Chafika Benzaïd

A Comprehensive Survey of Generative AI: Applications and Future Directions Across Domains

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2026 — IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3715238, July 2026.

The Hidden Life of Your Data: How AI and LLM Use Your Information

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2026 — IEEE Internet Computing, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/MIC.2026.3708903, July 2026.

Moving Target Defense in 5G and Beyond Networks: A Comprehensive Survey and Research Directions

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2026 — Journal of Information Security and Applications, Vol. 102, pp. 104560, doi: 10.1016/j.jisa.2026.104560, Nov. 2026.

SecureDFL: A Secure Distributed Federated Learning Framework Against Poisoning Attacks

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | F. Turkmen | C. Benzaïd | M. Shojafar

2026 — Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, pp. 1-18, doi: 10.1109/TDSC.2026.3697583, May 2026.

Cloud-Native Encryption as a Service for IoT

A. Javadpour | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd | K. Zeraoulia | A. Djebrani | Y. M. Belhadi | L. Cordeiro | L. Rosa | P. Felix

2026 — Scientific Reports, Vol. 16, Article 22269, doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-52815-x, July 2026.

A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Virtual Network Embedding Problems in 5G Networks

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd | P. R. Tomas | L. Rosa | J. Proença | L. Cordeiro

2026 — IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, pp. 1-18, doi: 10.1109/TNSE.2026.3675357, March 2026.

EaaS/PIN Synergy: Advances and Challenges Secure Path Verification

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2026 — IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 10354-10378, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3650640, Jan. 2026.

Moving Target Defense for DDoS Mitigation with Shuffling of Critical Edge(s) Connections

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2026 — Journal of Information Security and Applications, Vol. 97, pp. 104347, Mar. 2026.

Beyond Reinforcement Learning for Network Security: A Comprehensive Survey and Tutorial

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | F. Turkmen | C. Benzaïd

2026 — Journal of Information Security and Applications, Vol. 96, pp. 104294, Jan. 2026.

Towards Securing IIoT: An Innovative Privacy-Preserving Anomaly Detector Based on Federated Learning

S. Kamali Poorzad | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2025 — IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 12, no. 24, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3613063.

An Optimized Reinforcement Learning based MTD Mutation Strategy for Securing Edge IoT Against DDoS Attack

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2025 — Journal of Information Security and Applications, Vol. 93, pp. 104138, Sept. 2025.

Towards Secure Intelligent O-RAN Architecture: Vulnerabilities, Threats and Promising Technical Solutions using LLMs

M. K. Motalleb | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | M. Katz | V. Shah-Mansouri | J. Song

2025 — Digital Communications and Networks Journal, available online May 2025.

Detecting Malicious Nodes Using Game Theory and Reinforcement Learning in Software-Defined Networks

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2025 — International Journal of Information Security, Vol. 24, article number 117, Apr. 2025.

SRST: A Secure and Resilient Synchronization of Time for WSNs in IoT Applications

A. Saiah | C. Benzaïd | M. Younis | N. Badache

2025 — Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 169, 103749, Mar. 2025.

Encryption as a Service (EaaS): Introducing the Full-Cloud-Fog Architecture for Enhanced Performance and Security

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd | Y. Bin | Y. Zhao

2024 — IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(24): 39744-39766, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3450192, Dec. 2024.

A Comprehensive Survey on Cyber Deception Techniques to Improve Honeypot Performance

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | M. Shojafar | C. Benzaïd

2024 — Elsevier Journal on Computers & Security, Vol. 140, 103792, May 2024.

Encryption as a Service for IoT: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | Y. Zhao | Y. Bin | C. Benzaïd

2024 — IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(5): 7525 – 7558, Mar. 2024.

FortisEDoS: A Deep Transfer Learning-empowered Economical Denial of Sustainability Detection Framework for Cloud-Native Network Slicing

C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | A. Sami | O. Hireche

2024 — IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 21(4): 2818-2835, July-Aug. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TDSC.2023.3318606.

AI/ML for Beyond 5G Systems: Concepts, Technology Enablers & Solutions

T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd | R. A. Addad | K. Samdanis

2023 — Computer Networks, 237: 110044, 2023.

Security in Cloud-Native Services: A Survey

T. Theodoropoulos | L. Rosa | C. Benzaid | P. Gray | E. Marin | A. Makris | L. Cordeiro | F. Diego | P. Sorokin | M. Di Girolamo | P. Barone | T. Taleb | K. Tserpes

2023 — Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy 3(4): 758-793, 2023.

