Conference Publications (accepted/published)
  1. Elias Bou-Harb, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi; A Statistical Approach for Fingerprinting Probing Activities; 8th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (“ARES”) 2013 (BEST paper award).
  2. Elias Bou-Harb, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi. On Detecting and Clustering Distributed Cyber Scanning, in the 9th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2013).
  3. Mohammad Nurujjaman, Samir Sebbah, Chadi Assi: Planning and optimization of highly resilient multi-ring ERP-based mesh networks. DRCN 2013: 203-209.
  4. F. Xu., K. Shaban, N. Ghani, M. Hayat, C. Assi,  "Regional Failure Survivability for Cloud Networking Services Using Post Fault Resoration" IEEE Systems of Systems (SoSE) 2013, Hawai, June, 
  5. Maurice Khabbaz, Hamed Alazemi, Chadi Assi, “Stochastic Data Delivery Delay Analysis In Intermittently Connected Vehicular Networks” IEEE Globecom 2012, Anaheim, CA, US.
  6. Mohammad Nurujjaman, Samier Sebbah, Chadi Assi, Improving Service Availability In ERP Based Mesh Networks IEEE Globecom 2012, Anaheim, CA, US.
  7. Elias Bou-Harb, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi, “A First Look on the Effects and Mitigation of VoIP SPIT Flooding in 4G Mobile Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
  8. M. Faisal Uddin, Chadi Assi, Ali Ghrayeb, “Joint Optimal Relay Selection and Power Allocation in Multicast Cooperative Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
  9. Mohamad Kiaei, Kerim Fouli, Martin Maier, Martin Reisslin, Chadi Assi, “Delay Analysis for Ethernet Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
  10. Mohammad Nurujjaman, Samir Sebbah, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier “Optimal Capacity Planning and RPL Placement in Carrier Ethernet Mesh Network Design” IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada. 
  11.  Maurice Khabbaz, Wissam Fawaz, Chadi Assi, “”Modeling and Analysis of Bulk Bundle Release Schemes in Two-Hop Vehicular DTNs” IEEE GLOBECOM 2011,  Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium, Houston, 2011.
  12. Mohammad Nurujjaman, Mehdi Sherifi, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, “Minimizing EEE overhead in Green Packet Optical Transport Networks (P-OTNs)” IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Houston, 2011.
  13. Mohamad Kiaei, Samir Sebbah, Anton Cerny, Hamed Alazemi, Chadi Assi, “Survivable Network Design Models based on Pre-Cross-Connected Trails” ICCCN 2011, To appear, Hawai.
  14. Maurice Khabbaz, Wissam Fawaz, Chadi Assi, “A Probabilistic Bundle Relay Strategy In Two-Hop Vehicular Delay Tolerant Networks” ICC 2011 Wireless Networking Symposium, Japan, 2011.
  15. Mohamad Kiaei, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, “Joint Scheduling and Bandwidth Allocation Methods for 10G-EPON and Beyond” ICC 2011 Next Generation Networking and Internet Symposium, Japan, 2011.
  16. Faisal Uddin, Hamed Alazemi, Chadi Assi, Optimal Flexible Spectrum Partitioning for Multihop Wireless Networks with Software Defined Radios, 13th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems – MSWIM, 2010, Turkey.
  17. Mohammad Faisal Uddin, Mohammad Nurujjaman, Chadi Assi: Joint Scheduling and Spectrum Allocation in Wireless Networks with Frequency-Agile Radios. ADHOC-NOW 2010, Alberta, Canada.
  18. Mina Yazdanpanah, Chadi Assi, Yousef Shayan “Optimal Joint Routing and Scheduling in Wireless Mesh Networks with Smart Antennas” 2nd IEEE Workshop on Hot Topics in Mesh Networking, Montreal, Canada, 2010.
  19. Basel Alawieh, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah, Hamed Alazemi, “An Effective Rate Adaptation Scheme for Multihop Wireless Networks” IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2010, Italy, 2010.
  20. M. S. Kaiei, Lehan Meng, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, “'Efficient Joint Scheduling and Grant Sizing in Multichannel WDM PONs'” IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC, Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, 2010.
  21. Mohammad Uddin, Chadi Assi, Hamed Alazemi “Joint Routing, Scheduling and Variable-Width Channel allocation for Multi-hop WMNs” IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC, Ad-hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium, 2010.
  22. Mina Yazdanpanah, Chadi Assi, Yousef Shayan  “Cross-layer Optimization for Wireless Mesh Networks with Multi-antenna Beam-forming” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2010.
  23. Kiaei, M.S.  Ranjbar, A.  Rocha, C.  Jaumard, B.  Assi, C. “Improved availability models for p-cycle-based network design” Proceedings 7th International Workshop on Design of Reliable Communication Networks, 2009. (DRCN 2009). 
