Journal Publications:

 

1.      Lehan Meng, Jad-El-Najjar, Hamed Alazemi, Chadi Assi “A Joint Transmission Grant Scheduling and Wavelength Assignment in Multichannel SG-EPON” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (Accepted, May 2009).

2.      Mohammad S. Kiaei, Amin Ranjbar, Brigitte Jaumard, and Chadi Assi, “An Improved Analysis for Availability-Aware Service Provisioning in p-Cycle-Based Mesh Networks” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (Accepted, May 2009). 

3.      Lehan Meng, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Ahmad Dhaini “Resource Management in Stargate Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (S-EPONs)” IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (Accepted June 2009).

4.      Khoder Shamy, Saman Barghi, Chadi Assi, “Efficient Rate Adaptation with QoS Support in Wireless Networks” Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, (To appear January 2010).

5.      Jad El-Najjar, Chadi Assi, Brigitte Jaumard, “A Maximum Network Stability Model for Mobile WiMAX Networks”, Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), Springer, (To Appear).

6.      Mohamamd S. Kiaei, Chadi Assi, Brigitte Jaumard, “A survey on the p-cycle protection method for optical mesh networks” IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, (To Appear).

7.      Amin Ranjbar and Chadi Assi "Availability-aware design in mesh networks with failure-independent path-protecting p-cycles" in IEEE Transactions on Reliability, (Accepted November 2008, To appear).

8.      Navid Ghazisaidi, Chadi Assi, and Martin Maier “FiWi Access Networks: A Survey,” IEEE Communication Magazine, February 2009.

9.      Basel Alawieh*, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah, “Power-Aware Ad Hoc Networks with Directional Antennas: Models and Analysis” Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, 7(3): 486-499 (2009).

10.  Hassan Issa, Chadi Assi, Mourad Debbabi and Sujoy Ray. QoS-Aware Middleware for Web Services Composition, a Qualitative Approach. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 2009, Taylor and Francis Publishers.

11.  Basel Alawieh, Yongning Zhang, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah, “Improving Spatial Reuse in Multihop Wireless Networks- A Survey” in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, (accepted May 2008).

12.  Basel Alawieh, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah, “Investigating the Performance of Power-Aware IEEE 802.11 in Multi-hop Wireless Networks” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume: 58,  Issue: 1, Pages 287-300 Jan. 2009.

13.  N. Ghani, Q. Liu, A. Gumaste, J. Lankford, A. Shami, C. Assi, A. Khalil, D. Benhaddou, "Value-Added Services in Next-Generation SONET/SDH Networks", to appear in IEEE Communications Magazine (2008/2009).

14.  Basel Alawieh*, Chadi Assi, Wessam Ajib, “Distributed Correlative Power Control Schemes for Mobile Ad hoc Networks using Directional” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Volume 57,  Issue 3,  May 2008 Page(s):1733 - 1744.

15.  Xiaofeng Bai, Abdallah Shami, Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi, Ahmad Khalil, “Analytical and Experimental Study on Ethernet Passive Optical Networks: Challenges and Solutions” International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, to appear.

16.  Lei Guang, Chadi Assi, Abderahim Benslimane “Enhancing IEEE 802.11 Random Backoff in Selfish Environments” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Volume 57,  Issue 3,  May 2008 Page(s):1806 - 1822.

17.  Hadi Otrok, Mona Mehrandish, Chadi Assi, Mourad Debbabi, “Game Theoretic Models for Detecting Networks Intrusions” Elsevier, Computer Communications,(10) 1934-1944 (2008).

18.  Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Abdallah Shami, “Towards Quality of Service Protection in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks: Challenges and Solutions” IEEE Network, Special Issue on Advances in Broadband Access Networks, Volume 21,  Issue 5,  Sept.-Oct. 2007 Page(s):12 - 19.

19.  Chadi Assi, Anjali Agarwal, Yi Liu*, “Enhanced Per-Flow Admission Control and QoS Provisioning in IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 57,  Issue 2,  March 2008 Page(s):1077 - 1088.

20.  T. D. Wallace, A. Shami, and C. Assi, “Scheduling Advance Reservation Requests for WDM Networks with Static Traffic Demands” IEE  Proceedings on Communications, in press, pdf

21.  T. D. Wallace, A. Shami, and C. Assi, “Advance Lightpath Reservation for a Centralized WDM Network with Dynamic Traffic” to appear in OSA Journal of Optical Networking, vol. 6, issue. 7, pp. 913-924, July 2007.