Reinforcement Learning-Based Slice Isolation Against DDoS Attacks Beyond 5G Networks

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2023 — IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 20(3): 3930-3946, 2023.

AI-based Autonomic & Scalable Security Management Architecture for Secure Network Slicing in B5G

C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | J. Song

2022 — IEEE Network, 36(6): 165-174, 2022.

6G System Architecture: A Service of Services Vision

T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd | M. B. Lopez | K. Mikhaylov | S. Tarkoma | P. Kostakos | N.H. Mahmood | P. Pirinen | M. Matinmikko-Blue | M. Latva-aho | A. Pouttu

2022 — ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, 3(3): 710-743, Aug. 2022.

Deep-Ensemble-Learning-Based GPS Spoofing Detection for Cellular-Connected UAVs

Y. Dang | C. Benzaïd | B. Yang | T. Taleb | Y. Shen

2022 — IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 9(24): 25068-25085, 2022.

Deep Data Plane Programming and AI for Zero-Trust Self-Driven Networking in Beyond 5G

O. Hireche | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2022 — Computer Networks, Vol. 203, Feb. 2022.

Trust in 5G and Beyond Networks

C. Benzaïd | M. Z. Farooqi | T. Taleb

2021 — IEEE Network, 35(3): 212 – 222, May/June 2021.

AI for Beyond 5G Networks: A Cyber-Security Defense or Offense Enabler?

C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2020 — IEEE Network, 34(6): 140 – 147, November/December 2020.

ZSM Security: Threat Surface and Best Practices

C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2020 — IEEE Network, 34(3): 124 – 133, May/June 2020.

AI-Driven Zero Touch Network and Service Management in 5G and Beyond: Challenges and Research Directions

C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2020 — IEEE Network, 34(2): 124 – 133, March/April 2020.

RTCP: A Redundancy Aware Topology Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

B. Zebbane | M. Chenait | C. Benzaïd | N. Badache

2018 — International Journal of Information and Communication Technology. 12(3/4): 271 – 298, 2018.

Energy-Efficient Coverage Protocol Based on Stable and Predective Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks

M. Chenait | B. Zebbane | C. Benzaïd | N. Badache

2017 — Computer Networks, Vol. 127, pp. 1 – 12, Nov. 2017.

Efficient Clock Synchronization for Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks

C. Benzaïd | M. Bagaa | M. Younis

2017 — Ad Hoc Networks, 56, pp. 13-27, 2017.

Fast Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks

C. Benzaïd | K. Lounis | A. Al-Nemrat | N. Badache | M. Alazab

2016 — Future Generation Computer Systems Journal. 55(C), pp. 362-375, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2014.07.006. 55(C): 362-375, Feb. 2016.

MS-WMSN: Service-Oriented planning tool for Wireless Multimedia Monitoring Services

K. Zeraoulia | C. Benzaïd | N. Badache

2016 — International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 8(1): 50-68, 2016.

COVER-MTD: Learning-Guided DDoS Defense for Edge-IoT

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’Fari | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2026 — In Proc. of 34th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), Split, Croatia, Sept. 2026. (To Appear)

Mitigating EDoS with Transfer Reinforcement Learning

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’Fari | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | F. Turkmen

2026 — In In Proc. of 34th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), Split, Croatia, Sept. 2026. (To Appear)

Enhancing SDVN Performance via Policy-Driven Lightweight Control-Plane Resizing Strategies

M. Zain Ul Abideen | P. Dharmawansa | N. H. Mahmood | C. Benzaïd

2026 — In Proc. of the European Wireless 2026 Conference (EW26), Rimini, Italy, June 2026. (To Appear)

Triarchy-Based for DDoS-Resilient IoT Networks

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’Fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2026 — In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2026), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, May 2026, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICC59461.2026.11587118.

Deep Learning-Powered Behavioral Authentication and Anomaly Detection for UAV Systems

B. Zebbane | S. Medjadba | C. Benzaïd

2026 — In Proc. of 2026 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2026), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Apr. 2026, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WCNC65185.2026.11555096.

Improving the Security of Service Mesh in Kubernetes

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’Fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd | L. Rosa | L. Cordeiro

2025 — In Proc. of the 31st IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2025), Hefei, China, Dec. 2025, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/ICPADS67057.2025.11322999.

