M. Zangooei, J. Weil, A. Rizk, M. T. Arashloo, and R. Boutaba. Analyzing Symbolic Properties for DRL Agents in Systems and Networking. ACM SIGMETRICS. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. June 8-12, 2026.
N. Saha, M. T. Arashloo, N. Shahriar, and R. Boutaba. Dynamic SLA-aware Network Slice Monitoring. ACM SIGMETRICS. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. June 8-12, 2026.
M. Zangooei, B. Sun, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. HyRA: A Hybrid Resource Allocation Framework for RAN Slicing. IEEE/IFIP IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Rome, Italy. May 18-22, 2026.
S. A. Band, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. SliceHO: Dynamic Inter-Slice Handover for Intelligent and Programmable 5G and Beyond RANs. IEEE/IFIP IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Rome, Italy. May 18-22, 2026.
N. Saha, N. Limam, Y. Xiao, and R. Boutaba. Rethinking Telemetry Design for Fine-Grained Anomaly Detection in 5G User Planes. IEEE/IFIP IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Rome, Italy. May 18-22, 2026.
M. Rouili, Y. Xiao, S. Liu, and R. Boutaba. RAID: In-Network RA Signaling Storm Detection for 5G Open RAN. IEEE/IFIP IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Rome, Italy. May 18-22, 2026.
F. A. Ardestani, N. Saha, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. Towards NWDAF-enabled Analytics and Closed-Loop Automation in 5G Networks. IEEE/IFIP IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Rome, Italy. May 18-22, 2026.
O. E. Arpaci, F. Kerschbaum, and R. Boutaba. Over-Threshold Multiparty Private Set Intersection for Collaborative Network Intrusion Detection. 23rd USENIX Symposium on Network Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI). Renton, WA, USA. May 4-6, 2026.
Md. S. Towhid, N. S. Khan, N. Shahriar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Leveraging LLM for Enhanced Incident Management in Wireless Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. IEEE Press. Vol. 44, April 2026.
M. Bolourian, N. Limam, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba. 5Guard: Isolation-aware End-to-End Slicing of 5G Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). IEEE Press. Vol. 25(4), April 2026.
H. Nekouyan, B. Sun, R. Boutaba, and X. Tan. Online Rounding and Pricing Schemes for k-Rental Problems. ACM International World Wide Web Conference (WWW), Dubai, United Arab Emirates. April 13 - 17, 2026.
M. Li, Q. Zhang, Z. Zhang, Z. Yang, S. Bregni, A. Gatto, V. Martin, R. Boutaba, and M. Tornatore. Defending QKD Networks: Routing and Wavelength Assignment to Mitigate Physical-Layer Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, Accepted April 2026.
N. Saha, M. T. Arashloo, N. Shahriar, and R. Boutaba. Dynamic SLA-aware Network Slice Monitoring. Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems (POMACS). ACM Press. Vol. 10(1), No. 08, March 2026.
S. Johari, M. Tornatore, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Active Learning for Transformer-Based Fault Diagnosis in 5G and Beyond Mobile Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 23, March 2026.
M. Yue, Y. Peng, R. Ye, J. Lee, F. Al-Hazemi, and R. Boutaba. RIS-Assisted Joint Transmitter-Receiver Space Shift Keying Design for Highly Flexible Wireless Communications. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Accepted January 2026.
Routing and Wavelength Assignment with Minimal Attack Radius for QKD Networks. M. Li, Q. Zhang, Z. Yang, S. Bregni, A. Gatto, R. Boutaba, and M. Tornatore. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Taipei, Taiwan. 8 - 12 December, 2025.
H. A. C. Dahmane, S. Mostafa, M. Sulaiman, R. Boutaba, M. Youssef. vChainNet: Accurate and Scalable End-to-End Slice Modeling for 5G and Beyond Networks . 12th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM'25). Arab Open University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 25-27 November 2025.
J. Tang, Z. Fayyaz, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, Z. Zhang and A. Anwar. HERL: Tiered Federated Learning with Adaptive Homomorphic Encryption using Reinforcement Learning. 7th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications (TPS). Pittsburgh, PA, and USA. Nov. 14-11, 2025.
S. Johari, N. Shahriar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Anomaly Detection and Localization in NFV Systems by Utilizing Masked-Autoencoder and XAI. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 24(11), November 2025.
M. R. Momeni, A. Jabbari, C. Fung, and R. Boutaba. Toward a Privacy-Preserving and Secure Smart City: Recent Advances in User-Centric Applications. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. IEEE Press. Vol. 12(22), November 2025.
M. Sulaiman, M. Ahmadi, B. Sun, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. MicroOpt: Model-driven Slice Resource Optimization in 5G and Beyond Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 22(5), October 2025.
S. G. Park, Q. Zhang, R. Almeida Junior, M. Bolourian, M. Tornatore, and R. Boutaba. Resource Allocation for Satellite QKD Networks with Atmospheric Forecast. 21st IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Bologna, Italy, October 27-31, 2025.
J. Xiong, Q. Zhang, Y. Piétri, R. Yehia, R. Boutaba, F. Musumeci, and M. Tornatore. Power Consumption Analysis of QKD Networks under Different Protocols and Detector Configurations. 51st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC). Copenhagen, Denmark. 28 September - 2 October, 2025.
S. Johari, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba and A. Saleh. Few-Shot Domain Adaptation for Effective Data Drift Mitigation in Network Management. International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). Glascow, Scottland, UK. 20 July - 23 July, 2025.
Q. Zhang, N. Di Cicco. M. Ibrahimi, R. Almeida Júnior, A. Gatto, R. Boutaba, and M. Tornatore. Link Configuration for Fidelity-Constrained Entanglement Routing in Quantum Networks. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). London, UK, May 19 - 22, 2025.
A. Ghasemi, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Multi-Connectivity for Enhanced Throughput: a Critical Study. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Honolulu, HI, USA, 12-16 May 2025.
M. Rouili, R. Boutaba. Blink: A P4-Based 5G Centralized Unit. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Honolulu, HI, USA, 12-16 May 2025.
M. Sulaiman, B. Sun, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh. vNetRunner: Per-VNF Slice Modeling for 5G and Beyond Networks. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Honolulu, HI, USA, 12-16 May 2025.
H. N. Jazi, B. Sun, R. Boutaba, and X. Tan. Posted Price Mechanisms for Online Allocation with Diseconomies of Scale. ACM International World Wide Web Conference (WWW), Sydney, Australia, April 28 – May 2, 2025.
K. D. R. Assis, R. C. Almeida Jr, H. Baghban, A. F. Santos, and R. Boutaba. A Two-stage Reconfiguration in Network Function Virtualization: Toward Service Function Chain Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 22(4), pp. 3573 - 3585, August 2025.
O. Salem, A. Mehaoua, and R. Boutaba. Vehicle Sound Recognition Assistance in IoT Systems for Hearing-Impaired Drivers. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, special issue on Empowering People with Disabilities using IoT and Human-Centered Technologies. IEEE Press. Vol. 8 (4), July 2025.
X. Tan, S. Yu, R. Boutaba, and A. Leon-Garcia. Threshold Policies with Tight Guarantees for Online Selection with Convex Costs. ACM Transactions on Economics and Computations. Article No. 8, pp 1-49, April 2025.
N. Saha, N. Shahriar, M. Sulaiman, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Monarch: Monitoring Architecture for 5G and Beyond Network Slices. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 22(1), February 2025.
J. Ky, B. Mathieu, A. Lahmadi, and R. Boutaba. CATS: Contrastive Learning for Anomaly Detection in Time Series. IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData). Washington, USA, December 15-18, 2024. Short Paper.
B. Sun, H. N. Jazi, X. Tan, and R. Boutaba. Static Pricing for Online Selection Problem and its Variants. 20th Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE). Edinburgh, UK, December 2-5, 2024.
M. L. dos Santos, R. C. Almeida Jr., K. D. R. Assis, and R. Boutaba. Analysis of Fully-Loaded Conditions in Multiband Elastic Optical Networks Using GSNR. International Optics and Photonics Conference (IOPC). Salvador, Brasil, November 11-13, 2024.
B. Zhang, M. A. Salahuddin, P. Hu, Y. Wang, N. Limam, B. Sun, D. Barradas, and R. Boutaba. Signalling Load-aware Conditional Handover in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks. IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Prague, Czech Republic, October 28 – 31, 2024.
A. Abouelkhair, K. Majdi, N. Limam, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba. 5GProvGen: 5G Provenance Dataset Generation Framework. IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Prague, Czech Republic, October 28 – 31, 2024.
H. A. Dinarte, K. D. R. Assis, D.A. R. Chaves, R. C. Almeida Jr., and R. Boutaba. Multi-objective optimization of asymmetric bit rate partitioning for multipath protection in elastic optical networks. Computer Networks. Elsevier. Vol. 251, Article 110627, September 2024.
M. Ahmadi, A. Moyyedi, M. Sulaiman, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Generalizable 5G RAN/MEC Slicing and Admission Control for Reliable Network Operation. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 21(5), pp. 5384-5399, October 2024.
B. Sun, J. Huang, N. Christianson, M. Hajiesmaili, A. Wierman, and R. Boutaba. Online Algorithms with Uncertainty-Quantified Predictions. Forty-first International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). Vienna, Austria, July 21-27, 2024.
E.D. S. Barros, R. C. Almeida Jr., K.D. R. Assis, A. F. Santos, J. F. Martins-Filho, M. Tornatore and R. Boutaba. Cost minimization of multi-class demands groomed over multi-rate OTN interfaces considering WDM-layer constraints. Optical Fiber Technology. Elsevier. Vol. 85, Article 103803, July 2024.
M. M. L. Cavalcanti, G. W. Teixeira, R. C. Almeida, Jr., R. Boutaba, D. A. R. Chaves Enhancing the Efficiency of Resilient Multipath-Routed Elastic Optical Networks: A Novel Approach for Coexisting Protected and Unprotected Services with Idle Slot Reuse. Sensors. MDPI. Vol. 24(12), Article 3965, June 2024.
N. Malekghaini, E. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R. Boutaba , B. Mathieu, S. Moteau, and S. Tuffin. AutoML4ETC: Automated Neural Architecture Search for Real-World Encrypted Traffic Classification. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 21(3), pp. 2715-2730, June 2024.
B. Zhang, P. Hu, A. A. Azirani, M. A. Salahuddin, D. Barradas, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. Secure and Efficient Group Handover Protocol in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Denver, CO, USA. June 9-13, 2024.
A. Tabiban, H. A. Alameddine, M. A. Salahuddin, and R. Boutaba. Signaling Storm in O-RAN: Challenges and Research Opportunities. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press. Vol. 62(6), pp. 58-64, June 2024.
M. Rouili, N. Saha, M. Golkarifard, M. Zangooei, R. Boutaba, E. Onur and R. Saleh. Evaluating Open-Source 5G SA Testbeds: Unveiling Performance Disparities in RAN Scenarios. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Seoul, South Korea, May 6-10, 2024.
M. Zangooei, M. Golkarifard, M. Rouili, N. Saha, and R. Boutaba. Flexible RAN Slicing in Open RAN with Constrained Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Special issue on Open RAN. IEEE Press. Vol. 42(2), pp. 280-294, February 2024.
R. Ye, Y. Peng, F. Al-Hazemi, and R. Boutaba. A Robust Cooperative Jamming Scheme for Secure UAV Communication via Intelligent Reflecting Surface. IEEE Transactions on Communications. Vol. 72(2), pp. 1005-1019, February 2024.
X. Tan, S. Yu, R. Boutaba and A. Leon-Garcia. Threshold Policies with Tight Guarantees for Online Selection with Convex Costs. The 19th Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE), Shanghai, China, December 4-8, 2023.
O. Salem, A. Mehaoua, and R. Boutaba. Soft Voting for Anomaly Detection in Internet of Medical Things. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 4-8, 2023.
M. L. Santos, J. H. da Cruz Jr, K. Assis, R. C. Almeida Jr, and R. Boutaba. Deep Learning for Speeding Up the Min Slot-Continuity Capacity Loss Spectrum Assignment. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC). Castelldefels, Spain, November 5-9, 2023.
E. D. S. Barros, R. C. Almeida Jr, R. Boutaba, and K. Assis. Cost Minimization on OTN Interfaces: An ILP-Based Planning Model. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC). Castelldefels, Spain, November 5-9, 2023.
M. Mushtaq, M. Golkarifard, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Optimal Functional Splitting, Placement and Routing for Isolation-Aware Network Slicing in NG-RAN. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls, Canada, October 30 - November 2, 2023.
Md. S. Towhid, N. S. Khan, N. Shahriar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. A Token-Prioritization Strategy for Handling Data Imbalance in Network-Change Ticket Classification. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls, Canada, October 30 - November 2, 2023.
B. Zhang, P. Zeinaty, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. Mitigating Signaling Storms in 5G with Blockchain-assisted 5GAKA. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls, Canada, October 30 - November 2, 2023.
E. Akbari, S. A. Tahmid, N. Malekghaini, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, B. Mathieu, S. Moteau, and S. Tuffin. A Critical Study of Few-shot Learning for Encrypted Traffic Classification. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls, Canada, October 30 - November 2, 2023.
H. J Tsang, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. A Meta-Reinforcement Learning Framework for Threat Mitigation in Software-Defined Networks. IEEE 48th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN). Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, October 2-5, 2023.
S. Zabarah, O. Naman, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, and S. Al-Kiswany. An Approach for Detecting Multi-Institution Attacks. Springer Annals of Telecommunications. October, 2023.
V. Pourahmadi, H. Alameddine, M. A. Salahuddin, and R. Boutaba. Spotting Anomalies at the Edge: Outlier Exposure-based Cross-silo Federated Learning for DDoS Detection. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 20(5), pp. 4002-4015, September-October 2023.
J. R. Ky , B. Mathieu, A. Lahmadi, and R. Boutaba. ML Models for Detecting QoE Degradation in Low-Latency Applications: A Cloud-Gaming Case Study. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 20(3), pp. 2295-2308, September 2023.
M. Zangooei, M. T. Arashloo, and R. Boutaba. Towards Verifying Monotonicity and Robustness Properties for Domain-Specific DRL Algorithms. ICML 2nd Workshop on Formal Verification of Machine Learning. Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, July 28, 2023.
O. Salem, A. Mehoua, and R. Boutaba. The Sight for Hearing: An IoT-Based System to Assist Drivers with Hearing Disability. 28th IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications. Tunis, Tunisia, July 9-12, 2023.
B. Acir, E. Onur, and R. Boutaba. Privacy-Preserving User Abnormal Behavior Detection in 5G Networks. IEEE BlackSeaCom 2023. Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-7, 2023.
N. Malekghaini, H. J Tsang, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. FSTC: Dynamic Category Adaptation for Encrypted Network Traffic Classification. IFIP Networking 2023. Barcelona, Spain, June 12-15, 2023.
M. Sulaiman, A. Moyyedi, M. Ahmadi, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba and A. Saleh. Coordinated Slicing and Admission Control using Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 20(2), pp. 1110-1124, June 2023.
N. Saha, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba and A. Saleh. MonArch: Network Slice Monitoring Architecture for Cloud Native 5G Deployments. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Miami, FL, USA, May 8-12, 2023.
