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Performance Investigation of RPL Routing in Pipeline Monitoring WSNs (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wadhaj, I., Gharebi, W., Al-Dubai, A., & Thomson, C. (2018, June). Performance Investigation of RPL Routing in Pipeline Monitoring WSNs. Presented at 2018 IEEE 20th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications; IEEE 16th International Conference on Smart City; IEEE 4th International Conference on Data Science and Systems (HPCC/SmartCity/DSS), Exeter, United Kingdom

The adoption of WSN and IEEE 802.15.4 standard for the linear WSN networks were assumed. The interconnection of WSNs with the Internet is possible by assigning IPv6 addresses to low- power devices. The 6LoWPAN adaption layer enables the IPv6 addresse... Read More about Performance Investigation of RPL Routing in Pipeline Monitoring WSNs.

Reliable and Energy-Efficient Two Levels Unequal Clustering Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ali, A. E., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Eshaftri, M. (2018, June). Reliable and Energy-Efficient Two Levels Unequal Clustering Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks. Presented at The 16th IEEE International Conference on Smart City (IEEE SmartCity-2018), Exeter

In Wireless Sensor Networks, clustering sensor nodes into disjoint groups is widely used to achieve load balance and increase network lifetime. In particular, traditional unequal clustering approaches where small clusters located close to the base st... Read More about Reliable and Energy-Efficient Two Levels Unequal Clustering Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks.

Two Communities, One Topic: Exploring the British Reddit community split based on perceived biases (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clavie, B., & Moradpoor, N. (2018, May). Two Communities, One Topic: Exploring the British Reddit community split based on perceived biases. Poster presented at 10th ACM Conference on Web Science, Amsterdam

This article explores a perceived bias between two British reddit communities dedicated to discussing British politics.We analyse the popular sources favoured by each community and study semantic indicators that would be indicative of a bias. Althoug... Read More about Two Communities, One Topic: Exploring the British Reddit community split based on perceived biases.

A new Zigbee-based device for measuring visual reaction time in sport activities (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ali, B. B., Dugas, É., Naceur, A., & Romdhani, I. (2017, May). A new Zigbee-based device for measuring visual reaction time in sport activities. Presented at 2017 International Conference on Engineering & MIS (ICEMIS)

There is a growing demand for smart tools and devices that measure visual reaction time during sports and physical activities in outdoor environments. However, one of the major problems is the need to maintain an on-time 1 pulse per second (pps) refe... Read More about A new Zigbee-based device for measuring visual reaction time in sport activities.

A Trust-based Intrusion Detection System for Mobile RPL Based Networks (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medjek, F., Tandjaoui, D., Romdhani, I., & Djedjig, N. (2017, June). A Trust-based Intrusion Detection System for Mobile RPL Based Networks. Presented at 10th IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings-2017)

Successful deployment of Low power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) requires self-organising, self-configuring, security, and mobility support. However, these characteristics can be exploited to perform security attacks against the Routing Protocol for Low-... Read More about A Trust-based Intrusion Detection System for Mobile RPL Based Networks.

A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Essa, A., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Eshaftri, M. (2016, May). A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks. Presented at 1st EAI International Conference on Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies (SmartGift 2016)

Since sensor nodes have limited energy resources, prolonging network lifetime and improving scalability are essential elements in energy-efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Most existing approaches consider the residual energy of a single node... Read More about A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks.

Reliable multipath multi-channel route migration over multi link-failure in wireless ad hoc networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mirza, N. S., King, P. J. B., Romdhani, I., Abdelshafy, M. A., & Alghamdi, A. A. (2017, October). Reliable multipath multi-channel route migration over multi link-failure in wireless ad hoc networks. Presented at 2017 IEEE 13th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob)

The route recovery algorithm is a crucial part of an ad hoc routing protocol. Designing an efficient and fast route recovery mechanism scheme without incurring extra overheads or delays to repair the broken link is a desirable goal for any routing pr... Read More about Reliable multipath multi-channel route migration over multi link-failure in wireless ad hoc networks.

Hiding in Plain Sight: A Longitudinal Study of Combosquatting Abuse (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kintis, P., Miramirkhani, N., Lever, C., Chen, Y., Romero-Gómez, R., Pitropakis, N., Nikiforakis, N., & Antonakakis, M. (2017, October). Hiding in Plain Sight: A Longitudinal Study of Combosquatting Abuse. Presented at 2017 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Dallas, Texas, USA

Domain squatting is a common adversarial practice where attackers register domain names that are purposefully similar to popular domains. In this work, we study a specific type of domain squatting called "combosquatting," in which attackers register... Read More about Hiding in Plain Sight: A Longitudinal Study of Combosquatting Abuse.

