Umit Karabiyik, Ph.D.

Associate Professor / Director of Ubiquitous and Mobile Investigative Techniques and Technologies Lab

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765-496-6877

Knoy 419

West Lafayette

Dr. Umit Karabiyik (Dr. K) is an Associate Professor in the School of Applied and Creative Computing at Purdue University. Prior to his appointment at Purdue, Dr. K was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Sam Houston State University from 2015 to 2018. Dr. K is a First Generation Student and received his B.S. degree in Computer Systems Teaching from Sakarya University in 2006, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Florida State University in 2010 and 2015, respectively. His research interests broadly lie in Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity, Forensic Intelligence, User and Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence in Security, Privacy and Forensic Applications. He has secured federal and industrial funding from the U.S. National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Dr. K has developed and delivered several mobile and IoT forensics training courses and technical assistance for law enforcement and justice system professionals. He is an Associate Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, Topic Editor for MDPI’s Electronics journal, Junior Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Surveillance, Security and Safety, conference chair and/or technical program committee member of high-quality international conferences in Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity, and Networking.

If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in Digital and Cyber Forensics, or perhaps you have an interesting project idea that lies in Dr. K's research areas contact him at umit@purdue.edu.

Research Interests

User and Data Privacy
Machine Learning Applications in Cyberforensics and Security
Cyber Forensic Intelligence
Cybersecurity
Digital and Cyber Forensics

Education History

Ph.D. (Computer Science), Florida State University, 2015.
M.S. (Computer Science), Florida State University, 2010.
B.S. (Computer Systems Teaching), Sakarya University, 2006.

Honors and Awards

Department of Computer and Information Technology, Outstanding Faculty in Discovery, 2022

Department of Computer and Information Technology, Outstanding Engagement in Discovery, 2022

People’s Choice Poster Award Winner, 23rd Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Virtual Symposium, 2021

The Seed for Success Award, Excellence in Research, Purdue University, 2020

Outstanding ACM Chapter Advisor, Sam Houston State University, 2017

Best paper award, IEEE 4th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, Little Rock, AR, 2016

Publications and Presentations

JOURNALS:

