List of Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. Mostafa M. Fouda, Sadman Sakib, Zubair Md Fadlullah, Nidal Nasser, and Mohsen Guizani, “A Lightweight Hierarchical AI Model for UAV-Enabled Edge Computing With Forest-fire Detection Use-case,” to appear in IEEE Network.

  2. Sherief Hashima, Zubair Md Fadlullah, Mostafa M. Fouda, Ehab Mahmoud Mohamed, Kohei Hatano, Basem M. ElHalawany, and Mohsen Guizani, “On Softwarization of Intelligence in 6G Networks for Ultra-Fast Optimal Policy Selection: Challenges and Opportunities,” to appear in IEEE Network.

  3. Sadman Sakib, Mostafa M. Fouda, Muftah Al-Mahdawi, Attayeb Mohsen, Mikihiko Oogane, Yasuo Ando, and Zubair Md Fadlullah, “Deep Learning Models for Magnetic Cardiography Edge Sensors Implementing Noise Processing and Diagnostics,” IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 2656–2668, Jan. 2022.

  4. Zubair Md Fadlullah and AbderRahim Benslimane, “Joint Provisioning of QoS and Security in IoD Networks: Classical Optimization Meets AI,” December 2021/Internet-of-Drones: Novel Applications, Recent Deployments and Integration, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Dec. 2021.

  5. Nidal Nasser, Zubair Md Fadlullah, Mostafa M. Fouda, Asma Ali, and Muhmmad Imran, “A Lightweight Federated Learning Based Privacy Preserving B5G Pandemic REsponse Network Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Proof-of-Concept,” Elsvier Computer Networks, Special Issue on Federated Learning and Blockchain Supported Smart Networking in Beyond 5G (B5G) Wireless Communication, accepted, to appear, Dec. 2021.

  6. Tahrat Tazrin, Quazi Abidur Rahman, Mostafa M. Fouda and Zubair Md Fadlullah, “LiHEA: Migrating EEG Analytics to Ultra-Edge IoT Devices With Logic-in-Headbands,” in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 138834-138848, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3118971.

  7. Bodrul Alam, Zubair Md Fadlullah, and Salimur Coudhury, “A Resource Allocation Model Based on Trust Evaluation in Multi-Cloud Environments”, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 105577-105587, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS. 2021.3100316.

  8. Ehab Mahmoud Mohamed, Sherief Hashima, Kohei Hatano, Mostafa M. Fouda, and Zubair Md Fadlullah, “Sleeping Contextual/Non-Contextual Thompson Sampling MAB for mmWave D2D Two-Hop Relay Probing,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 12101-12112, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3116223.

  9. Zubair Md Fadlullah and Nei Kato, “On Smart IoT Remote Sensing Over IntegratedTerrestrial-Aerial- Space Networks:An Asynchronous Federated Learning Approach”, IEEE Network, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 129-135, Sep./Oct. 2021, doi: 10.1109/MNET.101.2100125.

  10. Tahrat Tazrin, Mostafa M. Fouda,Zubair Md Fadlullah, and Nidal Nasser, “UV-CDS: On-Premises Energy-Efficient Scheduling of Ultraviolet-C Drone-based Sterilization to Combat COVID-19,” IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 1191-1201, Sep. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TGCN.2021.3074536.

  11. Sadman Sakib, Mostafa M. Fouda, Zubair Md Fadlullah, Nidal Nasser, and Waleed Alasmary, “A Proof-of-Concept of Ultra-Edge Smart IoT Sensor: A Continuous and Lightweight Arrhythmia Monitoring Approach,” accepted in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 26093–26106, Feb. 2021.

  12. Bushra Mughal, Zubair Md Fadlullah, and Salama Ikki, “Centralized Versus Heuristic-based Distributed Channel Allocation to Minimize Packet Transmission Delay for Multiband Relay Networks,” IEEE Networking Letters, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 180-184, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1109/LNET.2020.3030870.

  13. Sadman Sakib, Tahrat Tazrin, Mostafa M. Fouda, Zubair Md Fadlullah, and Nidal Nasser, “An Efficient and Light-weight Predictive Channel Assignment Scheme for Multi-Band B5G Enabled Massive IoT: A Deep Learning Approach,” Special Issue on Enabling Massive IoT with 6G: Applications, Architectures, Challenges and Research Directions in IEEE Internet of Things (IoT) Journal (5-year Impact Factor: 11.705), Oct. 2020, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.3032516.

  14. Sadman Sakib, Tahrat Tazrin, Mostafa M. Fouda, Zubair Md Fadlullah, and Mohsen Guizani, “DL-CRC: Deep Learning-based Chest Radiograph Classification for COVID-19 Detection: A Novel Approach,” IEEE Access (Impact factor: 3.745), vol. 8, pp. 171575–171589, Sep. 2020.