M. Sulaiman, M. Ahmadi, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba and A. Saleh. Generalizable Resource Scaling of 5G Slices using Constrained Reinforcement Learning. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Miami, FL, USA, May 8-12, 2023. Recipient of the Best Paper Award. Recipient of the 2025 CNOM Best Paper Award.
A. Moyyedi, M. Ahmadi, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba and A. Saleh. Generalizable GNN-based 5G RAN/MEC Slicing and Admission Control in Metropolitan Networks. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Miami, FL, USA, May 8-12, 2023.
N. Malekghaini, E. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R. Boutaba , B. Mathieu, S. Moteau, and S. Tuffin. Deep learning for encrypted traffic classification in the face of data drift: An empirical study. Elsevier Computer Networks. Vol. 225, Article 109648, April 2023.
S. Zabarah, O. Naman, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba and S. Al-Kiswany. Soteria: An Approach for Detecting Multi-Institution Attacks. 26th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks and Workshops (ICIN). Paris, France, March 6-9, 2023.
M. L. M. Peixoto, E. Mota, A. H. O. Maia, W. Lobato, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, and L. A. Villas. FogJam: A Fog Service for Detecting Traffic Congestion in a Continuous Data Stream VANET. Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks. Vol. 140, Article 103046, March 2023.
S. S. Johari, S. Taeb, N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Meetra and M. Hemmati. DRL-Assisted Reoptimization of Network Slice Embedding on EON-enabled Transport Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 20(1), pp. 800-814, March 2023.
M. Zangooei, N. Saha, M. Golkarifard and R. Boutaba. Reinforcement Learning for Radio Resource Management in RAN Slicing: A Survey. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press. Vol. 61(2), pp. 118-124, February 2023.
N. Saha, M. Zangooei, M. Golkarifard and R. Boutaba. Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches to Network Slice Scaling and Placement: A Survey. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press. Vol. 61(2), pp. 82-87, February 2023.
J. Ky, B. Mathieu, A. Lahmadi and R. Boutaba. Assessing Unsupervised Machine Learning solutions for Anomaly Detection in Cloud Gaming. IEEE CNSM Workshop on High-Precision, Predictable, and Low-Latency Networking (HiPNet '22), Thessaloniki, Greece, October 31 - November 4, 2022.
A. Anthony, S. R. Chowdhury, T. Bai, R. Boutaba, and J. Francois. Non-intrusive and Workflow-aware Virtual Network Function Scheduling in User-space. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 10(3), pp. 1975-1990, September 2022.
I. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, S. Wen, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, B. Mathieu, S. Moteau and S. Tuffin. Traffic Classification in an Increasingly Encrypted Web. Communications of the ACM, vol 65(9), September 2022. (CACM Research Highlights)
J. Ky, B. Mathieu, A. Lahmadi and R. Boutaba. Characterization and troubleshooting of cloud gaming applications on mobile networks. Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference 2022 (TMA '22), Enschede, The Netherlands, June 27-28, 2022. Recipient of the Best Poster Award.
X. Tan, S. Yu and R. Boutaba. Online Selection with Convex Costs. ACM SIGMETRICS Workshop on Mathematical performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA). Mumbai, India, June 6-10, 2022.
Y. Dong, I. Goldberg, S. Gorbunov, and R. Boutaba. Astrape: Anonymous Payment Channels with Boring Cryptography. 20th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS). Rome, Italy, June 20-23, 2022.
N. Malekghaini, E. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, B. Mathieu, S. Moteau, and S. Tuffin. Data Drift in DL: Lessons Learned from Encrypted Traffic Classification. IFIP Networking, Catania, Italy, June 13-16, 2022.
D. Harutyunyan, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and R. Riggio. Latency and Mobility-Aware Service Function Chain Placement in 5G Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 21(5), pp. 1697-1709, May 2022.
N. Saha, A. James, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Demonstrating Network Slice KPI Monitoring in a 5G Testbed. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29, 2022.
E. H. Bouzidi, A. Outtagarts, R. Langar, and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Clustering of Software Defined Network Switches and Controller placement using Deep Reinforcement Learning. Elsevier Computer Networks. Vol. 207, Article 108852, April 2022.
S. R. Chowdhury and R. Boutaba. Resource Management in Softwarized Networks. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Dissertation Digest Paper. Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29, 2022. Recipient of the Best Dissertation Award.
M. Sulaiman, A. Moayyedi, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Slicing and Admission Control in 5G-CRAN. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29, 2022. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
S. S. Johari, N. Shahriar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Anomaly Detection and Localization in NFV Systems: An Unsupervised Learning Approach. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29, 2022. Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
A. Laraba, J. François, I. Chrisment, S. R. Chowdhury, and R. Boutaba. Detecting Multi-Step Attacks: A Modular Approach for Programmable Data Plane. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29, 2022.
O. Salem, K. Alsubhi, A. Shaafi, M. Gheryani, A. Mehaoua, and R. Boutaba. Man in the Middle Attack Mitigation in Internet of Medical Things. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. IEEE Press. Vol. 18(3), pp. 2052-2062, March 2022.
M. A. Salahuddin, V. Pourahmadi, H. Alameddine, M. F. Bari, and R. Boutaba. Chronos: DDoS Attack Detection using Time-based Autoencoder. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 19(1), pp. 627-641, March 2022.
H. Tsang, I. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam and R. Boutaba. ATMoS+: Generalizable Threat Mitigation in SDN using Permutation Equivariant and Invariant Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press. Vol. 59(12), pp. 105-111, January 2022.
M. Gharibi, Z. Gharibi, R. Boutaba, and S. L. Waslander. A Density-Based and Lane-Free Microscopic Traffic Flow Model Applied to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. MDPI Drones, Vol. 5(4), pp. 116, October 2021.
R. Boutaba, N. Shahriar, M. A. Salahuddin, S. R. Chowdhury, N. Saha, and A. James. AI-driven Closed-loop Automation in 5G and beyond Mobile Networks. In Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Flexible Networks Artificial Intelligence Supported Network Flexibility and Agility (FlexNets). Virtual Conference, August 23-27, 2021.
E-H. Bouzidi, A. Outtagarts, R. Langar, and R. Boutaba. Deep Q-Network and Traffic Prediction based Routing Optimization in Software Defined Networks. Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA). Vol. 192, Article 103181, October 2021.
Rodrigo A. C. da Silva, Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, and Raouf Boutaba. Evaluation of the Employment of UAVs as Fog Nodes. IEEE Wireless Communications. IEEE Press. Vol. 28(5), pp. 20-27, October 2021.
S. Taeb, N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Reoptimizing Network Slice Embedding on EON-enabled Transport Networks. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Virtual Conference, October 25-29, 2021.
M. Ghaznavi, E. Jalalpour, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, D. Migaulty, and S. Preday. Content Delivery Network Security: A Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. IEEE Press. Vol. 23(4), pp. 2166-2190, June 2021.
N. Shahriar and R. Boutaba. Survivable virtual network embedding. IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM). Bordeux, France, May 17-21, 2021. (Dissertation Digest Paper). Recipient of the Best Dissertation Award.
H. Bian, T. Bai, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, A. Abou Daya, and R. Boutaba. Uncovering Lateral Movement using Authentication Logs. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management - Special Issue on Data Analytics and Machine Learning for Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 18(1), pp. 1049-1063, March 2021.
I. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, L. Wen, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, B. Mathieu, S. Moteau, and S. Tuffin. A Look Behind the Curtain: Traffic Classification in an Increasingly Encrypted Web. ACM SIGMETRICS 2021. Beijing, China, June 14-18, 2021. Recipient of the Kenneth C. Sevcik Outstanding Student Paper Award.
S. R. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba, and J. Francois. LINT: Accuracy-adaptive and Lightweight In-band Network Telemetry. IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM). Bordeaux, France, May 17-21, 2021.
I. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, S. Wen, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, B. Mathieu, S. Moteau, and S. Tuffin. A Look Behind the Curtain: Traffic Classification in an Increasingly Encrypted Web. Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems. Vol. 5(1), No. 04, pp. 1-26, March 2021.
A. Laraba, J. Francois, S. R. Chowdhury, I. Chrisment, and R. Boutaba. Mitigating TCP Protocol Misuse with Programmable Data Planes. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management - Special Issue on Advanced Management of Softwarized Networks. IEEE Press. Vol. 18(1), pp. 760-774, March 2021.
O. Salem, K. Alsubhi, A. Mehaoua, and R. Boutaba. Markov Models for Anomaly Detection in Wireless Body Area Networks data for Secure Health Monitoring. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Special issue on Internet of Things for in-home health monitoring. IEEE Press. Vol. 39(2), pp. 526-540, February 2021.
N. Shahriar, M. Zulfiqar, S. R. Chowdhury, S. Taeb, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Disruption Minimized Bandwidth Scaling in EON-enabled Transport Network Slices. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Special Issue on Latest Advances in Optical Networks for 5G Communications and Beyond. IEEE Press. Vol. 39(9), pp. 2734-2747, September 2021.
T. Bai, H. Bian, M. A. Salahuddin, A. Abou Daya, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. RDP-based Lateral Movement detection using Machine Learning. Computer Communications. Elsevier. Vol. 165, pp. 9-19, January 2021.
A. Clemm, M. F. Zhani, and R. Boutaba. Network Management 2030: Operations and Control of Network 2030 Services. Journal of Network and Systems Management. Vol. 28(4), pp. 721-750, October 2020.
M. A. Salahuddin, M. F. Bari, H. A. Alameddine, V. Pourahmadi, and R. Boutaba. Time-based Anomaly Detection using Autoencoder. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Virtual Conference, November 2-6, 2020.
N. Shahriar, S. Taeb, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Zulfiqar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Reliable Slicing of 5G Transport Networks with Bandwidth Squeezing and Multi-path Provisioning. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 17(3), pp. 1418-1431, September 2020.
M. Ghaznavi, E. Jalalpour, B. Wong, R. Boutaba, and A. J. Mashtizadeh. Fault-tolerant Service Function Chaining. ACM SIGCOMM 2020. New York City, NY, USA, August 10-14, 2020.
A. Alleg, T. Ahmed, M. Mosbah, and R. Boutaba. Joint Diversity and Redundancy for Resilient Service Chain Provisioning. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Series on Network Softwarization and Enablers. IEEE Press. Vol. 38(7), pp. 1490-1507, July 2020.
A. Laraba, J. Francois, I. Chrisment, S. R. Chowdhury, and R. Boutaba. Defeating Protocol Abuse with P4: an Application to Explicit Congestion Notification. IFIP Networking 2020 Conference. Paris, France, June 22-26, 2020.
S. R. Chowdhury, A. Anthony, H. Bian, T. Bai, and R. Boutaba. A Disaggregated Packet Processing Architecture for Network Function Virtualization. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Series on Network Softwarization and Enablers. IEEE Press. Vol. 38(6), pp. 1075-1088, June 2020.
N. Salhab, R. Rahim, R. Langar, and R. Boutaba. Deep Neural Networks approach for Power Head-Room Predictions in 5G Networks and Beyond. IFIP Networking 2020 Conference. Paris, France, June 22-26, 2020.
P. Borylo, M. Tornatore, P. Jaglarz, N. Shahriar, P. Cholda, and R. Boutaba. Latency and Energy-aware Provisioning of Network Slices in Cloud Networks. Computer Communications. Elsevier, Vol. 157, pp. 1-19, May 2020.
A. Abou Daya, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. BotChase: Graph-based Bot Detection using Machine Learning. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management - Special Issue on Cybersecurity Techniques for Managing Networked Systems. IEEE Press, Vol. 17(1), pp. 15-29, March 2020.
N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, M. M. A. Khan, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra and F. Zeng. Virtual Network Embedding with Guaranteed Connectivity under Multiple Substrate Link Failures. IEEE Transactions on Communications. IEEE Press, Vol. 68(2), pp. 1025-1043, February 2020.
M. Ghaznavi, A. J. Mashtizadeh, B. Wong, and R. Boutaba. Towards a Geo-Distributed Deployment of Middleboxes. USENIX NSDI 2020. Santa Clara, CA, USA, February 25-27, 2020. Poster.
N. Salhab, R. Rahim, R. Langar, and R. Boutaba. Offloading Network Data Analytics Function to the Cloud with Minimum Cost and Maximum Utilization. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (ICC). Dublin, Ireland, June 7-11, 2020.
E. H. Bouzidi, A. Outtagarts, A. Hebbar, R. Langar, and R. Boutaba. Online based learning for predictive end-to-end network slicing in 5G networks. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (ICC). Dublin, Ireland, June 7-11, 2020.
Y. Dong and R. Boutaba. Melmint: trustless stable cryptocurrency. The Cryptoeconomic Systems 2020 (CryptoEconSys 20). Boston, MA, USA, March 7-8, 2020.
N. Shahriar, M. Zulfiqar, S. R. Chowdhury, S. Taeb, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Disruption-minimized Re-adaptation of Virtual Links in Elastic Optical Networks. OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC). San Diego, CA, USA, March 8-12, 2020.
I. Akbari, E. Tahoun, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. ATMoS: Autonomous Threat Mitigation in SDN using Reinforcement Learning. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 20-24, 2020.
O. Salem, K. Alsubhi, A. Mehaoua, and R Boutaba. Nocturnal Epileptic Seizures Detection Using Interial and Muscular Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. IEEE Press, Vol. 18(12), pp. 2913-2925, December 2019.
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, and R. Boutaba. ESSO: An Energy Smart Service Function Chain Orchestrator. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 16(4), pp. 1345-1359, December 2019.
J. V. Torres, I. D. Alvarenga, R. Boutaba, and O. C. M. B. Duarte. Evaluating CRoS-NDN: A comparative performance analysis of a Controller-based Routing Scheme for Named-Data Networking. Journal of Internet Services and Applications. Springer, Vol. 10(20), November 2019.
N. Shahriar, S. Taeb, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Zulfiqar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Reliable Slicing of 5G Transport Networks with Dedicated Protection. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Halifax, Canada, October 21-25, 2019. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
H. Bian, T. Bai, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, A. Abou Daya, and R. Boutaba. Host in Danger? Detecting Network Intrusions from Authentication Logs. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Halifax, Canada, October 21-25, 2019.
D. Harutyunyan, R. Fedrizzi , N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and R. Riggio. Orchestrating End-to-end Slices in 5G Networks. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Halifax, Canada, October 21-25, 2019.
F. Bouabdallah, C. Zidi, R. Boutaba, and A. Mehaoua. Collision Avoidance Energy Efficient Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. IEEE Press, Vol. 18(10), pp. 2298 - 2314, October 2019.
N. Salhab, Rana Rahim-Amoud, Rami Langar, and R. Boutaba. Machine Learning based Resource Orchestration for 5G Network Slices. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Waikoloa, HI, USA, December 9-13, 2019.
PDFS. Taeb, N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Virtual Network Embedding with Path-based Latency Guarantees in Elastic Optical Networks. IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP). Chicago, IL, USA, October 7-10, 2019.
PDFB. Henry, S. R. Chowdhury, A. Lahmadi, R. Azais, J. Francois, and R. Boutaba. SPONGE: Software-Defined Traffic Engineering to Absorb Influx of Network Traffic. IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN). Osnabrück, Germany, October 14-17, 2019.
