Publications

Last update: August 2026.

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International Conferences:

1. [Submitted] Trung V. Phan, Tri Gia Nguyen and Thomas Bauschert, "DeepFaith: Evidence-Grounded LLMs for Faithful Incident Reporting in Multi-Stage APT Defense," In 2026 IEEE International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM).

2. [Submitted] Trung V. Phan, Tri Gia Nguyen and Thomas Bauschert, "DeepXplain: XAI-Guided Autonomous Defense Against Multi-Stage APT Campaigns," in Workshop on Sustainable AI for Next-Generation Wireless Communications and Networking (co-located with GLOBECOM), 2026.

3. [To-Appear] Trung V. Phan, Tri Gia Nguyen and Thomas Bauschert, "DeepStage: Learning Autonomous Defense Policies Against Multi-Stage APT Campaigns," In IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR), Lisbon, Portugal, 2026.

4. [Published] Trung V. Phan and Thomas Bauschert, "Learning the apt kill chain: Temporal reasoning over provenance data for attack stage estimation," In IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, UK, 2026.

5. [Published] B. Nugraha, Trung V. Phan and et al., "A Comprehensive 5G Dataset for Control and Data Plane Security and Resource Management," In IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR), Chania, Crete, Greece, 2025.

6. [Published] Mehrdad Hajizadeh, Trung V. Phan and et al., "5G Security Landscape: Investigating Attack Vectors in 5G and Beyond Networks," KuVS Fachgespräch - Würzburg Workshop on 6G Networks (WueWoWAS’24), 2024.

7. [Published] Trung V. Phan and T. Gia Nguyen, "FEAR: Federated Cyber-Attack Reaction in Distributed Software-Defined Networks with Deep Q-Network," 2022 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), Pomona, CA, USA, 2022

8. [Published] Hai Hoang Nguyen, Tri Gia Nguyen, Dinh Thai Hoang, Duc Tran Le and Trung V. Phan "CARS: Dynamic Cyber-attack Reaction in SDN-based Networks with Q-learning," International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC), Vietnam, 2021.

9. [Published] Tri Gia Nguyen, Trung V. Phan, Dinh Thai Hoang, Tu N. Nguyen and Chakchai So-In "Efficient SDN-based Traffic Monitoring in IoT Networks with Double Double Deep Q-Network," 9th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks, Dec 11-13, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2020.

10. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Thomas Bauschert, "Optimising the Performance of Deep Transfer Learning for Communication Networking Applications," Machine Learning & Networking Workshop, Feb 2020, Munich, Germany.

11. [Published] [Best Paper Award] Trung V. Phan,  Shabnam Sultana, Tri Gia Nguyen, Thomas Bauschert, "Q-Transfer: A Novel Framework for Efficient Deep Transfer Learning in Networking," IEEE the 2nd International Conference on AI in information and communication (ICAIIC 2020) Fukuoka, Japan. 

12. [Published] Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Pham Huy Hung, Nguyen Danh Nghia, Nguyen Van Tho, Trung V. Phan, Nguyen Huu Thanh, "A Robust TCP-SYN Flood Mitigation Scheme Using Machine Learning Based on SDN," IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), 2019.

13. [Published] Trung V. Phan,  Syed Tasnimul Islam, Tri Gia Nguyen, Thomas Bauschert, "Q-DATA: Enhanced Traffic Flow Monitoring in Software-Defined Networks applying Q-learning," IEEE 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) 2019.

14. [Published] Trung V. Phan, T M Rayhan Gias, Syed Tasnimul Islam, Truong Thu Huong, Nguyen Huu Thanh, Thomas Bauschert, "Q-MIND: Defeating Stealthy DoS Attacks in SDN with a Machine-Learning based Defense Framework," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) , 2019.

15. [Published] Beny Nugraha, Mehrdad Hajizadeh, Trung V. Phan, Thomas Bauschert, "A Novel Impact Analysis Approach for SDN-based Networks ", 1st International Workshop on Cyber-Security Threats, Trust and Privacy Management in Software-defined and Virtualized Infrastructures (SecSoft), 2019. 

16. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Mehrdad Hajizadeh, Nguyễn Tuấn Khải, Thomas Bauschert, "Destination-aware Adaptive Traffic Flow Rule Aggregation in Software-Defined Networks",  the 3rd Workshop on Software-Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization for Flexible Network Management, Munich, Germany, Mar 2019.

17. [Published] Mehrdad Hajizadeh, Trung V. Phan, Thomas Bauschert, "Probability Analysis of Successful Cyber Attacks in SDN-based Networks",  IEEE International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN, Italy, 2018.

18. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Linh H. Ngo, Huong Truong Thu, Thanh Nguyen Huu, "AQA2: an Analytical QoS-Assessment Approach for Service Function Chaining in Cloud Environment," in International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications, 2017.

19. [Published] Trung V. Phan,  Nguyen Khac Bao, Hyun-Jin Lee, Minho Park, "Optimizing Resource Allocation for Elastic Security VNFs in the SDNFV-enabled Cloud Computing", in The 31st IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), January 11-13, 2017.