22.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, Abderahim Benslimane, “On MAC Layer Misbehavior in Wireless Networks: Challenges and Solutions” IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, Volume 15,  Issue 4,  Aug. 2008 Page(s):6 - 14.

23.  Ahmad Dhaini*, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Abdallah Shami, “Per-Stream QoS and Admission Control in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs)” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1659-1669, July 2007.

24.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, Yinghua Ye, “DREAM: A System for Detection and Reaction against MAC Layer Misbehavior in Ad Hoc Networks” to appear in Elsevier Computer Communications Journal (Accepted March 2007).

25.  Ahmad Dhaini*, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Abdallah Shami, “Dynamic Wavelength and Bandwidth Allocation in Hybrid TDM/WDM Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs),” accepted for publication, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 277-286, Jan. 2007.

26.  Dev Shankar Mukherjee*, Chadi Assi, Anjali Agarwal “An Alternative Approach for Enhanced Availability Analysis and Design Methods in p-cycle -based Networks” IEEE Journal on Selected Area in Communications, JSAC, vol. 24,  issue 12,  Dec. 2006 Page(s):23 - 34

27.  Chadi Assi, Wei Huo*, Abdallah Shami, “Multiple-Link Failures Survivability in Optical Networks with Traffic Grooming Capability” Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, 3900-3912 (2006).

28.  Israat T. Haque*, Chadi Assi, “Localized Energy Efficient Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing, Wiley, (Accepted February 2006).

29.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “Vulnerabilities Assessment of Ad Hoc Networks to MAC Layer Misbehavior” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Wiley, (Accepted January 2006).

30.  Xiaofeng Bai, Abdallah Shami, Chadi Assi, “On the Fairness of Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Schemes in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Vol. 29, Issue 11, pp. 2123-2135, July 2006.

31.  Ahmad Khalil, A. Hadjiantonis, C. Assi, A. Shami, G. Ellinas, and M. A. Ali, "Dynamic Provisioning of Low-Speed Unicast/Multicast Traffic Demands in Mesh-Based WDM Optical Networks," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology,  Volume 24,  Issue 2,  Feb. 2006 Page(s):681 - 693.

32.  ASM Delowar Hossain, R. Dorsinville, A. Shami, C. Assi, and M. Ali., “A Novel Ring-Based Local Access PON Architecture for Supporting Private Networking Capability,” Journal of Optical. Networking, vol. 5, no.1, January 2006.

33.  Chadi Assi, Wei Huo, Abdallah Shami, and Nasir Ghani, “Improving Signaling Recovery in Shared Mesh Optical Networks”, Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Vol. 29, Issue 1, pp. 59-68, December 2005.

34.  Abdallah Shami, X. Bai, Nasir Ghani, Chadi Assi and H. T. Mouftah, “QoS Control Schemes for Two-Stage Ethernet Passive Optical Access Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (IEEE JSAC), Vol. 28, No.3, pp. 1467-1478, August 2005.

35.  Chadi Assi, Wei Huo, Abdallah Shami, and Nasir Ghani “Analysis of Capacity Re-Provisioning in Optical Mesh Networks” IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 658 - 660, July 2005.

36.  Abdallah Shami, Xiaofeng Bai, Chadi Assi, and Nasir Ghani “Jitter Performance in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume 23,  Issue 4,  April 2005 Page(s):1745 - 1753.

37.  Abdallah Shami, C. Assi, N. Ghani, and H. T. Mouftah, "A New Reconfiguration Protocol for Mesh Optical Networks," IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 558-560, June 2005.

38.  S.R. Sherif, A. Hadjiantonis, G. Ellinas, C. Assi, and M.A. Ali “A Novel Decentralized Ethernet-Based PON Access Architecture for Provisioning Differentiated QoS” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume: 22, Issue: 11, Pages: 2483 – 2497, November 2004.

39.  N. Ghani, A. Shami, C. Assi, and Y. Raja, “Intra-ONU Bandwidth Scheduling in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” IEEE Communication Letters, Vol. 8, No. 11, pp.683-686, November 2004.

40.  Chadi Assi, A. Khalil, N. Ghani, A. Shami, and M. Ali, “Efficient Shared Path Protection in Mesh WDM Networks” The Journal of Networks, Software Tools, and Applications, Cluster computing, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 271-280, July 2004.

