Browsing Network & Distributed Systems by Publication Date

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    • Empowering users of cloud computing on data confidentiality 

      Khan, Khaled M.; Shaheen, Mahboob ( IEEE , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Cloud networking is an integral part of interconnected data centres operated in cloud environment. Cloud users heavily rely on cloud networking to transmit to and receive data from data centres. In this context, we explore ...

    • CloudFlow: A data-aware programming model for cloud workflow applications on modern HPC systems 

      Zhang, Fan; Malluhi, Qutaibah M.; Elsayed, Tamer; Khan, Samee U.; Li, Keqin; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)
      Traditional High-Performance Computing (HPC) based big-data applications are usually constrained by having to move large amount of data to compute facilities for real-time processing purpose. Modern HPC systems, represented ...

    • Using block cipher for confidentiality of images in cloud-based systems 

      Rihan, Rana Adnan; Khan, Khaled M. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      This paper deals with outsourcing of computing to cloud servers where clients' images are computed and stored. It proposes a technique that obfuscates images before sending them to servers. Cloud servers can perform ...

    • PriviPK: Certificate-less and secure email communication 

      AlSabah, Mashael; Tomescu, Alin; Lebedev, Ilia; Serpanos, Dimitrios; Devadas, Srini ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)
      We introduce PriviPK, an infrastructure that is based on a novel combination of certificateless (CL) cryptography and key transparency techniques to enable e2e email encryption. Our design avoids (1) key escrow and deployment ...

    • Context-aware RAON middleware for opportunistic network 

      Lau, G.; Al-Sabah, M.; Jaseemuddin, M.; Razavi, H.; Bhuiyan, M. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)
      Application development and deployment on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET) is a major challenge in the widespread use of MANET. The increasing D2D communication in 5G networks has renewed interest in an effective middleware ...

    • Almost BPXOR Coding Technique for Tolerating Three Disk Failures in RAID7 Architectures 

      Mhaisen, Naram; Punkar, Mayur; Wang, Yongge; Desmedt, Yvo; Malluhi, Qutaibah ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage architectures provide protection of digital infrastructure against potential disks failures. For example, RAID-5 and RAID-6 architectures provide protection against one ...

    • A Reconfigurable Multipurpose SoC Mobile Platform for metal detection 

      Al Rshid Abazeed, Omran; Mhaisen, Naram; Al-Hariri, Youssef; Nawaz, Naveed; Amira, Abbes ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      Background and Objectives One of the key problems in mobile robotics is the ability to understand and analyze the surrounding environment in a useful way. This is especially important in dangerous applications where human ...

    • Watermarking: A review of software and hardware techniques 

      Sleit, Azzam; Fetais, Noora ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      Watermarking is a well-known technique traditionally used in banknotes and other documents to discourage counterfeiting. It usually consists of semi-transparent symbols embedded on paper. Similar concepts were applied to ...

    • Secure smart contract-enabled control of battery energy storage systems against cyber-attacks 

      Mhaisen N.; Fetais N.; Massoud A. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)
      Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) are an integral part of a sustainable and resilient smart grid. The security of such critical cyber-physical infrastructure is considered as a major priority for both industry and ...

    • CloudSafe: A tool for an automated security analysis for cloud computing 

      An S.; Eom T.; Park J.S.; Hong J.B.; Nhlabatsi A.; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      Cloud computing has been adopted widely, providing on-demand computing resources to improve performance and reduce operational costs. However, these new functionalities also bring new ways to exploit the cloud computing ...

    • ThreatRiskEvaluator: A Tool for Assessing Threat-Specific Security Risks in the Cloud 

      Nhlabatsi A.; Hussein A.; Fernandez R.; Fetais N.; Hong J.; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      In cloud computing, security risks posed to individual clients are different based on their specific security requirements. In current practice, cloud providers usually apply generic protection mechanisms that may not be ...

    • Empirical performance evaluation of QUIC protocol for Tor anonymity network 

      Basyoni, Lamiaa; Erbad, Aiman; Alsabah, Mashael; Fetais, Noora; Guizani, Mohsen ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      Tor's anonymity network is one of the most widely used anonymity networks online, it consists of thousands of routers run by volunteers. Tor preserves the anonymity of its users by relaying the traffic through a number of ...

    • Multi-moth flame optimization for solving the link prediction problem in complex networks 

      Barham R.; Sharieh A.; Sleit A. ( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)
      Providing a solution for the link prediction problem attracts several computer science fields and becomes a popular challenge in researches. This challenge is presented by introducing several approaches keen to provide the ...

    • The simultaneous impact of EV charging and PV inverter reactive power on the hosting distribution system's performance: A case study in kuwait 

      Abdullah, Heba M.; Kamel, Rashad M.; Tahir, Anas; Sleit, Azzam; Gastli, Adel ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)
      Recently, electric vehicles (EVs) have become an increasingly important topic in the field of sustainable transportation research, alongside distributed generation, reactive power compensation, charging optimization, and ...

    • A Practical Universal Consortium Blockchain Paradigm for Patient Data Portability on the Cloud Utilizing Delegated Identity Management 

      Sabir, Abdulbadi; Fetais, Noora ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      This paper presents a blockchain system that exploits the base modular features of the Hyperledger Fabric framework to allow for a new, patient-centric, practical data portability paradigm. The system empowers patients by ...

    • Design and Implementation of a Threat-Specific Security Risk Assessment Tool 

      Nhlabatsi, Armstrong; Hussein, Alaa; Fetais, Noora; Khan, Khaled M. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Security threats posed to individual cloud computing clients vary depending on their specific security requirements. However, Cloud Providers apply generic security risk assessment approaches which result do not consider ...

    • Intrusion Detection System for Healthcare Systems Using Medical and Network Data: A Comparison Study 

      Hady, Anar A.; Ghubaish, Ali; Salman, Tara; Unal, Devrim; Jain, Raj ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Article)
      Introducing IoT systems to healthcare applications has made it possible to remotely monitor patients' information and provide proper diagnostics whenever needed. However, providing high-security features that guarantee the ...

    • Policy specification and verification for blockchain and smart contracts in 5G networks 

      Unal, Devrim; Hammoudeh, Mohammad; Kiraz, Mehmet Sabir ( Korean Institute of Communications Information Sciences , 2020 , Article)
      Blockchain offers unprecedented opportunities for innovation in financial transactions. A whole new world of opportunities for banking, lending, insurance, money transfer, investments, and stock markets awaits. However, ...

    • Threat-specific security risk evaluation in the cloud 

      Nhlabatsi, Armstrong; Hong, Jin B.; Kim, Dong Seong; Fernandez, Rachael; Hussein, Alaa; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)
      Existing security risk evaluation approaches (e.g., asset-based) do not consider specific security requirements of individual cloud computing clients in the security risk evaluation. In this paper, we propose a threat-specific ...

    • Improved Handshaking Procedures for Transport Layer Security in Software Defined Networks 

      Li, Xue Jun; Ma, Maode; Hlaing, Cho Wai ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Software defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a new technology to enhance the flexibility, resilience, and automated centralized management of a network. Recently several reports have identified possible vulnerabilities, ...