A Multi-Layered Zero Trust Microsegmentation Solution for Cloud-Native 5G & Beyond Networks

C. Benzaïd | Nawal Guerd | Nour El Houda Rehouma | K. Zeraoulia | T. Taleb

2025 — In Proc. of IEEE WCNC 2025, Milan, Italy, March 2025, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/WCNC61545.2025.10978671.

5G Slice Mutation to Overcome Distributed Denial of Service Attacks using Reinforcement Learning

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2024 — In Proc. of the17th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SINCONF 2024), Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2024, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1109/SIN63213.2024.10871675.

Enhancing Federated Learning with Homomorphic Encryption and Multi-Party Computation for Improved Privacy

P. Tomas | S. Kamali Poorzad | C. Benzaïd | L. Rosa | J. Proença | T. Tarik | L. Cordeiro

2024 — In Proc. of the 2nd Workshop on Beyond Current 5G Architecture for 6G Service and International Cooperation, IEEE Future Networks World Forum 2024, Dubai, UAE, pp. 891-896, doi: 10.1109/FNWF63303.2024.11028749.

A Novel Buffered Federated Learning Framework for Privacy-Driven Anomaly Detection in IIoT

S. K. Poorazad | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2024 — In Proc. of IEEE Globecom’24, Cape Twon, South Africa, Dec. 2024, pp. 1725-1730, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM52923.2024.10901786.

Multi-Model based Federated Learning Against Model Poisoning Attack: A Deep Learning Based Model Selection for MEC Systems

S. Kianpisheh | C. Benzaïd | Tarik Taleb

2024 — In Proc. of IEEE Globecom’24, Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 2024, pp. 1737-1742, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM52923.2024.10901544.

Deploying Testbed Docker-based application for Encryption as a Service in Kubernetes

A. Javadpour | F. Ja’fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd | L. Rosa | P. Tomas | L. Cordeiro

2024 — In Proc. of the 32nd Int’l Conf. on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2024), Split – Bol, Croatia, Sep. 2024, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.23919/SoftCOM62040.2024.10721658.

A Federated Continual Learning Framework for Sustainable Network Anomaly Detection in O-RAN

C. Benzaïd | F. M. Hossain | T. Taleb | P. M. Gomez | M. Dieudonne

2024 — In Proc. of IEEE WCNC 2024, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Apr. 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WCNC57260.2024.10570951.

A Deep Transfer Learning-powered EDoS Detection Mechanism for 5G and Beyond Network Slicing

C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | A. Sami | O. Hireche

2023 — In Proc. of IEEE Globecom'23, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023, pp. 4747-4753, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10436891.

Moving Target Defense based Secured Network Slicing System in the O-RAN Architecture

M.K. Motalleb | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | V. Shah-Mansouri

2023 — In Proc. of IEEE Globecom'23, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023, pp. 6358-6363, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437795.

Enhancing 5G Network Slicing: Slice Isolation via Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning with Optimal Graph Features

A. Javadpour F. Jaafari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2023 — In Proc. of IEEE Globecom'23, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023, pp. 31-37, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437687.

Cybersecurity Fusion: Leveraging Mafia Game Tactics and Reinforcement Learning for Botnet Detection

A. Javadpour | F. Jaafari | T. Taleb | H.R. Ahmadi | C. Benzaïd

2023 — In Proc. of IEEE Globecom'23, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023, pp. 6005-6011, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437968.

Blockchain and Deep Learning-Based IDS for Securing SDN-Enabled Industrial IoT Environments

S.K. Poorazad | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2023 — In Proc. of IEEE Globecom’23, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023, pp. 2760-2765, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10436839.

Linear Complexity for k-Coverage Sensor Redundancy Determination in IoT

M. Chenait | C. Benzaïd | B. Zebbane

2023 — In Proc. of the 10th International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), Doha, Qatar, Oct. 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ISNCC58260.2023.10324000.

3D-PM: A ML-powered Probabilistic Detection of DDoS Attacks in P4 Switches

F. Mecerhed | A. Benabdallah | K. Zeraoulia | C. Benzaïd

2023 — In Proc. of the IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networks (MeditCom), Dubrovnik, Croatia, Sept. 2023, pp. 80-85, doi: 10.1109/MeditCom58224.2023.10266635.

