Publications

Conference and Workshop Publications

Student co-authors are denoted with an asterisk (*)

1. (Accepted) M. W. Al Azad* and S. Mastorakis, "Deduplicator: When Computation Reuse Meets Load Balancing at the Network Edge," IFIP/IEEE Networking, 2024.

2. M. W. Al Azad*, S. Sarwar*, S. U. Taki*, and S. Mastorakis, "The Case for the Anonymization of Offloaded Computation", IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 2023 (PDF) (Codebase) Acceptance rate: 37/180 = 20.6%

3. M. W. Al Azad*, H. Zahan*, S. U. Taki*, and S. Mastorakis, "DarkHorse: A UDP-based Framework to Improve the Latency of Tor Onion Services", IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2023 (PDF) (Codebase)

4. N. Waheed*, F. Khan, S. Mastorakis, M. Jan, A. Alalmaie, P. Nanda, "Privacy-Enhanced Living: A Local Differential Privacy Approach to Secure Smart Home Data", IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems (IEEE COINS), 2023. (PDF)

5. P. Wijesooriya*, S. M. Farjad*, N. Stergiou, and S. Mastorakis, "Investigating the Characteristics and Performance of Augmented Reality Applications on Head-Mounted Displays: A Study of the Hololens Application Store", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) Workshops, 2023 (PDF) (Dataset) 

6. S. Taki* and S. Mastorakis, "An NDN-Enabled Fog Radio Access Network Architecture With Distributed In-Network Caching", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023 (PDF)

7. Y. Muhammad*, M. Jan, S. Mastorakis, and B. Zada, "A Deep Learning-Based Smart Assistive Framework for Visually Impaired Individuals", IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems (IEEE COINS), 2022. (PDF)

8. (Best Paper Runner-Up Award) M.W. Al Azad* and S. Mastorakis, "Reservoir: Named Data for Pervasive Computation Reuse at the Network Edge", IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), 2022 (PDF) (Codebase) Acceptance rate: 24/178 = 13.48% (10.67% for long papers)

9. R. Thompson*, E. Lyons, I. Dasgupta*, S. Mastorakis, M. Zink, S. Shannigrahi, "An Information Centric Framework for Weather Sensing Data", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) Workshops, 2022 (PDF)

10. M.W. Al Azad*, R. Tourani, A. Mtibaa, S. Mastorakis, "Harpocrates: Anonymous Data Publication in Named Data Networking", ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT), 2022 (PDF)

11. M. W. Al Azad*, S. Shannigrahi, N. Stergiou, F. Ortega, S. Mastorakis, "CLEDGE: A Hybrid Cloud-Edge Computing Framework over Information Centric Networking", IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2021 (PDF)  Acceptance rate: 35/128 = 27.34%

12. B. Nour, S. Mastorakis, A. Mtibaa, "Whispering: Joint Service Offloading and Computation Reuse in Cloud-Edge Networks", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2021 (PDF)

13. A. C. Nicolaescu*, S. Mastorakis, I. Psaras, "Store Edge Networked Data (SEND): A Data and Performance Driven Edge Storage Framework", IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2021 (PDF) (Implementation) Acceptance rate: 250/1266 = 19.7%

14. (Best Paper Award) A. Likens, S. Mastorakis, A. Skiadopoulos, J. A. Kent, Md W. Al Azad*, N. Stergiou, “Irregular Metronomes as Assistive Devices to Promote Healthy Gait Patterns,” 18th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2021 (PDF)

15. S. Mastorakis, X. Zhong, P. Huang, R. Tourani, "DLWIoT: Deep Learning-based Watermarking for Authorized IoT Onboarding", 18th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2021 (PDF)

16. R. Thelagathoti*, S. Mastorakis, A. Shah. H. Bedi, S. Shannigrahi, "Named Data Networking for Content Delivery Network Workflows", 9th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), 2020 (PDF)

