| 2026 | WCNC | GAN-Augmented and LLM-Enhanced Intrusion Detection for Intelligent Vehicles. | Elizaveta Andrushkevich, Zahra Pooranian, Chuan Heng Foh, Roco Prez de Prado, Fabio Martinelli, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2026 | WCNC | AI Explainability for Adaptive Mmwave Beam Configuration in Dynamic Vehicular Environments. | Ugur Yigit, Ayhan Akbas, Abdulkadir Kose, Chuan Heng Foh, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2025 | HPCC | Hybrid Telecom Fraud Detection with Machine Learning, Large Language Models, and Blockchain. | Saviz Changizi, Nasibeh Mohammadzadeh, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2025 | HPCC | Towards Building Robust, Reliable and Private AI/ML Security Solutions in Open Radio Access Networks. | Sotiris Chatzimiltis, Mohammad Shojafar, Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi, Rahim Tafazolli |
| 2025 | HPCC | Towards Transformer-Based Flow Volume Prediction in Network Traffic. | Samara Mayhoub, Mirko Schiavone, Chuan Heng Foh, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2025 | HPCC | MF-ESD: A Novel Mean Field Reinforcement Learning Approach for Scalable Edge Server Deployment. | Xia Ou, Zhou Zhou, Taotao Yu, Hongbing Cheng, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2025 | HPCC | LightChain-RAN-RF: A Lightweight Blockchain-Enabled RFID Framework for O-RAN Edge Environments. | Hadiseh Rezaei, Mehdi Golsorkhtabaramiri, Rahim Taheri, Chuan Heng Foh, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2025 | IJCNN | Digital Twin-Based Deep Q-Learning Strategy for Smart Handover Optimization in 5G/6G Networks. | Carlos Hidalgo-Luque, Roco Prez de Prado, Mohammad Shojafar, J. Enrique Muoz Expsito, Chuan Heng Foh, ngel Cifuentes |
| 2025 | INFOCOM | Efficient Anomaly Detection in Open-RAN Using Conditional Tabular GAN for RIC Applications. | Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, Samara Mayhoub, Sotiris Chatzimiltis, Ayhan Akbas, Chuan Heng Foh, Mohammad Shojafar, Rahim Tafazolli |
| 2025 | WCNC | Contrastive Learning for Distortion Tolerable Network Slice Prediction in Open RAN. | Zhizhou He, Hamed Alimohammadi, Sotiris Chatzimiltis, Samara Mayhoub, Mona Akbari, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2025 | TrustCom | TwinGuard: A Proactive RL-Driven Defence Framework for Digital Twin-Enabled O-RAN Security. | Neha Gupta, Liam O'Driscoll, Taneya Sharma, Mohammad Shojafar, Chuan Heng Foh, Ioana Boureanu, Helen Treharne, Sotiris Moschoyiannis |
| 2025 | TrustCom | Secure Communication Protocols and Video Streaming Demonstrations in Open RAN through DTLS and LKH. | Sudarson Karmaker, Haitham S. Cruickshank, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2025 | SmartComp | Mutable Blockchains in IoT-Driven Sustainable Urban Planning: Challenges, and Analytical Modeling. | Saeed Javanmardi, Marco Scarpa, Mohammad Shojafar, Salvatore Distefano, Giovanni Merlino |
| 2024 | ISCC | An Edge Server Deployment Strategy for Multi-Objective Optimization in the Internet of Vehicles. | Zhou Zhou, Zahra Pooranian, Mohammad Shojafar, Fabio Martinelli |
| 2024 | ISCC | An Efficient Intrusion Detection Solution for Near-Real-Time Open-RAN. | Emmanuel N. Amachaghi, Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, Sotiris Chatzimiltis, Mohammad Shojafar, Chuan Heng Foh |
| 2024 | Networking | Secure Target-Tracking by UAVs in O-RAN Environment. | Seyed Ahmad Soleymani, Mohammad Shojafar, Chuan Heng Foh, Shidrokh Goudarzi, Wenwu Wang |
| 2024 | TrustCom | A Reliable Edge Server Deployment Algorithm Based on Spectral Clustering and a Deep Q-network Strategy using Multi-objective Optimization. | Zhou Zhou, Taotao Yu, Mohammad Shojafar, Xia Ou, Hongbing Cheng |
| 2023 | GLOBECOM | A Flexible Service Function Chain Optimisation Scheme Based on Network Topology Clustering. | Zili Ning, Ning Wang, Mohammad Shojafar, Rahim Tafazolli |
| 2023 | TrustCom | A reliable edge server placement strategy based on DDPG in the Internet of Vehicles. | Zhou Zhou, Yonggui Han, Mohammad Shojafar, Zhongsheng Wang, Jemal H. Abawajy |
| 2023 | TrustCom | Impact of Aggregation Function Randomization against Model Poisoning in Federated Learning. | Seyedsina Nabavirazavi, Rahim Taheri, Mohammad Shojafar, Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar |
| 2023 | TrustCom | RCA-IDS: A Novel Real-time Cloud-based Adversarial IDS for Connected Vehicles. | Zahra Pooranian, Mohammad Shojafar, Pedram Asef, Matthew Robinson, Harry Lees, Mark Longden |