[2023] Hutchinson, S., Stanković, M., Ho, S., Houshmand, S., & Karabiyik, U. (2023). Investigating the Privacy and Security of the SimpliSafe Security System on Android and iOS. Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, 3(2), 145-165.
[2023] Bowling, H., Seigfried‐Spellar, K., Karabiyik, U., & Rogers, M. (2023). We are meeting on Microsoft Teams: Forensic analysis in Windows, Android, and iOS operating systems. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 68(2), 434-460.
[2022] Mirza, M. M., Ozer, A., & Karabiyik, U. (2022). Mobile cyber forensic investigations of web3 wallets on Android and iOS. Applied Sciences, 12(21), 11180.
[2022] Hutchinson, S., Mirza, M. M., West, N., Karabiyik, U., Rogers, M., Mukherjee, T., Aggarwal, S., Haeyong, C., and Pettus-Davis, C. "Investigating Wearable Fitness Applications: Data Privacy and Digital Forensics Analysis on Android." Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(19):9747. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199747 [IF:2.838]
[2022] Stanković, M. and Karabiyik, U. "Exploratory Study on Kali NetHunter Lite: A Digital Forensics Approach." Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy. 2022; 2(3):750-763. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcp2030038
[2022] Keim, Y., Hutchinson, S., Shrivastava, A., and Karabiyik, U. "Forensic Analysis of TikTok Alternatives on Android and iOS Devices: Byte, Dubsmash, and Triller." Electronics. 2022; 11(18):2972. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11182972 [IF:2.690]
[2021] Salamh, F. E., Mirza, M. M., Hutchinson, S., Yoon, Y. H., and Karabiyik, U. (2021). "What’s on the Horizon? An In-Depth Forensic Analysis of Android and iOS Applications." IEEE Access, 9, 99421-99454. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3095562 [IF: 3.476]
[2021] Stanković, M., Mirza, M. M., and Karabiyik, U. (2021). "UAV forensics: DJI mini 2 case study." Drones, 5(2), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5020049 [IF: 5.532]
[2021] Salamh, F. E., Karabiyik, U., Rogers, M. K., and Matson, E. T. (2021). "A comparative uav forensic analysis: Static and live digital evidence traceability challenges." Drones, 5(2), 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5020042 [IF: 5.532]
[2021] Salamh, F. E., Mirza, M. M., and Karabiyik, U. (2021). "UAV Forensic Analysis and Software Tools Assessment: DJI Phantom 4 and Matrice 210 as Case Studies". Electronics (2021), 10(6), 733. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10060733 [IF: 2.412]
[2021] Salamh, F. E., Karabiyik, U., and Rogers, M. (2021) "A Constructive DIREST Security Threat Modeling for Drone as a Service," Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 16 , Article 2. https://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2021.1695
[2021] Keim, Y.; Yoon, Y.H.; Karabiyik, U. "Digital Forensics Analysis of Ubuntu Touch on PinePhone." Electronics (2021), 10, 343. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10030343 [IF: 2.412]
[2020] Tzvetanov, K., Karabiyik, U. "A first look at forensic analysis of SailfishOS", Computers & Security (2020), 102054. [IF: 3.579]
[2020] Cline, T. L., Lercel, D., Karabiyik, U., & Dietz, J. (2020). "The Current State of Counter Unmanned Aerial System Policy in the U.S.." International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 7(3).
[2020] Yoon, Y.H., Karabiyik, U. "Forensic Analysis of Fitbit Versa 2 Data on Android". Electronics (2020), 9, 1431. [IF: 2.412]
[2020] Karabiyik, U., Karabiyik, T. "A Game Theoretic Approach for Digital Forensic Tool Selection." Mathematics 8.5 (2020): 774. [IF: 1.747]
[2020] Hughes, N, Karabiyik, U. "Towards reliable digital forensics investigations through measurement science." Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Forensic Science (2020): e1367.
[2019] Salamh, F. E., Karabiyik, U. and Rogers, M. K. (2019). "RPAS Forensic Validation Analysis Towards a Technical Investigation Process: A Case Study of Yuneec Typhoon H", Sensors, 19(15). doi: 10.3390/s19153246. [IF: 3.275]
[2017] Sablatura, J. and Karabiyik, U., "Pokémon GO Forensics: An Android Application Analysis", Information 2017, 8, 71.
[2016] Karabiyik, U., Canbaz, M.A., Aksoy, A., Tuna, T., Akbas, E., Gonen, B., and Aygun, R., "A Survey of Social Network Forensics", Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 11 : No. 4 , Article 8, 2016.
[2016] Tuna, T., Akbas, E., Aksoy, A., Canbaz, M.A., Karabiyik, U., Gonen, B., and Aygun, R., "User characterization for online social networks", Social Network Analysis and Mining, 6(1):104, 2016.
[2014] Karabiyik, U. and Aggarwal, S., "AUDIT: Automated Disk Investigation Toolkit", Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL), 9(2):129-144, 2014.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (PEER-REVIEWED) :

