2011 - 2015

1. A. Alahmad, Hempel, M., Alahmad, M., Sharif, H., and Aljuhaishi, N., “Advancing electric vehicle penetration”, in 2015 IEEE 8th GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCCCE)2015 IEEE 8th GCC Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/IEEEGCC.2015.7060032

2. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Rezaei, F., Rakshit, S. Mohan, and Sharif, H., “A classification tree-based system for multi-sensor train approach detection”, in 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), New Orleans, LA, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2015.7127802

3. F. Rezaei, Shrestha, P. Lal, Hempel, M., Rakshit, S. Mohan, and Sharif, H., “Covert Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks for E-Health Applications”, in Technological Breakthroughs in Modern Wireless Sensor Applications, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 352 - 371.

4. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., Shrestha, P. Lal, Rakshit, S. Mohan, and Sharif, H., “Detecting Covert Timing Channels Using Non-Parametric Statistical Approaches”, in IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2015. DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2015.7289065

5. S. Mohan Rakshit, Hempel, M., Shrestha, P. Lal, Rezaei, F., Sharif, H., Punwani, J., and Stewart, M., “Energy Analysis in Deploying Wireless Sensor Networks for On-Board Real-Time Railcar Status Monitoring”, in 2015 Joint Rail Conference, San Jose, California, USA, 2015. doi: 10.1115/JRC2015-5765

6. S. Mohan Rakshit, Rezaei, F., Shrestha, P. Lal, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “HTNMote: A Platform for on-board real-time monitoring of railcars”, in Technological Breakthroughs in Modern Wireless Sensor Applications, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 1 - 26.

7. S. Mohan Rakshit, Hempel, M., Rezaei, F., Shrestha, P. Lal, and Sharif, H., “A Mathematical Model of Energy Consumption in Hybrid Technology Network”, in International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), 2015.

8. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Rezaei, F., Rakshit, S. Mohan, and Sharif, H., “A Novel Analytical Model and its Test Bed Verification for Network Covert Timing Channels”, in IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/CNS.2015.7346832

9. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., Shrestha, P. Lal, Rakshit, S. Mohan, and Sharif, H., “A Novel Covert Timing Channel Detection Approach for Online Network Traffic”, in IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/CNS.2015.7346911

10. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Rezaei, F., and Sharif, H., “A Support Vector Machine-based Framework for Detection of Covert Timing Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, pp. 1 - 1, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2015.2423680

11. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “A Survey of Recent Trends in Wireless Communication Standards, Routing Protocols, and Energy Harvesting Techniques in E-Health Applications”, IGI Global Intl. Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, vol. 6, no. 1, 2015.

12. M. Soltani, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “Utilization of Convex Optimization for Data Fusion-driven Sensor Management in WSNs”, in IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2015. DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2015.7289257

1. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “Achieving Robustness and Capacity Gains in Timing Covert Channels”, in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2014. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2014.6883445

2. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Rakshit, S. Mohan, and Sharif, H., “Analysis of Energy Usage in Adaptive Sensor Networks”, in International Workshop on Vehicular Traffic Management for Smart Cities, Seoul, Korea, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/VTCSpring.2014.7023156

3. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “Automated Covert Channel Modeling over a Real Network Platform”, in IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2014. DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2014.6906417

4. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., Shrestha, P. Lal, and Sharif, H., “Evaluation and Verification of Automated Covert Channel Modeling Using a Real Network Platform”, in Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2014. DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2014.11

5. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Sharif, H., and Chen, H. - H., “An Event-Based Unified System Model to Characterize and Evaluate Timing Covert Channels”, IEEE Systems Journal, vol. PP, no. 99, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2014.2328665

6. S. Mohan Rakshit, Hempel, M., Shrestha, P. Lal, Rezaei, F., and Sharif, H., “HTNMote: A Hardware Platform for the Implementation of the Hybrid Technology Networking protocol and its Performance Analysis”, in ASME/ASCE/IEEE Joint Rail Conference, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/MoWNet.2016.7496627

7. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Rakshit, S. Mohan, and Sharif, H., “Hybrid Technology Networking: A novel approach to transform the freight industry operations”, in Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2014.

8. M. Soltani, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “Leveraging Data Fusion in Dynamic WSN Network Size Reduction”, in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2014.

9. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Rezaei, F., and Sharif, H., “Leveraging Statistical Feature Points for Generalized Detection of Timing Covert Channels”, in Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2014.

10. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Santos, J., and Sharif, H., “A Multi-Sensor Approach for Early Detection and Notification of Approaching Trains”, in ASME/ASCE/IEEE Joint Rail Conference, 2014. DOI: 10.1115/JRC2014-3729

11. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “A Novel Automated Framework for Modeling and Evaluating Covert Channel Algorithms”, John Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal, 2014. DOI: 10.1002/sec.1013

12. T. Ma, Xu, Z., Hempel, M., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “Performance Analysis of a Novel Low-Complexity High-Precision Timing Synchronization Method for Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. PP, no. 99, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2014.2331286

13. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Rakshit, S. Mohan, Sharif, H., and Punwani, J., “Performance Analysis of Adaptive Clustering in Hybrid Technology Networking”, in IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Nicosia, Cyprus, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2014.6906360

14. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “Towards a Unified Model for the Analysis of Timing-based Covert Channels”, in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2014. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2014.6883420

1  Rezaei, Hempel, M., Ma, T., Shrestha, P. Lal, Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “Adaptive Threshold Displacement Algorithm for Removing Hidden Information from Digital Images”, in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2013.6831143

2. F. Rezaei, Ma, T., Hempel, M., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “An Anti-Steganographic Approach for Removing Secret Information in Digital Audio Data hidden by Spread Spectrum Methods”, in IEEE ICC 2013 - Communication and Information Systems Security Symposium (ICC'13 CISS), Budapest, Hungary, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2013.6654839

3. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Sharif, H., and Mehrvarzi, S., “Considerations for selecting between 3.65 GHz and 2.5 GHz Operation in Mobile WiMAX: A Comparative Analysis for Freight Railroad Applications”, in International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology , Dubai, UAE, 2013.

4. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “Disrupting and Preventing Late-Packet Covert Communication Using Sequence Number Tracking”, in Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), San Diego, CA, USA, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2013.108

5. H. Sharif, Hempel, M., Blobel, B., Bohnert, T. Michael, and Khoynezhad, A., “IEEE Wireless Communications: Special Issue on Wireless Networking for e-Health Applications”. 2013.

6. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Sharif, H., and Chen, H. - H., “Modeling Latency and Reliability of Hybrid Technology Networking”, IEEE Sensors Magazine: Special Issue on Internet of Things, vol. 13, no. 10, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2273494

7. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Alahmad, M., and Sharif, H., “Modeling Packet Rate Covert Timing Channels”, in International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology , Dubai, UAE, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/Innovations.2013.6544393

8. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Sharif, H., Punwani, J., and Stewart, M., “Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Technology Networking for Realtime Monitoring in Freight Railroad Operations”, in Joint Rail Conference (JRC), Knoxville, TN, 2013. DOI: 10.1115/JRC2015-5765

9. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Qian, Y., Sharif, H., Punwani, J., and Stewart, M., “Performance Modeling of a Multi-Tier Multi-Hop Hybrid Sensor Network Protocol”, in 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC): NETWORKS (IEEE WCNC 2013 - NETWORKS), Shanghai, P.R. China, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554927

10. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Ma, T., and Sharif, H., “On Selecting a Frequency Band for Mobile WiMAX in Railroad Networks”, in 2013 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2013.

11. J. Santos, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “Sensing Techniques and Detection Methods for Train Approach Detection”, in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), 2013. DOI: 10.1109/VTCFall.2013.6692407

12. Y. Yan, Qian, Y., Sharif, H., and Tipper, D., “A Survey on Smart Grid Communication Infrastructures: Motivations, Requirements and Challenges”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 15, no. 1, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.021312.00034

13. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., Peng, D., Qian, Y., and Sharif, H., “Towards the Covert Channel Design and Evaluation for LTE-Advanced”, in 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC): NETWORKS (IEEE WCNC 2013 - NETWORKS), Shanghai, P.R. China, 2013.

14. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “Towards the Performance Evaluation of 4th Generation Wireless Communication Standards: LTE vs. Mobile WiMAX”, John Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, 2013.

