Research

Research Interests

  • Mobile and Wireless Networks, Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANET), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

  • Peer-to-Peer Systems (P2P), Named Data Networks (NDN))

  • Quality of Service (QoS), Quality of Experience (QoE)

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV), Mobile Autonomous Systems

  • Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0

  • 5G, B5G, Cloud Computing (CC), Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC)

  • Optimization of System Performance, Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, AI, Game Theory, Evolutionary and Bio-inspired Algorithms

  • Brain-Machine Interface (BMI), Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)

Funded Research Projects

Total funding amount: 2,913,500 Dhs:

  • [Principal investigator] Cloud-aided Brain-controlled Wheelchair with Indoor Autonomous Navigation System for People with Severe Motor Impairment. Roadway, Transportation, and Traffic Safety Research Center (RTTSRC), 2021 - 2025. 684,000 Dhs.

  • [Principal investigator] Self-Reliant Task-Oriented Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles for Missions in Harsh Environment: The case of Mars. National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC), 2019-2023. 490,500 Dhs.

  • [Principal investigator] FlyNet: Using Airborne Ad Hoc Multi- UAV Networks for Monitoring and Managing Roadways and Road Traffic in UAE. Roadway, Transportation, and Traffic Safety Research Center (RTTSRC), 2014-2016. 339,000 Dhs

  • [Principal investigator] Data Sharing and Exchange System for Vehicular Networks. Emirates Foundation (EF), 2011-2013. 200,000 Dhs.

  • [Principal investigator] The Pedestrian Alarm and Security System (PASS): Improving the Mobility of Visually Impaired People at UAE. National Research Fund (NRF), 2010-2012.. 800,000 Dhs.

  • [Principal investigator] Ad Hoc Mobile Ultra-Wideband Sensor Network with Integrated Capability of Real-Time Position Tracking and Communications in Support of Emergency Search and Rescue Operations in Critical City. Emirates Foundation (EF), 2010-2012. 200,000 Dhs.

  • [Principal investigator] Secure Inter-Vehicular Communication: A Cooperative System for Real-Time Road Traffic Management Applications. UAEU Inter-disciplinary, 2006-2008. 200,000 Dhs.


Latest Publications and Conference Papers:

2022

  1. Ameur, A. I., Lakas, A., Bachir, Y. M., & Oubbati, O. S. (2022). Peer-to-peer overlay techniques for vehicular ad hoc networks: Survey and challenges. Vehicular Communications, 100455.

  2. Dhelim, S., Aung, N., Kechadi, T., Ning, H., Chen, L., & Lakas, A. (2022). Trust2Vec: Large-Scale IoT Trust Management System based on Signed Network Embeddings. IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

  3. Oubbati, O. S., Atiquzzaman, M., Lim, H., Rachedi, A., & Lakas, A. (2022). Synchronizing uav teams for timely data collection and energy transfer by deep reinforcement learning. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

  4. Cheriguene, Y., Bousbaa, F. Z., Kerrache, C. A., Djellikh, S., Lagraa, N., Lahby, M., & Lakas, A. (2022). COCOMA: a resource-optimized cooperative UAVs communication protocol for surveillance and monitoring applications. Wireless Networks, 1-17.

  5. Oubbati, O. S., Lakas, A., & Guizani, M. (2022). Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Wireless-Powered UAV Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

  6. Brik, B., Khan, J. A., Ghamri-Doudane, Y., Lagraa, N., & Lakas, A. (2022). GSS-VF: A Game-theoretic Approach for Service Discovery in Fog Network of Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking.

  7. Dahmane, S., Yagoubi, M. B., Kerrache, C. A., Lorenz, P., Lagraa, N., & Lakas, A. (2022). Toward a Secure Edge-Enabled and Artificially Intelligent Internet of Flying Things Using Blockchain. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 5(2), 90-95.

2021

  1. Jamil, N., Belkacem, A. N., Ouhbi, S., & Lakas, A. (2021). Noninvasive Electroencephalography Equipment for Assistive, Adaptive, and Rehabilitative Brain–Computer Interfaces: A Systematic Literature Review. Sensors, 21(14), 4754.

  2. Belkacem, A. N., Ouhbi, S., Lakas, A., Benkhelifa, E., & Chen, C. (2021). End-to-end AI-based point-of-care diagnosis system for classifying respiratory illnesses and early detection of COVID-19: a theoretical framework. Frontiers in Medicine, 8, 585578.

  3. Oubbati, O. S., Atiquzzaman, M., Lakas, A., Baz, A., Alhakami, H., & Alhakami, W. (2021, May). Multi-UAV-enabled AoI-aware WPCN: A multi-agent reinforcement learning strategy. In IEEE INFOCOM 2021-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

  4. Belkacem, A. N., & Lakas, A. (2021). A case study on teaching a brain–computer interface interdisciplinary course to undergraduates. In Smart Education and e-Learning 2021 (pp. 215-228). Springer, Singapore.

  5. Belkacem, A. N., & Lakas, A. (2021, June). A Cooperative EEG-based BCI Control System for Robot–Drone Interaction. In 2021 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC) (pp. 297-302). IEEE.

  6. Benmoussa, A., Kerrache, C. A., Lagraa, N., Mastorakis, S., Lakas, A., & Tahari, A. E. K. (2021). Interest Flooding Attacks in Named Data Networking: Survey of Existing Solutions, Open Issues, Requirements and Future Directions. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR).

  7. Bousbaa, F. Z., Lakas, A., Rezigat, A. E., Benguettache, H. S., Lagraa, N., Kerrache, C. A., & Tahari, A. E. K. (2021, September). GTSS-UC: a game theoretic approach for services' selection in UAV clouds. In 2021 IEEE/ACM 25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

  8. Lakas, A., & Belkacem, A. N. (2021, April). A Framework for Course-embedded Assessment for Evaluating Learning Outcomes of a Network Programming Course. In 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) (pp. 989-995). IEEE.

  9. Djeradi, S., Bendouma, T., Lagraa, N., Kerrache, C. A., Lakas, A., & Brik, B. (2021). Toward the Integration of UAVs' Services into the Cloud. IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 5(4), 25-32.

  10. Dahmane, S., Yagoubi, M. B., Lorenz, P., Barka, E., Lakas, A., Lagraa, N., & Kerrache, C. A. (2021, December). V2X-based COVID-19 Pandemic Severity Reduction in Smart Cities. In 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

  11. Lakas, A., Kharbash, F., & Belkacem, A. N. (2021, June). A Cloud-based Brain-controlled Wheelchair with Autonomous Indoor Navigation System. In 2021 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC) (pp. 1727-1733). IEEE.