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Discovering and Repairing Flaws in C Binaries Without Requiring Codebase and Instrumentation

Authors: Diogo Ferreira and Ibéria Medeiros

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 143, 30th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2026)


Abstract
Industrial and embedded software systems frequently integrate various third-party components sourced from diverse providers into their codebases. These systems are commonly developed in C, a language known for its lack of variable bounds checking, making it vulnerable to Buffer Overflows (BOs), which, when exploited, can cause severe damage. Consequently, the binary code resulting from vulnerable C programs is also vulnerable and remains so in the final products. Fixing these software systems is challenging because only binary code is available. This paper presents PatchBin, a binary patching tool to automatically fix BO vulnerabilities and validate the effectiveness of fixes while ensuring no new flaws are introduced. The approach involves a combination of fuzzing, reverse static analysis and static rewriting techniques to, respectively, (i) identify possible malicious inputs that can trigger BOs, (ii) find their root cause by employing reverse data flow analysis, and (iii) remove them by rewriting the binary code with effective validation, thus generating a new binary without the original flaws and new ones. Experimental evaluations with synthetic and real-world applications demonstrated that PatchBin detects and fixes BO in binary programs without introducing new vulnerabilities. The results showed that PatchBin is an important aid for industrial partners, enabling them to test and fix their products, including third-party components, without access to source code, but only to binary code.

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Diogo Ferreira and Ibéria Medeiros. Discovering and Repairing Flaws in C Binaries Without Requiring Codebase and Instrumentation. In 30th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 143, pp. 2:1-2:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{ferreira_et_al:OASIcs.AEiC.2026.2,
  author =	{Ferreira, Diogo and Medeiros, Ib\'{e}ria},
  title =	{{Discovering and Repairing Flaws in C Binaries Without Requiring Codebase and Instrumentation}},
  booktitle =	{30th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2026)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:19},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-425-3},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{143},
  editor =	{Filieri, Antonio and Backeman, Peter},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.AEiC.2026.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-259209},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.AEiC.2026.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Binary Patching, Reverse Engineering, Static Analysis, Software Security}
}
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Mining Inter-Document Argument Structures in Scientific Papers for an Argument Web

Authors: Florian Ruosch, Cristina Sarasua, and Abraham Bernstein

Published in: TGDK, Volume 3, Issue 3 (2025). Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge, Volume 3, Issue 3


Abstract
In Argument Mining, predicting argumentative relations between texts (or spans) remains one of the most challenging aspects, even more so in the cross-document setting. This paper makes three key contributions to advance research in this domain. We first extend an existing dataset, the Sci-Arg corpus, by annotating it with explicit inter-document argumentative relations, thereby allowing arguments to be distributed over several documents forming an Argument Web; these new annotations are published using Semantic Web technologies (RDF, OWL). Second, we explore and evaluate three automated approaches for predicting these inter-document argumentative relations, establishing critical baselines on the new dataset. We find that a simple classifier based on discourse indicators with access to context outperforms neural methods. Third, we conduct a comparative analysis of these approaches for both intra- and inter-document settings, identifying statistically significant differences in results that indicate the necessity of distinguishing between these two scenarios. Our findings highlight significant challenges in this complex domain and open crucial avenues for future research on the Argument Web of Science, particularly for those interested in leveraging Semantic Web technologies and knowledge graphs to understand scholarly discourse. With this, we provide the first stepping stones in the form of a benchmark dataset, three baseline methods, and an initial analysis for a systematic exploration of this field relevant to the Web of Data and Science.

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Florian Ruosch, Cristina Sarasua, and Abraham Bernstein. Mining Inter-Document Argument Structures in Scientific Papers for an Argument Web. In Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK), Volume 3, Issue 3, pp. 4:1-4:33, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@Article{ruosch_et_al:TGDK.3.3.4,
  author =	{Ruosch, Florian and Sarasua, Cristina and Bernstein, Abraham},
  title =	{{Mining Inter-Document Argument Structures in Scientific Papers for an Argument Web}},
  journal =	{Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge},
  pages =	{4:1--4:33},
  ISSN =	{2942-7517},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{3},
  number =	{3},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/TGDK.3.3.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252159},
  doi =		{10.4230/TGDK.3.3.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Argument Mining, Large Language Models, Knowledge Graphs, Link Prediction}
}
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Uncertainty Management in the Construction of Knowledge Graphs: A Survey

Authors: Lucas Jarnac, Yoan Chabot, and Miguel Couceiro

Published in: TGDK, Volume 3, Issue 1 (2025). Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge, Volume 3, Issue 1


