Publications
2024
[41] Bernhard J. Berger, Christina Plump and Rolf Drechsler. Why Less is Sometimes More — Using Boolean Literals to Solve 2048. In 16th International Workshop on Boolean Problems, Bremen, Germany, 2024. (workshop contribution).
[40] Bernhard J. Berger, Christina Plump and Rolf Drechsler. EvoAl2048. In GECCO’24 - The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, Melbourne, Australia, 2024. (competition contribution). Online Competition Winner
[39] Bernhard J. Berger, Christina Plump, Lauren Paul and Rolf Drechsler. EvoAl — Codeless Domain-Optimisation. In GECCO ‘24 Companion: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, Melbourne, Australia, 2024. DOI Online
[38] Christina Plump, Daniel C. Hoinkiss, Jörn Huber, Bernhard J. Berger, Matthias Günther, Christoph Lüth and Rolf Drechsler. Finding the perfect MRI sequence for your patient — Towards an optimisation workflow for MRI-sequences. In IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2024), Yokohama, Japan, 2024. accepted
2023
[37] Bernhard J. Berger and Christina Plump. Automatic Security-Flaw Detection - Replication and Comparison. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, 2023 Material DOI DOI.
[36] Christopher A. Metz, Christina Plump, Bernhard J. Berger and Rolf Drechsler. Hybrid PTX Analysis for GPU accelerated CNN inferencing aiding Computer Architecture Design. In 2023 Forum on Specification & Design Languages (FDL), Turin, Italy, 2023. DOI Online Best Paper Award
[35] Bernhard J. Beger and Goerschwin Fey. Informatik für Ingenieure an der Technischen Universität Hamburg. In INFORMATIK 2023 - Designing Futures: Zukünfte gestalten, Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., ISBN: 978-3-88579-731-9, Bildung - Interdisziplinäres Forschen und Lernen in der Ingenieurinformatik, Berlin, 2023. DOI Online
[34] Lorenz Hüther, Karsten Sohr, Bernhard J. Berger, Hendrik Rothe and Stefan Edelkamp. Machine Learning for SAST: A Lightweight and Adaptable Approach. In 28th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 2023. DOI
[33] Fin Hendrik Bahnsen, Bernhard J. Berger and Goerschwin Fey. GLRP: Guided by Layer-wise Relevance Propagation – Selecting Crucial Neurons in Artificial Neural Networks. In International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies (MOCAST) on Electronics and Communications, 2023. DOI
[32] Christina Plump, Bernhard J. Berger and Rolf Drechsler. Repetitive Processes and Their Surrogate-Model Congruent Encoding for Evolutionary Algorithms - A Theoretic Proposal. The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO Companion), 2023. DOI
[31] Bernhard J. Berger, Christina Plump and Rolf Drechsler. EvoAl: A domain-specific language-based approach to optimisation. In 2023 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2023. DOI
[30] Goerschwin Fey, Swantje Plambeck and Bernhard J. Berger. QMESy: Towards Quality Measurement for Explanations in System Design. Workshop on Intelligent Methods for Test and Reliability, 2023 (workshop contribution).
[29] Christina Plump, Rolf Drechsler and Bernhard J. Berger. KI-gestützte Optimierung repetitiver Prozesse - Eine Kodierungstechnik für repetitive Prozesse in der evolutionären Optimierung. Industrie 4.0 Management, 2023. DOI
[28] Bernhard J. Berger and Goerschwin Fey. Towards: Threat Modeling in System Design. GI/GMM/ITG-Workshop für Testmethoden und Zuverlässigkeit von Schaltungen und Systemen (TUZ), 2023 (workshop contribution).
[27] Fin Hendrik Bahnsen, Bernhard J. Berger and Goerschwin Fey. DoCNeL: Detection of Crucial Neurons Guided by Layer-wise Relevance Propagation. GI/GMM/ITG-Workshop für Testmethoden und Zuverlässigkeit von Schaltungen und Systemen (TUZ), 2023 (workshop contribution).
