R. Muhammad Atif Azad

65 papers A 9B 13Misc 1Journal 16Unranked 24
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Stand. Mag.
Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ali Kashif Bashir, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Syed Attique Shah
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Håvard Teigen, Ammar Ahmed, Ali Shariq Imran, Mohib Ullah, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Ahmet Soylu
2025 conf
AI (1)
Mohamed Ihmeida, Shaojun Bian, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Tamer Saleh
2025 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Ziad Tariq Muhammad Ali, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, James Holyhead, Iain Rice, Ali Shariq Imran
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Aslak Tøn, Ammar Ahmed, Ali Shariq Imran, Mohib Ullah, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2024 J jnl
Ecol. Informatics
Aslak Tøn, Ammar Ahmed, Ali Shariq Imran, Mohib Ullah, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2021 J jnl
Appl. Soft Comput.
Aliyu Sani Sambo, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Yevgeniya Kovalchuk, Vivek Padmanaabhan Indramohan, Hanifa Shah
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Sean-Kelly Palicki, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2021 conf
GECCO Companion
Aliyu Sani Sambo, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Yevgeniya Kovalchuk, Vivek Padmanaabhan Indramohan, Hanifa Shah
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Bizzat Hussain Zaidi, Ihsan Ullah, Musharraf Alam, Bamidele Adebisi, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Ali R. Ansari, Raheel Nawaz
2021 J jnl
WIREs Data Mining Knowl. Discov.
Amna Dridi, Mohamed Medhat Gaber, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Jagdev Bhogal
2020 J jnl
BMC Medical Informatics Decis. Mak.
Julian Hatwell, Mohamed Medhat Gaber, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2020 J jnl
Artif. Intell. Rev.
Julian Hatwell, Mohamed Medhat Gaber, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2020 conf
GECCO Companion
Aliyu Sani Sambo, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Yevgeniya Kovalchuk, Vivek Padmanaabhan Indramohan, Hanifa Shah
2020 Misc conf
SAC
Aliyu Sani Sambo, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Yevgeniya Kovalchuk, Vivek Padmanaabhan Indramohan, Hanifa Shah
2020 B conf
EuroGP
Aliyu Sani Sambo, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Yevgeniya Kovalchuk, Vivek Padmanaabhan Indramohan, Hanifa Shah
2019 B conf
IJCNN
Amna Dridi, Mohamed Medhat Gaber, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Jagdev Bhogal
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Amna Dridi, Mohamed Medhat Gaber, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Jagdev Bhogal
2018 ch.
Handbook of Grammatical Evolution
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2018 J jnl
Memetic Comput.
Fergal Lane, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2018 ch.
Handbook of Grammatical Evolution
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan, Stephan J. Eidenbenz, Nandakishore Santhi
2018 B conf
DS
Amna Dridi, Mohamed Medhat Gaber, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Jagdev Bhogal
2017 conf
EvoApplications (1)
Fergal Lane, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2016 A conf
GECCO
David Medernach, Jeannie Fitzgerald, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2016 B conf
CEC
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2016 conf
GECCO (Companion)
Fergal Lane, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2016 conf
SSCI
Fergal Lane, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 B conf
EuroGP
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 B conf
EvoApplications
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 conf
IJCCI (Selected Papers)
Jeannie M. Fitzgerald, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 conf
IJCCI (ECTA)
Jeannie M. Fitzgerald, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 conf
GECCO (Companion)
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 A conf
GECCO
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 conf
GECCO (Companion)
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 conf
GECCO (Companion)
David Medernach, Jeannie Fitzgerald, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2015 conf
GECCO (Companion)
David Medernach, Jeannie Fitzgerald, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2014 conf
NaBIC
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, David Medernach, Conor Ryan
2014 conf
GECCO (Companion)
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, David Medernach, Conor Ryan
2014 conf
GECCO (Companion)
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2014 A conf
PPSN
Fergal Lane, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2014 conf
GECCO (Companion)
Gopinath Chennupati, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2014 conf
GECCO (Companion)
Gopinath Chennupati, Conor Ryan, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2014 B conf
EuroGP
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2013 conf
GECCO (Companion)
Jeannie Fitzgerald, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2013 conf
GECCO (Companion)
Jeannie Fitzgerald, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2011 conf
GECCO (Companion)
David Wallin, Conor Ryan, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2011 J jnl
Soft Comput.
Adil Raja, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Colin Flanagan, Conor Ryan
2011 A conf
GECCO
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2010 A conf
GECCO
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Multim.
Adil Raja, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Colin Flanagan, Conor Ryan
2008 conf
GECCO (Companion)
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2008 A conf
GECCO
Adil Raja, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Colin Flanagan, Conor Ryan
2007 conf
FBIT
Adil Raja, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Colin Flanagan, Conor Ryan
2007 B conf
EuroGP
Adil Raja, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Colin Flanagan, Conor Ryan
2006 conf
BIONETICS
Adil Raja, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Colin Flanagan, Dorel Picovici, Conor Ryan
2005 A conf
GECCO
Hammad Majeed, Conor Ryan, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2005 B conf
Congress on Evolutionary Computation
David Power, Conor Ryan, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2005 B conf
Congress on Evolutionary Computation
David Wallin, Conor Ryan, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2004 conf
GECCO (2)
Conor Ryan, Hammad Majeed, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2004 J jnl
Appl. Soft Comput.
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Ali R. Ansari, Conor Ryan, Michael T. Walsh, Tim McGloughlin
2004 B conf
EuroGP
Eoin Ryan, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2003 B conf
EuroGP
Conor Ryan, R. Muhammad Atif Azad
2003 A conf
GECCO
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan
2002 A conf
GECCO
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Conor Ryan, Mark E. Burke, Ali R. Ansari
2002 B conf
EuroGP
Conor Ryan, R. Muhammad Atif Azad, Alan Sheahan, Michael O'Neill
redb/extractors/extractor.py
← Index redb/extractors/extractor.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
from dataclasses import asdict
from functools import cached_property
from datetime import datetime, timezone
import math
from typing import Counter, List, Optional, Dict, Any, Tuple
from redb import settings
from redb.models.dataclasses import Hash
from .database_exporters import DatabaseExporter, ElasticsearchExporter, ClickHouseExporter, PrintExporter