T. Bai, H. Bian, A. Abou Daya, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam and R. Boutaba. A Machine Learning Approach for RDP-based Lateral Movement Detection. IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN). Osnabrück, Germany, October 14-17, 2019.
Y. Dong and R. Boutaba. Elasticoin: Low-Volatility Cryptocurrency with Proofs of Sequential Work. IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC). Seoul, South Korea, May 14-17, 2019.
D. Harutyunyan, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and R. Riggio. Latency-Aware Service Function Chain Placement in 5G Mobile Networks. IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft). Paris, France, June 24-28, 2019. Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
PDFS. R. Chowdhury, A. Anthony, H. Bian, T. Bai, and R. Boutaba. μNF: A Disaggregated Packet Processing Architecture. IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft). Paris, France, June 24-28, 2019. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
S. R. Chowdhury, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. Re-architecting NFV Ecosystem with Microservices: State-of-the-art and Research Challenges. IEEE Network. IEEE press, Vol. 33(3), pp. 168-176, May 2019.
PDFN. Shahriar, S. Taeb, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Achieving a Fully-Flexible Virtual Network Embedding in Elastic Optical Networks. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). Paris, France. April 29 - May 2, 2019
A. Abou Daya, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba. A Graph-Based Machine Learning Approach for Bot Detection. IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Washington DC, USA. April 8-12, 2019.
E. Jalalpour, M. Ghaznavi, R. Boutaba, and T. Ahmed. TMAS: Traffic Monitoring Analytics System Leveraging Machine Learning. IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Washington DC, USA. April 8-12, 2019.
H. Yu, J. Yang, C. Fung, R. Boutaba, and Y. Zhuang. ENSC: Multi-Resource Hybrid Scaling for Elastic Network Service Chain in Clouds. IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS). Singapore. December 11-13, 2018.
PDFA. Anthony, S. R. Chowdhury, T. Bai, R. Boutaba, and J. Francois. UNiS: A User-space Non-intrusive Workflow-aware Virtual Network Function Scheduler. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Rome, Italy. November 5-9, 2018.
Y. Dong, W. Kim, and R. Boutaba. Bitforest: a portable and efficient blockchain-based naming system. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) (Mini-conference). Rome, Italy. November 5-9, 2018.
F. Al-Hazemi, Y. Peng, C-H Youn, J. Lorincz, C. Li, G. Song, and R. Boutaba. Dynamic allocation of power delivery paths in consolidated data centers based on adaptive UPS switching. Computer Networks. Elsevier, Vol. 144, pp. 254-270, October 2018.
S. R. Chowdhury, S. Ayoubi, R. Ahmed, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and L. Liu. Multi-Layer Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 15(3), pp. 1132-1145, September 2018.
O. Salem, A. Serhrouchni, A. Mehaoua, and Raouf Boutaba. Event Detection in Wireless Body Area Networks using Kalman Filter and Power Divergence. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 15(3), pp. 1018-1034, September 2018.
Y. Dong, W. Kim, and R. Boutaba. Conifer: centrally-managed PKI with blockchain-rooted trust. IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2018). Halifax, Canada, Jul 30, 2018 - Aug 3, 2018. Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
R. Boutaba, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, S. Ayoubi, N. Shahriar, F. Estrada-Solano, and O. M. Caicedo. A Comprehensive Survey on Machine Learning for Networking: Evolution, Applications and Research Opportunities. Journal of Internet Services and Applications. Springer. Vol. 9(16), June 2018.
PDFE. Jalalpour, M. Ghaznavi, D. Migault, S. Preda, M. Pourzandi, and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Security Orchestration for CDN Edge-Servers. IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft). Montreal, Canada, June 25-29, 2018 (Demo).
PDFE. Jalalpour, M. Ghaznavi, D. Migault, S. Preda, M. Pourzandi, and R. Boutaba. A Security Orchestration System for CDN Edge Servers. IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft). Montreal, Canada, June 25-29, 2018.
PDFS. Ayoubi, S. R. Chowdhury, and R. Boutaba. Breaking Service Function Chains with Khaleesi. IFIP Networking 2018. Zurich, Switzerland, May 14-16, 2018.
N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, A. Khan, S. Fathi, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and L. Liu. Virtual Network Survivability through Joint Spare Capacity Allocation and Embedding. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - 2017 Special Issue on Network Softwarization and Enablers. IEEE Press. Vol. 36(3), pp. 502-518, March 2018.
A. Azzouni, R. Boutaba, N.T. M. Trang, G. Pujolle. sOFTDP: Secure and Efficient Topology Discovery Protocol for SDN. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Taipei (Taiwan), April 23-27, 2018.
S. Ayoubi, N. Limam, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba., F. Estrada-Solano, and O. M. Caicedo. Machine Learning for Cognitive Network Management. IEEE Communications Magazine, Network and Service Management Series. IEEE Press. Vol. 56(1), pp. 158-165, January 2018.
R. Boutaba, N. Shahriar, and F. Siavash. Elastic Optical Networking for 5G Transport. 25th Anniversary Commemorative Special Issue of the Springer's Journal of Network and Systems Management. Springer, Vol. 25(4), pp. 819-847, October 2017.
S. Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, A. Tizghadam, B. Park, H. Bannazadeh, R. Boutaba, A. Leon-Garcia TCAM Space-efficient Routing on Software Defined Network. Computer Networks. Elsevier, Vol. 125, pp. 26-40, October 2017.
A. Azzouni, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. NeuRoute: Predictive Dynamic Routing for Software-Defined Networks. 4th International Workshop on Management of SDN and NFV Systems (ManSDN/NFV). Tokyo, Japan, Nov 26-30, 2017.
A. Alleg, T. Ahmed, M. Mosbah, R. Riggio, and R. Boutaba. Delay-aware VNF Placement and Chaining based on a Flexible Resource Allocation Approach. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Tokyo, and Japan. November 26-30, 2017.
PDFS. R. Chowdhury, S. Ayoubi, R. Ahmed, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and L. Liu. MULE: Multi-Layer Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Tokyo, and Japan. November 26-30, 2017. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
M. Ghaznavi, N. Shahriar, S. Kamali, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. Distributed Service Function Chaining. IEEE JSAC Special issue on Emerging Technologies in Software-driven Communication. IEEE Press, Vol. 35(11), pp. 2479-2489, November 2017.
C. Zidi, F. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba, and A. Mehaoua. MC-UWMAC: A Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for UnderWater Sensor Networks. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM). Rabat, Morocco, November 1-4, 2017.
A. Azzouni, T. M. T Nguyen, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. Limitations of OpenFlow Topology Discovery Protocol. 16th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MED-HOC-NET). Budva, Montenegro, Jun 28 - 30, 2017. Poster.
PDFN. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, A. Khan, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and L. Liu. Joint Backup Capacity Allocation and Embedding for Survivable Virtual Networks. IFIP Networking. Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-16, 2017.
C. Zaidi, F. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba and A. Mehaoua. Toward Avoiding Energy Holes in UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks. The 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC). Valencia, and Spain. June 26-30, 2017.
N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, A. Khan, R. Boutaba, and J. Mitra. Generalized Recovery from Node Failure in Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 14(2), pp. 261-274, June 2017.
F. Bouabdallah, C. Zidi, and R. Boutaba. Joint Routing and Energy Management in UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 14(2), pp. 456-471, June 2017.
J. V. Torres, I. D. Alvarenga, R. Boutaba, and O. C. M. B. Duarte. An Autonomous and Efficient Controller-based Routing Scheme for Networking Named-Data Mobility. Computer Communications Journal. Elsevier, Vol. 103, pp. 94-103, May 2017.
R. Mijumbi, S. Hasija, S. Davy, A. Davy, B. Jennings, and R. Boutaba. Topology-aware Prediction of Virtual Network Function Resource Requirements. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 14(1), pp. 106-120, March 2017.
PDFS. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, N. Shahriar, A. Khan, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and L. Liu. ReViNE: Reallocation of Virtual Network Embedding to Eliminate Substrate Bottlenecks. IEEE/IFIP Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Lisbon, and Portugal. May 8 - 12, 2017.
K. Salah, P. Calyam, and R. Boutaba. Analytical Model for Elastic Scaling of Cloud-based Firewalls. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 14(1), pp. 136-146, March 2017.
N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, A. Khan, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba, and J. Mitra. ReNoVatE: Recovery from Node Failure in Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Montreal, Quebec, and Canada. October 31 - November 04, 2016.
R. Mijumbi, S. Hasija, S. Davy, A. Davy, B. Jennings, and R. Boutaba. A Connectionist Approach to Dynamic Resource Management for Virtualised Network Functions. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Montreal, Quebec, and Canada. October 31 - November 04, 2016.
PDFA. R. Roy, S. R. Chowdhury, M. F. Bari, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. Emulating an Infrastructure with EASE. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) (Mini-conference). Montreal, Quebec, and Canada. October 31 - November 04, 2016.
Y. Daldoul, D-E. Meddour, T. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Block Negative Acknowledgement Protocol for Reliable Multicast in IEEE 802.11. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. Elsevier, Vol. 75, pp. 32-46, November 2016
A. Azzouni, O. Braham, T. M. T. Nguyen, G. Pujolle, and R. Boutaba. Fingerprinting OpenFlow controllers: The first step to attack an SDN control plane. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Washington, DC, USA. December 4-8, 2016
S. Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, A. Tizghadam; B. Park, H. Bennazadeh, A. Leon-Garcia, and R. Boutaba. Sector: TCAM Space Aware Routing on SDN. 28th International Teletraffic Conference (ITC), IEEE, ACM. Würzburg (Germany), 12-16 September 2016.
S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, M.M.A Khan, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and F. Zeng. Dedicated Protection for Survivable Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 13(4), pp. 913-926, December 2016.
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, and O.C.M. B. Duarte. Orchestrating Virtualized Network Functions. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 13(4), pp. 725-739, December 2016.
Z. Liu, Q. Zhang, R. Boutaba, Y. Liu, and B. Wang. OPTIMA: On-line Partitioning Skew Mitigation for MapReduce with Resource Adjustment. Journal of Network and Systems Management. Springer. Vol. 24(4), pp. 859-883, October 2016.
Y. Daldoul, D-E. Meddour, T. Ahmed, R. Boutaba. Performance and Scalability Evaluation of IEEE 802.11v/aa Multicast Transport. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. Vol. 16(14), pp. 1987-2000, October 2016.
M. M. A. Khan, N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. Multi-Path Link Embedding for Survivability in Virtual Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. Vol. 13(2), pp. 253-266, April 2016.
Z. Liu, Q. Zhang, R. Boutaba, Y. Liu, and Z. Gong. ROUTE: run-time robust reducer workload estimation for MapReduce. International Journal of Network Management. Vol. 26(3), pp. 224-244, March 2016.
PDFN. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, M. M. A. Khan, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra and F. Zeng. Connectivity-aware Virtual Network Embedding. IFIP Networking, Vienna (Austria), May 17-19, 2016.
M. Gharibi, R. Boutaba and S. Waslander. Internet of Drones. IEEE Access. Vol. 4, pp. 1148-1162, March 2016.
Z. Liu, Q. Zhang, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, Y. Liu and Z. Gong. Dynamic Resource Allocation for MapReduce with Partitioning Skew. IEEE Transactions on Computers. Vol. 65(11), pp. 3304-3317, February 2016.
C. Zidi, F. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Routing Design Avoiding Energy Holes in UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal (WCMC). Vol. 16(14), pp. 2035-2051, February 2016.
K. Salah, R. Boutaba and K. Elbadawi. An Analytical Model for Estimating Cloud Resources of Elastic Services. Journal of Network and Systems Management. Springer. Vol. 24(2), pp. 285-308, April 2016.
PDFS. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, M. M. A. Khan, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and F. Zeng. Protecting Virtual Networks with DRONE. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Istanbul (Turkey), April 25-29, 2016.
L. R. Bays, L. P. Gaspary, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. Virtual Network Embedding in Software-Defined Networks. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Istanbul (Turkey), April 25-29, 2016.
L. Dolberg, J. François, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, and T. Engel. A Generic Framework to Support Application-Level Flow Management in Software-Defined Networks. IEEE NetSoft 2016 (Short paper). Seoul, South Korea, June 6-10, 2016.
R. Mijumbi, J. Serrat, J.-L. Gorricho, N. Bouten, F. De Turck, and R. Boutaba. Network Function Virtualization: State-of-the-art and Research Challenges. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. IEEE Press, Vol. 18(1), pp. 236-262, January 2016.
R. Ahmed, F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Golam, R. Boutaba, B. Mathieu. αRoute: Routing on Names. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. Vol. 24(5), pp. 3070-3083, January 2016.
A. Amokrane, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. Flow-based Management For Energy Efficient Campus Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 12(4), pp. 565-579, December 2015.
PDFM. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. nf.io: A File System Abstraction for NFV Orchestration. IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), San Francisco (USA), November 18-21, 2015.
PDFM. M. A. Khan, N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. SiMPLE: Survivability in Multi-Path Link Embedding. IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Barcelona (Spain), November 9-13, 2015.
PDFM. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. On Orchestrating Virtual Network Functions. IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Barcelona (Spain), November 9-13, 2015.
D. M Batista, G. Blair, F. Kon, R. Boutaba, D. Hutchison, R. Jain, R. Ramjee and C. E. Rothenberg. Perspectives on Software-Defined Networks: interviews with five leading scientists from the networking community. In Journal of Internet Services and Applications. Springer. Vol. 6(22), October 2015.
PDFM. Ghaznavi, A. Khan, N. Shahriar, K. Alsubhi, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. Elastic Virtual Network Function Placement. IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet). Niagara Falls (Canada), October 5-7, 2015.
R. Mijumbi, J. Serrat, and J-L. Gorricho and R. Boutaba. A Path Generation Approach to Embedding of Virtual Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 12 (3), pp. 334-348, September 2015.
A. Amokrane, R. Langar, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. GreenSlater: On satisfying Green SLAs in Distributed Clouds. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 12 (3), pp. 363-376, September 2015.
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. nf.io: A File System Abstraction for NFV Orchestration. ACM SIGCOMM 2015, London (UK), August 17-21, 2015. (Demo).
G. Meng, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, A. Pokluda, and R. Boutaba. Collaborative Security: A Survey and Taxonomy. In ACM Computing Surveys. ACM. Vol. 48(1), pp. 1-42, August 2015.
Q. Zhang, S. Zhang, A. Leon-Garcia and R. Boutaba. Aurora: Adaptive Block Replication in Distributed File Systems. In the 35th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Columbus, Ohio (USA), June 29-July 02, 2015.
D. Marcon, M. Neves, R. Oliveira, L. Bays, R. Boutaba, L. Gaspary, and M. Barcellos. IoNCloud: Exploring Application Affinity to Improve Utilization and Predictability in Datacenters. In the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (ICC). London (UK), June 8-12, 2015.
PDFZ. Liu, Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba, Y. Liu and Z. Gong. DREAMS: Dynamic Resource Allocation for MapReduce with Data Skew. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Ottawa (Canada), May 11-15, 2015.
J. Li, J. Xiao, J. Hong and R. Boutaba. FSM-based Wi-Fi Power Estimation Method for Smart Devices. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Ottawa (Canada), May 11-15, 2015.