2022
[26] Lorenz Hüther, Bernhard J. Berger, Stefan Edelkamp, Sebastian Eken, Lara Luhrmann, Hendrik Rothe, Marcus-Sebastian Schröder and Karsten Sohr. Machine Learning in the Context of Static Application Security Testing - ML-SAST. Editor: Federal Office for Information Security, 2022. Online
[25] Christina Plump, Bernhard J. Berger and Rolf Drechsler. Using density of training data to improve evolutionary algorithms with approximative fitness functions. In 2022 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2022. DOIOnline
[24] Christina Plump, Bernhard J. Berger and Rolf Drechsler. Adapting mutation and recombination operators to range-aware relations in real-world application data. In The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO Companion), 2022. DOI
[23] Bernhard J. Berger. Automatic detection of architectural security flaws. Doctoral Thesis, 2022. DOI
[22] Christina Plump, Bernhard J. Berger and Rolf Drechsler. Choosing the right technique for the right restriction - a domain-specific approach for enforcing search-space restrictions in evolutionary algorithms. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics – LDIC 2022, 2022. DOIOnline
2021
[21] Marc Asendorf, Hasanur Jaman Seam, Christian Maeder, Salva Daneshgadeh Çakmakçı and Bernhard J. Berger. Where are my containers?. In Proceedings of the first European Workshop on Maritime Systems Resilience and Security (MARESEC 2021), 2021. DOI
[20] Bernhard J. Berger, Christian Maeder and Salva Daneshgadeh Çakmakçı. Threat Modeling Knowledge for the Maritime Community. In Proceedings of the first European Workshop on Maritime Systems Resilience and Security (MARESEC 2021), 2021. DOI
[19] Rodrigue W. Nguempnang, Bernhard J. Berger and Karsten Sohr. eNYPD - Entry Points Detector - Jakarta Server Faces Use Case. In Proceedings of the 21th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM), IEEE Computer Society Press, 2021. DOI
[18] Christina Plump, Bernhard J. Berger, Rolf Drechsler. Improving Evolutionary Algorithms by Enhancing an Approximative Fitness Function Through Prediction Intervals. In 2021 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2021. DOIOnline
[17] Christina Plump, Bernhard J. Berger, Rolf Drechsler. Domain-driven Correlation-aware Recombination and Mutation Operators for Complex Real-world Applications. In 2021 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2021. DOIOnline
2020
[16] Bernhard J. Berger, Rodrigue W. Nguempnang, Karsten Sohr and Rainer Koschke. Static Extraction of Enforced Authorization Policies - SeeAuthz. In Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM), IEEE Computer Society Press, 2020. DOI
2019
[15] Bernhard J. Berger, Karsten Sohr, Rainer Koschke. The Architectural Security Tool Suite - ArchSec. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM), Cleveland, Ohio, 2019. DOIBest Engineering Paper Award
[14] Bernhard J. Berger, Christian Maeder, Rodrigue W. Nguempnang, Karsten Sohr, Carlos E. Rubio-Medrano. Towards Effective Verification of Multi-Model Access Control Properties. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT 2019), Toronto, Kanada, 2019. DOI
2018
[14] Rainer Koschke, Urs-Bjoern Schmidt, Bernhard J. Berger. Built-in Clone Detection in Meta Languages. In Proceedings of the Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM), IEEE Computer Society Press, 2018. DOI
2016
[12] Bernhard J. Berger, Karsten Sohr and Rainer Koschke. Automatically Extracting Threats from Extended Data Flow Diagrams. In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Engineering Secure Software and Systems (ESSoS), London, April, 2016. DOI
2015
[11] Marc-Andre Laverdiere, Bernhard J. Berger and Ettore Merlot. Taint Analysis of Manual Service Compositions using Cross-Application Call Graphs. In 22nd International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2015, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2015. DOI
2014
[10] Bernhard J. Berger and Karsten Sohr and Udo H. Kalinna. Architekturelle Sicherheitsanalyse für Android. In D-A-CH Security 2014: Bestandsaufnahme - Konzepte - Anwendungen - Perspektiven, SysSec, 2014.
[9] Steffen Bartsch, Bernhard J. Berger, Eric Bodden, Achim D. Brucker, Jens Heider, Mehmet Kus, Sönke Maseberg, Karsten Sohr and Melanie Volkamer. Zertifizierte Datensicherheit für Android-Anwendungen auf Basis statischer Programmanalysen. In GI Sicherheit 2014, Lecture Notes in Informatics, GI, 2014.
2013
[8] Steffen Bartsch, Bernhard J. Berger, Michaela Bunke and Karsten Sohr. The Transitivity-of-Trust Problem in Android Application Interaction. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, 2013 DOI.
[7] Bernhard J. Berger, Karsten Sohr and Rainer Koschke. Extracting and Analyzing the Implemented Security Architecture of Business Applications. In Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2013. DOI
2012
[6] Bernhard J. Berger and Karsten Sohr. An Approach to Detecting Inter-Session Data Flow Induced by Object Pooling. In Information Security and Privacy Research - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Volume 376/2012, Springer, 2012. DOI
2011
[5] Bernhard J. Berger, Michaela Bunke and Karsten Sohr. An Android Security Case Study with Bauhaus. In Proceedings of the 18th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering. IEEE Computer Society, 2011. DOI
[4] Bernhard J. Berger and Michaela Bunke. Software Security Comprehension. In WSR 2011 / Softwaretechnik-Trends, 31(2), 2011.
2010
[3] Karsten Sohr and Bernhard J. Berger. Idea: Towards Architecture-Centric Security Analysis of Software. In Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Engineering Secure Software and Systems (ESSoS). Springer, 2010. DOI
2008
[2] Bernhard J. Berger, Rainer Koschke. Reduzierung der Programmgröße durch Klonerkennung. In GI Jahrestagung(2). Gesellschaft für Informatik, 2008.
2007
[1] Bernhard J. Berger. Klonmanagement: Klonerkennung für eingebettete Systeme. Diploma Thesis, Universität Bremen, 2007.