang, J., Ding, L., Wang, X., A Simulation Study of a Substation Automation Communication System Based on Ethernet Technology, IEEE 2006 International Conference on Power System Technology, 22-26 Oct 2006, Chongqing, China, 7 pages in length, Proceedings ID C0958.
  58. Fraser, N.A., Raines, R.A., Baldwin, R.O., Hopkinson, K.M., Mitigating Distributed Denial of Service Attacks in an Anonymous Routing Environment: Client Puzzles and Tor. Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, 15-16 March 2006, Eastern Shores, MD, USA, pp. 85-94.
  59. Giovanini, R., Coury, D.V., Hopkinson, K.M., Thorp, J.S., A Primary and Backup Cooperative Protection System Based on Wide Area Agents, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America, 8-11 November 2004, Sao Paulo, Brazil, pp. 428-434.
  60. Thorp, J.S., Wang, X.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Coury, D., Giovanini, R., Agent Technology Applied to the Protection of Power Systems, Proceedings of the CRIS 2nd International Conference on Critical Infrastructures, 25-27 October 2004, Grenoble, France.
  61. Giovanini, R., Coury, D.V., Hopkinson, K.M., Thorp, J.S., Improving Local and Backup Protection Using Wide Area Agents, Proceedings of the IEE Eighth International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection, 5-8 April 2004, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 738-741.
  62. Hopkinson, K.M., Birman, K.P., Giovanini, R., Coury, D.V., Wang, X., Thorp, J.S., EPOCHS: Integrated Commercial Off-The-Shelf Software for Agent-based Electric Power and Communication Simulation, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE Winter Simulation Conference, 7-10 December 2003, New Orleans, LA, USA, pp. 1158-1166.
  63. Wang, X.R., Hopkinson, K.M., Thorp, J.S., Giovanini, R., Birman, K., Coury, D., Developing an Agent-based Backup Protection System for Transmission Networks, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Power Systems and Communication Systems Infrastructures for the Future, 23-27 September 2002, Beijing, China.
  64. Jenkins, K., Hopkinson, K., Birman, K., Reliable Group Communication with Subgroups. Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Workshop on Applied Reliable Group Communication within the International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 16-19 April 2001, Pheonix, AZ, USA, pp. 25-30.
  65. Coury, D.V., Thorp, J.S., Hopkinson, K.M., Birman, K.P., Improving the Protection of EHV Teed Feeders Using Local Agents, Proceedings of the IEE Seventh International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection, 9 - 12 April 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 527-530.
  66. Coury, D.V., Thorp, J.S., Hopkinson, K.M., Birman, K.P., Agent Technology Applied to Adaptive Relay Setting for Multi-Terminal Lines, Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 16 - 20 July 2000, Seattle, WA, USA, pp. 1196-1201.

Refereed Conference/Workshop Articles and Presentations (Abstract Review)

  1. Steward, B.J., Wagner, B.M., Hopkinson, K.M., Young, S.R., Modeling EO/IR Systems with ASSET: Applied Machine Learning for Synthetic WFOV Background Signature Generation, SPIE Security and Defence: Proceedings of SPIE 12271, Electro-optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications XIX, 122710B (2 November 2022), 5-8 September 2022, Berlin, Germany, pp. 122710B:1-19.
  2. Hughes, M.S., Lunday, B.J., Weir, J.D., Hopkinson, K.M., Multiagent Routing via the Multiple Shortest Path Problem with Spatiotemporal Dispersion, MORS 90th Symposium: Innovative Analysts Supporting Integrated Deterrence, 13-16 June 2022, Quantico, VA, USA, pp. 1-1.
  3. Hopkinson, K., Overcoming Communication, Distributed Systems, Simulation, and Security Challenges: A Case Study Involving the Protection and Control of the Electric Power Grid, MORS Cyberspace Wargaming and Analytics, 23-25 October 2018, McLean, VA, USA. (Invited Talk)
  4. McLean, R.K., Flatley, B.N., Silvius, M.D., Hopkinson, K.M., FPGA-Based RF Spectrum Merging and Adaptive Hopset Selection, IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2-9 March 2013, Big Sky, MT, USA, Article Number 2391, pp. 1-8.
  5. Knight, M.P., Raulston, K., Laviers, K.R., Hopkinson, K.M., The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Network Defense, IEEE International Defense and Homeland Security Simulation Workshop (DHSS), 19-21 September 2012, Vienna, Austria, USA, pp. 73-78.
  6. Wilkins, D.C., Kolbe, M.B., Raines, R.A., Williams, P.D., Hopkinson, K., Cyberspace Policies and Politics for Critical Infrastructure, 2nd IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection, 16-19 March 2008, Arlington, VA, USA, pp. 1-6.