A. Raza, R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. URL Forwarding for NAT Traversal. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Ottawa (Canada), May 11-15, 2015. Mini-conference
R. Langar, S. Secci, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. An Operations Research Game Approach for Resource and Power Allocation in Cooperative Femtocell Networks. In IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 14(4), pp. 675-687, April 2015.
Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, Y. Yang, R. Boutaba and B. Wong. PRISM: Fine-Grained Resource-Aware Scheduling for MapReduce. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC). IEEE Press, Vol 3(2), pp. 182-194, April 2015
F. Zhou, J. Liu, G. Simon, and R. Boutaba. Joint Optimization for the Delivery of Multiple Video Channels in Telco-CDN. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 12 (1), pp. 87-100, March 2015.
Y. Daldoul, D-E. Meddour, T. Ahmed, R. Boutaba. Impact of Device Unavailability on the Reliability of Multicast Transport in IEEE 802.11 Networks. Computer Network. Elsevier. Vol. 79, pp. 236-246, March 2015.
PDFA. Amokrane, F. Zhani, Q. Zhang, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. On Satisfying Green SLAs in Distributed Clouds. In IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), November 17-21, 2014. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
PDFR. Ahmed, F. Bari, R. Haque, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu. DEWS: A Decentralized Engine for Web Search. In IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), November 17-21, 2014. Mini-conference Paper.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. Reconciling the Overlay and Underlay Tussle. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). Vol. 22(5), pp. 1489-1502, October 2014.
J. Li, J. Xiao, H. Azzouz, J. Hong and R. Boutaba. PowerGuide: Accurate Wi-Fi Power Estimator for Smartphones. The 16th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS). Taiwan, September 17-19, 2014.
O. Salem, Y. Liu, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. Online Anomaly Detection in Wireless Body Area Networks for Reliable Healthcare Monitoring. In the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. IEEE Press. Vol. 18(5), pp. 1541-1551, September 2014.
A. R. Roy, M. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. DOT: Distributed OpenFlow Testbed. ACM SIGCOMM 2014, Chicago (USA), August 17-22, 2014. (Demo).
A. Bradai, T. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and R. Ahmed. Efficient Content Delivery Scheme for Layered Video Streaming in Large-Scale Networks. In Journal of Network and Computer Applications. Elsevier. Vol. 45, pp. 1-14, July 2014.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Design Considerations for Managing Wide Area Software Defined Networks. In IEEE Communications Magazine, Network and Service Management Series. IEEE Press. Vol. 52(7), pp. 116-123, July 2014.
A. Hatoum, R. Langar, N. Aitsaadi, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. Cluster-based Resource Management in OFDMA Femtocell Networks with QoS Guarantees. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT). IEEE Press. Vol. 63(5), pp. 2378-2391, June 2014.
PDFM. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, Q. Zhang, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. CQNCR: Optimal VM Migration Planning in Cloud Data Centers. IFIP Networking 2014 Conference. Trondheim (Norway), June 2-4, 2014.
PDFR. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, A. Pokluda, M. F. Bari, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu. pWeb: A Personal Interface to the World Wide Web. IFIP Networking 2014 Conference. Trondheim (Norway), June 2-4, 2014.
PDFQ. Zhang and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Workload Management in Heterogenous Cloud Computing Environments. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014. (Dissertation Digest Paper).
PDFS. R. Chowdhury, C. Adam, F. Wu, J. Rofrano, and R. Boutaba. Managing the File System from the Kernel. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
J. Li, J. Xiao, H. Nguyen, J. Hong, and R. Boutaba. Energy Efficient Wi-Fi Management for Smart Devices. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
PDFC. Fung, D. Lam, and R. Boutaba. RevMatch: An Efficient and Robust Decision Model for Collaborative Malware Detection. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
R. Esteves, L. Z. Granville, M. F. Zhani, and R. Boutaba. Evaluating Allocation Paradigms for Multi-Objective Adaptive Provisioning in Virtualized Networks. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
PDFS. R. Chowdhury, M. F. Bari, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. PayLess: A Low Cost Network Monitoring Framework for Software Defined Networks. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
PDFA. R. Roy, M. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. Design and Management of DOT: A Distributed OpenFlow Testbed. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
PDFQ. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, M. Jabri, and R. Boutaba. Venice: Reliable Virtual Data Center Embedding in Clouds. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Toronto, ON (Canada), April 27 - May 2, 2014.
A. Amokrane, R. Langar, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. Energy Efficient Management Framework for Multihop TDMA-based Wireless Networks. In Computer Networks Journal (COMNET). Elsevier. Vol. 62, pp. 29-42, April 2014.
S. Medjiah, T. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Avoiding Quality Bottlenecks in P2P Adaptive Streaming. In IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 32(4), pp. 734-745, April 2014
Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba and J. Hellerstein. Dynamic Heterogeneity-Aware Resource Provisioning in the Cloud. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC). IEEE Press, Vol 2(1), pp. 14-28, January 2014
M. G. Rabbani, M. F. Zhani, and R. Boutaba. On achieving high survivability in virtualized data centers. In IEICE Transactions on Communications, and Vol. E97-B(1), January 2014.
PDFA. Amokrane, R. Langar, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. Online Flow-based Energy Efficient Management in Wireless Mesh Networks. In the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Atlanta, GA (USA), December 9-13, 2013.
Q. Zhang, Q. Zhu, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba and J. Hellerstein. Dynamic Service Placement in Geographically Distributed Clouds. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 31(12), pp. 762-772, December 2013
M. Ulema, N. Amogh, R. Boutaba, C. Buyukkoc, A. Clemm, M. Vuran, L. J. Xie, A. Manzalini and R. Saracco. IEEE Software Defined Network Initiative. IEEE Software Defined Networks for Future Networks and Services (SDN4FNS), Trento (Italy), November 11-13, 2013
PDFM. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. PolicyCop: An Autonomic QoS Policy Enforcement Framework for Software Defined Networks. IEEE Software Defined Networks for Future Networks and Services (SDN4FNS), Trento (Italy), November 11-13, 2013
J. Li, J. Xiao, H. N. M. Nguyen, J. W. Hong and R. Boutaba. BreezChirp: Energy Efficient Wi-Fi Bandwidth Estimator for Smartphones. In 4th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF), and IEEE. Pohang (South Korea), October 23-25, 2013.
PDFM. F. Bari, A. R. Roy, S. R. Chowdhury, Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Controller Provisioning in Software Defined Networks. In IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Zurich, Switzerland, October 14-18, 2013.
F. Zhou, J. Liu, G. Simon and R. Boutaba. Joint Optimization for the Delivery of Multiple Video Channels in Telco-CDN. In IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Zurich (Switzerland), October 14-18, 2013. Short Paper.
A. Amokrane, M. F. Zhani, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. Greenhead: Virtual Data Center Embedding Across Distributed Infrastructures. In IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC). IEEE Press, Vol 1(1), pp. 36-49, September 2013
M. F. Bari, M. R. Haque, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu. A Naming Scheme for P2P Web Hosting. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 31(9), pp. 299-309, September 2013
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. The Design and Implementation of an Energy-Smart Home in Korea. Journal of Computing Science and Engineering. Vol. 7(3), pp. 204-210, September 2013.
R. Boutaba, Q. Zhang and M. F. Zhani. Virtual Machine Migration in Cloud Computing Environments: Benefits, Challenges, and Approaches. In Communication Infrastructures for Cloud Computing. H. Mouftah and B. Kantarci (Editors). IGI-Global, USA. pp. 383-408, September, 2013
C. Fung, D. Lam and R. Boutaba. REM: A Robust and Efficient Decision Model for Collaborative Malware Detection. 22nd USENIX Security Symposium. Washington, DC. (USA), August 14-16, 2013. Short paper.
PDFN. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Sharmin, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu. Ensuring Beta-Availability in P2P Social Networks. In 5th International Workshop on Hot Topics in Peer-to-peer computing and Online Social neTworking (HotPOST) held in conjunction with IEEE ICDCS 2013. Philadelphia (USA), July 8, 2013. Winner of the Best Paper Runner-Up.
PDFQ. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba, and J. L. Hellerstein. HARMONY: Dynamic Heterogeneity-Aware Resource Provisioning in the Cloud. In the 33rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Philadelphia (USA), July 08-11, 2013.
R. Esteves, L. Granville and R. Boutaba. On the Management of Network Virtualization. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press, Vol. 51(7), pp. 80-88, July 2013.
M. Rahman and R. Boutaba. SVNE: Survivable Virtual Network Embedding Algorithms for Network Virtualization. In IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 10 (2), pp. 105-118, June 2013.
M. Hkimi, R. Langar, S. Secci, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. Demands Rescaling for Resource and Power Allocation in Cooperative Femtocell Networks. In the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (ICC). Budapest (Hungary), June 9-13, 2013.
C. Fung and R. Boutaba. Design and Management of Collaborative Intrusion Detection Networks. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM), Ghent (Belgium), May 27-31, 2013. (Dissertation Digest Paper). Recipient of the Best Dissertation Award.
PDFM. F. Zhani, Q. Zhang, G. Simon and R. Boutaba. VDC Planner: Dynamic Migration-Aware Virtual Data Center Embedding for Clouds. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Ghent (Belgium), May 27-31, 2013.
Md. Rabbani, R. Esteves, M. Podlesny, G. Simon, L. Granville and R. Boutaba. On Tackling Virtual Data Center Embedding Problem. In Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Ghent (Belgium), 27-31 May 2013.
R. Esteves, L. Granville, H. Bannazadeh and R. Boutaba. Paradigm-Based Adaptive Provisioning in Virtualized Data Centers. In Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Ghent (Belgium), 27-31 May 2013.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Efficient Reporting Node Selection-Based MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Networks, and Springer. Vol. 19(3), pp. 373-391, April 2013.
MF. Bari, R. Boutaba, R. Esteves, L. Granville, M. Podlesny, M. Rabbani, Q. Zhang and M. F. Zhani. Data Center Network Virtualization: A Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. IEEE Press, Vol. 15(2), pp. 909-928, April 2013.
PDFR. Ahmed, F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, and Md. Rabbani, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu, αRoute: A Name Based Routing Scheme for Information Centric Networks. In the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). Turin (Italy), April 14-19, 2013.
F. Samuel, M. Chowdhury and R. Boutaba. PolyViNE: Policy-based Virtual Network Embedding Across Multiple Domains. In Journal of Internet Services and Applications. Springer. Vol. 4(1), March 2013.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Reliable and Energy Efficient Cooperative Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks. Computer Communications Journal. Elsevier. Vol. 36(5), pp. 520-532, March 2013.
J. Francois, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. FireCol: A Collaborative Protection Network For the Detection of Flooding DDoS Attacks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. IEEE Press, Vol. 20(6), pp. 1828-1841, December 2012.
F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu. A Survey of Naming and Routing in Information Centric Networks. In IEEE Communications Magazine. Feature issue on Information Centric Networks. IEEE Press, Vol. 50(12), pp. 44-53, December 2012.
Q. Zhu, C. Fung, R. Boutaba and T. Başar. GUIDEX: A Game-Theoretic Incentive-Based Mechanism for Intrusion Detection Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 30(11), pp. 2220-2230, December 2012
S. Hoteit, S. Secci, R. Langar, G. Pujolle and R. Boutaba. A Bankruptcy Game Approach for Resource Allocation in Cooperative Femtocell Networks. In the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Anaheim, California (USA), December 3-7, 2012.
A. Hatoum, N. Aitsaadi, R. Langar, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. QoS-based Power Control and Resource Allocation in OFDMA Femtocell Networks. In the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Anaheim, California (USA), December 3-7, 2012.
K. Alsubhi, M. F. Zhani and R. Boutaba. Embedded Markov Process based Model for Performance Analysis of Intrusion Detection and Prevention System. In the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Anaheim, California (USA), December 3-7, 2012.
K. Salah and R. Boutaba. Estimating Service Response Time for Elastic Cloud Applications. In Proc. of 1st IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet). Paris (France), November 28-30, 2012.
J. Xiao, J. Li, R. Boutaba and J. W.-K. Hong. Comfort-Aware Home Energy Management under Market-Based Demand-Response. The 8 th IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Las Vegas (USA). October 22- 26, 2012.
PDFA. Amokrane, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. A Green Framework for Energy Efficient Management in TDMA-based Wireless Mesh Networks. The 8 th IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Las Vegas (USA). October 22- 26, 2012.
C. J Fung, J. Zhang, and R. Boutaba. Effective Acquaintance Management based on Bayesian Learning for Distributed Intrusion Detection Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 9 (3), pp. 320-332, September 2012.
D. Meddour, A. Abdallah, T. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. A Cross Layer Architecture for Multicast and Unicast Video Transmission in Mobile Broadband Networks. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. Elsevier. Vol. 35(5), pp. 1377-1391, September 2012.
Y. Huang, J. Xiao, and J. W-K. Hong, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. Event-based Estimation of User Experience for Network Video Streaming. The 14th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS). Seoul (Korea), September 25-27, 2012.
J. Li, J. Xiao, and J. W-K. Hong and R. Boutaba. Application-Centric Wi-Fi Energy Management on Smart Phone. The 14th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS). Seoul (Korea), September 25-27, 2012.
PDFQ. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, S. Zhang, Q. Zhu, R. Boutaba, and J. L. Hellerstein. Dynamic Energy-Aware Capacity Provisioning for Cloud Computing Environments. The 9th International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC12). San Jose, California (USA), September 17-21, 2012.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. An analysis of peer similarity for recommendations in P2P systems. Multimedia Tools and Applications. Springer. Vol. 60(2), pp. 277-303, September 2012.
S. Waharte, A. Golynski and R. Boutaba. On the Complexity of Routing in Wireless Multihop Network. In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC). Lymassol (Cyprus), August 27-31, 2012.
K. Alsubhi, Y. Alhazmi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Security Configuration Management for Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems. International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN). Inderscience. Vol. 7(1), pp. 30-39, August 2012.
K. Alsubhi, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. FuzMet: A Fuzzy-logic based Alert Prioritization Engine for Intrusion Detection Systems. International Journal of Network Management (IJNM), and Wiley. Vol. 22(4), pp. 263-284, July 2012.
J. Li, J. Xiao, J. W-K Hong and R. Boutaba. Energy Efficient Wi-Fi Management for Smart Devices. 4th International Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering, Korea Telecom Advanced Institute of Technology. Soul (Korea), July 12-13, 2012. Best Poster Award.
J-Y Chung, J. Hyun, J. W-K Hong and R. Boutaba. Datacenter Traffic Monitoring Using Traffic Mirroring of Virtual Switch. 4th International Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering, Korea Telecom Advanced Institute of Technology. Soul (Korea), July 12-13, 2012.
PDFQ. Zhang, Q. Zhu, M. F. Zhani and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Service Placement in Geographically Distributed Clouds. In the 32nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Macau, China, June 18-21, 2012.
R. Boutaba, L. Cheng and Q. Zhang. On Cloud computational models and the heterogeneity challenge. Journal of Internet Services and Applications. Springer. Vol. 3(1), pp. 77-86, May 2012.
T. Tran, I. Aib, E. Al-Shaer and R. Boutaba. An Evasive Attack on SNORT Flowbits. 13th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2012), Maui, Hawaii (USA), April 16-20, 2012.