17. S. Mastorakis, T. Li*, L. Zhang, "DAPES: Named Data for Off-the-Grid File Sharing with Peer-to-Peer Interactions", 40th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2020 (PDF) Acceptance rate: 105/584 = 18%

18. S. Shannigrahi, S. Mastorakis, F. Ortega, "Next-Generation Networking and Edge Computing for Mixed Reality Real-Time Interactive Systems", workshop on Information-Centric Networking solutions for Real-world Applications (ICN-SRA), IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2020 (PDF)

19. J. Lee*, A. Mtibaa, S. Mastorakis, "A Case for Compute Reuse in Future Edge Systems: An Empirical Study", IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops, 2019. (PDF) (Codebase)

20. T. Li*, Z. Kong*, S. Mastorakis, L. Zhang, "Distributed Dataset Synchronization in Disruptive Networks", 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS), 2019 (PDF) (Simulation Cobebase) (Prototype Implementation Codebase) Acceptance rate: 29.31%

21. S. Mastorakis, A. Mtibaa, "Towards Service Discovery and Invocation in Data-Centric Edge Networks", 27th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), 2019. (PDF)

22. M. Krol, S. Mastorakis, D. Oran, D. Kutscher, "Compute First Networking: Distributed Computing meets ICN", 6th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking, 2019. (PDF) (Codebase)

23. A. Raman*, K. Chou*, S. Mastorakis, "A Simulation Framework for Peer-to-Peer File Sharing in Named Data Networking", Workshop on ns-3 (WNS3), 2019. (PDF) (Codebase)

24. Y. Zhang, Z. Xia,  S. Mastorakis, L. Zhang, "KITE: Producer Mobility Support in Named Data Networking", in Proceedings of the 5th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking, 2018. (PDF) (Codebase) Acceptance rate: 16/53 = 30.2%

25. (Best Paper Award) S. Mastorakis, P. Gusev, A. Afanasyev, and L. Zhang, "Real-Time Data Retrieval In Named Data Networking", in Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Hot Topics in Information-Centric Networking (IEEE HotICN), 2018. (PDF) (Simulation Codebase) (Prototype Implementation Codebase)

26. (Best Paper Award) K. Chan, B. Ko, S. Mastorakis, A. Afanasyev, and L. Zhang, "Fuzzy Interest Forwarding," in Proceedings of the 13th Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC), 2017. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase)

27. S. Mastorakis, A. Afanasyev, Y. Yu, and L. Zhang, "nTorrent: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing in Named Data Networking," in Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2017. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase) Acceptance rate: 24%

28. C. Argyropoulos, S. Mastorakis, K. Giotis, G. Androulidakis, D. Kalogeras, V. Maglaris, "Control-Plane Slicing Methods in Multi-Tenant Software Defined Networks," in Proceedings of the 14th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, 2015. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase) Acceptance rate: 56/206 = 27.2%

Journal and Magazine Publications

Student co-authors are denoted with an asterisk (*)

1. I. Ali, H. Zahan*, and S. Mastorakis, "Sensor Clouds: Recent Advancements, Use Cases and Open Challenges", IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 2024 (recently established magazine that has not received an impact factor yet) (PDF)

2. T. Wiles*, M. Mangalam, J. Sommerfeld, S. K. Kim*, K. Brink*, A. Charles*, A. Grunkemeyer*, M. Kalaitzi Manifrenti*, S. Mastorakis, N. Stergiou, and A. Likens, "NONAN GaitPrint: An IMU Gait Database of Healthy Young Adults", Nature Scientific Data, 2023 (Q1/Impact Factor: 10.8) (PDF)

3. S. S. Ullah*, S. Hussain*, I. Ali, and S. Mastorakis, "A Secure NDN-based Architecture for Electronic Voting in 6G", IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2023 (Q1/Impact Factor: 4.99) (PDF)

4. M. Adil*, H. Song, S. Mastorakis, H. Abulkasim, A. Farouk, and Z. Jin, "UAV-Assisted IoT Applications, Cybersecurity Threats, AI-Enabled Solutions, Open Challenges With Future Research Directions", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2023 (Q1/Impact Factor: 8.2) (PDF)