  15. Sadman Sakib, Tahrat Tazrin, Mostafa M. Fouda, Zubair Md Fadlullah, and Nidal Nasser, “A Deep Learning Method for Predictive Channel Assignment in Beyond 5G Networks”, IEEE Network Magazine (Impact factor: 8.808), accepted, Sep. 2020, doi: 10.1109/MNET.011.2000301.

  16. Zubair Md. Fadlullah and Nei Kato, “HCP: Heterogeneous Computing Platform for Federated Learning Based Collaborative Content Caching Towards 6G Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), early access article, Apr. 2020

  17. Fengxiao Tang, Bomin Mao, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Jiajia Liu, and Nei Kato, “ST-DeLTA: A Novel Spatial-Temporal Value Network Aided Deep Learning Based Intelligent Network Traffic Control System,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, Jul. 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TSUSC.2019.2929935.

  18. Bomin Mao, Fengxiao Tang, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “An Intelligent Route Computation Approach Based on Real-Time Deep Learning Strategy for Software Defined Communication Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing. (TETC), vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 565-577, 1 Oct.-Dec. 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TETC.2019.2899407.

  19. Fengxiao Tang, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Bomin Mao, Nei Kato, Fumie Ono, and Ryu Miura, “On A Novel Adaptive UAV-Mounted Cloudlet-Aided Recommendation System for LBSNs,” IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 565-577, 1 Oct.-Dec. 2019.

  20. Bomin Mao, Fengxiao Tang, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “An Absorbing Markov Chain Based Model to Solve Computation and Communication Tradeoff in GPU-Accelerated MDRUs for Safety Confirmation in Disaster Scenarios,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 1256-1268, Sept. 2019.

  21. Nei Kato, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Fengxiao Tang, Bomin Mao, Shigenori Tani, Atsushi Okamura, and Jiajia Liu, “Optimizing Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks by Artificial Intelligence,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (WCM), vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 140-147, Aug. 2019.

  22. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Bomin Mao, Fengxiao Tang, and Nei Kato, “Value Iteration Architecture based Deep Learning for Intelligent Routing Exploiting Heterogeneous Computing Platforms,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 939-950, June 2019.

  23. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Yuichi Kawamoto, Hiroki Nishiyama, Nei Kato, Naoto Egashira, Kazuto Yano, and Tomoaki Kumagai, “Multi-hop Wireless Transmission in Multi-band WLAN Systems: Proposal and Future Perspective,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (WCM), vol26, no.1, pp.108-113, Feb. 2019.

  24. Fengxiao Tang, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Bomin Mao, and Nei Kato, “An Intelligent Traffic Load Prediction Based Adaptive Channel Assignment Algorithm in SDN-IoT: A Deep Learning Approach,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 5141 - 5154, Dec. 2018.

  25. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Fengxiao Tang, Bomin Mao, Jiajia Liu, and Nei Kato, “On Intelligent Trafic Control For Large-Scale Heterogeneous Networks: A Value Matrix-Based Deep Learning Approach,” IEEE Communication Letters, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2479-2482, Dec. 2018.

  26. Yibo Zhou, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Bomin Mao, and Nei Kato, “A Deep Learning Based Radio Resource Assignment Technique For 5G Ultra Dense Networks,” IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 28 - 34, Nov. 2018.

  27. Hongzhi Guo, Jiajia Liu, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “On Minimizing Energy Consumption in FiWi Enhanced LTE-A HetNets,” IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 579-591, Oct. 2018.

  28. Jiajia Liu, Yongpeng Shi, Yongpeng Shi, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network: A Survey,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 2714-2741, Oct. 2018.

  29. Fengxiao Tang, Bomin Mao, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “On a Novel Deep Learning Based Intelligent Partially Overlapping Channel Assignmentin SDN-IoT,” IEEE Communication Magazine, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 80-86, Sept. 2018.

  30. Bomin Mao, Fengxiao Tang, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nei Kato, Osamu Akashi, Takeru Inoue, and Kimihiro Mizutani, “A Novel Non-supervised Deep Learning Based Network Traffic Control Method for Software Defined Wireless Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 74-81, Aug. 2018.

  31. Yongpeng Shi, Jiajia Liu, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “Cross-layer Data Delivery in SatelliteAerial-Terrestrial Communication,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 138-143, June 2018.

  32. Yuanyuan Qiao, Zhizhuang Xing, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Jie Yang, and Nei Kato, “Characterizing Flow, Application, and User Behavior in Mobile Networks – A Framework for Mobile Big Data,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (WCM), Special Issue - Wireless Big Data, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 40-49, Feb. 2018.