class Extractor(metaclass=ABCMeta):
    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath: str,
        log: Any,
        exporters: Optional[List[DatabaseExporter]] = None,
        index_prefix: Optional[str] = None,
        source: Optional[str] = None,
        elastic_index: Optional[str] = None,
        known_benign: bool = False,
        known_malicious: bool = False,
        precomputed_hashes: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    ):
        self.log = log
        self.log.debug(f"Creating {self.__class__.__name__}")
        self.filepath = filepath
        self.source = source
        self.exporters = exporters or []
        self.index_prefix = index_prefix if index_prefix else settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + (elastic_index if elastic_index else "")
        self.known_benign = known_benign
        self.known_malicious = known_malicious

        # Use precomputed hashes if provided (e.g., from machofile, pefile)
        # Otherwise compute them from binary
        if precomputed_hashes:
            self.md5 = precomputed_hashes.get('md5') or precomputed_hashes.get('MD5')
            self.sha1 = precomputed_hashes.get('sha1') or precomputed_hashes.get('SHA1')
            self.sha256 = precomputed_hashes.get('sha256') or precomputed_hashes.get('SHA256')
        else:
            self.md5 = hashlib.md5(self.binary).hexdigest()
            self.sha1 = hashlib.sha1(self.binary).hexdigest()
            self.sha256 = hashlib.sha256(self.binary).hexdigest()
        self.hash = Hash(self.md5, self.sha1, self.sha256)

    @cached_property
    def binary(self):
        with open(self.filepath, "rb") as f:
            data = f.read()
        return data

    @property
    @abstractmethod
    def tag(self):
        pass

    @abstractmethod
    def extract(self):
        """
        this method defines the extracted data
        """

    @staticmethod
    def process_binary_string(s):
        # Remove \x00 padding
        s = s.rstrip(b"\x00")

        # Check if there are any non-printable characters
        has_non_printable = any(byte < 32 or byte > 126 for byte in s)

        if not has_non_printable:
            # If all characters are printable, decode the string
            return s.decode()
        else:
            # If there are non-printable characters, represent them as \xDD
            return "".join(
                [
                    f"\\x{byte:02x}" if byte < 32 or byte > 126 else chr(byte)
                    for byte in s
                ]
            )