5. H. Zahan*, M.W. Al Azad*, I. Ali, and S. Mastorakis, "IoT-AD: A Framework To Detect Anomalies Among Interconnected IoT Devices", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023 (Q1/Impact Factor: 10.238) (PDF) (Dataset and codebase)

6. M. A. U. Rehman, M. Salahuddin*, S. Mastorakis, and B.S. Kim, "FoggyEdge: An Information Centric Computation Offloading and Management Framework for Edge-based Vehicular Fog Computing", IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, 2023 (Q1/Impact Factor: 5.293) (PDF)

7. S. Pandya, G. Srivastava, R. Jhaveri, M. Babu, S. Bhattacharya, P. Maddikunta, S. Mastorakis, Md. J. Piran, and T. R. Gadekallu, "Federated Learning for Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Survey", Elsevier Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal, 2023 (Q1/Impact Factor: 7.632) (PDF)

8. F. Khan, R. Alturki, A. Rehman, S. Mastorakis, I. Razak, and S. T. Shah, "Trustworthy and Reliable Deep Learning-Based Cyberattack Detection for Industrial IoT", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2022. (Q1/Impact Factor: 10.215) (PDF)

9. F. Khan, R. Alturki, G. Srivastava, F. Gazzawe, S. T. Ullah, and S. Mastorakis, "Explainable Detection of Fake News on Social Media Using Pyramidal Co-Attention Networks", IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 2022. (Q1/Impact Factor: 5.0) (PDF)

10. A. Benmoussa*, C. A. Kerrache, N. Lagraa, S. Mastorakis, A. Lakas, A. Tahari, "Interest Flooding Attacks in Named Data Networking: A Survey of Existing Solutions, Open Issues, Requirements, and Future Directions", ACM Computing Surveys, 2022. (Q1/Impact Factor: 10.282) (PDF)

11. M. W. Al Azad*, S. Mastorakis, "The Promise and Challenges of Computation Deduplication and Reuse at the Network Edge," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2022. (Q1/Impact Factor: 11.979) (PDF)

12. M. Babar, M. Jan, X. He, M. Usman, S. Mastorakis, R. Alturki, "IoT-Enabled Data Analytics Using Machine Learning for Edge-Cloud Computing", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 (Q1/Impact Factor: 9.471) (PDF)

13. I. Ullah*, M.A. Khan, F. Khan, M. Jan, S. Mastorakis, S. Hussain, H. Khattak, "An Efficient and Secure Multi-message and Multi-receiver Signcryption Scheme for Edge Enabled Internet of Vehicles", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021 (Q1/Impact Factor: 9.471) (PDF)

14. M. Adil*, M. Jan, S. Mastorakis, H. Song, M. Jadoon, A. Farouk, "Hash-MAC-DSDV: Mutual Authentication for Intelligent IoT-Based Cyber-Physical Systems", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021. (Q1/Impact Factor: 9.471) (PDF)

15. M. Jan, F. Khan, S. Mastorakis, M. Adil*, N. Stergiou, "LightIoT: Lightweight and secure communication for energy-efficient IoT in health informatics", IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 2021 (Q1/Impact Factor: 5.496) (PDF)

16. Z. Bellal*, B. Nour, S. Mastorakis, "CoxNet: A Computation Reuse Architecture at the Edge", IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 2021 (Q1/Impact Factor: 5.496) (PDF)

17. F. Khan, A. Rehman, Y. Zhang, S. Mastorakis, H. Song, M. Jan, "A Secured and Reliable Continuous Transmission scheme in Cognitive HARQ-aided Internet of Things", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021. (Q1/Impact Factor: 9.471) (PDF)

18. S. Mastorakis, A. Skiadopoulos, S. Shannigrahi, A. Likens, B. Nour, N. Stergiou, "Networking and Computing in Biomechanical Research: Challenges and Directions", IEEE Communications Magazine, 2021 (Q1/Impact Factor: 9.619) (PDF)