[2023] Diliberti, N., Chung, H., Keim, Y., Rogers, M., Karabiyik, U., Aggarwal, S., Mukherjee, T. and Pettus, C.(2023, July). Supporting and Motivating Re-integration of Justice-Involved Individuals Through Dynamic Gamification. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 258-275). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
[2023] Dorai, G., Hutchinson, S., Rodriguez, B., & Karabiyik, U. (2023). Mobile Commerce-Analysis and Investigation of the Online Safety, Privacy, and Data Forensics of Amazon and Etsy Apps. In 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023 (pp. 4371-4380). IEEE Computer Society.
[2022] Matulis, N., & Karabiyik, U. (2022). Digital Forensics for Mobility as A Service Platform: Analysis of Uber Application on iPhone and Cloud. In Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law.
[2022] Lint, G. S., & Karabiyik, U. (2022). Detection of Overlapping Passive Manipulation Techniques in Image Forensics. In Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law.
[2022] Ho, S., Greeson, H. & Karabiyik, U. (2022). Smart home forensics: Identifying DDoS attack patterns on IoT devices. In Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law.
[2021] Mirza, M. M., and Karabiyik, U. (2021, June). Enhancing IP Address Geocoding, Geolocating and Visualization for Digital Forensics. In 2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
[2021] Kumar, S. T., and Karabiyik, U. (2021). Instagram Forensic Analysis Revisited: Does anything really vanish?. In 2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
[2021] Moffitt, K., Karabiyik, U., Hutchinson, D., and Yoon, Y. H. (2021). "Discord Forensics: The Logs Keep Growing." In 2021 IEEE 11th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), pp. 0993-0999. IEEE, 2021.
[2021] Salamh, F., Karabiyik, U., Rogers, M. K., and Matson, E. T. (2021). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Kill Chain: Purple Teaming Tactics. In 2021 IEEE 11th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC) (pp. 1081-1087). IEEE.
[2020] Hutchinson, S., Shantaram, N., and Karabiyik, U., "Forensic Analysis of Dating Applications on Android and iOS Devices." In 2020 IEEE 19th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), pp. 836-847. IEEE, 2020. (Acceptance Rate: 25.8%)
[2020] Hutchinson, S. and Karabiyik, U., "Forensic Analysis of the August Smart Device Ecosystem." In 2020 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), pp. 1-7. IEEE, 2020.
[2020] Salamh, F., Karabiyik, U., and Rogers, M., "Asynchronous forensic investigative approach to recover deleted data from instant messaging applications." In 2020 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2020.
[2020] Hutchinson, S., Yoon, Y. H., Shantaram, N., Karabiyik, U., "Internet of Things Forensics in Smart Homes: Design, Implementation and Analysis of Smart Home Laboratory", 127th ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, 2020.
[2020] Shimmi, S. S., Dorai, G., Karabiyik, U., Aggarwal, S. "Analysis of iOS SQLite Schema Evolution for Updating Forensic Data Extraction Tools." In 2020 8th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS). IEEE, 2020.
[2020] Mirza, M. M., Salamh, F. E., Karabiyik, U. "An Android Case Study on Technical Anti-Forensic Challenges of WhatsApp Application." In 2020 8th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS). IEEE, 2020. (Video Presentation by M. M. Mirza)
[2019] Hutchinson, S., Zhou, B., Karabiyik, U. "Are We Really Protected? An Investigation into the Play Protect Service." In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). IEEE, 2019. (Acceptance Rate: 18.7%)
[2019] Karabiyik, U., Mousas, C., Sirota, D., Iwai, T., Akdere, M. "A Virtual Reality Framework for Training Incident First Responders and Digital Forensic Investigators." In International Symposium on Visual Computing (pp. 469-480). Springer, Cham.
[2019] Salamh, F. E., Karabiyik, U., Rogers, M., & Al-Hazemi, F. (2019, June). “Drone Disrupted Denial of Service Attack(3DOS): Towards an Incident Response and Forensic Analysis of Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPASs)”. In 2019 15th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC) (pp. 704-710). IEEE.
[2019] Bays, J. and Karabiyik, U., “Forensic Analysis of Third Party Location Applications in Android and iOS”, In IEEE INFOCOM 2019-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFO-COM WKSHPS). IEEE. 2019.
