# SCSA Research Lab — Source Code Security Assessment Laboratory

This site presents the verified academic profile, research, publications, collaborators, supervised student projects, and contact details of Dr. Junaid Akram.

## Academic Background & Career

- **Assistant Professor**: COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus (March 2023 — Present)
- **HEC-approved PhD Supervisor**: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
- **Postdoctoral Research Associate**: SnT, University of Luxembourg (May 2021 — May 2023)
- **Visiting Researcher**: SES, Luxembourg — Adaptive Resource Control project (2021 — 2023)
- **Assistant Professor**: Xiamen University Malaysia (August 2020 — July 2021)
- **Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Software Engineering**: Tsinghua University (2015 — 2020)
- **Master of Philosophy (MPhil)**: Zhejiang University of Technology (2012 — 2015)

## Primary Research Domains

Dr. Junaid Akram leads the Source Code Security Assessment (SCSA) Lab. The lab works across six major research vectors:
1. **Cyber Security**: Source-level assessment methods for identifying, understanding, and mitigating software vulnerabilities.
2. **Software Vulnerability Detection**: Deep-learning and program-analysis approaches for vulnerability discovery in C/C++, Java, and Python.
3. **Software Testing**: Automated test-data generation, test smell detection, log-based test slicing, and regression testing.
4. **Malware Detection**: Static and dynamic detection of obfuscated Android and cross-architecture malware.
5. **Code Clone Detection**: Large-scale clone search and refactoring analysis across massive code repositories.
6. **Software Evolution & Maintenance**: Analyzing code reuse, patch synthesis, and long-term security debt.

## Selected Research Tools and Systems

- **SQVDT**: Source Code Vulnerability Detection Tool for large open-source repositories.
- **VCIPR**: Function-level Vulnerability Detection using graph neural representations.
- **DroidSD**: Android Application Similarity and Obfuscated Malware Detection.
- **IBFET**: Large-scale Code Clone Analysis for massive software ecosystems (e.g., Apache Hadoop).
- **ARC Test Suite**: Automated Test Data Generation and Test-Smell Detection for satellite control software at SES Luxembourg.

## Supervision Directory

The SCSA Lab actively supervises BS, MS, and PhD researchers in software engineering and computer science at COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus. Supervised topics include:
- Automated Security Patch Synthesis using Large Language Models
- Static Analysis of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Misconfigurations
- Cross-Language Vulnerability Mapping
- Deep Learning for Smart Contract Vulnerability Auditing

## Contact & Office Details

- **Email**: junaidakram@cuilahore.edu.pk
- **Lab Email**: scsa.laab@gmail.com
- **Office**: H Block, Room 14, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus
- **University Exchange**: (042) 111-001-007

## External Links & Verified Profiles

- **Website**: https://www.ssa-lab.tech
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junaidakram/
- **ResearchGate**: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Junaid-Akram
- **ORCID**: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1752-6124
- **Google Scholar**: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JunaidAkram
- **Official COMSATS Profile**: https://lahore.comsats.edu.pk/employees/1333