  33. Fengxiao Tang, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nei Kato, Fumie Ono, and Ryu Miura, “AC-POCA: AntiCoordination Game based Partially Overlapping Channels Assignment in Combined UAV and D2D based Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 1672-1683, Feb. 2018.

  34. Fengxiao Tang, Bomin Mao, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nei Kato, Osamu Akashi, Takeru Inoue, and Kimihiro Mizutani, “On Removing Routing Protocol from Future Wireless Networks: A Real-time Deep Learning Approach for Intelligent Traffic Control,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (WCM), Vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 154-160, Feb. 2018.

  35. Bomin Mao, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Fengxiao Tang, Nei Kato, Osamu Akashi, Takeru Inoue, and Kimihiro Mizutani, “Routing or Computing? The Paradigm Shift Towards Intelligent Computer Network Packet Transmission Based on Deep Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 1946-1960, Nov. 2017.

  36. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Fengxiao Tang, Bomin Mao, Nei Kato, Osamu Akashi, Takeru Inoue, and Kimihiro Mizutani, “State-of-the-Art Deep Learning: Evolving Machine Intelligence Toward Tomorrow’s Intelligent Network Traffic Control Systems,” IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 2432-2455, May 2017.

  37. Shikhar Verma, Yuichi Kawamoto, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Hiroki Nishiyama, and Nei Kato, “A Survey on Network Methodologies for Real-Time Analytics of Massive IoT Data and Open Research Issues,” IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 1457-1477, Apr. 2017.

  38. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Chao Wei, Zhiguo Shi, and Nei Kato, “GT-QoSec: A Game-Theoretic Joint Optimization of QoS and Security for Differentiated Services in Next Generation Heterogeneous Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol.16,no. 2, pp.1037-1050, Feb.2017.

  39. Nei Kato, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Bomin Mao, Fengxiao Tang, Osamu Akashi, Takeru Inoue, and Kimihiro Mizutani, “The Deep Learning Vision for Heterogeneous Network Traffic Control – Proposal, Challenges, and Future Perspective –,” IEEE Wireless Communications (WCM), vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 146-153, Dec. 2016.

  40. Jiajia Liu, Hongzhi Guo, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “Energy Consumption Minimization for FiWi Enhanced LTE-A HetNets with UE Connection Constraint,” IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on 5G RAN, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 56 - 62, Nov. 2016.

  41. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Wei Chao, Zhiguo Shi, and Nei Kato, “Joint Optimization of QoS and Security for Differentiated Applications in Heterogeneous Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 74-81, Jan. 2016.

  42. Toshikazu Sakano, Satoshi Kotabe, Tetsuro Komukai, Tomoaki Kumagai, Yoshitaka Shimizu, Atsushi Takahara, Thuan Ngo, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Hiroki Nishiyama, and Nei Kato, “Bringing Movable and Deployable Networks to Disaster Areas: Development and Field Test of MDRU,” IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 86-91, Jan. 2016.

  43. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Daisuke Takaishi, Hiroki Nishiyama, Nei Kato, and Ryu Miura, “A Dynamic Trajectory Control Algorithm for Improving the Communication Throughput and Delay in UAVaided Networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 100-105, Jan. 2016.

  44. Keisuke MIYANABE, Katsuya Suto, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Hiroki Nishiyama, Nei Kato, Hirotaka Ujikawa, and Ken-Ichi Suzuki, “A cloud radio access network with power over fiber toward 5G networks: QoE-guaranteed design and operation,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 58-64, Aug. 2015.

  45. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Tota Nakajo, Hiroki Nishiyama, Yasunori Owada, Kiyoshi Hamaguchi, and Nei Kato, “Field Measurement of an Implemented Solar Powered BS-based Wireless Mesh Network,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 137-143, July 2015.

  46. Wei Zhao, Hiroki Nishiyama, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nei Kato, and Kiyoshi Hamaguchi, “DAPA: Capacity Optimization in Wireless Networks through a Combined Design of Density of Access Points and Partially Overlapped Channel Allocation,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 5, May 2015.

  47. Ahmed E.A.A. Abdulla, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Hiroki Nishiyama, Nei Kato, Fumie Ono, and Ryu Miura, “Toward Fair Maximization of Energy Efficiency in Multiple UAS-aided Networks: A GameTheoretic Methodology,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 305316, Jan. 2015.

  48. Chao Wei, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nei Kato and Akira Takeuchi, “GT-CFS: A Game Theoretic Coalition Formulation Strategy for Reducing Power Loss in Micro Grids,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 2307-2317, Sept. 2014.

