Publications

The following is a list of my publications. All material provided on this page is to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyrights and other rights therein are retained by authors or by copyright holders.

Books

T. Kieras*, J. Farooq, and Q. Zhu, "IoT Supply Chain Security Risk Analysis and Mitigation: Modeling, Computation, and Software Tools", SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, Sept. 2022.
J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "Resource Management for On-Demand Mission-Critical Internet of Things Applications", John Wiley & Sons, Sept. 2021.
M. J. Farooq and U. Pillai, "Problems and Solutions in Undergraduate Probability", Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, 2019.

Journals

X. Wu*, Y. Wang*, J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai, and G. Setti, "SliceWise: Traffic-Aware Multi-Agent RL with Temporal Encoding for Joint Slice Admission and Resource Orchestration in O-RAN," submitted to IEEE Networking Letters, 2025.
X. Wu*, J. Farooq, T. Li, J. Chen, and Y. Wang, "Dynamic Resource Provisioning in Edge-Cloud O-RAN Systems via Deep Reinforcement Learning under Stochastic Delayed Rewards," submitted to IEEE Networking Letters, 2025.
X. Wu*, J. Farooq, and J. Chen, "Multi-agent Resource Orchestration Based on D3QN for Network Slicing in 5G Edge-Cloud Networks", under revision in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2025.
Y. Wang*, J. Farooq, and J. Chen, "Dynamic Multi-Modal UAV Control for Optimized Coverage and Backhaul Connectivity in Spatially Unstructured and Dispersed User Environments", in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025.
X. Wu* and J. Farooq, "Reliable and Resilient Connectivity and Coverage under Localized Backhauling in UAV-IoT Networks", in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Jun. 2025.
J. Farooq and U. Pillai, "A Probabilistic Alternative to Coverage Analysis in Uniform Random Wireless Networks," in IEEE Journal of Communications and Networks, 2025.
Y. Wang*, J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai, and G. Setti, "Joint Positioning and Computation Offloading in Multi-UAV MEC for Low Latency Applications: A Proximal Policy Optimization Approach," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025.
M. Lyu*, J. Farooq, and Q. Zhu, "Mapping Cyber Threats in the 5G Supply Chain: Landscape, Vulnerabilities, and Risk Management", in IEEE Network, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 251-269, Jan. 2025.
Y. Wang* and J. Farooq, "Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Placement for Integrated Access Backhauling in UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks", in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 14727-14738, Apr. 2024.
J. Chen, J. Farooq, and Q. Zhu, "QoS Based Contract Design for Profit Maximization in IoT-Enabled Data Markets", in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 10080-10094, Jun. 2023.
T. Kieras*, J. Farooq, and Q. Zhu, "I-SCRAM: A Framework for IoT Supply Chain Risk Analysis and Mitigation Decisions", in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 29827-29840, 2021.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "QoE Based Revenue Maximizing Dynamic Resource Allocation and Pricing for Fog-Enabled Mission-Critical IoT Applications", in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 3395-3408, Dec. 2021.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "IoT Supply Chain Security: Overview, Challenges, and the Road Ahead", available: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.07828.pdf.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Resource Provisioning for On-Demand Urban Services in Smart Cities", available: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.08331.pdf.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "Modeling, Analysis, and Mitigation of Dynamic Botnet Formation in Wireless IoT Networks", in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 2412-2426, Sept. 2019.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "A Multi-Layer Feedback System Approach to Resilient Connectivity of Remotely Deployed Mobile Internet of Things", in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 422-432, June 2018.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "On the Secure and Reconfigurable Multi-Layer Network Design for Critical Information Dissemination in the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT)", in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2618-2632, April 2018.
M. J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai, E. Yaacoub, A. Kadri, and M.-S. Alouini, "Green Virtualization for Multiple Collaborative Cellular Operators", in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 420-434, Sept. 2017.
M. J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai, A. Kadri, H. ElSawy, and M.-S. Alouini, "A Hybrid Energy Sharing Framework for Green Cellular Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 918-934, Feb. 2017.
H. Ghazzai, M. J. Farooq, A. Alsharoa, E. Yaacoub, A. Kadri, and M.-S. Alouini, "Green Networking in Cellular HetNets: A Unified Radio Resource Management Framework with Base Station ON/OFF Switching," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 5879-5893, July 2017.
M. J. Farooq, H. ElSawy and M.-S. Alouini, "A Stochastic Geometry Model for Multi-Hop Highway Vehicular Communication," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 2276-2291, March 2016.

