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Recent Publications (2024-2025)
2025
General and Agentic AI, and the Challenges of Xplainable Reliability
Authors: Angelos Stavrou and Jeffrey Voas
Published in: Computer (2025)
Partner in Crime: Boosting Targeted Poisoning Attacks against Federated Learning
Authors: Shihua Sun and Shridatt Sugrim and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (2025)
Unlocking the Potential of IEEE 802.11 az: A Deep Dive into Ranging Capabilities
Authors: Alireza Famili and Tolga Atalay and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE ICNC (2025)
Harnessing Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Tracking in Geofencing Systems
Authors: Alireza Famili and Shihua Sun and Tolga Atalay and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (2025)
Demystifying the Impact of Multi-RAT Ranging for 6G Metaverse Users
Authors: Alireza Famili and Tolga Atalay and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE CCWC (2025)
2024
Securing your airspace: Detection of drones trespassing protected areas
Authors: Alireza Famili and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang and Jung-Min Park and Ryan Gerdes
Published in: MDPI Publication (2024)
Optilod: Optimal beacon placement for high-accuracy indoor localization of drones
Authors: Alireza Famili and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang and Jung-Min Park
Published in: Sensors (2024)
5GPS: 5G femtocell placement strategies for ultra-precise indoor localization in the Metaverse
Authors: Alireza Famili and Tolga O Atalay and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE ICNC (2024)
5G-WAVE: A core network framework with decentralized authorization for network slices
Authors: Pragya Sharma and Tolga Atalay and Hans Andrew Gibbs and Dragoslav Stojadinovic and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang
Published in: IEEE INFOCOM (2024)
FedMADE: Robust Federated Learning for Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks Using a Dynamic Aggregation Method
Authors: Shihua Sun and Pragya Sharma and Kenechukwu Nwodo and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang
Published in: Springer Publication (2024)
An OpenRAN security framework for scalable authentication, authorization, and discovery of xapps with isolated critical services
Authors: Tolga O Atalay and Sudip Maitra and Dragoslav Stojadinovic and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (2024)
All in one: Improving GPS accuracy and security via crowdsourcing
Authors: Mahsa Foruhandeh and Hanchao Yang and Xiang Cheng and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang and Yaling Yang
Published in: Computer Networks (2024)
Precision tracking in geofencing systems using deep reinforcement learning
Authors: Alireza Famili and Shihua Sun and Tolga Atalay and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE IPCCC (2024)
ViTGuard: Attention-aware Detection against Adversarial Examples for Vision Transformer
Authors: Shihua Sun and Kenechukwu Nwodo and Shridatt Sugrim and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang
Published in: arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.13828 (2024)
Isochrons in photonic oscillators: A paradigm shift in positioning
Authors: Alireza Famili and Georgia Himona and Yannis Kominis and Angelos Stavrou and Vassilios Kovanis
Published in: IEEE IFIP Networking (2024)
Revealing Protocol Architecture's Design Patterns in the Volumetric DDoS Defense Design Space
Authors: Zhiyi Zhang and Guorui Xiao and Sichen Song and R Can Aygun and Angelos Stavrou and Lixia Zhang and Eric Osterweil
Published in: IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (2024)
Behind the Scenes of Successful Metaverse User Traversal
Authors: Alireza Famili and Tolga Atalay and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE iMETA (2024)
Harnessing Isochrons of Nonlinear Oscillators for High-Precision Ranging
Authors: Alireza Famili and Georgia Himona and Yannis Kominis and Angelos Stavrou and Vassilios Kovanis
Published in: IEEE SmartGridComm (2024)
RAPID: Reinforcement Learning-Aided Femtocell Placement for Indoor Drone Localization
Authors: Alireza Famili and Amin Tabrizian and Tolga Atalay and Angelos Stavrou and Peng Wei
Published in: IEEE ICCCN (2024)
Towards Shielding 5G Control Plane Functions
Authors: Sudip Maitra and Tolga O Atalay and Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang
Published in: IEEE/IFIP DSN (2024)
CARTA: Coordinated arrangement of receivers for target acquisition
Authors: Alireza Famili and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE IFIP Networking (2024)
A multiview clustering framework for detecting deceptive reviews
Authors: Yubao Zhang and Haining Wang and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: Journal of Computer Security (2024)
Stars and towers on the wheels: Global perspective on satellite networks vs. terrestrial 5G
Authors: Amirreza Ghafoori and Alireza Famili and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE GLOBECOM (2024)
Leveraging Isochrons of Nonlinear Oscillators for High-Precision Localization
Authors: Alireza Famili and Georgia Himona and Yannis Kominis and Angelos Stavrou and Vassilios Kovanis
Published in: IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2024)
Isochrons in Injection Locked Photonic Oscillators: A New Frontier for High-Precision Localization
Authors: Alireza Famili and Georgia Himona and Yannis Kominis and Angelos Stavrou and Vassilios Kovanis
Published in: IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation (2024)
Evaluating 5G Core Service Mesh Encapsulations in Cloud Deployments
Authors: Tolga O Atalay and Alireza Famili and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE NFV-SDN (2024)
RADIO: Reinforcement Learning-Aided Deployment of Wi-Fi Routers in 5G Networks for Indoor Drone Orchestrating
Authors: Alireza Famili and Amin Tabrizian and Tolga Atalay and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE iThings-GreenCom-CPSCom-SmartData-Cybermatics (2024)
GREEN: Precise Geolocation in Metaverse using Reinforcement Learning-Enabled Sensor Placement
Authors: Alireza Famili and Tolga Atalay and Amin Tabrizian and Angelos Stavrou
Published in: IEEE MetaCom (2024)
Complete Publication Lists
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