41.  Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, S. Dixit and M. Ali “Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Quality of Service Over Ethernet PONs”, IEEE Journal on Selected Area in Communications, JSAC, Vol. 21, Issue: 9, Pages, 1467 – 1477, Nov 2003.

42.  Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, S. Dixit, and M. Ali, “Control and Management Protocols in Survivable Optical Mesh Networks”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 21, Issue: 11, Pages: 2638 – 2651, Nov.2003.

43.  Abdallah Shami, Chadi Assi, N. Ghani, and M. Ali, “Connection Management Protocols for Dynamic Lightpath Provisioning in Future WDM Networks” Journal of Photonic Network Communications, Kluwer Academic, pp. 25-32, Jul. 2003, vol. 6, Issue 1.

44.  Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, A. Shami, S. Dixit, and M. Ali, “Integrated Routing Algorithms for Provisioning “Sub-Wavelength” Connections in IP-Over-WDM Networks”, Journal of Photonic Network Communications, Kluwer Academic, Volume 4, pp. 377-390, 2002.

45.  Abdallah Shami, Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi, Sudhir Dixit, and M. A. Ali “Integrated Routing/Signaling Protocols in GMPLS-based Optical Networks”, Optical Network Magazine, SPIE, Volume 4, pp. 16-23, July/August, 2002.

46.  Chadi Assi, A. Shami, Z.  Zhang, M. Ali, “Impact of wavelength converters on the performance of optical networks” Optical Network Magazine, SPIE, vol.3, issue 2, March/April 2002.

47.  Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi, Sudhir Dixit, and M. A. Ali, “A Simple Dynamic Integrated Provisioning/Protection Scheme in IP over WDM Networks” IEEE Communication Magazine, Volume 39, Issue 11, pp. 174 –182, Nov. 2001.

48.  Chadi Assi, Abdullah Shami, M. Ali “Optical Networking and Real-Time Provisioning; An Integrated Vision For The Next-Generation Internet” IEEE Network, Volume 15, Issue 4, pp. 36–45, July-Aug. 2001.

49.  M. A Ali, A. Shami, Chadi Assi, Yinghua Ye and Russ Kurtz “Architectural Options for the Next-Generation Networking Paradigm: Is Optical Internet the Answer?” Journal of Photonic Network Communications, Kluwer Academic, Volume 3, Jan-June 2001.

 

Refereed conference papers with proceedings

 

1.      Mohammad S. Kiaei, Amin Ranjbar, Caroline Rocha, Brigitte Jaumard, Chadi Assi "Improved Availability Models for p-Cycle-Based Network Design" 7th International Workshop on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks, DRCN 2009, Washington, D.C., October 25-28, 2009.

2.      Lehan Meng, Jad-El-Najjar, Hamed Alazemi, and Chadi Assi “A Joint Transmission Grant Scheduling and Wavelength Assignment in Multichannel SG-EPON” Accepted to appear in the 21st International Teletraffic Congress, Sept. 15-17 2009, Paris, France, 2009 (Recipient of a commemorative bursary award).

3.      Saman Barghi, Abderrahim Benslimane, Chadi Assi, “A Lifetime-based Routing Protocol for Connecting VANETs to the Internet” The 10th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WOWMOM 2009, Greece.

4.      Jad El-Najjar, Chadi Assi, Brigitte Jaumard, “Joint Routing and Scheduling in WiMAX-based mesh networks: A Column Generation Approach” The 10th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WOWMOM 2009, Greece.

5.      Lehan Meng, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, and A. Dhaini, “Resource Management in Stargate-based Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (SG-EPONs)” IEEE ICC 2009, June 14-18, Dresden, Germany, 2009.

6.      Basel Alawieh*, Yongning Zhang*, Chadi Assi, “A Novel Physical Carrier Sensing Scheme for enhancing Spatial Reuse in Multihop Wireless Networks ” The IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, IEEE WoWMoM 2008, CA, USA.

7.      Basel Alawieh*, Yongning Zhang*, Chadi Assi, “A Distributed Power and Rate Control Scheme for MANET” Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, IEEE WiOPT 2008, Germany.

8.      Jad El-Najjar*, Brigitte Jaumard, Chadi Assi, “Maximum Network Lifetime in Interference-Aware WiMax/802.16 Mesh Centralized Scheduling” 17th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2008, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

9.      Jad El-Najjar*, Brigitte Jaumard, Chadi Assi, “Minimizing Interference in WiMax/802.16 based Mesh Networks with Centralized Scheduling” IEEE Globecom 2008, Wireless Network Symposium.