19. M. Jan, M. Zakarya, M. Khan, S. Mastorakis, V. Balasubramaniam, V. Menon, A. Rehman, "IoT-DF: An AI-Enabled Lightweight Data Fusion and Load Optimization Approach for the Internet of Things", Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems Journal, 2021 (Q1/Impact Factor: 7.187) (PDF)

20. B. Nour, S. Mastorakis, R. Ullah, N. Stergiou, "Information-Centric Networking in Wireless Environments: Security Risks and Challenges", IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2021. (Q1/ Impact Factor: 11.979) (PDF)

21. B. Nour*, H. Khelifi*, R. Hussain, S. Mastorakis, H. Moungla, “Access Control Mechanisms in Named Data Networks: A Comprehensive Survey”, ACM Computing Surveys, 2021. (Q1/Impact Factor: 10.282) (PDF)

22. M. Jan, F. Khan, R. Khan, S. Mastorakis, V. Menon, P. Watters, M. Alazab, "A Lightweight Mutual Authentication and Privacy-preservation Scheme for Intelligent Wearable Devices in Industrial-CPS", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2020. (Q1/Impact Factor: 10.215) (PDF)

23. M. A. U. Rehman*, R. Ullah*, BS. Kim, B. Nour*, S. Mastorakis, “CCIC-WSN: An Architecture for Single Channel Cluster-based Information-Centric Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2020. (Q1/Impact Factor: 9.471)  (PDF)

24. M. Jan, J. Cai, X. Gao, F. Khan, S. Mastorakis, M. Alazab, P. Watters, “Security and Blockchain Convergence with Internet of Multimedia Things: Current Trends, Research Challenges and Future Directions,” Elsevier Journal of Network & Computer Applications, 2020. (Q1/Impact Factor: 6.281) (PDF)

25. F. Khan, M. Jan, A. Rehman, S. Mastorakis, M. Alazab, P. Watters, “A Secured and Intelligent Communication Scheme for IIoT-enabled Pervasive Edge Computing,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2020. (Q1/Impact Factor: 10.215) (PDF)

26. A. Mtibaa, S. Mastorakis, "NDNTP: A Named Data Networking Time Protocol", IEEE Network Magazine, 2020 (Q1/Impact factor: 10.693) (PDF) (NTP Dataset)

27. B. Nour*, S. Mastorakis, A. Mtibaa, "Compute-Less Networking: Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities", IEEE Network Magazine, 2020 (Q1/Impact factor: 10.693) (PDF)

28. X. Zhong, P. Huang, S. Mastorakis, F. Y. Shih, "An Automated and Robust Image Watermarking Scheme Based on Deep Neural Networks", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2020 (Q1/Impact factor: 6.513) (PDF)

29. R. Ullah*, M. A. U. Rehman*, M. A. Naeem, BS. Kim, S. Mastorakis, "ICN with Edge for 5G: Exploiting In-network Caching in ICN-based Edge Computing for 5G Networks", Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems Journal, 2020 (Q1/Impact factor: 7.187) (Preprint) (Published Version)

30. S. Mastorakis, A. Mtibaa, J. Lee*, S. Misra, "ICedge: When Edge Computing Meets Information-Centric Networking", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2020 (Q1/Impact factor: 9.471) (PDF) (Codebase)

31. Z. Zhang, Y. Yu, H. Zhang, E. Newberry, S. Mastorakis, Y. Li, A. Afanasyev, L. Zhang, "An Overview of Security Support in Named Data Networking", IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2018. (Q1/Impact factor: 9.619) (PDF)

32. S. Mastorakis, A. Afanasyev, and L. Zhang, "On the Evolution of ndnSIM: an Open-Source Simulator for NDN Experimentation," ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (CCR), July 2017. (Acceptance rate: 15%) (PDF) (Codebase)