  24. Lehan Meng, Jad-El-Najjar, Hamed Al-Azemi, 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 (This paper received a commemorative bursary award from the conference organizing committee).
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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 
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. Basel Alawieh*, Chadi Assi, “Modeling and Analysis of Power-Aware Ad hoc Networks with Directional Antennas” IEEE ISCC 2007.
  41. 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.
  42. A. Dhaini*, C. Assi, M. Maier, A. Shami, “Admission Control in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs)” IEEE ICC 2007.
  43. Abderrezak Rachedi, Abderrahim Benslimane, Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “A Confident Community to Secure Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks” IEEE ICC 2007.
  44. Basel Alawieh*, Chadi Assi, Wessam Ajib, “A Power Control Scheme for Directional MAC protocols in MANET” IEEE WCNC 2007.
  45. Kim-Khoa Nguyen*, Hicham Mahkoum*, Brigitte Jaumard, Chadi Assi, Mark Lanoue, “Towards a Distributed Control Plane Architecture for Next Generation Routers” IEEE EUROCOM 2007.
  46. Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, Abderahim Bensalimane, “Modeling and Analysis of Predictable Random Backoff in Selfish Environments” ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2006.
  47. Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, Abderahim Bensalimane, “Interlayer Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” IEEE MSN, Hong Kong, 2006.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 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.
  52. Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “Mitigating Smart Selfish MAC Layer Misbehavior in Ad Hoc Networks” IEEE WiMob'06 Montreal, Canada, 2006 (As of August 2012, this paper has been cited 24 times).
  53. 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.
  54. 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.
  55. Israat T. Haque*, Chadi Assi, “OLEAR: Optimal Localized Energy Aware Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.
  56. Wei Huo*, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, “Multiple-Link Failures Survivability in Optical Networks with Traffic Grooming Capability” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.
  57. Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “A Self-Adaptive Detection Approach for MAC Misbehavior in Ad Hoc Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.
  58. Dev Shankar Mukherjee*, Chadi Assi, Anjali Agarwal, “Alternate Strategies for dual failure restoration using p-cycle” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.
  59. Mona Mehrandish*, Chadi Assi, Mourad Debbabi, “A Game Theoretic Model to Handle Network Intrusions over Multiple Packets” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.
  60. Ahmad Dhaini*, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, “Adaptive Fairness through intra-ONU Scheduling for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006.
  61. 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.
  62. ASM Delowar Hossain, A. Shami, C. Assi, M.Ali, “Supporting Private  Networking Capability in EPON”, IEEE International Conference on Communication, Turkey, 2006. 
  63. 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.
  64. 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.
  65. 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.
  66. 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.
  67. 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.
  68. 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.
  69. Lei Guang*, Chadi Assi, “Impact of MAC Misbehavior on Routing Performance in Ad Hoc Routing”, WiMob'05 Montreal, Canada, August 2005.
  70. 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.
  71. 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.
  72. 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.
  73. 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) 
  74. 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.
  75. 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.
  76. 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. 
  77. 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).
  78. 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.  
  79. 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.
  80. Wei Huo*, Chadi Assi, and Abdallah Shami “A New Framework for Rapid Restoration in Optical Mesh Networks” IWNDA 2004, Montreal, Canada, August 2004.
  81. 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.
  82. 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.
  83. 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.
  84. A. Khalil, C. Assi, A. Hadjiantonis, G. Ellinas, and M. Ali, “Multicast Traffic Grooming in WDM Networks” IEEE CCECE 2004, May 2-5 2004.
  85. N. Ghani, C. Assi, and A. Shami “Inverse Multiplexing in Multi-Layer Optical Grooming Networks”, IEEE SARNOFF, April 26- 27, 2004, Princeton, NJ.
  86. 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.
  87. Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, and S. Dixit, “Support of QoS in IP-based Ethernet-PON Networks” IEEE GLOBECOM, San Francisco, December 2003.
  88. 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.
  89. 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.
  90. 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.
  91. 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.
  92. 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.
  93. 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.
  94. 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.
  95. 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.
  96. Z. Zhang, Chadi Assi, Abdallah Shami, and X. Liu “Impact of wavelength converters on the performance of optical networks” Proceedings, SPIE APOC2001, China.
  97. 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.
  98. Chadi Assi, Yinghua Ye, Abdallah Shami, and M. A. Ali “Designing a Survivable IP over WDM networks” Proceedings, SPIE OPTICOMM 2001, Denver, Colorado.
  99. 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, Denver, Colorado.
  100. Abdallah Shami, Chadi Assi, Mohamed A. Ali: Dynamic Wavelength Provisioning in DWDM-Based Optical Network. ONDM 2001: 357-370