Browsing KINDI Center for Computing Research by Type "Conference Paper"
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A Blockchain-Based Security Scheme for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks in Smart Cities
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)The development of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET) has brought many advantages to facilitate the deployment of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). However, without proper protection, VANETs can be vulnerable to ... -
A Domain Specific Language for Secure Outsourcing of Computation to the Cloud
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)Secure outsourcing of computation has gained importance with the proliferation of cloud services. However, existing outsourcing protocol specification languages are mainly suitable for secure multi-party computation. They ... -
A model driven framework for secure outsourcing of computation to the cloud
( IEEE Computer Society , 2014 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a model driven approach to define then coordinate the execution of protocols for secure outsourcing of computation of large datasets in cloud computing environments. First we present our Outsourcing ... -
A new technique for compacting secret key in attribute-based broadcast encryption
( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Conference Paper)Public-key encryption has been generalized to adapt to more and more practical applications. Broadcast encryption, introduced by Fiat and Naor in 1993, aims for applications in pay-TV or satellite transmission and allows ... -
A novel multi-hop body-To-body routing protocol for disaster and emergency networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)In this paper, a new multi-hop routing protocol (called ORACE-Net) for disaster and emergency networks is proposed. The proposed hierarchical protocol creates an ad-hoc network through body-To-body (B2B) communication ... -
A Practical Universal Consortium Blockchain Paradigm for Patient Data Portability on the Cloud Utilizing Delegated Identity Management
( 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 ... -
A Reconfigurable Multipurpose SoC Mobile Platform for metal detection
( 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 ... -
A scalable solution for finding overlaps between sequences using map-reduce
( The International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA) , 2016 , Conference Paper)The overlap stage of a string graph-based assembler is considered one of the most time- and space-consuming stages in any de novo overlap-based assembler. This is due to the huge output of the next-generation sequencing ... -
Adopting formal verification and model-based testing techniques for validating a blockchain-based healthcare records sharing system
( SciTePress , 2020 , Conference Paper)The Electronic Health Records (EHR) sharing system is the modern tool for delivering efficient healthcare to patients. Its functions include tracking of therapies, monitoring of the treatment effectiveness, prediction of ... -
Almost BPXOR Coding Technique for Tolerating Three Disk Failures in RAID7 Architectures
( 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 ... -
An efficient instance hiding scheme
( Association for Computing Machinery , 2016 , Conference Paper)Delegating computation, which is applicable to many practical contexts such as cloud computing or pay-TV system, concerns the task where a computationally weak client wants to securely compute a very complex function f on ... -
An Interactive Visualization Web Solution for Electricity Consumption in Qatar
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)The amount of raw data related to electricity companies is increasing rapidly with the increase of construction sites, population and Qatar preparation for 2022 world cup. A question arises from this situation is: How can ... -
Analysis of Predictive Models for Revealing Household Characteristics using Smart Grid Data
( IEEE Computer Society , 2023 , Conference Paper)The Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) has revolutionized the smart grid network, generating vast amounts of data that can be utilized for diverse objectives, one of which is Household Characteristics ... -
Automatic generation of optimized workflow for distributed computations on large-scale matrices
( Springer Verlag , 2014 , Conference Paper)Efficient evaluation of distributed computation on large-scale data is prominent in modern scientific computation; especially analysis of big data, image processing and data mining applications. This problem is particularly ... -
Battery-Induced Load Hiding and Its Utility Consequences
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2024 , Conference Paper)The introduction of smart grids allows utility providers to collect detailed data about consumers, which can be utilized to enhance grid efficiency and reliability. However, this data collection also raises privacy concerns. ... -
Blockchain technology for healthcare: Enhancing shared electronic health record interoperability and integrity
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)The Electronic Health Records (EHR) sharing system is the state of art for delivering healthcare. The tools within the system can predict outcomes during the patient's lifetime, monitor how effective are treatments, track ... -
Bringing Coordination Languages Back to the Future Using Blockchain Smart Contracts
( Association for Computing Machinery , 2021 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a blockchain extension of the run-time Sensing as a Service SOA (3SOA) approach presented in [5]. 3SOA defines a practical approach for implementing service-oriented Internet of Things (IoT) using ... -
Can immersive type of Virtual Reality bring EMG pattern changes post facial palsy?
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)The loss of facial expression via facial paralysis is a devastating condition, both functionally and aesthetically. However, given the life-long plasticity of the brain one could assume that recovery could be facilitated ... -
Challenges and Mitigation of Cyber Threat in Automated Vehicle: An Integrated Approach
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)The technological development of automated vehicles opens novel cybersecurity threats and risks for road safety. Increased connectivity often results in increased risks of a cyber-security attacks, which is one of the ... -
CloudSafe: A tool for an automated security analysis for cloud computing
( 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 ...