RFCs

1. S. Mastorakis, D. Oran, I. Moiseenko, J. Gibson, and R. Droms, "ICN Traceroute Protocol Specification," RFC 9507 (Experimental), 2024. (PDF) 

2. S. Mastorakis, D. Oran, J. Gibson, I. Moiseenko, and R. Droms, "ICN Ping Protocol Specification," RFC 9508 (Experimental), 2024. (PDF) 

Technical Reports & arXiv Preprints

Student co-authors are denoted with an asterisk (*)

1. P. Wijesooriya*, A. Likens, N. Stergiou, and S. Mastorakis, "ARWalker: A Virtual Walking Companion Application", arXiv, 2023. (PDF)

2. S. Sarwar*, A. Likens, N. Stergiou, and S. Mastorakis, "A Nonlinear Analysis Software Toolkit for Biomechanical Data", arXiv, 2023. (PDF)

3. S. U. Taki*, S. Mastorakis, "Rethinking Internet Communication Through LLMs: How Close Are We?", arXiv, 2023. (PDF)

4. M. W. Al Azad*, S. Mastorakis, "The Promise and Challenges of Computation Deduplication and Reuse at the Network Edge," arXiv, 2021. (PDF)

5. Z. Zhang, H. Zhang, E. Newberry, S. Mastorakis, Y. Li, A. Afanasyev, and L. Zhang, "Security Support in Named Data Networking," NDN, Technical Report NDN-0057, 2018. (PDF) (BibTex)

6. S. Mastorakis, T. Ahmed, and J. Pisharath, "ISA-Based Trusted Network Functions And Server Applications In The Untrusted Cloud," arXiv, 2018. (PDF) (BibTex)

7. S. Mastorakis, K. Chan, B. Ko, A. Afanasyev, and L. Zhang, "Experimentation with Fuzzy Interest Forwarding in Named Data Networking," arXiv, 2018. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase)

8. P. de-las-Heras-Quirós, E. M. Castro, W. Shang, Y. Yu, S. Mastorakis, A. Afanasyev, and L. Zhang, "The Design of RoundSync Protocol," NDN, Technical Report NDN-0048, 2017. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase)

9. S. Mastorakis, A. Afanasyev, I. Moiseenko, and L. Zhang, "ndnSIM 2: An updated NDN simulator for NS-3," NDN, Technical Report NDN-0028, Revision 2, 2016. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase)

10. S. Vusirikala, S. Mastorakis, A. Afanasyev, and L. Zhang, "Hop-By-Hop Best Effort Link Layer Reliability in Named Data Networking," NDN, Technical Report NDN-0041, 2016. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase)

11. A. Afanasyev, J. Shi, B. Zhang, L. Zhang, I. Moiseenko, Y. Yu, W. Shang, Y. Li, S. Mastorakis, Y. Huang, J. P. Abraham, S. DiBenedetto, C. Fan, C. Papadopoulos, D. Pesavento, G. Grassi, G. Pau, H. Zhang, T. Song, H. Yuan, H. B. Abraham, P. Crowley, S. O. Amin, V. Lehman, and L. Wang, "NFD Developer's Guide," NDN, Technical Report NDN-0021, 2015. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase)

12. S. Mastorakis, A. Afanasyev, I. Moiseenko, and L. Zhang, "ndnSIM 2.0: A new version of the NDN simulator for NS-3," NDN, Technical Report NDN-0028, 2015. (PDF) (BibTex) (Codebase)

Book Chapters

1. A. Benmoussa, S. Mastorakis, "Inter-UAV Communication Over Future Internet Architectures", Internet of Unmanned Things (IoUT) and Mission-based Networking, Springer Internet of Things Book Series, 2023 (PDF)

Peer-Reviewed Tutorials

1. J. Burke, P. Gusev, J. Thompson, A. Afanasyev, S. Mastorakis, L. Wang, B. Zhang, and L. Zhang, “Second Generation Named Data Networking (NDN) Applications: Design Patterns, Libraries, and Architectural Support,” 5th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking, September 2018. (Link)