A. Kwon, J. Xiao, S. Seo, J. Hong and R. Boutaba. The Effect of Network Performance on Perceived Video Quality and User Experience in H.264/AVC. 13th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2012), Maui, Hawaii (USA), April 16-20, 2012. Mini-conference.
K. Salah, K. Elbadawi and R. Boutaba. Performance Modeling and Analysis of Network Firewalls. In the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 9(1), pp. 12-21, March 2012.
M. Chowdhury, M. R. Rahman and R. Boutaba. ViNEYard: Virtual Network Embedding Algorithms with Coordinated Node and Link Mapping. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE Press. Vol. 20(1), pp. 206-219, February 2012.
N. Shahriar, M. Sharmin, R. Ahmed, M. M. Rahman, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu. Diurnal availability for peer-to-peer systems. The IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC). Las Vegas, NV (USA), January 14-17, 2012.
Q. Zhu, C. Fung, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. A Game-Theoretic Approach to Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Collaborative Intrusion Detection Networks: Fairness, Incentives and Security . In the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando (USA), December 12-15, 2011.
K. Alsubhi, Y. Alhazmi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Rule Mode Selection in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems. In the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Houston (USA), December 5-9, 2011.
H. Saleet, S. Naik, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, A. Nayak, and V. Srivastava. Performance Modeling of Routing Dependability in Home Networks. In the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Houston (USA), December 5-9, 2011.
PDFQ. Zhang, Q. Zhu and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Resource Allocation for Spot Markets in Cloud Computing Environments. In Proc. of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2011), Melbourne (Australia), December 5-8, 2011.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, S. Naik, R. Boutaba, A. Nayak, and N. Goel. Intersection-based Geographical Routing Protocol for VANETs: a Proposal and Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT). IEEE Press. Vol. 60(9), pp. 4560-4574, November 2011.
L. Cheng, R. Boutaba, and Q. Zhang. Mitigating the Negative Impact of Preemption On Heterogeneous MapReduce Workloads. In the 7th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Paris (France), 24-28 October, 2011.
PDFC. J. Fung, R. Boutaba, Q. Zhu, and T. Basar. SMURFEN: A Framework of Knowledge Sharing for Collaborative Intrusion Detection. In the 7th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), and Miniconference. Paris (France), 24-28 October, 2011.
C. Fung, Q. Zhu, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. SMURFEN: A Knowledge Sharing Collaborative Intrusion Detection Network. In the 18th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). Chicago (USA), October 17-21, 2011. Poster.
PDFQ. Zhang, J. Hellerstein and R. Boutaba. Characterizing Task Usage Shapes in Google's Compute Clusters. In the 5th Workshop on Large Scale Distributed Systems and Middleware (held in conjunction with VLDB'2011). Seattle (USA), September 2-3, 2011.
PDFMF. Bari, MR. Haque, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu. Persistent Naming for P2P Web Hosting. In the IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P). Kyoto (Japan). August 31 to September 2, 2011.
M. Young and R. Boutaba. Overcoming Adversaries in Sensor Networks: A Survey of Theoretical Models and Algorithmic Approaches for Tolerating Malicious Interference. In IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. IEEE Press. Vol. 13(4), pp. 617-641, December 2011.
C. Fung, J. Zhang, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Dirichlet-based Trust Management for Effective Collaborative Intrusion Detection Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 8(2), pp. 79-91, June 2011.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. A Survey of Distributed Search Techniques in Large Scale Distributed Systems. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. IEEE Press. Vol. 13(2), pp. 150-167. June 2011.
C. Fung, J. Zhang, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Trust Management and Admission Control for Host-based Collaborative Intrusion Detection. In the Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM). Springer. Vol. 19(2), pp. 257-277, June 2011.
F. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. A Distributed OFDMA Medium Access Control for Underwater Acoustic Sensors Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (ICC). Kyoto (Japan), June 5-9, 2011.
A. Hatoum, N. Aitsaadi, R. Langar, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. FCRA: Femtocell Clusterbased Resource Allocation Scheme for OFDMA Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (ICC). Kyoto (Japan), June 5-9, 2011.
K. Alsubhi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Performance Analysis in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems. In Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Dublin (Ireland), 23-27 May 2011.
B. Ishibashi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. QoS Capacity of Virtual Wireless Networks. In Computer Networks (COMNET). Elsevier, Vol. 55(7), pp. 1592-1613, April 2011.
PDFQ. Zhang, E. Gürses, R. Boutaba, and J. Xiao. Dynamic Resource Allocation for Spot Markets in Clouds. In proceedings of the 11th USENIX conference on Hot topics in management of internet, cloud, and enterprise networks and services (Hot-ICE '11), Boston (USA). March 30–April 1, 2011.
Y. Diao, H. Lutfiyya, N. Liman and R. Boutaba. A Report on CNSM 2010. Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 19(1), pp. 137-142. March 2011 – Conference Report.
J. Li, J-Y. Chung, J. Xiao, R. Boutaba and J. W-K Hong. On The Design and Implementation of a Home Energy Management System. In Proc. of the IEEE Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing (ISWPC). Hong Kong (China), 23-25 February 2011
N. Bouabdallah, B. Ishibashi, and R. Boutaba. Performance of Cognitive Radio-based Wireless Mesh Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). IEEE Press, Vol. 10(1), pp. 122-135, January 2011.
N. Bouabdallah, R. Langar and R. Boutaba. Design and Analysis of Mobility-Aware Clustering Algorithms for Wireless Mesh Networks. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE Press, Vol. 18(6), pp. 1677-1690, December 2010.
R. Langar, S. Njima, N. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba, and G. Pujolle. Towards Efficient Use of Radio Resources in Single Channel Wireless Mesh Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, Miami (USA), 6-10 December, 2010.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, S. Naik, R. Boutaba, A. Nayak, and N. Goel. QoS Support in Delay Tolerant Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, Miami (USA), 6-10 December, 2010.
PDFC. J. Fung, J. Zhang, and R. Boutaba. Effective Acquaintance Management for Collaborative Intrusion Detection Networks. In the 6th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls (Canada), 25-29 October 2010. Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
J. Xiao, J. Y. Chung, J. Li, R. Boutaba, and J. Hong. Near Optimal Demand-Side Energy Management Under Real-time Demand-Response Pricing. In the 6th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), and Miniconference. Niagara Falls (Canada), 25-29 October 2010.
M. Chowdhury, F. Samuel, and R. Boutaba. PolyViNE: Policy-based Virtual Network Embedding Across Multiple Domains. In Proceedings of the Second ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Virtualized infrastructure Systems and Architectures. New Delhi (India), September 03, 2010.
J. Xiao, J-Y. Chung, J. Li, R. Boutaba and J. W-K. Hong. Optimal Demand-Side Energy Management Under Real-time Demand-Response Pricing. In Proc. of the 2nd International Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering (ISITCE). Pohang (Korea), 19-20 August, 2010. Poster. Recipient of the Best Poster Award.
R. Boutaba, N. Limam and J. Xiao. Autonomic Principles for Service Management: Performance, Fairness and Stability. In Proc. of the 2nd International Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering (ISITCE). Pohang (Korea), 19-20 August, 2010. Poster.
N. Limam, R. Boutaba. Assessing Software Service Quality and Trustworthiness at Selection Time. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE). IEEE Press, Vol. 36(4), pp. 559-574, July/August 2010.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Incorporating Trust in Network Virtualization. In Proc. of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT). IEEE Press, pp. 942-947. Bradford (UK), June 29 – July 1, 2010.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Impact of Peers' Similarity on Recommendations in P2P Systems. In Proc. of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT). IEEE Press, pp. 393-399. Bradford (UK), June 29 – July 1, 2010.
A. Abdallah, D-E. Meddour, A. Toufik, R. Boutaba. Cross layer optimization architecture for video streaming in WIMAX networks . In Proc. of the IEEE Symposium on Computer Communications (ISCC). IEEE Press, pp. 8-13. Riccione (Italy), June 22-25, 2010.
D. E. Meddour, A. Kortebi, R. Boutaba, Mesh-Based Broadband Home Network Solution: Setup and Experiments. Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Cape Town (South Africa), 23-27 May 2010.
R. Langar, N. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba,, and G. Pujolle. Interferer Link-Aware Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks. Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Cape Town (South Africa), 23-27 May 2010.
Q. Zhu, C. J. Fung, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. A Distributed Sequential Algorithm for Collaborative Intrusion Detection Networks. Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Cape Town (South Africa), 23-27 May 2010.
PDFQ. Zhang, J. Xiao, E. Gurses, M. Karsten, R Boutaba. Dynamic Service Placement in Shared Service Hosting Infrastructures. In Proceedings of the 9th International IFIP TC 6 Networking Conference (NETWORKING), Springer Berlin, pp. 251-264, Chennai (India), May 11-15, 2010.
N. F. Butt, M. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba, Topology-Awareness and Reoptimization Mechanism for Virtual Network Embedding. In Proceedings of the 9th International IFIP Networking Conference (NETWORKING), Springer Berlin, pp. 27-39, Chennai (India), May 11-15, 2010.
M. R. Rahman, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Survivable Virtual Network Embedding. In Proceedings of the 9th International IFIP Networking Conference (NETWORKING), Springer Berlin, pp. 40-52, Chennai (India), May 11-15, 2010.
Q. Zhang, L. Cheng, and R. Boutaba. Cloud Computing: State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges. Journal of Internet Services and Applications(JISA). Springer London, Vol. 1(1), pp. 7-18, May 2010.
J. Rubio-Loyola, M. Charalambides, I. Aib, J. Serrat, G. Pavlou, and R. Boutaba. Business-Driven Management of Differentiated Services. In Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP International Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp. 240-247, Osaka (Japan), 19-23 April 2010
PDFC. J. Fung, Q. Zhu, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. Bayesian Decision Aggregation In Collaborative Intrusion Detection Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP International Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp. 349-356, Osaka (Japan), 19-23 April 2010
F. E. Zaheer, J. Xiao, and R. Boutaba. Multi-Provider Service Negotiation and Contracting in Network Virtualization. In Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP International Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp 471-478, Osaka (Japan), 19-23 April 2010.
M. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba. A Survey of Network Virtualization. In Computer Networks (COMNET). Elsevier, Vol. 54(5), pp. 862-876, April 2010.
L. Cheng, X. Qiu, L. Meng, Y. Qiao, and R. Boutaba. Efficient Active Probing for Fault Diagnosis in Large Scale and Noisy Networks. In Proc. of the 29th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). IEEE Press, pp. 1-9, San Diego (USA), 14-19 March 2010.
H. Saleet, O. Basir, R. Langar, and R. Boutaba. Region-Based Location-Service-Management Protocol for VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT). IEEE Press, Vol. 59(2), pp. 917-931, February 2010.
Carol Fung and Raouf Boutaba. "Cooperation in Intrusion Detection Networks", chapter 9 in Cooperative Networks, M. S. Obaidat and S. Misra (editors), Jon Wiley & Sons publishing, 2010.
R. Boutaba, S. Murphy, and A. Banchs. Special issue on Wireless Multi-Hop Networking for Infrastructure Access. In Computer Networks (COMNET). Elsevier, Vol. 54 (2), pp. 175-177, February 2010.
R. Boutaba, J. P. Martin-Flatin, J. L. Hellerstein, R. H. Katz, G. Pavlou, and C. T. Lea. Recent Advances in Autonomic Communications [Guest Editorial]. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 28(1), pp. 1-3, January 2010.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Reputation Management in Peer-to-Peer Systems: Taxonomy and Anatomy. In "P2P Handbook". X. Shen, H. Yu, J. Buford and M. Akon (editors). Springer, USA, pp. 689-732, 2010.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, O. Basir, and R. Boutaba. Adaptive Message Routing with QoS support in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6, Honolulu (USA), November 30 – December 4, 2009.
E. Gurses and R. Boutaba. Capacity of Wireless Multi-hop Networks Using Physical Carrier Sense and Transmit Power Control. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6, Honolulu (USA), November 30 – December 4, 2009.
S. Waharte, B. Ishibashi, R. Boutaba and D. Meddour. Design and Performance Evaluation of IAR: Interference-Aware Routing Metric for Wireless Mesh Networks. ACM Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET). Springer Netherlands, Vol. 14(5), pp. 649-660, October 2009.
M. R. Haque, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. QPM: Phonetic aware P2P search. In Proc. of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P). IEEE Press, pp. 131-134. Seattle (USA), 9-11 September 2009. Short Paper.
R. Langar, R. N. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba, and B. Sericola. Proposal and analysis of adaptive mobility management in IP-based mobile networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. IEEE Press, Vol. 8(7), pp. 3608-3619, July 2009.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. On Balancing Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT). IEEE Press, Vol. 58(6), pp. 2909-2924, July 2009.
M. Chowdhury and R. Boutaba. Network virtualization: state of the art and research challenges. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press, Vol. 47(7), pp. 20-26, July 2009.
PDFC. Fung, J. Zhang, I. Aib, R. Boutaba, and R. Cohen. Design of a Simulation Framework to Evaluate Trust Models for Collaborative Intrusion Detection. In Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Network and Service Security (N2S), IEEE Press, pp. 1-5. 2009. 24-26 June 2009.
K. Ali and R. Boutaba. Applying kernel methods to anomaly based intrusion detection systems. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium (GIIS). IEEE Press, pp. 1-4. Hammamet (Tunisia), 23-26 June 2009. Short Paper.
K. Ali, I Aib and R. Boutaba. P2P-AIS: A P2P Artificial Immune Systems architecture for detecting DDoS flooding attacks. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium (GIIS). IEEE Press, pp. 1-4. Hammamet (Tunisia), 23-26 June 2009. Short Paper.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, O. Basir, and R. Boutaba. A Distributed Approach for Location Lookup in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6 Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June 2009.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Cross-Layer Design for Energy Conservation in Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June 2009.
S. Waharte, R. Boutaba and P. Anelli. Impact of Gateways Placement on Clustering Algorithms in Wireless Mesh Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-5. Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June 2009.
E. Gurses, Y. Lin and R. Boutaba. Distributed Quality-Lifetime Maximization in Wireless Video Sensor Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June 2009.
K. Alsubhi, I. Aib, J. Francois and R. Boutaba. Policy-Based Security Configuration Management, Application to Intrusion Detection and Prevention. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Dresden (Germany), 14‐18 June 2009.
E. Gurses, J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. Service Engineering for Inter-Domain Overlay Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-5. Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June 2009.
I. Aib, T. Tran, and R. Boutaba. Characterization and Solution to a Stateful IDS Evasion. In Proc of the 29th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). IEEE Press, pp. 597 – 604. Montreal (Canada), 22-26 June 2009.
M. Chowdhury, F. Zaheer and R. Boutaba. iMark: An Identity Management Framework for Network Virtualization Environment. In Proc. of IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). IEEE Press, pp. 335-342. New York, NY, June 1-5, 2009.
R. Boutaba, M. Karsten, and M. Young. A Heuristic for Fair Correlation-Aware Resource Placement. 8th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA). Dortmund, Germany, June 4-6, 2009.