20. [Published] Mai Long, Trung V. Phan, Nguyen Khac Bao, Minho Park, "Flow-Based Consensus Partitions for Botnet Detection", in the International Conference on ICT Convergence IEEE (ICTC), South Korea, October 19-21, 2016.

21. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Nguyen Khac Bao, Minho Park, "A Novel Hybrid Flow-based Handler with DDoS Attacks in Software-Defined Networking", in the 13th IEEE International Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC), France, July 18-21, 2016.

22. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Truong Van Toan, Nguyen Huu Thanh, Truong Thu Huong, "OpenFlowSIA: An Optimized Protection Scheme for Software-Defined Networks from Flooding Attacks", in The Sixth International Conference on Communications and Electronics IEEE (ICCE) 2016, July 27-29, Vietnam.

23. [Published] Phan Van Trung, Truong Thu Huong, Dang Van Tuyen, Duong Minh Duc, Nguyen Huu Thanh, Alan Marshall, "A Multi-Criteria-based DDoS-Attack Prevention Solution using Software-Defined Networking",  IEEE The International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC) 2015, Ho Chi Minh City, October 16, 2015.

International Journals: 

1. [Published] Tri Gia Nguyen, Hai Hoang Nguyen and Trung V. Phan and "SAFE: Efficient DDoS Attack Defense with Elastic Traffic Flow Inspection in SDN-based Data Centers," Journal of Computer Science and Cybernetics, 2023.

2. [Published] Trung V. Phan and Thomas Bauschert, "DeepAir: Adaptive Intrusion Response for Software-Defined Networks with Deep Reinforcement Learning", IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2022.

3. [Published] Tri Gia Nguyen, Trung V. Phan and et al., "DeepPlace: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Flow Rule Placement in Software-Defined IoT Networks", Computer Communications, Elsevier, 2022.

4. [Published] Nhu-Ngoc Dao, Trung V. Phan, and et al., "Securing Heterogeneous IoT With Intelligent DDoS Attack Behavior Learning," in IEEE Systems Journal, 2022.

5. [Published] N. -N. Dao, D. -N. Vu, A. -T. Tran, Trung V. Phan, S. Dustdar and S. Cho, "On System Stability in Multitier Roadside Computing Toward an Intelligent Transportation," in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2022.

6. [Published] Tri Gia Nguyen, Trung V. Phan, Dinh Thai Hoang, Tu N. Nguyen, and Chakchai So-In, "DeepMonitor: Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning for Traffic Monitoring in SDN-based IoT Networks", IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2021.

7. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Tri Gia Nguyen, and Thomas Bauschert, "DeepMatch: Fine-grained Traffic Flow Measurement in SDN with Deep Dueling Neural Networks", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Series on Machine Learning in Communications and Networks, 2020.

8. [Published] Nhu-Ngoc Dao, Duy Trong Ngo, Ngoc-Thanh Dinh, Trung V. Phan, Nam D. Vo, Sungrae Cho, and Torsten Braun, "Hit Ratio and Content Quality Tradeoff for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming in Edge Caching Systems," in IEEE Systems Journal, 2020.

9. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Tri Gia Nguyen, Nhu-Ngoc Dao, Truong Thu Huong, Nguyen Huu Thanh, and Thomas Bauschert, "DeepGuard: Efficient Anomaly Detection in SDN with Fine-grained Traffic Flow Monitoring," IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2020.

10. [Published] Tuan, Nguyen N., Hung, Pham H., Nghia, Nguyen D., Tho, Nguyen V., Trung V. Phan, Thanh, Nguyen H., "A DDoS Attack Mitigation Scheme in ISP Networks Using Machine Learning Based on SDN" Electronics 9, 2020.

11. [Published] Nguyen, T.G., Trung V. Phan, Nguyen, H.H. et al. "An efficient distributed algorithm for target-coverage preservation in wireless sensor networks," Peer-to-Peer Networking Applications, 2020.

12. [Published] Tri Gia Nguyen, Trung V. Phan, Binh T. Nguyen, Chakchai So-In, Zubair Ahmed Baig and Surasak Sanguanpong "SeArch: A Collaborative and Intelligent NIDS Architecture for SDN-based Cloud IoT Networks", IEEE Access, 2019.

13. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Minho Park, "Efficient Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack Defense in SDN-based Cloud", IEEE Access, 2019.

14. [Published] Trung V. Phan, Nguyen Khac Bao,  Minho Park, "Distributed-SOM: A Novel Bottleneck Handler with Flooding Attacks for Large-sized Software-Defined Networks", Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Elsevier Publisher, 2017.

Book Chapters:

1. [Published] Dao NN, Dinh NT, Pham QV, Trung V. Phan, Cho S, and Braun T, "Vulnerabilities in fog/edge computing from architectural perspectives", Chapter 11, in Security & privacy issues in fog/edge computing, Wu J and Chang W [Eds], Springer, 2020 [Link].