Abstract
Knowledge Graphs (KGs) are a major asset for companies thanks to their great flexibility in data representation and their numerous applications, e.g., vocabulary sharing, Q&A or recommendation systems. To build a KG, it is a common practice to rely on automatic methods for extracting knowledge from various heterogeneous sources. However, in a noisy and uncertain world, knowledge may not be reliable and conflicts between data sources may occur. Integrating unreliable data would directly impact the use of the KG, therefore such conflicts must be resolved. This could be done manually by selecting the best data to integrate. This first approach is highly accurate, but costly and time-consuming. That is why recent efforts focus on automatic approaches, which represent a challenging task since it requires handling the uncertainty of extracted knowledge throughout its integration into the KG. We survey state-of-the-art approaches in this direction and present constructions of both open and enterprise KGs. We then describe different knowledge extraction methods and discuss downstream tasks after knowledge acquisition, including KG completion using embedding models, knowledge alignment, and knowledge fusion in order to address the problem of knowledge uncertainty in KG construction. We conclude with a discussion on the remaining challenges and perspectives when constructing a KG taking into account uncertainty.

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Lucas Jarnac, Yoan Chabot, and Miguel Couceiro. Uncertainty Management in the Construction of Knowledge Graphs: A Survey. In Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK), Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 3:1-3:48, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@Article{jarnac_et_al:TGDK.3.1.3,
  author =	{Jarnac, Lucas and Chabot, Yoan and Couceiro, Miguel},
  title =	{{Uncertainty Management in the Construction of Knowledge Graphs: A Survey}},
  journal =	{Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge},
  pages =	{3:1--3:48},
  ISSN =	{2942-7517},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{3},
  number =	{1},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/TGDK.3.1.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-233733},
  doi =		{10.4230/TGDK.3.1.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: Knowledge reconciliation, Uncertainty, Heterogeneous sources, Knowledge graph construction}
}
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Vision
Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs: Existing Gaps and Future Research Challenges

Authors: Claudia d'Amato, Louis Mahon, Pierre Monnin, and Giorgos Stamou

Published in: TGDK, Volume 1, Issue 1 (2023): Special Issue on Trends in Graph Data and Knowledge. Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge, Volume 1, Issue 1


Abstract
The graph model is nowadays largely adopted to model a wide range of knowledge and data, spanning from social networks to knowledge graphs (KGs), representing a successful paradigm of how symbolic and transparent AI can scale on the World Wide Web. However, due to their unprecedented volume, they are generally tackled by Machine Learning (ML) and mostly numeric based methods such as graph embedding models (KGE) and deep neural networks (DNNs). The latter methods have been proved lately very efficient, leading the current AI spring. In this vision paper, we introduce some of the main existing methods for combining KGs and ML, divided into two categories: those using ML to improve KGs, and those using KGs to improve results on ML tasks. From this introduction, we highlight research gaps and perspectives that we deem promising and currently under-explored for the involved research communities, spanning from KG support for LLM prompting, integration of KG semantics in ML models to symbol-based methods, interpretability of ML models, and the need for improved benchmark datasets. In our opinion, such perspectives are stepping stones in an ultimate view of KGs as central assets for neuro-symbolic and explainable AI.

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Claudia d'Amato, Louis Mahon, Pierre Monnin, and Giorgos Stamou. Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs: Existing Gaps and Future Research Challenges. In Special Issue on Trends in Graph Data and Knowledge. Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK), Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 8:1-8:35, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)


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@Article{damato_et_al:TGDK.1.1.8,
  author =	{d'Amato, Claudia and Mahon, Louis and Monnin, Pierre and Stamou, Giorgos},
  title =	{{Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs: Existing Gaps and Future Research Challenges}},
  journal =	{Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge},
  pages =	{8:1--8:35},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{1},
  number =	{1},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/TGDK.1.1.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-194824},
  doi =		{10.4230/TGDK.1.1.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph-based Learning, Knowledge Graph Embeddings, Large Language Models, Explainable AI, Knowledge Graph Completion \& Curation}
}
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We know what you're doing! Application detection using thermal data

Authors: Philipp Miedl, Rehan Ahmed, and Lothar Thiele

Published in: LITES, Volume 7, Issue 1 (2021): Special Issue on Embedded System Security. Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems, Volume 7, Issue 1