Other Published Articles

  1. Hamman, S., Hopkinson, K., Adversarial Thinking, NSA Featured Curriculum Module, National Security Agency's National Cybersecurity Curriculum Program, 29 November 2018, https://www.clark.center/details/shamman/Adversarial%20Thinking.
  2. Hopkinson, K., Graham, S., Connecting the War Fighter: Moving from Today’s Crude Bent Pipes to the Tactical Battle Systems of the Future, Blue Darts: Award-Winning Op-Eds, Air University Press, August 2008, pp. 32-33.

Poster Presentations

  1. Hopkinson, K.M., Using Context-Aware Middleware to Control a Cognitive Network, AFRL Cognitive RF Workshop, 21-22 September 2011, Dayton, OH, USA.
  2. Reynolds, M.B., Hopkinson, K.M., Oxley, M.E., Mullins, B.E., Iterative Configuration Method: An Effective and Efficient Heuristic for Service Oriented Infrastructure Resource Allocation, Proceedings of the IEEE 6th World Congress on Services (SERVICES), 5-10 July 2010, Miami, FL, USA.
  3. Kleeman, M.P., Lamont, G.B., Hopkinson, K.M., Graham, S.R., Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for Designing Capacitated Network Centric Communications. Proceedings of the ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2007, 7-11 July 2007, London, England.
  4. Hopkinson, K.M., Giovanini, R., Wang, X.R., Thorp, J.S., Birman, K., Coury, D., EPOCHS: The Electric Power and Communication Synchronizing Simulator. Cornell University Bits on Our Mind Student Poster Session.  5 March 2003, Ithaca, NY, USA.
  5. Hopkinson, K.M., Giovanini, R., Wang, X.R., Thorp, J.S., Birman, K., Coury, D., EPOCHS: The Electric Power and Communication Synchronizing Simulator. NSF Engineering Research Center Proposal on Complex Networks: Student Poster Session. 25 October 2002, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Invited Lectures

  1. Hopkinson, K., Tools to Enhance Decision Making for Wargaming and Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Naval Postgraduate School CS4924: Seminar Series in Computer Science and Cyber Systems and Operations, Monterey, CA, USA, 23 July 2021.
  2. Hopkinson, K., Overcoming Communication, Distributed Systems, Simulation, and Security Challenges: A Case Study Involving the Protection and Control of the Electric Power Grid, MORS Cyberspace Wargaming and Analytics Workshop, McLean, VA, USA, 23-25 October 2018.
  3. Hopkinson, K., Merkle, Laurence D., Network Science, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Applied Machine Learning, and Quantum Computing, India-U.S. Joint Technical Group (JTG), Bangalore, India, 16 August 2018.
  4. Hopkinson, K., Overcoming Communication, Distributed Systems, Simulation, and Security Challenges: A Case Study Involving the Protection and Control of the Electric Power Grid, Michigan Technological University Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC) Distinguished Lecturer Seminar, Houghton, MI, USA, 20 April 2018.
  5. Hopkinson, K., Overcoming Communication, Distributed Systems, Simulation, and Security Challenges: A Case Study Involving the Protection and Control of the Electric Power Grid, Pennsylvania State University Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Seminar, State College, PA, USA, 18 September 2014.
  6. Hopkinson, K., The EPOCHS and its Evolution, A Technical Symposium in Honor of the Life and Careers of Arun Phadke and Jim Thorp, Dominion Virginia Power’s Herndon Facility Auditorium, Herndon, VA, USA, 9 May 2013.
  7. Hopkinson, K, Assessing and Evaluating Communication Technologies for Modern Power System Applications Including Wide Area Measurement Based Power System Protection and Control, Southwest Jiaotong University, Department of Electrical Engineering Colloquium, Chengdu, China, 9 April 2009.
  8. Hopkinson, K, EPOCHS: An Integrated Simulation Platform of Electric Power and Communication Simulators, Southwest Jiaotong University, Department of Electrical Engineering Colloquium, Chengdu, China, 7 April 2009.

Patents

  1. Clark, M., Hopkinson, K.M., Transferable Multiparty Computation, Patent Application # 14/708,532 – 11 May 2015. Provides a method for multiparty computation where computational shares can be transferred to secondary parties based on a trigger event in a way that preserves privacy/security while simultaneously distributing the computational workload to aid in scalability. Patent Awarded November 7, 2017, Patent No. 9,813,234.
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