PDFC. Fung, J. Zhang, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Robust and scalable trust management for collaborative intrusion detection. In Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). IEEE Press, pp. 33-40. New York, NY, June 1-5, 2009. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
D. Meddour, U. Javaid, N. Bihannic, T. Rasheed and R. Boutaba. Completing the Convergence Puzzle: A Survey and A Roadmap. IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (WCN). IEEE Press, Vol. 16(3), pp. 86-96, June 2009.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Contribution-Based Service Differentiation Scheme for Peer-to-Peer Systems. In Journal on Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications. Springer New York, Vol. 2(2), pp. 146-163, June 2009.
Q. Zhu, C. Fung, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. A game-theoretical approach to incentive design in collaborative intrusion detection networks. In Proc of the International Conference on Game Theory for Networks (GameNets ), IEEE Press, pp. 384-392, Istanbul (Turkey), 13-15 May 2009.
M. Chowdhury, M. Rahman and R. Boutaba. Virtual Network Embedding with Coordinated Node and Link Mapping. In Proc. of the 28th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). IEEE Press, pp. 783-791. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009.
A. El-Ataway, E. Alshaer, T. Tran and R. Boutaba. Adaptive Early Packet Filtering for Protecting Firewalls against DoS Attacks. In Proc. of the 28th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). IEEE Press, pp. 2437-2445, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Plexus: A Scalable Peer‐to‐peer Protocol Enabling Efficient Subset Search. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE Press, Vol. 17(1), pp. 130-143, February 2009.
R. Langar, N. Bouabdallah, and R. Boutaba. Mobility-Aware Clustering Algorithms with Interference Constraints in Wireless Mesh Networks. In Computer Networks (COMNET). Elsevier, Vol. 53(1), pp. 25-44, January 2009.
R. Boutaba, M. Brunner, S. Shmidt, and L. Granville (editors), "Autonomic Communications and Network Management". IEEE Press, June 2009.
R. Boutaba, F. Kamoun, A. Mehaoua, S. Tabbane, M. Ulema, and B. Walp (editors). "Global Information Infrastructures". IEEE Press, ISBN: 978-1-4244- 4624-7, June 2009.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. P2P Search and Distributed Pattern Matching. In "P2P Handbook". X. Shen, H. Yu, J. Buford and M. Akon (editors). Springer, USA, ISBN: 978-0-387-09750-3. 2009.
R. Boutaba and J. Xiao. An Introduction to Network and Service Management. In "Enterprise Systems Integration". M. Sherif (editor). CRC Press, Auerbach, USA, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7821-3. Pages 159-184. 2009.
B. Ishibashi and R. Boutaba. The Symbiosis of Cognitive Radio and Wireless Mesh Networks. In "Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks". S. Misra, S. Chandra and I. Woungang (editors). Springer, London, UK, ISBN: 978-1-84800-908-0. Pages 471-496. 2009.
R. Boutaba, J. Xiao and Q. Zhang. Management and Self-Stabilization. In "Autonomic Computing and Networking". M. Denko, Y. Zhang, and L. T. Yang (editors). Springer, USA, ISBN: 978-0-387-89827-8. Pages 239-260. 2009.
Q. Zhu and R. Boutaba. Nonlinear Quadratic Pricing for Concavifiable Utilities in Network Rate Control. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, pp. 1 – 6, New Orleans (USA), November 30 - December 4, 2008.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, O. Basir, and R. Boutaba. Proposal and Analysis of Region-Based Location Service Management Protocol for VANETs. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, pp. 1 – 6, New Orleans (USA), November 30 - December 4, 2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Load-Balanced Routing Scheme for Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, pp. 1 – 6, New Orleans (USA), November 30 - December 4, 2008.
A. Le, R. Boutaba, and E. Al-Shaer, Correlation-Based Load Balancing for Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems, Proceedings of the 4th ACM International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, SecureComm 2008, Istanbul, Turkey, September 22-25, 2008.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Recommender Scheme for Peer-to- Peer Systems. In Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Applications and the Internet (SAINT), IEEE Press, pp. 197 – 200, Turku (Finland), July 28 - August 1, 2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Towards Reliable and Efficient Reporting in Wireless Sensor Networks. In IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). IEEE Press, 7(8): 978-994, August 2008.
R. Langar, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. A Comprehensive Analysis of Mobility Management in MPLS-Based Wireless Access Networks. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE Press 16(4): 918-931, August 2008.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Personalized Recommendations in Peerto- Peer Systems. In Proc. of 17th IEEE WETICE Workshop on Collaborative Peer-to-peer Systems (COPS). IEEE Press, pp. 99 – 104. Rome (Italy), 23-25 June, 2008.
S. Waharte, R. Boutaba, B. Ishibashi, and D. Meddour, Interference-Aware Routing Metric for Improved Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks, in Proceedings of ICC'08, Beijing, China, May 2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Energy Conservation in Reliable Wireless Sensor. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 2404 – 2408, Beijing (China), 19-23 May 2008.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, On the Probability of Finding Non-interfering Paths in Wireless Multihop Networks, in Proceedings of IFIP Networking 2008, Singapore, May 2008.
B. Ishibashi, N. Bouabdallah, and R. Boutaba, QoS Performance Analysis of Cognitive Radio-based Virtual Wireless Networks, In Proceedings of Infocom 2008 Miniconference, April 2008.
R. Boutaba, J. Xiao and I. Aib. CyberPlanner: a comprehensive toolkit for network service providers. In Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP International Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp. 379 – 386, Salvador (Brazil), 7-11 April 2008.
N. Limam and R. Boutaba. QoS and Reputation-aware Service Selection. In Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP International Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp. 403 – 410, Salvador (Brazil), 7‐11 April 2008.
K. Alsubhi, E. Al-Shaer, and R. Boutaba. Alert Prioritization in Intrusion Detection Systems. In the 11th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2008), April 2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. The Relationship Between Sensor Networks Performance and the Number of Reporting Nodes. In Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), IEEE Press, pp. 2361 – 2366. Las Vegas, NV (USA), 31 March – 3 April, 2008.
N. Limam and R. Boutaba. Towards an Automated Service Rating System. In Proc. of the 15th HP Software University Association (HP-SUA), HP LABS, pp. 211 – 216, Marrakech (Morocco), 22- 25 June, 2008.
I. Aib, K. Alsubhi, and R. Boutaba. A Policy-based approach to Risk Management, A Snort Configuration Use Case. In Proc. of the 15th HP Software University Association (HP-SUA), HP LABS, pp. 309 – 314, Marrakech (Morocco), 22- 25 June, 2008.
A. Le, E. Alshaer, and R. Boutaba. On optimizing load balancing of intrusion detection and prevention systems. In Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM Computer Communications Workshops 2008, IEEE Press, pp. 1-6, Phoenix, AZ (USA), April 13-18, 2008.
PDFC. Fung, O. Baysal, J. Zhang, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Trust Management for Host-based Collaborative Intrusion Detection. In Proc of the IFIP/IEEE Workshop on Distributed Systems Operations and Management (DSOM), Springer Verlag, pp. 109-122. Samos (Greece), 22-26 September 2008.
S. Waharte, R. Boutaba, B. Ishibashi, and D. Meddour, Performance Study of Wireless Mesh Networks Routing Metrics, In Proceedings of the RRMinMesh Workshop (AICCSA-08), April 2008
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Analysis of the Latency-Lifetime Tradeoff in Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA) - Workshop on Radio Resource Management in Wireless Mesh Networks, IEEE Press, pp. 1076-1081, Doha (Qatar), March 31 - April 4, 2008.
S. Waharte, J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. Sensor-based Architecture for QoS Provisioning and Fast Handoff Management in WLANs. In Annals of Telecommunications. Springer, 63(3-4): 137-148, April 2008.
Y. Tang, E. Al-Shaer, and R. Boutaba. Active Integrated Fault Localization for Internet & Overlay Networks. IEEE Transactions Network & Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press, 5(1): 36-49, March 2008
W. Golab and R. Boutaba. Path Selection in User-Controlled Circuit-Switched Optical Networks. Journal of Optical Switching and Networking, Elsevier, 5 (2-3): 123-138, February 2008.
I. Jama, T. Ahmed, H. Nafaa and R. Boutaba. Meet In the Middle Cross-Layer Adaptation for Audiovisual Content Delivery. In IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), IEEE Press, 10 (1): 105‐120, January 2008.
R. Boutaba, M. Brunner, S. Shmidt, and L. Granville (editors), "Autonomic Communications and Network Management". IEEE Press. April 2008.
R. Boutaba and I. Aib. Policy-Based Management: A Historical Perspective. In Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM). Springer, Vol. 15 (4), pp. 447-480, December 2007.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. Assessing Network Service Profitability: Modeling from Market Science Perspective. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE Press, Vol. 15 (6), pp. 1307-1320, December 2007.
I. Aib and R. Boutaba. On leveraging policy-based management for maximizing business profit. In IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press, Vol. 4 (3), pp. 163-176, December 2007.
R. Ahmed, N. Limam, J. Xiao, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Resource and Service Discovery in Large-scale Multi-domain Networks. In IEEE Communications Surveys. IEEE Press, Vol. 9 (4), pp. 2-30, December 2007. Recipient of the IEEE Communication Society 2008 Fred W. Ellersick Prize.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba. Towards all-IP wireless networks: architectures and resource management mechanism. In Int. Journal on Wireless and Mobile Computing. Inderscience Publishers, Vol. 2(4), pp. 263-274, December 2007.
R. Langar, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Adaptive Mobility Management for IP/MPLS-Based Wireless Networks: a Proposal and Analysis'. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM), Washington DC (USA), IEEE Press, 26-30 November 2007
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Analysis of the impact of the number of reporting nodes on the sensor networks lifetime. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM), Washington DC (USA), IEEE Press, 26-30 November 2007
T. Tran, E. Al-Shaer, and R. Boutaba. PolicyVis: Firewall Security Policy Visualization and Inspection. In proceedings of the 21st USENIX Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA 2007), Dallas, TX, USA, 11-16 November 2007.
J. Francois, A. El-Atawy, E. Al-Shaer, and R. Boutaba. A Collaborative Approach for Proactive Detection of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks. In proceedings of the IEEE Monitoring, Attack Detection and Mitigation (MonAM 2007). Toulouse, France , 5 - 6 November, 2007
S. Waharte, A. Farzan and R. Boutaba. Min-Max Congestion in Interference-Prone Wireless Mesh Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow (Scotland), IEEE Press, June 2007
I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Business-driven optimization of Policy Based Management Solutions; A Web Application Hosting SLA Use Case. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2007), Munich (Germany), May 2007. Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba. Admission Control in Data Transfers over Lightpaths. In IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) - Optical Communications and Networking series. IEEE Press, Vol. 25 (6), pp. 102-110, April 2007.
I. Aib and R. Boutaba. PS: A Policy Simulator. IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Press, Vol. 45 (4), pp. 130-136. April 2007.
M. Ghaderi, R. Boutaba and G. Kenward. Joint call and packet QoS in cellular packet networks. In Computer Networks (COMNET). Elsevier, Vol. 51 (4), pp. 1060-1071, March 2007.
N. Limam, J. Ziembicki, R. Ahmed, Y. Iraqi, T. Li, R. Boutaba and F. Cuervo. OSDA: Open Service Discovery Architecture for Efficient Cross-domain Service Provisioning. In Computer Communications (COMCOM). Elsevier, Vol. 30 (3), pp. 546-563, February 2007.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Distributed Pattern Matching: A Key to Flexible and Efficient P2P Search. In IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) – Special issue on Peer-to-peer Networks. IEEE Press, Vol. 25 (1), pp. 73-83, January 2007.
N. Agoulmine, R. Boutaba and A. Serhrouchni (editors), "Global Information Infrastructures". IEEE Press, ISBN: 1-4244-1375-3, 223 pages. July 2007.
R. Boutaba, M. Brunner and S. Shmidt (editors), "Autonomic Communications and Network Management". IEEE Press. May 2007.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba. Impact of Mobility on Resource Management in Wireless Networks. In "The Handbook of Mobile Middleware". P. Bellavista and A. Corradi (editors). Auerbach Publications, USA, ISBN 0-849-33833-6. Pages 639-662. 2007.
R. Boutaba and Jin Xiao. Telecommunication Network Management. In "Telecommunications Technologies, Systems, and Services". P. Bellavista (editor). EOLSS Theme 6.108 Telecommunication Systems and Technologies", Volume 6.108, UNESCO EOLSS Publishers Co Ltd, (28 Pages), 2007.
R. Boutaba and J. Xiao. Self-Managing Networks. In "Cognitive Networks: Towards Self-aware Networks". Q. H. Mahmoud (Editor). John Wiley & Sons, page 14 ISBN: 978-0-470-06196-1. Pages 77-93. 2007.
R. Langar, N. Bouabdallah, S. Tohme, R. Boutaba, Mobility Modeling and Handoff Analysis for IP/MPLS-Based Cellular Networks, in Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GlobeCom), San Francisco, California, USA, November 2006.
B. Aoun and R. Boutaba, Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks with Latency and Energy Consumption Constraints, in the Journal of Network and Systems Management, Volume 14:3 - Springer, 2006.
B. Aoun, R. Boutaba and Y. Iraqi, Gateway Placement Optimization in WMN with QoS Constraints, in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on Multi-hop Wireless Mesh Networks, Vol. 24 (11), pp. 2127-2136, November 2006.
B. Aoun and R. Boutaba, Max-Min Fair Capacity of Wireless Mesh Networks, in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Vancouver, Canada, October 2006.
I. Aib, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle, A Novel Architecture for Utility Driven Management, in Proceedings of the 5th IFIP International Conference on Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility (Net-Con 2006), Santiago, Chile, August 2006.
W. Liu and R. Boutaba, pMeasure: A Peer-to-Peer Measurement Infrastructure For the Internet. In Computer Communications Journal, Special Issue on Monitoring and Measurements of IP Networks, 2005.
B. Aoun, Y. Iraqi, and R. Boutaba, A Closer Look at the Capacity of Wireless Mesh Networks , in Proceedings of the fifth Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Conference (MedHoc Net), Sicily, Italy, June 2006.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, Totally Disjoint Multipath Routing in Multihop Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
S. Waharte, R. Boutaba, Y. Iraqi and B. Ishibashi, Routing Protocols in Wireless Mesh Networks: Challenges and Design Considerations, in the Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP) journal, Special Issue on Advances in Consumer Communications and Networking, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 285-303, June 2006.
B. Aoun, R. Boutaba, Analysis of Capacity Improvements in Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks, in Proceedings of the 63rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Melbourne, Australia, May 2006.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Distributed pattern matching for p2p systems. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS'06), Vancouver, Canada, April 2006.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba. Call Admission Control for Voice/Data Integration in Broadband Wireless Networks. In the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 193-207, March 2006.
A. Virk and R. Boutaba. Economical Protection in MPLS Networks. Journal of Computer Communications. Elsevier, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp. 402-408, February 2006.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba. Dynamic cell-based MAC protocol for target detection applications in wireless sensor networks. In the Journal of Computer Communications (COMCOM), Elsevier Science, Volume 29, Issue 4 , pp. 429-436, February 2006.