1. T. Ma, Shrestha, P. Lal, Hempel, M., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “Assurance of Energy Efficiency and Data Security for ECG Transmission in BASNs”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 59, pp. 1041-1048, 2012. DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2182196

2. S. Mohan Rakshit, Hempel, M., Sharif, H., Punwani, J., Stewart, M., and Mehrvarzi, S., “Challenges in current Wireless Sensor Technology for Railcar Status Monitoring for North America's Freight Railroad Industry”, in ASME/ASCE/IEEE Joint Rail Conference, 2012, pp. 1-9. DOI: 10.1115/JRC2012-74114

3. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “A comprehensive performance analysis of LTE and Mobile WiMAX.”, in IWCMC, 2012, pp. 939-944. DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2012.6314331

4. P. Mahasukhon, Sharif, H., Hempel, M., Zhou, T., Wang, W., and Ma, T., “HARQ performance modelling and evaluation of mobile WiMAX for network simulators”, International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS), vol. 5, p. 342, 2012. DOI: 10.1504/IJAACS.2012.049477

5. S. Mohan Rakshit, Hempel, M., Sharif, H., Punwani, J., and Stewart, M., “Hybrid Technology Networking: A Novel Wireless Networking Approach for Real-Time Railcar Status Monitoring”, in ASME Rail Transportation Division Fall Technical Conference, 2012, pp. 1-7. DOI: 10.1115/RTDF2012-9402

6. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Sharif, H., and Mehrvarzi, S., “Mobile WiMAX Performance, Applications, and Deployment Considerations for North America's Freight Railroad Industry”, in ASME/ASCE/IEEE Joint Rail Conference, 2012, pp. 1-10. DOI: 10.1115/JRC2012-74111

7. T. Ma, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “A new Ultra-Low Energy Consumption Communication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks”, in International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2012, pp. 838-843. DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2012.6314313

8. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Rezaei, F., Rakshit, S. Mohan, Sharif, H., Punwani, J., and Stewart, M., “OPNET Implementation of an Innovative Multi-Technology Wireless Networking Protocol for Hybrid Sensor Networks in Railroads”, OPNetworking, pp. 1-5, 2012.

9. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Mahasukhon, P., Ma, T., and Sharif, H., “Performance Analysis for Direction of Arrival Estimating Algorithms”, in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), 2012, pp. 1-5. DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2012.6240151

10. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Mahasukhon, P., Ma, T., and Sharif, H., “A Performance Comparison of Mobile WiMAX Spectrums: 2.5 GHz vs. 3.65 GHz.”, in VTC Spring, 2012, pp. 1-5. DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2012.6240329

11. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., Shrestha, P. Lal, Ma, T., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “A Quality-Preserving Hidden Information Removal Approach for Digital Images”, in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2012, pp. 1-5. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2012.6364070

12. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Mahasukhon, P., Ma, T., and Sharif, H., “Quantitative Performance Analysis of 3.65 GHz Mobile WiMAX”, in IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2012, pp. 1-5. DOI: 10.1109/CCNC.2012.6181145

13. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Ma, T., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “Removing Hidden Data by Pseudo-CFA Re-interpolation”, International Journal of Multimedia and Image Processing, vol. 2, pp. 134- 142, 2012. https://infonomics-society.org/wp-content/uploads/ijmip/published-papers/volume-3-2013/Removing-Hidden-Data-by-Pseudo-CFA-Reinterpolation1.pdf 

14. S. Ma, Hempel, M., Yang, Y., and Sharif, H., “Securing Wireless Communications in Transmit-Beamforming Diversity Systems by Precoding Jamming Noise Signals”, John Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal, vol. 5, pp. 1028-1036, 2012.

15. T. Ma, Hempel, M., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “A Survey of Energy-Efficient Compression and Communication Techniques for Multimedia in Resource Constrained Systems”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, pp. 1-10, 2012. DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.060912.00149

16. Y. Yan, Qian, Y., Sharif, H., and Tipper, D., “A Survey on Cyber Security for Smart Grid Communications”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 14, no. 4, 2012. DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.010912.00035

17. T. Ma, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “A Time Reservation MAC Protocol with Ultra-Low Duty Cycle for Wireless Sensor Network”, International Journal of Research and Reviews in Wireless Sensor Networks (IJRRWSN), vol. 2, 2012.