10.  Jad El-Najjar*, Brigitte Jaumard, Chadi Assi, “Efficient Routing in WiMAX/802.16 based Mesh Networks with Centralized Scheduling” IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications, ISCC 2008.

11.  Khoder Shamy*, Jad El-Najjar, Chadi Assi, “Efficient Rate Adaptation with QoS Support for Wireless Networks” IEEE Globecom 2008, Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium.

12.  Basel Alawieh*, Yongning Zhang, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah “An Efficient Rate Adaptation Scheme for Multihop Wireless Networks Using Kalman Filter” IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications, ISCC 2008.

13.  Amin Ranjbar*, Chadi Assi, “Availability-Aware Design in FIPP p-cycles Protected Mesh Networks” 12th Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM 2008, IFIP, IEEE.

14.  Khoder Shamy*, Chadi Assi, Lei Guang* “A Study on Binary Exponential backoff in Noisy Heterogenous Environment” International Conference on Mobile and Sensor Networks IEEE MSN, 2007, Beijing, China.

15.  Basel Alawieh*, Chadi Assi, Hussein  Mouftah, “Invetigation of Power Aware IEEE 802.11” International Conference on Mobile and Sensor Networks IEEE MSN, 2007, Beijing, China.

16.  Hadi Otrok*, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi, Prabir Bhattacharya, “A Cooperative Approach for Analyzing Intrusions in Mobile Ad hoc Networks.” proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems - Workshops (ICDCS Workshops 2007), Toronto, Canada, June 25 - 29, 2007, IEEE Press.

17.  Basel Alawieh*, Chadi Assi, “Modeling and Analysis of Power-Aware Ad hoc Networks with Directional Antennas” IEEE ISCC 2007.

18.  Basel Alawieh*, Chadi Assi, Wessam Ajib “A Hybrid Power Control Scheme for Mobile Ad hoc Networks using Kalman Filter” 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2007, IEEE.

19.  A. Dhaini*, C. Assi, M. Maier, A. Shami, “Admission Control in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs)” IEEE ICC 2007.

20.  Abderrezak Rachedi, Abderrahim Benslimane, Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “A Confident Community to Secure Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks” IEEE ICC 2007.

21.  Basel Alawieh*, Chadi Assi, Wessam Ajib, “A Power Control Scheme for Directional MAC protocols in MANET” IEEE WCNC 2007.

22.  Kim-Khoa Nguyen*, Hicham Mahkoum*, Brigitte Jaumard, Chadi Assi, Mark Lanoue, “Towards a Distributed Control Plane Architecture for Next Generation Routers” IEEE EUROCOM 2007.

23.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, Abderahim Bensalimane, “Modeling and Analysis of Predictable Random Backoff in Selfish Environments” ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2006.

24.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, Abderahim Bensalimane, “Interlayer Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” IEEE MSN, Hong Kong, 2006.

25.  Xiaofeng Bai, Abdallah Shami, Khalim Amjad Meerja, Chadi Assi, “New Distributed QoS Control Scheme for IEEE 802.16 Wireless Access Networks” IEEE Globecom 2006, San Francisco.

26.  Mona Mehrandish*, Hadi Otrok*, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi, Prabir Bhattacharya, “A Game Theoretic Approach to Detect Network Intrusions: The Cooperative Intruders Scenario” IEEE Globecom 2006, San Francisco.

27.  Yi Liu*, Chadi Assi, Anjali Agarwal, “Enhanced Per-Flow Admission Control and QoS Provisioning in IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs” IEEE Globecom 2006, San Francisco.

28.  Yi Liu*, Shamsher Singh Pawar*, Chadi Assi, and Anjali Agarwal, “Dynamic Admission and Congestion Control for Real Time Traffic in IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs” IEEE WiMob'06 Montreal, Canada, 2006.

29.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “Mitigating Smart Selfish MAC Layer Misbehavior in Ad Hoc Networks” IEEE WiMob'06 Montreal, Canada, 2006.

30.  Hassan Issa*, Chadi Assi, Mourad Debbabi, “QoS-Aware Middleware for Web Services Composition - A Qualitative Approach” IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications, ISCC 2006, Italy.

31.  Ahmad Dhaini*, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, “Quality of Service in TDM/WDM Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs)” IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications, ISCC 2006, Italy.

32.  Israat T. Haque*, Chadi Assi, “OLEAR: Optimal Localized Energy Aware Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.