    @staticmethod
    def remove_non_utf8(binary_string):
        decoded = b""
        for i in range(len(binary_string)):
            try:
                # Try to decode each byte
                char = binary_string[i : i + 1].decode("utf-8")
                decoded += char.encode("utf-8")
            except UnicodeDecodeError:
                # Skip this byte if it can't be decoded
                continue
        return decoded

    def calculate_entropy(self, data):
        """Calculate the entropy of a chunk of data.
        Based on pefile.SectionStructure.entropy_H.
        """
        # self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        if not data:
            return 0.0

        if type(data) == str:
            counts = Counter(data)
            frequencies = ((i / len(data)) for i in counts.values())
            return - sum(f * math.log(f, 2) for f in frequencies)
        else:
            occurences = Counter(bytearray(data))
            entropy = 0
            for x in occurences.values():
                p_x = float(x) / len(data)
                entropy -= p_x * math.log(p_x, 2)
            return entropy

    @abstractmethod
    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Tuple[List[Any], List[str], List[str]]:
        """
        Prepare data for specific export type
        Returns:
            Tuple containing:
            - data: List of values to insert
            - column_names: List of column names
            - column_type_names: List of column types
        """
        pass

    def export_data(self):
        """Export data to all configured exporters

        Returns:
            True: Export succeeded
            False: Export failed (actual error)
            None: No data to export (not an error, e.g., no overlay, no signature)
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        success = True
        extracted_data = self.extract()

        if extracted_data is None:
            self.log.debug("extract() returned None, skipping export")
            return None  # No data to export, not a failure
            
        for exporter in self.exporters:
            if isinstance(exporter, PrintExporter):
                # For PrintExporter, we pass the extracted data directly
                success &= exporter.export(extracted_data)
            else:
                # Get the data prepared for this specific exporter type
                export_data = self.prepare_export_data(exporter.__class__.__name__)
                
                if export_data is None:
                    self.log.debug(f"prepare_export_data returned None for {exporter.__class__.__name__}")
                    return False
                
                if isinstance(exporter, ElasticsearchExporter):
                    success &= exporter.export(
                        export_data,
                        index=self.elastic_index,
                        tag=self.tag(),
                        hashes=asdict(self.hash),
                        known_benign=self.known_benign,
                        known_malicious=self.known_malicious
                    )
                elif isinstance(exporter, ClickHouseExporter):
                    # For ClickHouse, we need to pass the table name and the prepared data
                    success &= exporter.export(
                        export_data,
                        table=self.get_clickhouse_table(),
                        # Add these parameters explicitly
                        column_names=export_data[1] if isinstance(export_data, tuple) else None,
                        column_type_names=export_data[2] if isinstance(export_data, tuple) else None
                    )
                
        return success

    @abstractmethod
    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        """Return the appropriate ClickHouse table name"""
        pass
    # def export_to_elastic(self, list_of_dataclasses, tag=None):
    #     self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    #     if not isinstance(list_of_dataclasses, list):
    #         self.log.error("Called export_to_elastic wrongly")

    #     now_t = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
    #     for dataclass_ in list_of_dataclasses:
    #         if not settings.ELASTIC_CLIENT.ping():
    #             self.log.error("[CONNECTION ERROR] ping to elastic failed")
            
    #         # Convert dataclass to dict and filter out None values
    #         document = {k: v for k, v in asdict(dataclass_).items() if v is not None}
            
    #         if tag:
    #             document["tag"] = [tag, self.tag()]
    #         else:
    #             document["tag"] = self.tag()
    #         hashes = asdict(self.hash)
    #         document |= hashes
    #         document["timestamp_utc"] = now_t
    #         # document["source"] = self.source
    #         document["known_benign"] = self.known_benign
    #         document["known_malicious"] = self.known_malicious

    #         if "_id" in document:
    #             tmp_id = document.pop("_id") + document["sha256"]
    #             _id = hashlib.sha256(tmp_id.encode()).hexdigest()
    #         else:
    #             _id = document["sha256"]

    #         # self.log.debug(f"[DEBUG] about to export {type(document)} {document}")
    #         try:
    #             doc_dump = json.dumps(document)
    #         except TypeError as e:
    #             self.log.error(
    #                 f"Failed export of document. " f"full document: {document}"
    #             )
    #             raise e

    #         # body={"doc": doc_dump,
    #         #       "doc_as_upsert": True  # Create the document if it doesn't exist
    #         # }

    #         # Check if the index exists, and create it if it doesn't
    #         # if not settings.ELASTIC_CLIENT.indices.exists(index=self.elastic_index):
    #         #     settings.ELASTIC_CLIENT.indices.create(index=self.elastic_index)
    #         # pprint(doc_dump) #DEBUG
    #         # print("[DEBUG] _id: " + _id)
    #         # print("[DEBUG] index: " + self.elastic_index)
    #         settings.ELASTIC_CLIENT.index(
    #             index=self.elastic_index, id=_id, document=doc_dump
    #         )