A New Weight based Rotating Clustering Scheme for WSNs (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Essa, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Romdhani, I., & Esriaftri, M. A. (2017, May). A New Weight based Rotating Clustering Scheme for WSNs. Presented at 2017 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC)

Although energy efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has been investigated widely, it is still a challenging dilemma. Clustering mechanisms are among the most widely recommended approaches to sustaining a network throughout its lifetime. Des... Read More about A New Weight based Rotating Clustering Scheme for WSNs.

Performance Evaluation of RPL Protocol under Mobile Sybil Attacks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medjek, F., Tandjaoui, D., Romdhani, I., & Djedjig, N. (2017, August). Performance Evaluation of RPL Protocol under Mobile Sybil Attacks. Presented at 2017 IEEE Trustcom/BigDataSE/ICESS

In Sybil attacks, a physical adversary takes multiple fabricated or stolen identities to maliciously manipulate the network. These attacks are very harmful for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications. In this paper we implemented and evaluated the... Read More about Performance Evaluation of RPL Protocol under Mobile Sybil Attacks.

Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., Nasser, Y., & Boukerche, A. (2017, May). Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

Low-power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) have been a key component in the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm. Recently, a standardized algorithm, namely Trickle algorithm, is adopted for routing information maintenance in such networks. This algorithm is o... Read More about Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT.

Trust-Based Defence Model Against MAC Unfairness Attacks for IoT (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Djedjig, N., Tandjaoui, D., Romdhani, I., & Medjek, F. (2017, July). Trust-Based Defence Model Against MAC Unfairness Attacks for IoT. Presented at The Thirteenth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications

The vulnerability of IoT networks makes channel access security a serious problem. The IEEE 802.15.4 MAC (Media Access Control) layer faces the risk of attacks from malicious nodes which attempts to get a dominating position and hold unfair advantage... Read More about Trust-Based Defence Model Against MAC Unfairness Attacks for IoT.

A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Ekonomou, E., & Wadhaj, I. (2017, June). A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)

The IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks (RPL) has been recently standardized for routing in the constrained Internet of Things networks. Unfortunately, the RPL storing mode has been found restricted by storage limitations in the ro... Read More about A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things.

Seamless Cryptographic Key Generation via Off-the-Shelf Telecommunication Components for End-to-End Data Encryption (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Asif, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2017, June). Seamless Cryptographic Key Generation via Off-the-Shelf Telecommunication Components for End-to-End Data Encryption. Presented at 10th IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings‐2017), Exeter, UK

Quantum key distribution (QKD) systems have already attained much attention for providing end-to-end data encryption to the subscribers. However, it is very important that the QKD infrastructure is compatible with the already existing telecommunicati... Read More about Seamless Cryptographic Key Generation via Off-the-Shelf Telecommunication Components for End-to-End Data Encryption.

5G: What Architecture to Serve Vertical Industries? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C. (2017, May). 5G: What Architecture to Serve Vertical Industries?. Presented at IEEE ICC 2017

The implementation and roll out of 5G technology is progressing at increasing speed and will impact all industrial verticals. Health is globally a very important industry worth between 5 and 20% of GDP. This event is a co-creation event designed to e... Read More about 5G: What Architecture to Serve Vertical Industries?.

New trust metric for the RPL routing protocol (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Djedjig, N., Medjek, F., & Tandjaoui, D. (2017, April). New trust metric for the RPL routing protocol. Presented at 2017 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS)

Establishing trust relationships between routing nodes represents a vital security requirement to establish reliable routing processes that exclude infected or selfish nodes. In this paper, we propose a new security scheme for the Internet of things... Read More about New trust metric for the RPL routing protocol.

Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salayma, M., Al-Dubai, A., & Romdhani, I. (2016, November). Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health. Presented at 2016 19th Conference of Open Innovations Association (FRUCT), Jyväskylä, Finland

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is a technology that revolutionises our understanding of the future digitised healthcare systems. WBAN has unique challenges and features compared to other wireless sensor networks. In addition to battery power consu... Read More about Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health.

The Greater The Power, The More Dangerous The Abuse: Facing Malicious Insiders in The Cloud (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitropakis, N., Lyvas, C., & Lambrinoudakis, C. (2017, February). The Greater The Power, The More Dangerous The Abuse: Facing Malicious Insiders in The Cloud. Presented at The Eighth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization, Athens, Greece

The financial crisis made companies around the world search for cheaper and more efficient solutions to cover their needs in terms of computational power and storage. Their quest came to end with the birth of Cloud Computing infrastructures. However,... Read More about The Greater The Power, The More Dangerous The Abuse: Facing Malicious Insiders in The Cloud.

5G as an enabler for Medical IOT - 5GMIOT (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., & Jefefries, N. (2016, December). 5G as an enabler for Medical IOT - 5GMIOT. Presented at IEEE Globecom 2016

Short Power Point presentation on 5G as enabler for Medical IoT – 5GMIOT Standards, policies and strategies for social technological alignment of 5G technology