33.  Wei Huo*, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, “Multiple-Link Failures Survivability in Optical Networks with Traffic Grooming Capability” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.

34.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “A Self-Adaptive Detection Approach for MAC Misbehavior in Ad Hoc Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.

35.  Dev Shankar Mukherjee*, Chadi Assi, Anjali Agarwal, “Alternate Strategies for dual failure restoration using p-cycle” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.

36.  Mona Mehrandish*, Chadi Assi, Mourad Debbabi, “A Game Theoretic Model to Handle Network Intrusions over Multiple Packets” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.

37.  Ahmad Dhaini*, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, “Adaptive Fairness through intra-ONU Scheduling for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.

38.  N. Ghani, K. Atthuru, S.K. Park. A. Shami, C. Assi, “Multi-Tiered Service Survivability in Next-Generation SONET/SDH Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.

39.  ASM Delowar Hossain, A. Shami, C. Assi, M.Ali, “Supporting Private Networking Capability in EPON”, IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.

40.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi “Cross-Layer Cooperation to Handle MAC Misbehavior in Ad Hoc Networks”, Proceedings of 19th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE’06), 2006, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May, 2006.

41.  Ahmad Dhaini*, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, “Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Schemes in Hybrid TDM/WDM Passive Optical Networks” IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2006), 8-10 January 2006, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

42.  D. Hossain, H. Erkan, R. Dorsinville, M. Ali, A. Shami, C. Assi, “Protection for a ring-based EPON architecture” Broadband Networks, IEEE 2nd International Conference on Broadband Networks, 2005.

43.  I.T. Haque*, C. Assi, J.W. Atwood “Randomized Energy Aware Routing Algorithms in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” The 8-th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, MSWiM, October 10-13, 2005, Montreal, QC. Canada.

44.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “On the Resiliency of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks to MAC Layer Misbehavior” The 2nd ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks (PE-WASUN 2005), October 10-13, 2005, Montreal, Qc. Canada.

45.  X. Bai, A. Shami, and C. Assi, “Statistical Bandwidth Multiplexing in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks,” Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2005, Nov. 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

46.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “Impact of MAC Misbehavior on Routing Performance in Ad Hoc Routing”, WiMob'05 Montreal, Canada, August 2005.

47.  Chadi Assi, W. Huo* and A. Shami, “Impact of Resource Sharability on Dual Failure Restorability in Optical Mesh Networks”, IFIP Networking Conference (NETWORKING 2005), May 2005, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

48.  Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “MAC Misbehavior in the Ad Hoc Network”, 18th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
IEEE CCECE05, Saskatchewan, Canada May 1-4, 2005.

49.  Wei Huo*, Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, “Survivable Traffic Grooming in Optical Networks with Multiple Failures” 18th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE CCECE05, Saskatchewan, Canada May 1-4, 2005.

50.  Xiaofeng Bai, Abdallah Shami, Nasir Ghani and Chadi Assi, “A Hybrid Granting Algorithm for QoS Support in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Seoul, Korea, May 2005. (Selected in the top best 5 papers).

51.  Chadi Assi, Wei Huo*, Abdallah Shami, and Nasir Ghani “On The Benefits of Lightpath Re-Provisioning in Optical Mesh Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Seoul, Korea, May 2005.

52.  Chadi Assi, Wei Huo* and Abdallah Shami “Centralized vs. Distributed Re-provisioning in Optical Mesh Networks”, 4th International Conference on Networking (ICN 2005), April 2005, Reunion Island.

53.  H. Otrok*, A. Mourad*, M. Debbabi, and C. Assi. Improving the Security of SNMP in Wireless Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Wireless Networks, Communications, and Mobile Computing, Wirelesscom'2005, Pages 1--5, Maui, Hawaii, USA, June 2005, IEEE Press.

54.  O. Moselhi, A. Hammad, S. Alkass, C. Assi, M. Debbabi and M. Haider. Vulnerability Assessment of Civil Infrastructure Systems: A Network Approach. In Proceedings of the first CSCE Specialty Conference on Infrastructure Technologies, Management and Policy, Pages 1--8, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2005 (Received an Award of Excellence).

55.  A. Benssam, S. Ray, A. Boukhtouta, F. Guerroumi, C. Assi, and M. Debbabi. A new Paradigm for Information Systems Integration. In Proceedings of Montreal Conference on e-Technologies, MCETECH'05, Pages 63--72, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, January 2005.

