• Automatic generation of optimized workflow for distributed computations on large-scale matrices 

      Sabry, Farida; Erradi, Abdelkarim; Nassar, Mohamed; Malluhi, Qutaibah M. ( Springer Verlag , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Efficient evaluation of distributed computation on large-scale data is prominent in modern scientific computation; especially analysis of big data, image processing and data mining applications. This problem is particularly ...
    • A model driven framework for secure outsourcing of computation to the cloud 

      Nassar, Mohamed; Erradi, Abdelkarim; Sabry, Farida; Malluhi, Qutaibah M. ( IEEE Computer Society , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      This paper presents a model driven approach to define then coordinate the execution of protocols for secure outsourcing of computation of large datasets in cloud computing environments. First we present our Outsourcing ...
    • Reasoning about security policies of services using answer set programming 

      Asuncion, Vernon; Khan, Khaled M.; Erradi, Abdelkarim; Alhazbi, Saleh ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      In this paper, we propose a formal framework for checking the consistency of security policies of services using Answer Set Programming (ASP). We illustrate that the formalisation of security policies of the service providers ...
    • Retinal image enhancement using Laplacian pyramidal multi-scaling 

      Khan, Sharifuzzaman; Qidwai, Uvais; Muhammad, Hamed; Qidwai, Umair ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Early detection of retinal diseases is important to avoid complications and permanent vision loss. In this paper retinal neovascularization and molecular degeneration has been emphasized. Neovascularization is in form of ...
    • Embedded wearable EEG seizure detection in ambulatory state 

      Shakir, Mohamed; Malik, Aamir Saeed; Kamel, Nidal; Qidwai, Uvais ( UK Simulation Society , 2014 , Article)
      This paper describes a classification method is presented using a Fuzzy System to detect the occurrences of Partial Seizures from Epilepsy data, which can be implemented in any embedded system as a wearable detection system. ...
    • Intelligent Fuzzy Classifier for pre-seizure detection from real epileptic data 

      Shakir, Mohamed; Malik, Aamir Saeed; Kamel, Nidal; Qidwai, Uvais ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      In this paper, a classification method is presented using an Fuzzy Inference Engine to detect the incidences of pre-seizures in real/raw Epilepsy data. The system distinguishes between 'Normal', 'Pre-Seizure' and 'Seizure' ...
    • Wirelessly controlled mimicing humanoid robot 

      Qidwai, Uvais; Shakir, Mohamed; Hakouz, Wa'ed; Musa, Nour ( IEEE , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Educational humanoid robots have started to find there place in institutions for children with special needs and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children therapy centers. Most of the humanoid robots are expensive, or come ...
    • Detection of partial seizure: An application of fuzzy rule system for wearable ambulatory systems 

      Shakir, Mohamed; Malik, Aamir Saeed; Kamel, Nidal; Qidwai, Uvais ( IEEE , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Electroencephalography (EEG) plays an intelligent role, especially EEG based health diagnosis of brain disorder, as well as brain-computer interface (BCI) applications. One such research field is related to epilepsy. The ...
    • Parallelizing exact motif finding algorithms on multi-core 

      Abbas, Mostafa M.; Bahig, Hazem M.; Abouelhoda, Mohamed; Mohie-Eldin, M.M. ( Springer Science+Business Media , 2014 , Article)
      The motif finding problem is one of the important and challenging problems in bioinformatics. A variety of sequential algorithms have been proposed to find exact motifs, but the running time is still not suitable due to ...
    • Distributed interference management using Q-Learning in cognitive femtocell networks: New USRP-based implementation 

      Elsayed M.H.M.; Mohamed A. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      Femtocell networks have become a promising solution in supporting high data rates for 5G systems, where cell densification is performed using the small femtocells. However, femtocell networks have many challenges. One of ...
    • Paillier's encryption: Implementation and cloud applications 

      Nassar, Mohamed; Erradi, Abdelkarim; Malluhi, Qutaibah M. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      Paillier's additive homomorphic encryption is increasingly used in recent research in the field of cloud secure outsourcing and privacy-preserving computation in addition to other cryptographic tools such as garbled circuits. ...
    • A Domain Specific Language for Secure Outsourcing of Computation to the Cloud 

      Nassar, Mohamed; Erradi, Abdelkarim; Malluhi, Qutaibah M. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      Secure outsourcing of computation has gained importance with the proliferation of cloud services. However, existing outsourcing protocol specification languages are mainly suitable for secure multi-party computation. They ...
    • Data Obfuscation for Privacy and Confidentiality in Cloud Computing 

      Khan, Khaled M.; Shaheen, Mahboob ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      This paper proposes a data obfuscation approach in outsourcing matrix multiplication to cloud computing. It is primarily based on splitting the rows and columns of matrices to alter their actual dimension coupled with ...
    • Can immersive type of Virtual Reality bring EMG pattern changes post facial palsy? 

      Qidwai, Uvais; Ajimsha, M. S. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      The loss of facial expression via facial paralysis is a devastating condition, both functionally and aesthetically. However, given the life-long plasticity of the brain one could assume that recovery could be facilitated ...
    • A novel multi-hop body-To-body routing protocol for disaster and emergency networks 

      Ben Arbia, Dhafer; Alam, Muhammad Mahtab; Attia, Rabah; Ben Hamida, Elye ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      In this paper, a new multi-hop routing protocol (called ORACE-Net) for disaster and emergency networks is proposed. The proposed hierarchical protocol creates an ad-hoc network through body-To-body (B2B) communication ...
    • Group owner election in Wi-Fi direct 

      Khan, Muhammad Asif; Cherif, Wael; Filali, Fethi ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Wi-Fi Direct is a new protocol that standardizes the direct communication between Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices without requiring an access point. The specification proposes enhanced peer-to-peer functions to be supported ...
    • An efficient instance hiding scheme 

      Malluhi, Qutaibah M.; Shikfa, Abdullatif; Trinh, Viet Cuong ( Association for Computing Machinery , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Delegating computation, which is applicable to many practical contexts such as cloud computing or pay-TV system, concerns the task where a computationally weak client wants to securely compute a very complex function f on ...
    • Green operator cooperation for radio frequency transmission minimization 

      Amamou, Lamis; Boujelben, Maissa; Ghazzai, Hakim; Bouallegue, Ammar; Besbes, Hichem ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      The increasing demand for reliable mobile services with faster communications speed requires high capital investment in the radio access networks. This leads to enormous energy consumption, high operational costs (OPEX), ...
    • Reasoning about Policies in Security-Aware Service Discovery Using Answer Set Programming 

      Asuncion, Vernon; Khan, Khaled M.; Erradi, Abdelkarim; Alhazbi, Saleh ( World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      In order to enable a secure interaction between dynamically discovered software services and the client's application in a cooperative information system such as service oriented system, one of the pre-requisites is the ...
    • Image stitching system with scanning microscopy for histopathological applications 

      Qidwai, Uvais; Akbar, Muhammad Ali ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Histopathological analysis of biopsy or surgical specimen is a common clinical practice for diagnostic purposes. Essentially, the process involves slicing the biopsy or surgical sample into very thin slices, placing them ...