A. Haque, P-H. Ho and R. Boutaba. Spare Capacity Reconfiguration using Group Shared Protection (GSP) in Optical Networks. Computer Networks, special issue on Optical Networks, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp. 168-180, Feb. 2006.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Peer-to-Peer Most Wanted: Malicious Peers, in International Computer Networks Journal, Special Issue on Management in Peer-to-Peer Systems: Trust, Reputation and Security, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 545-562, 2006.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Free Riders under Control through Service Differentiation in Peer-to-Peer Systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing (CollaborateCom 2005), December 19-21, 2005.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba, QoS-Aware Service Composition and Adaptation in Autonomic Communication, IEEE Journal on selected areas in communication (JSAC), Special Issue on Autonomic Communication Systems, pp. 2344-2360, vol. 23, no.12, 2005.
B. Ishibashi and R. Boutaba. Topology and Mobility Considerations in Mobile Ad hoc Networks, in Ad hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 762-776, November 2005.
T. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and A. Mehaoua. A Measurement-Based Approach for Dynamic QoS Adaptation in DiffServ Network, Journal of Computer Communications, Special issue on End-to-End Quality of Service Differentiation, Elsevier Science, Vol 28/18, pp 2020-2033, Nov. 2005.
E. Al-Shaer, H. Hamed, R. Boutaba, and M. Hasan. Conflict Classification and Analysis of Distributed Firewall Policies. In the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Volume 23, Issue 10, pp.2069 - 2084, Oct. 2005.
J. Capka and R. Boutaba. A Mobility Management Tool - The Realistic Mobility Model. In proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob'05).Montreal, Canada, August 2005.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Handling Free Riders in Peer-to-Peer Networks, in Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing (AP2PC 2005), Utrecht, Netherlands, 2005.
R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, F. Cuervo, Y. Iraqi, and T. Li. N. Limam, J. Xiao and J. Ziembicki, Service naming in large-scale and multi-domain networks, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp.:38 - 54, Third Quarter 2005.
A. Nafaa, A. Ksentini, A. Mehaoua, B. Ishibashi, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Sliding Contention Window (SCW): Towards Backoff Range-based Service Differentiation Over IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Networks, in IEEE Network Magazine, special issue on Wireless Local Area Networking: QoS provisioning & Resource Management, pp. 45-51, July/August 2005.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, Tree-Based Wireless Mesh Networks: Topology Analysis, in Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Wireless Mesh Networks (MeshNets), Budapest, Hungary, July 2005.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Handoff and Call Dropping Probabilities in Wireless Cellular Networks, in Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Wireless Quality-of-Service (WiQoS'05) in IEEE WirelessCom 2005 Conference, June 13-16, 2005.
W. Liu and R. Boutaba, Tracerouting Peer-to-Peer Networks, In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE/IFIP Workshop on End-to-End Monitoring Techniques and Services (E2EMON), Nice, France, May 2005.
Majid Ghaderi, Raouf Boutaba and Gary W. Kenward. Stochastic Admission Control for Quality of Service in Wireless Packet Networks, in Proceedings of the 4th IFIP Networking Conference (Networking'2005), Waterloo, Canada, May 2005.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. QoS aware Service composition in large scale multi-domain networks. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2005), May 2005.
W. Liu, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Zero-budget Network Dimensioning. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2005), May 2005.
Y. Tang, E. Al-Shaer, and R. Boutaba. Active Integrated Fault localization in communication networks. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2005), May 2005.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba. Sensor-based Architecture for Quality-of-Service Support in WLANs. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2005) Poster Session, May 2005.
R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, F. Cuervo, Y. Iraqi, T. Li, N. Limam, J. Xiao, and J. Ziembicki, Service Discovery Protocols A Comparative Study, in Proceeding of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2005) Application Sessions, 2005.
R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, F. Cuervo, Y. Iraqi, T. Li, N. Limam, J. Xiao, and J. Ziembicki, Service/Resource Naming a Comparative Study, in Proceeding of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2005) Application Sessions, 2005.
N. Limam, J. Ziembicki, R. Ahmed, Y. Iraqi, D. T. Li, R. Boutaba, F. Cuervo, OSDA: Open Service Discovery Architecture for Cross-domain Service Discovery. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Next Generation Networking Middleware, Waterloo, Canada, May 2005.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Detecting Malicious Peers in A Reputation-Based Peer-to-Peer System, In Proceedings of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2005.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba and Y. Iraqi. Adaptive packet video streaming over IP networks: a cross-layer approach. In the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Vol.23, No. 2, pp. 385-401, February 2005.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Weight Allocation in Distributed Admission Control for Wireless Networks, In the International Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier Science, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 199-214, 2005.
R. Boutaba, K. Almeroth, R. Puigjaner, S. Shen, and J. P. Black (editors) Networking 2005. Springer, 2005 (1483 pages)
B. Ishibashi and R. Boutaba. Forward Focus: Using Routing Information to Improve Medium Access Control in Ad hoc Networks. In the International Journal on Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, Special issue on Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless ad hoc Networks, 2004.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba. Call Admission Control in Mobile Cellular Networks: A Comprehensive Survey. In Press. International Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. John Wiley, 2004.
R. Boutaba, Y. H. Cho, M. Ejiri, and S. B. Kim. Managing Next Generation Convergence Networks and Services - A Report on NOMS 2004, International Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 277-282, 2004.
R. Boutaba, A. Polyrakis and A. Fernandez Casani. Active Networks as a Developing and Testing Environment for Networks Protocols. Annals of Telecommunications, Vol. 59, No. 5-6, pp. 495-514, 2004.
R. Boutaba, W. Golab, Y. Iraqi and B. St. Arnaud. Lightpaths on Demand: A Web Services Based Management System, IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on XML-based Management, June 2004.
T. Li, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Pricing and Admission Control for QoS-Enabled Internet, Journal of Computer Network, Special issue on Internet Economics, 2004.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba. Policy-Driven Automated Reconfiguration for Performance Management in WDM Optical Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on Management of Optical Networks, January 2004.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, Performance Comparison of Distributed Frequency Assignment Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the IFIP International Conference on Network Control and Engineering (Net-Con'2004), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, November 2004.
A. Haque, P.-H. Ho, Raouf Boutaba, and James Ho, Group Shared Protection (GSP): A Scalable Solution for Spare Capacity Re-configuration in Mesh WDM Networks, In Proceedings of the 47th annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Dallas, TX, USA, November 2004.
Myung-Sup Kim, J. Hong and R. Boutaba, Flow-based Characteristic Analysis of Internet Application Traffic, In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on End-to-End Monitoring (E2EMON), San Diego, USA, 2004.
W. Liu, Raouf Boutaba and James Won-Ki Hong, pMeasure: A Tool for Measuring the Internet. In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on End-to-End Monitoring Techniques and Services (E2EMON), San Diego, California, USA, October 2004.
J. Capka and R. Boutaba, Mobility Prediction in Wireless Networks using Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE international Conference on the Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'04), San Diego, California, USA, October 2004.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, A Reputation Management & Selection Advisor Schemes for Peer-to-Peer Systems, In Proceedings of the 15th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM), 2004
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, Dynamic cell-based MAC protocol for target detection applications in wireless sensor networks. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE international Conference on the Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'04), San Diego, California, USA, October 2004. Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
S. Waharte, K. Ritzenthaler and R. Boutaba, Selective Active Scanning for Fast Handoff in WLAN using Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 6th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks (MWCN 2004), Paris, France, October 2004.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba, Data Service Performance Analysis in GPRS Systems. In Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC'2004), Barcelona, Spain, September 2004.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba, The Impact of User Mobility on Data Service Performance in GPRS Systems. In Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC'2004), Kingston, Canada, June 2004.
B. Ishibashi and R. Boutaba, Forward Focus: Medium Access Control for Ad hoc Networks. In Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-hoc-Net 2004), Bodrum, Turkey, June 2004.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba, Resource Allocation in User-Controlled Circuit-Switched Optical Networks, in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications (HSNMC'04), June 2004.
S. Waharte, J. Xiao and R. Boutaba, Overlay Wireless Sensor Networks for Application-Adaptive Scheduling in WLAN, in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications (HSNMC'04), June 2004.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba, Customer-centric Network Upgrade Strategy: Maximizing Investment Benefits for Enhanced Service Quality, in Proceedings of the 9th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS'04), 2004
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba, Call Admission Control for Voice/Data Integration in Broadband Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of the 3rd IFIP Networking Conference (Networking'2004), Athens, Greece, May 2004.
Y. Iraqi, M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba, Enabling Real-Time All-IP Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2004.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba, WDM Optical Network Reconfiguration Using Automated Regression-Based Parameter Value Selection, in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Networking (ICN'04).
A. Virk and R. Boutaba, A Framework for Inter-Domain Management in DiffServ-MPLS Networks, in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Networking (ICN'04).
R. Boutaba and Seong-Beom Kim (editors). Managing Next Generation Convergence Networks and Services. IEEE Press. 2004 (935 pages).
M. Ghaderi, R. Boutaba and G. Kenward. Stochastic Call Admission Control for Wireless Cellular Packet Networks. U.S. provisional application No. 60/585,252, filed on July 2, 2004
B. St. Arnaud, A. Bjerring, O. Cherkaoui, R. Boutaba, M. Potts, and W. Hong. Web services architecture for user control and management of optical Internet networks. In IEEE Proceedings, special issue on the future of the Internet. 2004
R. Boutaba, Y. Iraqi and A. Mehaoua. A Multi-Agents Architecture for QoS Management in Multimedia Networks, International Journal of Network and Systems Management, special issue on E-business Management, March 2003.
R. Boutaba, W. Golab, Y. Iraqi, T. Li and B. St. Arnaud. Grid-Controlled Lightpaths for High Performance Grid Applications, Journal of Grid Computing, Special Issue on High Performance Networking, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 387-394, 2003.
W. Szeto, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, A Multi-Commodity Flow Based Approach to Virtual Network Resource Allocation, in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'03), San Francisco, CA (USA), 2003.
M. Ghaderi, J. Capka and R. Boutaba, Prediction-Based Admission Control for DiffServ Wireless Internet, in Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'03), Orlando (USA), October 2003.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba, Y. Iraqi, IP Video Streaming With Fine-Grained TCP-Friendly Rate Adaptation, in IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'03), Northern Ireland, September 2003. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, The Degree of Participation Concept in Ad Hoc Networks, in the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'03), Antalya, Turkey, 2003.
T. Li, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Tariff-Based Pricing and Admission Control for DiffServ Networks, in IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Management (IM'03), Colorado-Springs (USA), March 24-28, 2003.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua, A. Nafaa and R. Boutaba, Dynamic QoS Management for Video Flows over IP DiffServ Networks. In Proceedings of International Conference on Networks and Services Management (GRES'03), 2003.
R. Boutaba, W. Szeto and Y. Iraqi. DORA: Efficient Routing Algorithm for MPLS Traffic Engineering, International Journal of Network and Systems Management, special issue on Traffic Engineering and Management, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 311-327, 2002.
A. Polyrakis and R. Boutaba. The Meta-Policy Information Base. IEEE Network, special issue on Policy-Based Networks, Vol.16, No. 2, pp. 40-48 2002.
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Projecting Advanced Enterprise Network and Service Management to Active Networks. IEEE Network Magazine (special issue on Enterprise Network and Service Management), Vol.16, No.1, pp. 28-33, 2002.
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Extending COPS-PR with Meta-policies for Scalable Management of IP Networks. International Journal on Networks and Systems Management (special issue on Management of Converged Networks), Vol.10, No.1, pp. 91-106, 2002.
R. Boutaba, N. Red, Y. Rasheed and A. Leon-Garcia. Distributed Video Production: Tasks, Architecture and QoS Provisioning. International Journal on Multimedia Tools & Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol.16, No.1/2, pp. 99-136, 2002.
A. Virk, R. Boutaba, and A. Haque, A framework for survivability in data-centric optical networks. In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2002), Staffordshire, UK, 2002.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba, Dynamic QoS Adaptation using COPS and Network Monitoring Feedback, in Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE international Conference on the Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'02), pp. 250-262, 2002
A. Virk and R. Boutaba, A Directory Enabled Solution for MPLS Path Protection and Restoration, in Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Communication (ICCC'02), 2002.
A. Virk, R. Boutaba, and A. Haque, A Directory Enabled Solution for MPλS Path Protection and Restoration, in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Optical Transparent Networks (ICTON'02), Vol. 1, pp. 24-28, 2002.
W. Szeto, R. Boutaba and Y. Iraqi, Dynamic Online Routing Algorithm for MPLS Traffic Engineering, in Proceeding of IFIP International Networking Conference (Networking'02), pp. 936-946, 2002.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba, Interworking Between SIP and MPEG-4 DMIF for Heterogeneous IP VideoConferencing, in proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'02), Vol. 4, pp. 2469-2473, 2002.
A. Evlogimenou and R. Boutaba, Programmable Accounting Management Architecture for Virtual Private Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS'02), pp. 297-312, 2002.
R. Boutaba. On Managing Virtual Private Networks. In IEEE Canadian Review, Winter 2002, No. 39, pp. 19-22, 2002
R. Boutaba, Y. Iraqi and B. Ishibashi, Policy Based Routing in Ad Hoc Networks, in Proceedings of the First Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-hoc-Net'02), 2002
R. Boutaba and J. Xiao, Network Management: State of the Art, in Proceedings of IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC'02) TC6 Stream on Communication Systems: The State of the Art, pp. 127-146, 2002
R. Boutaba, B. Ishibashi and B. Shihada, A Network Management Viewpoint on Certification and Security, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Certification and Security in E-Services (CSES'02), held as part of the IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC'02), pp. 17-45, 2002
The Meta-Policy PIBA. Polyrakis and R. Boutaba, The Meta-Policy PIB , IETF Internet Draft, draft-polyrakis-mpib-00.txt, (31 pages), 2002.
R. Boutaba, S. Omari and A. Virk. SELFCON: An Architecture for Self-Configuration of Networks. International Journal of Communications and Networks (special issue on Management of New Networking Infrastructure and Services), Vol.3(4). pp. 317-323. December 2001 Recipient of Best paper award of the International KIKS/ IEEE Journal of Communication Networks (Best paper of the year 2001)
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Supporting MPEG Video VBR Traffic in Wireless Networks. International Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier Science, Vol. 24 (12), pp. 1188-1201, 2001.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba, Y. Rasheed, and A. Leon-Garcia. An Integrated Framework for Efficient Transport of Real-time MPEG Video Over the UBR Best Effort Service. International Journal of Real Time Imaging (special issue on Adaptive Real-time Multimedia Transmission over Packet Switching Networks), Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 287-300. 2001.
R. Boutaba, W. Ng and A. Leon-Garcia. Web-based Customer Management of Virtual Private Networks. International Journal of Networks and Systems Management (special issue on Web-based Management), Plennum Press, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 67-87, 2001.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. A Cooperative QoS Control Framework For Streaming Video Applications. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM'01), pp. 2470-2474, 2001.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Is It Worth Involving Several Cooperating Agents for Multimedia User's Admission in Cellular Networks? In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on the Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'01), pp. 57-70. 2001.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Performance Evaluation of a Distributed Call Admission Control for QoS-Sensitive Wireless Mobile Networks. In Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'01), pp. 540 –545. 2001.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. When is it worth involving several cells in the Call Admission Control process for Multimedia Cellular Networks? In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'01), 336 –340. 2001.
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Projecting FCAPS to Active Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference of Enterprise Networking, Applications and Services (EntNet@Supercomm'01), pp. 97-104. 2001.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. The Impact of Prediction on the Performance of a Distributed Call Admission Control for Multimedia Mobile Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Third Generation Wireless and Beyond (3Gwireless'01). 2001 (6 manuscript pages).
