Dr. Ashraf Matrawy: List of Publications

Publications in Refereed Journals

  1. C. Smith, A. Matrawy, S. Chow, and B. Abdel-Aziz, “Computer Worms: Architectures, Evasion Strategies, and Detection Mechanisms”, Journal of Information Assurance and Security , Vol. 4, No. 1, 2009.

 

  1. K. Masood, A. Matrawy, B. Bou-Diab, and R. Kouhi, “Scalable XML Routed Network Topology Generation”, Bell-Labs Technical Journal (Wiley), Vol. 13, No. 3, 2008.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "On The Performance of Layered Multicast Video", Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE Canada), Vol. 32, No. 2, 2007.

 

  1. Y. Osais, S. Abdala, and A. Matrawy, “A Multilayer Peer-to-Peer Framework for Distributed Synchronous Collaboration”, IEEE Internet Computing, Vol. 10, No. 6, 2006.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "A Real-time Video Multicast Architecture for Assured Forwarding Services", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2005.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "A Survey of Congestion Control Schemes for Multicast Video Applications", IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2003.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "A Rate Adaptation Algorithm for Multicast Sources in Priority-based IP Networks", IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2003.

Refereed Book Chapters

  1. A. Dabir and A. Matrawy, “Forensic Event Reconstruction Systems”, in Computational Forensics (Springer).  Chapter proposal accepted July 2007. Full chapter submitted September 2007.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, P.C. van Oorschot, A. Somayaji, “Mitigating Network Denial of Service through Diversity-Based Traffic Management”. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer), Vol. 3531, Editors: Ioannidis, Keromytis, and Yung, Proc. of Applied Cryptography and Network Security conference, 2005.

Publications in Refereed Conferences since 2001

  1. A. Dabir and A. Matrawy, “Design and Analysis of a Hierarchical IP Traceback System”, accepted for publication in  Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC2009), Dresden, Germany, June 2009

 

  1. C. Smith and A. Matrawy, “A Behaviour Study of Network-Aware Stealthy Worms”, accepted for publication in  Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC2009), Dresden, Germany, June 2009

 

  1. S. Ashtarifar and A. Matrawy, “Determining Host Location on the Internet: The Case of VoIP Emergency Calls”,  Proc. of the International Workshop on Next Generation Public Safety Communication Networks and Technologies (NGenSafe'09), in conjunction with IEEE ICC2009), Dresden, Germany, June 2009

 

  1. A. Hijazi, H. Inoue, A. Matrawy, P.C. van Oorschot, and A. Somayaji, “Discovering Content Structure through Lightweight Hierarchical Clustering”, Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), Beijing, China, May 2008.

 

  1. C. Smith and A,. Matrawy, “A Comparison of Operating Systems Implementations of SYN flood Attacks Defenses (Cookies)”, Proc. of the 24th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, 2008

 

  1. A. Dabir and A. Matrawy, “Bottleneck Analysis of Traffic Monitoring using Wireshark”, Proc. of the Computer and Networking Security workshop of the 4th International Conference on Innovations in Technology Management, Dubai, UAE, November 2007.

 

  1. I. Al-dalati and A. Matrawy, “Designing Secure Peer-to-Peer Voice Applications in Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks”, Proc. of IEEE CCECE (Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering), Vancouver, BC, April 2007. 

 

  1. F. El-Hassan, A. Matrawy, N. Seddigh, and B. Nandy, “Experimental Evaluation of Network Security through  a Hierarchical Quantitative Metrics Model”, Proc. of the International Conference on Communication, Network, and Information Security, MIT, Cambridge, MA, October 2006

 

  1. C. Al Sayeed and A. Matrawy, “Guaranteed Maximal Matching for Input Buffered Crossbar Switches”, Proc. of the 4th annual conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2006), Moncton, NB, May 2006.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, W. Yi, I. Lambadaris, and C.-H. Lung, “MPLS in Multicast Shared Trees”, Proc. of the 4th annual conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2006), Moncton, NB, May 2006.

 

  1. J. Zhu, A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and M. Ashourian, “Optimization of Resilient Packet Ring Networks Scheduling for MPEG-4 Video Streaming”, Proc of IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC2005, Seoul, Korea, May 2005.

 

  1. N. Seddigh, B. Nandy, A. Ross, P. Pieda, R. Makkar, A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and L. Masood, “Geospatial Mapping and Technology for Cyber Infrastructure Assurance”, Proc. of the Workshop on Cyber Infrastructure – Emergency Preparedness Aspects, Ottawa, ON, April 2005.