56.  A. Shami, X. Bai, C. Assi, N. Ghani “Quality of Service in Two-Stage Ethernet Passive Optical Access Networks” 13th International Conference on Computer, Communications and Networks, IEEE, October 11-13, 2004 Chicago, IL USA.

57.  Wei Huo*, Chadi Assi, and Abdallah Shami “A New Framework for Rapid Restoration in Optical Mesh Networks” IWNDA 2004, Montreal, Canada, August 2004.

58.  A. Shami, X. Bai, C. Assi, N. Ghani “A New Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Scheme in Ethernet Passive Optical Access Networks” IWNDA 2004, Montreal, Canada, August 2004.

59.  A. Khalil, C. Assi, A. Hadjiantonis, G. Ellinas, and M. Ali, “On Dynamic Multicast Traffic Grooming In WDM Networks”, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC'2004, June 29-July 1st, Egypt, 2004.

60.  N. Ghani, C. Assi, A. Shami, and M. Ali, “Integrated Traffic Grooming in Converged Data-Optical Networks” ”, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC'2004, June 29-July 1st, Egypt, 2004.

61.  A. Khalil, C. Assi, A. Hadjiantonis, G. Ellinas, and M. Ali, “Multicast Traffic Grooming in WDM Networks” IEEE CCECE 2004, May 2-5 2004.

62.  N. Ghani, C. Assi, and A. Shami “Inverse Multiplexing in Multi-Layer Optical Grooming Networks”, IEEE SARNOFF, April 26- 27, 2004, Princeton, NJ.

63.  N. Ghani, A. Shami, C. Assi, and Y. Raja, “Quality of Service in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks,” IEEE SARNOFF, April 26- 27, 2004, Princeton, NJ.

64.  Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, and S. Dixit, “Support of QoS in IP-based Ethernet-PON Networks” IEEE GLOBECOM, San Francisco, December 2003.

65.  Chadi Assi, A. Khalil, N. Ghani, and M. Ali, “Efficient Shared Path Protection in Mesh WDM Networks”, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC'2003, Turkey.

66.  Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, A. Shami, S. Dixit and M. Ali, “Performance Evaluation of Efficient Path Selection and Fast Restoration Algorithms for Shared Restorable Mesh WDM Networks” Proc. of IEEE ICC 2003, Anchorage, Alaska.

67.  Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, A. Shami, S. Dixit and M. Ali, “A Hybrid Distributed Fault-Management Protocol for Combating Single-Fiber Failures in Mesh-based DWDM Optical Networks” IEEE GLOBECOM 2002, Taipei, Taiwan.

1.      A. Khalil, C. Assi, and M. Ali, “Analytical Modeling of Blocking Probabilities in WDM-Based Optical Networks with Fixed Alternate Routing and Trunk Reservation”, International Conference on Communications and Computer Networks, Cambridge, MIT, Nov. 2002.

2.      A. Shami, C. Assi and M. Ali, “Performance Evaluation of Two GMPLS-Based Distributed Control and Management Protocols for Dynamic Lightpath Provisioning in Future IP Networks” Proc. of IEEE, ICC’02.

3.      Chadi Assi, Yinghua Ye, Abdallah Shami, and M. A. Ali, “On the Merit of IP/MPLS Protection/Restoration in IP over WDM networks”, IEEE GLOBECOM 2001, San Antonio, Texas.

4.      Abdallah Shami, Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi and M. A. Ali “A Novel Distributed Connection Management Scheme for Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks” IEEE GLOBECOM 2001, San Antonio, Texas.

5.      Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi, Sudhir Dixit, and M. A. Ali, “The Impact of Shared Protection Mechanisms in IP over WDM Networks” Proceedings, SPIE APOC2001, China.

6.      Z. Zhang, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, and X. Liu “Impact of wavelength converters on the performance of optical networks” Proceedings, SPIE APOC2001, China.

7.      A. Shami, C. Assi, Y. Ye, and M. Ali “Multi-Path Based Distributed Routing Algorithm for WDM Routed Networks,” Proc. IEEE/LEOS ECOC, September 2001, Amsterdam, Holland.

8.      Chadi Assi, Yinghua Ye, Abdallah Shami, and M. A. Ali “Designing a Survivable IP over WDM networks” Proceedings, SPIE OPTICOMM 2001, Denver, Colorado.

9.      Abdallah Shami, Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi and M. A. Ali “A Novel Distributed Connection Management Scheme for Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks” Proceedings, SPIE OPTICOMM 2001 (now IEEE Broadnets), Denver, Colorado.