| 2022 | GLOBECOM | A Cost-Effective MTD Approach for DDoS Attacks in Software-Defined Networks. | Amir Javadpour, Forough Ja'fari, Tarik Taleb, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2022 | ISCC | CHFL: A Collaborative Hierarchical Federated Intrusion Detection System for Vehicular Networks. | Parya Haji Mirzaee, Mohammad Shojafar, Haitham S. Cruickshank, Rahim Tafazolli |
| 2022 | LCN | Optimizing Virtual Network Function Splitting in Open-RAN Environments. | Esmaeil Amiri, Ning Wang, Mohammad Shojafar, Rahim Tafazolli |
| 2021 | CNSM | Link Latency Attack in Software-Defined Networks. | Sanaz Soltani, Mohammad Shojafar, Habib Mostafaei, Zahra Pooranian, Rahim Tafazolli |
| 2021 | INFOCOM | PGA: A Priority-aware Genetic Algorithm for Task Scheduling in Heterogeneous Fog-Cloud Computing. | Farooq Hoseiny, Sadoon Azizi, Mohammad Shojafar, Fardin Ahmadiazar, Rahim Tafazolli |
| 2021 | VTC | A Two-layer Collaborative Vehicle-Edge Intrusion Detection System for Vehicular Communications. | Parya Haji Mirzaee, Mohammad Shojafar, Hamidreza Bagheri, Tsz Hin Chan, Haitham S. Cruickshank, Rahim Tafazolli |
| 2019 | AICCSA | Automatic Clustering of Attacks in Intrusion Detection Systems. | Mohammad Shojafar, Rahim Taheri, Zahra Pooranian, Reza Javidan, Ali Miri, Yaser Jararweh |
| 2019 | INFOCOM | PAKIT: Proactive Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for Internet of Things. | Seyed Farhad Aghili, Hamid Mala, Mohammad Shojafar, Mauro Conti |
| 2018 | ICIN | Energy-efficient path allocation heuristic for service function chaining. | Mohammad Mahdi Tajiki, Stefano Salsano, Mohammad Shojafar, Luca Chiaraviglio, Behzad Akbari |
| 2017 | CLOSER | A Computation- and Network-Aware Energy Optimization Model for Virtual Machines Allocation. | Claudia Canali, Riccardo Lancellotti, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2017 | CLOSER | An Optimization Model to Reduce Energy Consumption in Software-Defined Data Centers. | Claudia Canali, Riccardo Lancellotti, Mohammad Shojafar |
| 2017 | DeSE | Mobile Cloud Computing: Challenges and Future Research Directions. | Samaher Al-Janabi, Ibrahim AlShourbaji, Mohammad Shojafar, Mohammed Eltahir Abdelhag |
| 2017 | GLOBECOM | P5G: A Bio-Inspired Algorithm for the Superfluid Management of 5G Networks. | Mohammad Shojafar, Luca Chiaraviglio, Nicola Blefari-Melazzi, Stefano Salsano |
| 2017 | MASS | A Novel Distributed Fog-Based Networked Architecture to Preserve Energy in Fog Data Centers. | Zahra Pooranian, Mohammad Shojafar, Paola Gabriela Vinueza Naranjo, Luca Chiaraviglio, Mauro Conti |
| 2017 | NetSoft | Optimal superfluid management of 5G networks. | Luca Chiaraviglio, Lavinia Amorosi, Stefania Cartolano, Nicola Blefari-Melazzi, Paolo Dell'Olmo, Mohammad Shojafar, Stefano Salsano |
| 2016 | CLOSER | An Energy-aware Scheduling Algorithm in DVFS-enabled Networked Data Centers. | Mohammad Shojafar, Claudia Canali, Riccardo Lancellotti, Saeid Abolfazli |
| 2016 | ISCC | Minimizing computing-plus-communication energy consumptions in virtualized networked data centers. | Mohammad Shojafar, Claudia Canali, Riccardo Lancellotti, Enzo Baccarelli |
| 2016 | SMC | A new Stable Election-based routing algorithm to preserve aliveness and energy in fog-supported wireless sensor networks. | Paola Gabriela Vinueza Naranjo, Mohammad Shojafar, Ajith Abraham, Enzo Baccarelli |
| 2015 | GLOBECOM | Adaptive Energy-Efficient QoS-Aware Scheduling Algorithm for TCP/IP Mobile Cloud. | Mohammad Shojafar, Nicola Cordeschi, Jemal H. Abawajy, Enzo Baccarelli |
| 2015 | HAIS | OVRP_ICA: An Imperialist-Based Optimization Algorithm for the Open Vehicle Routing Problem. | Shahab Shamshirband, Mohammad Shojafar, Ali Asghar Rahmani Hosseinabadi, Ajith Abraham |
| 2015 | HIS | TETS: A Genetic-Based Scheduler in Cloud Computing to Decrease Energy and Makespan. | Mohammad Shojafar, Maryam Kardgar, Ali Asghar Rahmani Hosseinabadi, Shahab Shamshirband, Ajith Abraham |
| 2014 | HIS | Mathematical modeling of blood flow through an eccentric catheterized artery: A practical approach for a complex system. | Sima S. Ahrabi, Mohammad Shojafar, Hamid Kazemi Esfeh, Ajith Abraham |
| 2014 | HIS | A solution for multi-objective commodity vehicle routing problem by NSGA-II. | Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Mohammad Shojafar, Ali A. R. Hosseinabadi, Ajith Abraham |
| 2014 | ISDA | GELS-GA: Hybrid metaheuristic algorithm for solving Multiple Travelling Salesman Problem. | Ali A. R. Hosseinabadi, Maryam Kardgar, Mohammad Shojafar, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Ajith Abraham |
| 2014 | PIMRC | Performance evaluation of primary-secondary reliable resource-management in vehicular networks. | Nicola Cordeschi, Danilo Amendola, Mohammad Shojafar, Enzo Baccarelli |