 

  1. I. Lambadaris, R. Makkar, A. Matrawy, N. Seddigh, B. Nandy, L. Paoletti, and D. Bennett, “Issues in Internet-based Emergency Public Alerting”, Proc. of the Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, Ottawa, ON, December 2004.

 

  1. N. Seddigh, P. Pieda, A. Matrawy, B. Nandy, I. Lambadaris, and A. Hatfield, “Current Trends and Advances in Information Assurance Metrics”, Proc. of the Second Annual Conference on Privacy, Security, and Trust, PST2004, Fredericton, NB, October 2004.

 

  1. J. Zhu, A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and M. Ashourian, “A New Scheduling Scheme for Resilient Packet Ring Networks with Single Transit Buffer”, Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM workshop on Computer-aided Design and Modeling for Communication Systems, Dallas, TX, November 2004.

 

  1. H. Tang, I. Lambadaris, H. Mehrvar, J. Talim, and A. Matrawy, “A New Access Control Scheme for Metropolitan Packet Ring Networks”, Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM workshop on Computer-aided Design and Modeling for Communication Systems, Dallas, TX, November 2004.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, C.-H. Lung, and I. Lambadaris, “A Framework for MPLS Path Setup in Uni-Directional Multicast Shared Trees”, Proc. of SPIE ITCOM 2004, the Conference on Performance, QoS, and Control of Next-Generation Communication Networks, Philadelphia, PA, October 2004.

 

  1. J. Zhu, A. Matrawy, and I. Lambadaris, "Models and Tools for Simulation of Video Transmission in Wireless Networks", Proc. of the IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE CCECE2004, Niagara Falls, ON, May2004. Selected for the Special Session on Abstraction, Modeling, and Simulation.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "Real-time Transport for Assured Forwarding: An Architecture for both Unicast and Multicast Applications" in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications, IEEE ICC2003, Alaska, AK, May 2003.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "Multicast Flow Control in Priority-based Networks", in Proc. of IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE CCECE2003, Montreal, QC, May 2003.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and C. Huang, "Multicasting of Adaptively-encoded MPEG4 over QoS-aware IP Networks", in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications, IEEE ICC2002, New York, NY, April 2002.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and C. Huang, "Comparison of the Use of Different ECN Techniques for IP Multicast Congestion Control", in Proc. of the 2nd IEEE European Conference on Universal Multiservice Networks, IEEE ECUMN'02, Colmar, France, April 2002.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and C. Huang, "MPEG4 Traffic Modeling Using The Transform Expand Sample Methodology", in Proc. of the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Networked Appliances, IEEE IWNA4, Gaithersburg, MD, January 2002.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and C. Huang, "On Layered Video Fairness on IP Networks", in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference, IEEE GLOBECOM2001, San Antonio, TX, November 2001.

 

Patents

  1. B. Bou-Diab, K. Masood, and A. Matrawy, “XML Router And Method Of XML Router Network Overlay Topology Creation”, Filed on September 28, 2007.

 

Talks

  1. A. Matrawy, “Enabling Network Security”, RCTI workshop on Networks for Defence, Carleton University, February 2008.

 

  1. (Invited) A. Matrawy, “Designing NDoS-Resilient Data Networks”, School of Engineering, York University, March 2006.

 

  1. (Invited) A. Matrawy, “Network Denial-of-Service”, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, February 2006.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, “Mitigation of Network Denial of Service through Diversity-based Traffic Management”, a presentation to the MITACS Annual Conference, Calgary, AB, May 2005.

 

  1. (Invited) A. Matrawy, “On the Use of Network Support to Enhance the Performance of Multimedia Applications and Network Security”, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, April 2005.

 

  1. (Invited) A. Matrawy, “Architectures for Group Communications in IP Networks”, Department of Computing and Information Science, University of Guelph, August 2004.

 

  1. M. V. Martin and A. Matrawy (representing the digital security group), “Denial-of-Service Mitigation using A New Traffic Shaping Scheme”, a presentation to the Carleton-Alcatel Workshop on Network Security, Ottawa, ON, July 2004.

 

  1. (Invited) A. Matrawy, “Architectures for Multicast Communications in IP Networks”, Concordia Institute of Information Systems Engineering, Concordia University, February 2004.

 

  1. (Invited), A. Matrawy, “Congestion Control for Multicast Video in IP Networks”, Department of Computer Science, York University, June 2003 

 

  1. (Invited), A. Matrawy, “Congestion Control for Multicast Video in IP Networks”, School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, March 2003 

 

  1. I. Lambadaris, T. Yensen, and A. Matrawy, "Quality of Service Control for IP networks: Voice over IP and Video Multicasting over IP", a presentation to CITO Research Review, Ottawa, ON, March 2000.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "QoS for Internet Traffic: Current Challenges and Proposals with Emphasis on Multicasting", a presentation to Nortel Networks workshop on IP QoS, Ottawa, ON, September 1998.