Abstract
Modern mobile and embedded devices have high computing power which allows them to be used for multiple purposes. Therefore, applications with low security restrictions may execute on the same device as applications handling highly sensitive information. In such a setup, a security risk occurs if it is possible that an application uses system characteristics to gather information about another application on the same device.In this work, we present a method to leak sensitive runtime information by just using temperature sensor readings of a mobile device. We employ a Convolutional-Neural-Network, Long Short-Term Memory units and subsequent label sequence processing to identify the sequence of executed applications over time. To test our hypothesis we collect data from two state-of-the-art smartphones and real user usage patterns. We show an extensive evaluation using laboratory data, where we achieve labelling accuracies up to 90% and negligible timing error. Based on our analysis we state that the thermal information can be used to compromise sensitive user data and increase the vulnerability of mobile devices. A study based on data collected outside of the laboratory opens up various future directions for research.

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Philipp Miedl, Rehan Ahmed, and Lothar Thiele. We know what you're doing! Application detection using thermal data. In LITES, Volume 7, Issue 1 (2021): Special Issue on Embedded System Security. Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 02:1-02:28, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)


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@Article{miedl_et_al:LITES.7.1.2,
  author =	{Miedl, Philipp and Ahmed, Rehan and Thiele, Lothar},
  title =	{{We know what you're doing! Application detection using thermal data}},
  journal =	{Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems},
  pages =	{02:1--02:28},
  ISSN =	{2199-2002},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{7},
  number =	{1},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LITES.7.1.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-192850},
  doi =		{10.4230/LITES.7.1.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Thermal Monitoring, Side Channel, Data Leak, Sequence Labelling}
}
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Systematic judgment aggregators: An algebraic connection between social and logical structure

Authors: Daniel Eckert and Frederik Herzberg

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 9351, Information processing, rational belief change and social interaction (2009)


Abstract
We present several results that show that systematic (complete) judgment aggregators can be viewed as both (2-valued) Boolean homomorphisms and as syntatic versions of reduced (ultra)products. Thereby, Arrovian judgment aggregators link the Boolean algebraic structures of (i) the set of coalitions (ii) the agenda, and (iii) the set of truth values of collective judgments. Since filters arise naturally in the context of Boolean algebras, these findings provide an explanation for the extraordinary effectiveness of the filter method in abstract aggregation theory.

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Daniel Eckert and Frederik Herzberg. Systematic judgment aggregators: An algebraic connection between social and logical structure. In Information processing, rational belief change and social interaction. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 9351, pp. 1-12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2009)


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@InProceedings{eckert_et_al:DagSemProc.09351.9,
  author =	{Eckert, Daniel and Herzberg, Frederik},
  title =	{{Systematic judgment aggregators: An algebraic connection between social and logical structure}},
  booktitle =	{Information processing, rational belief change and social interaction},
  pages =	{1--12},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2009},
  volume =	{9351},
  editor =	{Giacomo Bonanno and James Delgrande and Hans Rott},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.09351.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-22302},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.09351.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: Judgment aggregation; social structure; Boolean homorphism; ultraproduct}
}
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Belief merging, judgment aggregation and some links with social choice theory

Authors: Daniel Eckert and Gabriella Pigozzi

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 5321, Belief Change in Rational Agents: Perspectives from Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Economics (2005)


Abstract
In this paper we explore the relation between three areas: judgment aggregation, belief merging and social choice theory. Judgment aggregation studies how to aggregate individual judgments on logically interconnected propositions into a collective decision on the same propositions. When majority voting is applied to some propositions (the premises) it may however give a different outcome than majority voting applied to another set of propositions (the conclusion). Starting from this so-called doctrinal paradox, the paper surveys the literature on judgment aggregation (and its relation to preference aggregation), and shows that the application of a well known belief merging operator can dissolve the paradox. Finally, the use of distances is shown to establish a link between belief merging and preference aggregation in social choice theory.

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Daniel Eckert and Gabriella Pigozzi. Belief merging, judgment aggregation and some links with social choice theory. In Belief Change in Rational Agents: Perspectives from Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Economics. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 5321, pp. 1-14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2005)


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@InProceedings{eckert_et_al:DagSemProc.05321.8,
  author =	{Eckert, Daniel and Pigozzi, Gabriella},
  title =	{{Belief merging, judgment aggregation and some links with social choice theory}},
  booktitle =	{Belief Change in Rational Agents: Perspectives from Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Economics},
  pages =	{1--14},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2005},
  volume =	{5321},
  editor =	{James Delgrande and Jerome Lang and Hans Rott and Jean-Marc Tallon},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.05321.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-3330},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.05321.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: Judgment aggregation, belief merging, preference aggregation, social choice theory}
}
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