  49. Shintaro Arai, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Thuan Ngo, Hiroki Nishiyama, and Nei Kato, “An Efficient Method for Minimizing Energy Consumption of User Equipment in Storage-Embedded Heterogeneous Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 70-76, Aug. 2014.

  50. Chao Wei, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nei Kato, and Ivan Stojmenovic, “On Optimally Reducing Power Loss in Micro-Grids with Power Storage Devices,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 1361-1370, Jul. 2014.

  51. Yuichi Kawamoto, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Hiroki Nishiyama, Nei Kato, and Morio Toyoshima, “Prospects and Challenges of Context-aware Multimedia Content Delivery in Cooperative Satellite and Terrestrial Networks,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 55-61, Jun. 2014.

  52. Z. M. Fadlullah, D. M. Quan, N. kato, and I. Stojmenovic, “GTES: An Optimized Game-Theoretic Demand-Side Management Scheme for Smart Grid,” IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 588-597, June 2014.

  53. Hiroki Nishiyama, Desmond Fomo, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “Traffic Pattern Based Content Leakage Detection for Trusted Content Delivery Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 301-309, Feb. 2014.

  54. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Hiroki Nishiyama, Yuichi Kawamoto, Hirotaka Ujikawa, Kenichi Suzuki, and Naoto Yoshimoto, “Cooperative QoS Control Scheme based on Scheduling Information in FiWi Access Network,” IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 375-383, Dec. 2013.

  55. Yuichi Kawamoto, Hiroki Nishiyama, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “Effective Data Collection via Satellite-Routed Sensor System (SRSS) to Realize Global-Scaled Internet of Things,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 3645-3654, Oct. 2013.

  56. Toshikazu Sakano, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Thuan Ngo, Hiroki Nishiyama, Masataka Nakazawa, Fumiyuki Adachi, Nei Kato, Atsushi Takahara, Tomoaki Kumagai, Hiromichi Kasahara, and Shigeki Kurihara, “Disaster-Resilient Networking: A New Vision Based on Movable and Deployable Resource Units,” IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 40-46, Aug. 2013.

  57. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Hiroki Nishiyama, Nei Kato, and Mostafa M. Fouda, “Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for Combating Attacks Against Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 51-56, June 2013.

  58. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Hiroki Nishiyama, Nei Kato, Hirotaka Ujikawa, Kenichi Suzuki, and Naoto Yoshimoto, “Smart FiWi Networks: Challenges and Solutions for QoS and Green Communications,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 86-91, Apr. 2013.

  59. Mostafa M. Fouda, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Mohsen Guizani, and Nei Kato, “A Novel P2P VoD Streaming Technique Integrating Localization and Congestion Awareness Strategies,” Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 594-603, Oct. 2012.

  60. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nei Kato, Rongxing Lu, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, and Yousuke Nozaki, “Toward Secure Targeted Broadcast in Smart Grid,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 150-156, May 2012.

  61. Pedro B. F. Duarte, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, and Nei Kato, “On the Partially Overlapped Channel Assignment on Wireless Mesh Network Backbone: A Game Theoretic Approach,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 119-127, Jan. 2012.

  62. Mostafa M. Fouda, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nei Kato, Rongxing Lu, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, “A Lightweight Message Authentication Scheme for Smart Grid Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 675-685, Dec. 2011.

  63. Qing Chen, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Xiaodong Lin, and Nei Kato, “A Clique-based Secure Admission Control Scheme for Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs),” Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1827-1835, Nov. 2011.

  64. Hidehisa Nakayama, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Nirwan Ansari, and Nei Kato, “A Novel Scheme for WSAN Sink Mobility based on Clustering and Set Packing Techniques,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 56, no. 10, pp. 2381-2389, Oct. 2011.

  65. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Mostafa M. Fouda, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, Yousuke Nozaki, and Nei Kato, “An Early Warning System Against Malicious Activities for Smart Grid Communications,” IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 50-55, Oct. 2011.

  66. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Mostafa M. Fouda, Nei Kato, Akira Takeuchi, Noboru Iwasaki, and Yousuke Nozaki, “Toward Intelligent Machine-to-Machine Communications in Smart Grid,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 60-65, Apr. 2011.

  67. Hiroki Nishiyama, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, and Nei Kato, “Inter-Layer Fairness Problem in TCP Bandwidth Sharing in 10G-EPON,” IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 432-439, Dec. 2010.

  68. Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Tarik Taleb, Athanasios Vasilakos, Mohsen Guizani, and Nei Kato, “DTRAB: Combating Against Attacks on Encrypted Protocols Through Traffic-Feature Analysis,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 1234-1247, Aug. 2010.