 

Posters

  1. A. Hijazi, H. Inoue, D. Jansens, A. Matrawy, P.C. van Oorschot, and A. Somayaji, “Towards Understanding Network Traffic through Whole Packet Analysis”, a poster in USENIX Annual Technical Conference, Santa Clara, CA, June 2007.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "An Architecture for Real-time Multicast Video in Assured Forwarding Networks”, a poster in MITACS Annual Conference 2003, Ottawa, ON, May 2003.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "On the Use of Network Support for IP Multicast", a poster in MITACS Annual General Meeting 2002, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, May 2002.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and C. Huang, "Multicasting of Adaptively-encoded MPEG4 over QoS-aware IP Networks", winner of the best poster award in CITO Knowledge Network Conference, Ottawa, ON, October 2001.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, I. Lambadaris, and C. Huang, "Layered Video Multicasting over IP: A Study of the Trade-off between Fairness and Utilization", a poster in MITACS Annual General Meeting 2001, McGill University, Montreal, QC, May 2001.

 

  1. (Invited) A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "QoS for Video Multicasting over IP Networks", a poster in 2nd IEEE Workshop on Network Operations and Management Systems (NOMS99), Montebello, QC, June 1999.

 

Technical Reports

Selected Academic Technical Report
  1. F. El-Hassan, A. Matrawy, N. Seddigh, and B. Nandy, “On the Quantitative Evaluation Of Network Security: A Case Study of Intrusion Detection Metrics” Carleton University Technical Report SCE-08-05, May 2008

 

  1. A. Hijazi, H. Inoue, A. Matrawy, P.C. van Oorschot, A. Somayaji, “Towards Understanding Network Traffic Through Whole Packet Analysis”, Carleton University Technical Report TR-07-06, (School of Computer Science), February 2007.

 

  1. I. Al-Dalati and A. Matrawy, “Issues in the Design of Secure Peer-to-Peer Voice Applications in Ad Hoc Networks”, Carleton University Techincal Report SCE-07-01, January 2007.

 

  1. S. Henry, C. Kafka, D. Tudino, and A. Matrawy, “A Comparison of Ad-Hoc Distributed Computing Technologies”, Carleton University Technical Report, SCE-05-12, July 2005.

 

  1. A. Matrawy, C.­H. Lung, and I. Lambadaris, ``A Framework for MPLS Path Setup in Uni­Directional Multicast Shared Trees'', Carleton University technical report, SCE­03­24, September 2003.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "Simulation results of Multicast Video in Assured Forwarding Networks", Carleton University technical report, SCE-02-09, October 2002.

 

  1. A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, "RLM Interaction with TCP: Congestion Control and Fairness Issues", Carleton University technical report, SCE-02-05, December 2001.

 

Government/Industry Technical Reports

1.       K. Masood and A. Matrawy, “Query Distribution Techniques For Application Aware Networking”, Project Report to Alcatel-Lucent Canada, March 2007.

 

2.       B. Nandy, N. Seddigh, A. Ross, R. Makkar, A.  Matrawy, and I. Lambadaris, “Geospatial Mapping and Technology for Cyber Infrastructure Assurance”, Solana Networks Technical Report, research project funded by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), February 2005.

 

3.       B. Nandy, P. Pieda, N. Seddigh, I. Lambadaris, A. Matrawy, and A. Hatfield, “Information Assurance Metrics”, Solana Networks Technical Report, research project funded by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), March 2004.

 

4.       I. Lambadaris, R. Makkar, and A. Matrawy, ``A study and proposal for Public Alert System using the Internet'', SOMBRA LABS Technical report. Research funded by Industry Canada. June 2003.

 

5.       I. Lambadaris, D. Murdic, and A. Matrawy, "ATM Control Plane Security", Technical Report for the Canadian DND/CSE Research Project, March 2000.

Theses

 

  1. "Network-supported Congestion Control for Video Multicasting over IP Networks", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Carleton University
  2. "Extraction of Control Rules for Constructing a Ship Collision Avoidance System using a Fuzzy-Neural Approach", M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science and Automatic Control, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
  3. "Document Image Analysis and OCR", B.Sc. Graduation Project thesis, Department of Computer Science and Automatic Control, Alexandria University, Egypt.