A Mathematical Model for Analyzing Honeynets and Their Cyber Deception Techniques

A. Javadpour | F. Ja'Fari | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2023 — In Proc. 27th Int'l Conf. On Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, Toulouse, France, Jun. 2023, pp. 81-88, doi: 10.1109/ICECCS59891.2023.00019.

Transfer Learning based GPS Spoofing Detection for Cellular-Connected UAVs

Y. Dang | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | B. Yang | Y. Shen

2022 — In Proc. of the 18th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2022), Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 30 – June 3, 2022, pp. 629-634, doi: 10.1109/IWCMC55113.2022.9824124.

TopoTrust: A Blockchain-based Trustless and Secure Topology Discovery in SDNs

M. L. Adjou | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb

2022 — In Proc. of the 18th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2022), Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 30 – June 3, 2022, pp. 1107-1112, doi: 10.1109/IWCMC55113.2022.9825045.

Deep Learning for GPS Spoofing Detection in Cellular-Enabled UAV Systems

Y. Dang | C. Benzaïd | B. Yang | T. Taleb

2021 — In Proc. of 2021 International Conference on Networking and Network Applications (NaNA 2021), Lijiang City, China, Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2021, pp. 501-506, doi: 10.1109/NaNA53684.2021.00093.

Distributed AI-based Security for Massive Numbers of Network Slices in 5G & Beyond Mobile Systems

C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | C.-T. Phan | C. Tselios | G. Tsolis

2021 — In Proc. of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) – 6G Summit, Virtual Conference (Porto, Portugal), 8-11 June, 2021, pp. 401-406, doi: 10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit51104.2021.9482418 .

Defining the Security Management Closed-Loop for INSPIRE-5Gplus

J. Ortiz | C. Benzaïd | M. Christopoulou | P. Alemany | G. Chollon | W. Soussi

2021 — In EuCNC Workshop 8 on From 5G to 6G Automated and Intelligent SecuriTy (FAST), Virtual Conference (Porto, Portugal), 8 – 11 June, 2021.

GPS Spoofing Detector with Adapative Trustable Residence Area for Cellular-based UAVs

Y. Dang | C. Benzaïd | Y. Shen | T. Tarik

2020 — In Proc. of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM42002.2020.9348030. (Best Paper Award)

Best Paper Award

INSPIRE-5Gplus : Intelligent Security and Pervasive Trust for 5G and Beyond Networks

J. Ortiz | R. Sanchez-Iborra | J. Bernal | A. Skarmeta Gomez | C. Benzaïd | T. Taleb | P. Alemany | R. Muñoz | R. Vilalta | C. Gaber | J.-P. Wary | D. Ayed | P. Bisson | M. Christopoulou | G. Xilouris | E. Montes de Oca | G. Gür | G. Santinelli | V. Lefebvre | A. Pastor | D. Lopez

2020 — In Proc. of the International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2020), Dublin, Irland, August 2020, Article No.: 105, pp. 1 – 10, https://doi.org/10.1145/3407023.3409219

Energy-aware Collision Avoidance Stochastic Optimizer for a UAVs Set

S. Ouahouah | J. Prados | T. Taleb | C. Benzaïd

2020 — In IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC 2020), Limassol, Cyprus, Jun. 2020, pp. 1636-1641, doi: 10.1109/IWCMC48107.2020.9148495.

Robust Self-Protection Against Application-Layer (D)DoS Attacks in SDN Environment

C. Benzaïd | M. Boukhalfa | T. Taleb

2020 — in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2020), Seoul, Korea (South), May 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WCNC45663.2020.9120472.

Connectivity-aware Relay Node Deployment in Grid-based Wireless Sensor Networks (Short paper)

K. Tisseli | C. Benzaïd | N. Lasla | N. Badache

2019 — In Proc. of the IEEE Wireless Days, Manchester, UK, Apr. 2019, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/WD.2019.8734234.

Energy and Delay aware Physical Collision Avoidance in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

S. Ouahouah | T. Taleb | J. Song | C. Benzaïd

2018 — In Proc. of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2018), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2018, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647223.

Efficient Offloading Mechanism for UAVs-based Value Added Services

S. Ouahouah | T. Taleb | J. Song | C. Benzaïd

2017 — In Proc. of the IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC’17), Paris, France, May 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICC.2017.7997362.