S. Omari and R. Boutaba. Directory-based Self-Configurable Network Elements. In Proceedings of the 5th IFIP International Conference on Communication Systems (Africom'01), pp. 89-100, 2001.
M. Guiagoussou, R. Boutaba and M. Kadoch. Java API for Advanced Fault Management. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Integrated Network Management (IM'01), pp. 483-498, 2001.
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Towards Extensible Policy Enforcement Points. In Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks (Policy'01), pp.247-261, 2001.
Interworking Between SIP and MPEG-4 DMIFT. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba, Interworking Between SIP and MPEG-4 DMIF , IETF Internet Draft, draft-ahmed-dmif-sip-00.txt September 2001
COPS-PR with Meta-Policy SupportR. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis, COPS-PR with Meta-Policy Support , IETF Internet Draft, draft-boutaba-copsprmp-00.txt. April 2001
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Resource Management Issues in Future Wireless Multimedia Networks. International Journal of High Speed Networking (special issue on the Management of Multimedia Networking), Vol.9, No.3-4, pp. 231-260, 2000.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. MPEG Video Transmission over Broadband ISDN. International Journal on Parallel Computers (special issue on Telecommunications Services Engineering), Oxford-Hermes Science, Vol.12, No. 2, pp. 211-258, 2000.
A. Mehaoua and Raouf Boutaba. Load Balancing of Hierarchical MPEG2 Video Streams over VBR-RT and ABR Services. International Journal on Interoperable Communication Networks (special issue on QOS Management in Multimedia Networks), Baltzer Science, Vol. 2(4), pp. 225-242, 2000.
Y. Iraqi, R. Boutaba and A. Leon-Garcia. QoS Control in Wireless ATM Networks. International Journal on Mobile Networks and Applications, ACM/Baltzer, Vol.5, N° 2, pp. 137-145, 2000.
H. Labiod and R. Boutaba. Performance Evaluation of Block Error Correcting Codes for High Speed Wireless Communication Links. International Journal on Interoperable Communication Networks (special issue on QOS Management in Multimedia Networks), Baltzer Science, Vol.2, N° 4, pp. 171-187, 2000.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Multi-Agent System for Resource Management in Wireless Mobile Multimedia Networks. In Proceedings of the 11th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM'00), pp. 218- 229, 2000.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. An Adaptive Distributed Call Admission Control for QoS-Sensitive Wireless Mobile Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications & Networking Conference (WCNC'00), pp. 449-453, 2000.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Novel Distributed Call Admission Control for Wireless Mobile Multimedia Networks. In Proceedings of ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Multimedia (WoWMoM'00), pp.21-27, 2000.
K. Boudaoud, H. Labiod, R. Boutaba and Z. Guessoum. Network Security Management with Intelligent Agents. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Network Operation and Management Symposium (NOMS'00), pp. 579-792, 2000.
R. Boutaba and S. Douik. Software fault management system. (Patent). Serial Number 60/031. Filed in the US Patent and Trademark Office, August 21, 1997. Issued Jan 4, 2000. Patent # 6,012,152
M. Guiagoussou, R. Boutaba and G. v. Bochmann. A Framework for Alarm Correlation and Fault Diagnosis. In International Journal on Networking and Information Systems, Oxford-Hermes Science, Vol. 2, N° 4, pp. 459-482, 1999.
A. Mehaoua, Z. Fan, S. Denazis and R. Boutaba. Active Nets: Principles and Applications. International Journal on Networking and Information Systems, Oxford & Hermes Science, Vol. 2, N° 1, pp. 25-46, 1999.
R. Boutaba and A. Hafid. A Generic Platform for Scalable Access to Multimedia-on-Demand Systems. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (special Issue on Service Enabling Platforms for Networked Multimedia Systems), Vol. 17, N° 9, pp. 1599-1613, 1999.
N. Agoulmine and R. Boutaba. Evolution of Telecommunication Management toward Distributed, Intelligent and Cost-effective Architectures. International Journal on Networking and Information Systems, Oxford-Hermes Science, Vol. 1, N° 4-5, pp. 433-468, 1998.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. Performance Analysis of Cell discarding techniques for best effort video communications over ATM Networks. International Journal on Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, Elsevier Science, Vol. 29, no. 17-18, pp. 1999-2019, 1998.
R. Boutaba, K. El-Guemhioui and P. Dini. An Outlook to Intranet Management, IEEE Communications Magazine (special issue on Intranet Services and Communication Management), Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 92-99, October 1997.
R. Boutaba and K. Foughali. A Distributed Open Platform and its Federation for Tools Inter-working in Software Engineering Environments. International Journal on Integrated Computer Aided Engineering. J. Wiley & Sons, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 178-198, 1996.
R. Boutaba and S. Znaty. An Architectural Approach for Integrated Networks and Systems Management. ACM Computer Communication Review, Vol.25, No. 5, pp. 13-39, 1995.
A. Mehaoua, S. Zhang, and R. Boutaba. FEC-PSD: A FEC-aware video packet drop scheme. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM'99), pp. 2091-2096, 1999.
S. Omari, R. Boutaba and O. Cherkaoui. Enterprise Directory Support for Future SNMPv3 Network Management Applications. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM'99), pp. 2010-2014, 1999.
N. Red, R. Boutaba, Y. Rasheed and A. Leon-Garcia. Distributed Video Production: Tasks, Architecture and QoS Provisioning. In Proceedings of International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM'99), pp. 299-321, 1999.
S. Omari, R. Boutaba and O. Cherkaoui. Directory Supported Management with SNMPv3. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications (MATA'99), pp. 477-490, 1999.
S. Omari and R. Boutaba. Policy-based Control Agents for Boundary Routers in Differentiated Services IP. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM'99), pp. 121-132, 1999.
Y. Iraqi, R. Boutaba and R. Dssouli. Statistical Properties of MPEG Video Traffic and their Impact on Bandwidth Allocation in Wireless ATM Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'99), pp. 998-1002, 1999.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Algorithm for MPEG Video Sources in Wireless Networks. In Proceedings of ACM International Workshop on Discrete Algorithms and Methods for Mobile Computing and Communications (DialM99), pp. 86-92, 1999.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba, and J-P. Claudé and G. Pujolle. Proposal of an Audiovisual SSCS with Forward Error Correction. In Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'99), pp.121-127, 1999.
S. Omari, R. Boutaba and O. Cherkaoui. SNMPv3 Configuration Policies. In Proceedings of International Conference on Networks and Services Management (GRES'99), pp. 95-118, 1999.
A. Ghlamallah and R. Boutaba. Mobile Java Scripts based Middleware for Management-by-delegation. In Proceedings of International Conference on Networks and Services Management (GRES'99), pp. 264-276, 1999.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba, S. PU, Y. Rasheed and A. Leon-Garcia Towards An Efficient Best Effort Video Delivery Service. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'99), pp. 1352 -1356, 1999.
S. Omari, R. Boutaba and O. Cherkaoui. Policies in SNMPv3-Based Management. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Integrated Network Management (IM'99), pp. 797-811, 1999.
W. Ng, A. D-S. Jun, H. K. Chow, R. Boutaba and A. Leon-Garcia. MIBlets: A Practical Approach to Virtual Network Management. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Integrated Network Management (IM'99), pp. 201-215, 1999.
Y. Iraqi, R. Boutaba and A. Leon-Garcia. QoS Control in WATM. In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Mobile ATM Implementations (wmATM'99), pp. 201-211, 1999.
W. Ng, R. Boutaba, and A. Leon-Garcia. Provision and Customization of ATM Virtual Networks for supporting IP Services. In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on ATM (ATM'99), pp. 205-210, 1999.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. The Impacts of Errors and Delays on the Performance of MPEG2 Video Communications. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference On Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'99), pp. 2195-2198, 1999.
Y. Iraqi, R. Boutaba and A. Mehaoua. Configurable Multi-Agent System For QoS control in WATM. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM'98), pp. 2882-2887, 1998.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba and Y. Iraqi. Partial versus Early Video Packet Discard. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM'98), pp. 83-88, 1998.
A. Ghlamallah and R. Boutaba. Implementing a Distributed Web-based Management System in Java. In Proceedings of SBT/IEEE International Telecommunications Symposium (ITS'98), pp. 554-559, 1998.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. A hybrid VBR/ABR Service for Layered Video Communications: A Simulation-based Analysis. In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Broadband Switching System (BSS'97), pp. 88-95, 1997.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. Proposal of an extended AAL5 for VBR MPEG-2 over ATM. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (MCS'97), pp. 618 –619, 1997.
A. Hafid, P. Dini, M. Hafid and R. Boutaba. A Scalable Video-on-Demand System: Architecture and Implementation. In Proceedings of IFIP 13th International Conference for Computer Communications (ICCC'97), pp. 281-289, 1997.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. Performance Analysis of a Partial Slice-based Discard Scheme for MPEG Video over UBR+ Service. In Proceedings of 13th IFIP International Conference for Computer Communications (ICCC'97), pp. 177-184, 1997.
K. El-Guemhioui and R. Boutaba. Webifying Network Management. In Proceedings of International Conference on New Technologies for Distribution (NOTERE'97), pp. 257-268, 1997.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. An adaptive and selective cell drop policy with dynamic data partitioning for best effort video over ATM. In Proceedings of IEEE 22nd Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN'97), pp. 519-529, 1997.
Y. Iraqi, A. Ghlamallah, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. A Multi-agents Architecture for Video Quality Control in ATM Networks. In Proceedings of International Conference on Networks and Services Management (GRES'97), pp. 185-196, 1997.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. An Adaptive Early Slice Discard (A-ESD) Scheme with multi-priority support for Best Effort Video over ATM Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS'97), pp. 1632-1637, 1997.
A. Hafid and R. Boutaba. A Scalable Scheme to Access Multimedia Documents with QoS Guarantees. In Proceedings of International Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services (IDMS'97), pp. 386-396, 1997.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. An extended priority data partition scheme for MPEG video connections over ATM. In Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'97), pp. 62-67, 1997.
M. Guiagoussou, R. Boutaba. A TMN Framework for Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Telecommunication Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'97), pp. 424 -432, 1997.
P. Dini, G. v. Bochmann and R. Boutaba. New Models for Applying Automatic Reconfiguration in Networks and Distributed Systems. In Proceedings of European Conference on Intelligent Management Systems in Operations (IMS'97), pp. 163-170, 1997.
P. Dini and R. Boutaba. Deriving Variable Polling Frequency Policies for Proactive Management in Networks and Distributed Systems. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Integrated Network Management (IM'97), pp. 541-552, 1997.
R. Boutaba. Intelligent Management System for Fault Diagnostic in Cellular Telecommunication Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'97), pp. 783-788, 1997.
M. Guiagoussou, R. Boutaba and G. v. Bochmann. Telecommunication Networks, Alarm Correlation and Fault Diagnosis: A Relation-based Approach. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'97), pp. 843-847, 1997.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. Load balancing of scalable MPEG2 streams between VBR and ABR connections. In Proceedings of the IFIP 5th International Conference on Telecommunication Systems Modeling and Analysis, pp. 425-430, 1997.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. A Picture Quality Control Framework for MPEG video over ATM. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE 5th International Workshop on Protocols for High Speed Networks (PfHSN'96), pp. 49-59, 1996.
P. Freedman, D. Gaudreau, R. Boutaba and A. Mehaoua. The two real-time Solitudes: Computerized control and Telecommunications. In Proceedings of IEEE Second International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, pp. 87 -90, 1996.
P. Dini, R. Boutaba and G. v. Bochmann. Human & Automatic Policies in Concert: A Policy-Driven approach to Manage Distributed Systems. In Proceedings of IEEE-SMC International Computational Engineering in Systems Applications (CESA'96), pp. 426-431, 1996.
P. Dini, G. v. Bochmann and R. Boutaba. Health Performance Evaluation and Formalization for Distributed System Components. In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Systems Management, pp. 20-29, 1996.
R. Boutaba and A. Mehaoua. Applying the Policy Concept to the Management of ATM Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Systems Management, pp. 47-54, 1996.
R. Boutaba and L. Duroux. Automated End-to-end Management in ATM Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Networks & Information Engineering (SICON/ICIE'95), pp. 167-171, 1995.
R. Boutaba and S. Znaty. Integrated Network Management: From Concepts to Application to ATM-Based Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM'94), pp. 1409-1413, 1994.
R. Boutaba and B. Folliot. Programs and Files Allocation Algorithm for Large Scale Distributed Systems. In IFIP Transactions on Applications in Parallel and Distributed Computing, pp. 165-173, 1994.
R. Boutaba and A. Benkiran. DOMAINS: An Object-oriented Platform for Distributed Systems Management. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE 3rd Conference on Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (MIPS'94), pp. 405-414, 1994.
R. Boutaba and S. Znaty. Towards Integrated Network Management: A Domain/Policy Approach and its Application to a High Speed Multi-Network. In Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP International Symposium on Network Operation and Management (NOMS'94), pp. 777-789, February 1994.
R. Boutaba. A Methodology for Structuring Management of Networked Systems. In IFIP Transactions on Advanced Information Processing Techniques for LAN and MAN Management, pp. 225-242, 1994.
R. Boutaba, B. Folliot and P. Sens. Efficient Resource Management in Local Area Networks. In IFIP Transactions on Advanced Information Processing Techniques for LAN and MAN Management, pp. 101-114, 1994.
R. Boutaba. A Directory Based Approach for Meta-Configuration. In Proceedings of International Symposium on Telecommunication Networks Operation & Management (KTIS'93), pp. 46-52, 1993.
R. Boutaba, K. Foughali. Distributed Open Architecture for Tools Interworking. In Proceedings of European Forum for Open Systems, Technology for an Open World, pp.135-143, Sept. 1993.
R. Boutaba and B. Folliot. Load Balancing in Local Area Networks. In IFIP Transactions on Computer Networks - Architecture and Application, pp. 67-78, 1993.
R. Boutaba and A. Benkiran. A Framework for Distributed Systems Management. In IFIP Transactions on Computer Networks - Architecture and Application, pp. 287-298, 1993.
R. Boutaba and A. Benkiran. An Architecture for the Management of Distributed Systems; Application to Intelligent Networks. In Proceedings of 9th Conference on Intelligent Networks: Architecture, tools and applications (DNAC'92), pp. 248-269, 1992.
R. Boutaba. An Object Oriented Approach to Large Scale Distributed Systems Management. In International Workshop on Objects in Large Distributed Applications (held as part of ACM OOPSLA'92), pp. 63-69, 1992.
R. Boutaba and B. Folliot. Presentation of a Multicriteria Load Balancing. In International Workshop On Dynamic Object Placement and Load Balancing in Parallel and Distributed Systems (held as part of ECOOP'92), pp. 39-44, 1992.
M. Zangooei, J. Weil, A. Rizk, M. T. Arashloo, and R. Boutaba. Analyzing Symbolic Properties for DRL Agents in Systems and Networking. ACM SIGMETRICS. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. June 8-12, 2026.
X. Tan, S. Yu and R. Boutaba. Online Selection with Convex Costs. ACM SIGMETRICS Workshop on Mathematical performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA). Mumbai, India, June 6-10, 2022.