18. T. Ma, Hempel, M., Peng, D., Sharif, H., Rezaei, F., Shrestha, P. Lal, and Chen, H. - H., “Using Cross-Layer Techniques for Body Area Sensor Networks – Energy, Security and Authentication”, in Using Cross-Layer Techniques for Communication Systems, H. F. Rashvand and Kavian, Y. S. IGI Global, 2012, pp. 120-137.

19. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Ma, T., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “Watermark Removal using Pseudorandom Desynchronization by Selective Pixel Elimination”, in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2012, pp. 1-5. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2012.6364032

1. T. Zhou, Sharif, H., Hempel, M., Mahasukhon, P., Ma, T., and Shrestha, P. Lal, “A cross-layer parallel handover optimization scheme for WiMAX networks”, in Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2011, pp. 699-704. DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2011.6127757

2. S. Ma, Yang, Y., and Sharif, H., “Distributed MIMO technologies in cooperative wireless networks”, Communications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 49, pp. 78 -82, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2011.5762801

3. P. Lal Shrestha, Hempel, M., Ma, T., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “A General Attack Method for Steganography Removal Using Pseudo-CFA Re-interpolation”, in International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), 2011, pp. 454-459. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6148481 

4. J. Taylor, Hempel, M., Sharif, H., Ma, S., and Yang, Y., “Impact of Channel Estimation Errors on Effectiveness of Eigenvector-Based Jamming for Physical Layer Security in Wireless Networks”, in IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2011, pp. 1-7. DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD.2011.5941100

5. T. Ma, Shrestha, P. Lal, Hempel, M., Peng, D., and Sharif, H., “Low-Complexity Image Coder/Decoder with an Approaching-Entropy Quad-Tree Search Code for Embedded Computing Platforms”, in IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2011, pp. 297-300. DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2011.6116287

6. F. Rezaei, Hempel, M., and Sharif, H., “LTE PHY performance analysis under 3GPP standards parameters”, in IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2011, pp. 102-106. DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD.2011.5941095

7. P. Mahasukhon, Sharif, H., Hempel, M., Ma, T., and Shrestha, P. Lal, “Mobile WiMAX Throughput and Delay Measurements in Railroad Environment”, in IEEE Annual Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2011, pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872855

8. T. Ma, Hempel, M., Peng, D., Rezaei, F., Shrestha, P. Lal, and Sharif, H., “A New Energy-Efficient Pre-Diagnosing ECG Transmission Technique for BASN”, in International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL), 2011, pp. 1-5. DOI: 10.1145/2093698.2093847

9. T. Zhou, Sharif, H., Hempel, M., Mahasukhon, P., Wang, W., and Ma, T., “A Novel Adaptive Distributed Cooperative Relaying MAC Protocol for Vehicular Networks”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 29, pp. 72-82, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2011.110108

10. T. Zhou, Sharif, H., Hempel, M., Mahasukhon, P., Ma, T., and Shrestha, P. Lal, “Priority Preemption for Real-Time Application QoS Guarantees in Cooperative Vehicular Networks”, in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), 2011, pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2011.5956768

11. P. Lal Shrestha, Mahasukhon, P., Hempel, M., Ma, T., and Sharif, H., “Quantitative analysis of propagation characteristics for Mobile WiMAX”, Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), pp. 1-5, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/WTS.2011.5960861

12. Y. Yan, Qian, Y., and Sharif, H., “A secure and reliable In-Network Collaborative Communication Scheme for Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Smart Grid”, in Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2011 IEEE, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2011.5779257

13. Y. Yan, Qian, Y., and Sharif, H., “A Secure Data Aggregation and Dispatch Scheme for Home Area Networks in Smart Grid”, in Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2011), 2011 IEEE, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2011.6133655

14. W. Wang, Wang, H., Hempel, M., Peng, D., Sharif, H., and Chen, H. - H., “Secure Stochastic ECG Signals Based on Gaussian Mixture Model for e-Healthcare Systems”, IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 5, pp. 564-573, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2011.2165597

15. P. Mahasukhon, Sharif, H., Hempel, M., Zhou, T., Ma, T., and Shrestha, P. Lal, “A study on energy efficient multi-tier multi-hop wireless sensor networks for freight-train monitoring”, in IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2011, pp. 297-301. DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2011.5982549