Conferences

R. Kumar, W. Wei, Y. Mao, J. Farooq, Y. Wang, and J. Chen, "SQUASH: A SWAP-Based Quantum Attack to Sabotage Hybrid Quantum Neural Networks," submitted to Quantum Machine Intelligence, 2025.
X. Wu, R. Honnalli, and J. Farooq, "Poster: Triage Slicing: Online Detection and Containment of Disruptive UEs in O-RAN Slices," in 26th International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing (MobiHoc 2025), Houson, TX, USA, Oct. 2025.
Y. Wang*, U. Pillai, J. Farooq, and J. Chen “Real-time multiple obstacle avoidance and navigation in unstructured spaces with applications to indoor delivery robots,” in IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems (COINS 2025), Madison WI, USA, Aug. 2025.
R. Honnalli* and J. Farooq, “Multimodal LLM-guided sequential detection of cyber threats in electric vehicle charging systems,” in IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems (COINS 2025), Madison WI, USA, Aug. 2025.
Hazime* and J. Farooq, “Evaluation of LLM powered agentic AI for solving multi-arm bandit problems,” in IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems (COINS 2025), Madison WI, USA, Aug. 2025.
E. Besbes, H. Ghazzai, J. Farooq, N. Doggaz, and G. Setti, "Optimized Collaborative Perception: Sector-based BEV Fusion in Limited Communication Conditions," in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring 2025), Oslo, Norway, Jun. 2025.
R. Honnalli* and J. Farooq, "LLM-Powered Agentic AI Approach to Securing EV Charging Systems Against Cyber Threats", in 3rd International Workshop on Cybersecurity of Critical National Infrastructures (CCNI) co-organized with IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM 2025), Dallas, Fort Worth TX, USA, May 2025.
Y. Wang*, X. Wu*, J. Farooq, and J. Chen, "Coordinated UAV Deployment and Task Offloading in UAV-Assisted LEO Satellite Edge Computing Systems via Proximal Policy Optimization," in IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Aerial and Space Networks, Montreal (ICC Wkhsps 2025), Canada, Jun. 2025.
K. Afane, G. Ebbrecht, J. Chen, and J. Farooq, "ATP: Adaptive Threshold Pruning for Efficient Data Encoding in Quantum Neural Networks," in IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2025), Nashville TN, USA, Jun. 2025.
X. Wu*, Y. Wang*, J. Farooq, J. Chen, "LLM-Driven Agentic AI Approach to Enhanced O-RAN Resilience in Next-Generation Networks", in IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2025) Workshop on Resilience in Next-Generation Networks (NGResNet), London, United Kingdom, May 2025.
G. Ebbrecht, J. Hughes, J. Chen, and J. Farooq, "Collaborative Resilience for Multi-Layer Heterogeneous Robotic Networks under Adversarial Environments", in IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2025) Workshop on Resilience in Next-Generation Networks (NGResNet), London, United Kingdom, May 2025.
X. Wu*, J. Farooq, Y. Wang*, J. Chen, "LLM-xApp: A Large Language Model Empowered Radio Resource Management xApp for 5G O-RAN", in Proc. Network and Distributed Systems Symposium (NDSS 2025) Workshop on Security and Privacy of Next-Generation Networks (FutureG), San Diego CA, Feb. 2025.
X. Wu*, J. Farooq, J. Chen, "Joint Admission Control and Resource Provisioning for URLLC Traffic in O-RAN: A Constrained Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach", in IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC 2025), Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2025.
Y. Wang*, J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai, and G. Setti, "Joint Optimization of Positioning and Computation Offloading in Multi-UAV MEC Networks for Low Latency Applications", in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2025), Milan, Italy, Mar. 2025.
Y. Wang*, J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai, and G. Setti, "Multi-UAV Placement for Integrated Access and Backhauling Using LLM-Based Optimizers ", in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2025), Milan, Italy, Mar. 2025.
K. Afane, W. Wei, Y. Mao, J. Farooq, and J. Chen, "Next-Generation Phishing: How LLM Agents Empower Cyber Attackers," in IEEE International Conference on Big Data, CyberHunt 2024 Workshop, Washington D.C., Dec. 2024.
X. Wu*, J. Farooq, and J. Chen, "Multi-agent Distributed Decentralized Dynamic Resource Orchestration in 5G Edge-Cloud Networks", in IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet 2024), Rio De Janerio, Brazil, Nov. 2024.
R. Kumar, G. Ebbrecht, J. Farooq, W. Wei, Y. Mao and J. Chen, "SecFedDrive: Securing Federated Learning for Autonomous Driving Against Backdoor Attacks," in IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security - Cyber Resilience Workshop (CNS-CRW 2024), Taipei, Taiwan, 2024.
M. Lyu* and J. Farooq, "Zero Trust in 5G Networks: Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities", in Resilience Week (RW) 2024, Austin TX, USA, Nov. 2024.