[2019] Salam, A. and Karabiyik, U., “A Cooperative Overlay Approach at the Physical Layer of CognitiveRadio for Digital Agriculture”. In Third International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking 2019 (BalkanCom 2019).
[2019] Aggarwal, S., Dorai, G., Karabiyik, U., Mukherjee, T., Guerra, N., Hernandez, M,. Parsons, J., Rathi, K., Chi, H., Aderibigbe, T. and Wilson, R., (2019, January). "A Targeted Data Extraction System for Mobile Devices." In IFIP International Conference on Digital Forensics (pp. 73-100). Springer, Cham.
[2019] Hutchinson, S. and Karabiyik, U., “Forensic Analysis of Spy Applications in Android Devices”. In Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, 2019.
[2018] Neyaz, A, Shashidhar, N., and Karabiyik, U., "Forensic Analysis of Wear Leveling on Solid-State Media," 2018 17th IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications/ 12th IEEE International Conference On Big Data Science And Engineering (TrustCom/BigDataSE), New York, NY, 2018, pp. 1706-1710. doi: 10.1109/TrustCom/BigDataSE.2018.00256
[2018] Duncan, M. and Karabiyik, U., "Detection and Recovery of Anti-Forensic (Vault) Applications on Android Devices" (2018). Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law. 6.
[2018] Karabiyik, U., Celebi, N., Yildiz, F., Holekamp, J., Rabieh, K., “Forensic Analysis of SCADA/ICS System with Security and Vulnerability Assessment”, 125th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2018.
[2018] Yildiz, F., Holekamp, J. Pecen, R., Karabiyik, U., Coogler, K.L., England, J.R., “Design and Development of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Laboratory”, 125th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2018.
[2018] Lawrence, T., Karabiyik, U., Shashidhar, N., "Equipping a digital forensic lab on a budget," 2018 6th International Symposium on Digital Forensic and Security (ISDFS), Antalya, 2018, pp. 1-7. doi: 10.1109/ISDFS.2018.8355345
[2018] Rathi K., Karabiyik, U., Aderibigbe, T., Chi, H., "Forensic analysis of encrypted instant messaging applications on Android," 2018 6th International Symposium on Digital Forensic and Security (ISDFS), Antalya, 2018, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/ISDFS.2018.8355344
[2018] Rabieh, K., Akkaya, K., Karabiyik, U., & Qamruddin, J., "A secure and cloud-based medical records access scheme for on-road emergencies," 2018 15th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, 2018, pp. 1-8. doi: 10.1109/CCNC.2018.8319175
[2017] Karabiyik, U. and Karabiyik, T., 2017. "Digital Forensics Tool Selection with Multi-armed Bandit Problem". Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law. 14.
[2016] Karabiyik, U. and Aggarwal, S., 2016, April. "Model of hierarchical disk investigation". In 2016 4th International Symposium on Digital Forensic and Security (ISDFS) (pp. 84-88). IEEE. (BEST PAPER AWARD)
[2016] Sablatura, J. and Karabiyik, U., 2016, April. "The forensic effectiveness of virtual disk sanitization". In 2016 4th International Symposium on Digital Forensic and Security (ISDFS) (pp. 126-131). IEEE.
[2016] Karabiyik, U. and Aggarwal, S., "Advanced Automated Disk Investigation Toolkit", Advances in Digital Forensics XII, G. Peterson and S. Shenoi (Eds.), Springer, Heidelberg, 2016. (ISBN: 978-3-319-46278-3)
[2015] Houshmand, S., Aggarwal, A., and Karabiyik, U., "Identifying passwords stored on disk", Advances in Digital Forensics XI, G. Peterson and S. Shenoi (Eds.), Springer, Heidelberg, 2015. (ISBN: 978-3-319-24122-7)

BOOK CHAPTERS:

[2019] Karabiyik, U. and Akkaya, K., “Digital Forensics in IoT and WSNs ”, Book chapter in The Philosophy of Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networks, Springer, 2019. In print. (Invited Book Chapter)

Professional Affiliations

Associate Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Member, The American Society of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery
Member, IEEE since 2013 Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) since 2013
Member, IEEE Communications Society
Member, IFIP Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics
Member, Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
Member, European Alliance for Innovation
Member, The Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Eng. (ICST)
Member, Florida State University Alumni Association

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