D. Neifar*, J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai, and M. Hadded, "Collaborative CNN-Based Federated Learning for Steering Control in Diverse Driving Conditions", in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall 2024), Washington D.C., Oct. 2024.
X. Wu*, J. Farooq, and J. Chen "Adaptive Risk-Aware Resource Orchestration for 5G Microservices over Multi-Tier Edge-Cloud Systems", in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2024) International Workshop on Intelligent Cloud Continuum for B5G Services, Boulder, CO, Jun. 2024.
X. Wu* and J. Farooq, "Attack Resilient Wireless Backhaul Connectivity With Optimized Fronthaul Coverage in UAV Networks", in IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security - Cyber Resilience Workshop (CNS-CRW 2023), Orlando, FL, Oct. 2023.
Y. Wang* and J. Farooq, "Optimal 3D Placement for Integrated Access Backhauling in UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks Using Reinforcement Learning", in IEEE MASS International Workshop on Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles and IoT (UAV-IoT 2023), Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2023.
Y. Wang* and J. Farooq, "Zero Touch Coordinated UAV Network Formation for 360° Views of a Moving Ground Target in Remote VR Applications", in IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 2022), Rockville MD, Nov. 2022.
Y. Wang* and J. Farooq, "Proactive and Resilient UAV Orchestration for QoS Driven Connectivity and Coverage of Ground Users", in IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS 2022), Cyber Resilience Workshop, Austin TX, Oct. 2022.
Y. Wang* and J. Farooq, "Resilient UAV Formation for Coverage and Connectivity of Spatially Dispersed Users", in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2022), Seoul, South Korea, May 2022.
T. Kieras*, M. J. Farooq, and Q. Zhu, "Modeling and Assessment of IoT Supply Chain Security Risks: The Role of Structural and Parametric Uncertainties", in IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland), Workshop on Cyber Resilient Supply Chain Technologies, pp 163-170, 2020.
T. Kieras*, M. J. Farooq, and Q. Zhu, "RIoTS: Risk Analysis of IoT Supply Chain Threats", in Proc. IEEE 6th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2020), New Orleans, LA, USA.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "PhD Forum: Enabling Autonomic IoT for Smart Urban Services", in Proc. IEEE 6th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2020), New Orleans, LA, USA.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "Optimal Dynamic Contract for Spectrum Reservation in Mission-Critical UNB-IoT Systems", in Proc. 16th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2018), Shanghai, China, May 2018.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "Adaptive and Resilient Revenue Maximizing Dynamic Resource Allocation and Pricing for Cloud-Enabled IoT Systems", in Proc. American Control Conference (ACC 2018), Milwaukee, WI, USA, Jun. 2018.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "Cognitive Connectivity Resilience in Multi-Layer Remotely Deployed Mobile Internet of Things", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Gobecom 2017), Singapore, Dec. 2017.
M. J. Farooq, H. ElSawy, Q. Zhu, and M.-S. Alouini, "Optimizing Mission Critical Data Dissemination in Massive IoT Networks", in Workshop on Spatial Stochastic Models for Wireless Networks (SpaSWiN 2017), Paris, France, May 2017.
M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "Secure and Reconfigurable Network Design for Critical Information Dissemination in the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT)", in 15th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2017), Paris, France, May 2017.
M. J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai, and A. Kadri, "Energy Sharing Framework for Microgrid-Powered Cellular Base Stations", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2016), Washington, D.C., USA, Dec. 2016.
M. J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai and A. Kadri, "A Stochastic Geometry-Based Demand Response Management Framework for Cellular Networks Powered by Smart Grid," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2016), Doha, Qatar, Apr. 2016.
M. J. Farooq, H. Ghazzai and A. Kadri, "Optimized Energy Procurement for Cellular Networks Powered by Smart Grid Based on Stochastic Geometry," in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps 2015), San Diego, CA, USA , Dec. 2015.
M. J. Farooq, H. ElSawy and M.-S. Alouini, "Modeling Inter-Vehicle communication in Multi-lane Highways: A Stochastic Geometry Approach," in Proc. IEEE 82nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall 2015), Boston, MA, Sep. 2015.
M. J. Farooq, M. Hussain, J. Qadir and A. Baig, "A Game-Theoretic Spectrum Allocation Framework for Mixed Unicast and Broadcast Traffic Profile in Cognitive Radio Networks," in Proc. 38th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2013), Sydney, Australia, Oct. 2013.

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