A Scalable Malware Classification based on Integrated Static and Dynamic Features

T. Bounouh | Z. Brahimi | A. Al-Nemrat | C. Benzaïd

2017 — In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Global Security, Safety & Sustainability (ICGS3-17), London, UK, January 2017, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51064-4_10.

CMTS: Consensus-based Multi-hop Time Synchronization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks

A. Saiah | C. Benzaïd | N. Badache

2016 — In Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA-16), Cambridge, MA USA, Nov. 2016, pp. 232-236, doi: 10.1109/NCA.2016.7778623.

IWNetFAF: An Integrated Wireless Network Forensic Analysis Framework

N. Benchikha | M. Krim | K. Zeraoulila | C. Benzaïd

2016 — In Proc. of the 1st Cybersecurity and Cyberforensics Conference (CCC’16), Amman, Jordan, Aug. 2016, pp. 35-40, doi: 10.1109/CCC.2016.23.

Forensic Malware Analysis: The Value of Fuzzy Hashing Algorithms in Identifying Similarities

Nikolaos Sarantinos | C. Benzaïd | Omar Arabiat | Ameer Al-Nemrat

2016 — In Proc. of the 15th IEEE International Conf. on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-16), Tianjin, China, August 2016, pp. 1782-1787, doi: 10.1109/TrustCom.2016.0274.

Intelligent Detection of MAC Spoofing Atttack in 802.11 Network

C. Benzaïd | A. Boulgheraif | F. Z. Dahmane | A. Al-Nemrat | K. Zeraoulia

2016 — In Proceedings of the 17th ACM International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2016), Singapore, Jan. 2016, pp. 47:1 – 47:5, 10.1145/2833312.2850446.

LSEA: Light Weight Sector Eligibility Algorithm for k-Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks

M. Chenait | B. Zebbane | L. Boufennara | L. Haouaya | C. Benzaïd | N. Badache

2015 — In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST 2015), Cambridge, UK, Sep. 2015, pp. 294-299, doi: 10.1109/NGMAST.2015.6.

Virtualization and Cyber Security: Arming Future Security Practitioners

M.B. Tharayanil | G. Whitney | M. Aiash | C. Benzaïd

2015 — In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-15), Helsinki, Filand, August 2015, pp. 1398-1402, doi: 10.1109/Trustcom.2015.537.

ARP Cache Poisoning Mitigation and Forensics Investigation

H.A. Mangut | A. Al-Nemrat | C. Benzaïd

2015 — In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-15), Helsinki, Filand, August 2015, pp. 1392-1397, doi: 10.1109/Trustcom.2015.536.

Cybercrime Profiling: Decision-Tree Induction, Examining Perceptions of Internet Risk and Cybercrime Victimisation

A. Al-Nemrat | C. Benzaïd

2015 — In Proc. of the 14th IEEE International Conf. on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-15), Helsinki, Filand, August 2015, pp. 1380-1385, doi: 10.1109/Trustcom.2015.534.

A Low-Complex Coverage Eligibility for Wireless Sensor Networks

M. Chenait | B. Zebbane | I. Belhocine | S. Fillali | C. Benzaïd | N. Badache

2015 — In Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing, Security and Advanced Communication (IPAC’15), Batna, Algeria, Nov. 2015, pp. 85:1-85:5, doi: 10.1145/2816839.2816854.

Sleep Scheduling With Predictive Coverage Redundancy Check in Wireless Sensor Networks

M. Chenait | B. Zebbane | C. Benzaïd | N. Badache

2015 — In Proceedings of the Twelfth IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS’15), Brussels, Belgium, August 2015, pp. 366-370, doi: 10.1109/ISWCS.2015.7454365.

Analysis of Malware Behaviour: Using data Mining Clustering Techniques to Support Forensics Investigation

E. Inang | C. Benzaïd | A. Al-Nemrat | P. Watters

2014 — In Proc. of the 5th IEEE Cybercrime and Trustworthy Computing Workshop (CTC 2014), Massey University's Auckland (Albany), New Zealand, Nov. 2014, pp. 54-63, doi: 10.1109/CTC.2014.10.

Investigations in Black-box Penetration Techniques on Wireless Networks: Gathering Digital Evidence against Cyber-Intrusions

K. Sergiou | A. Al-Nemrat | C. Benzaïd

2014 — In Proceedings of International Conference on Cybercrime, Security & Digital Forensics (Cyberforensics 2014), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, pp. 81-100, 2014.

An Efficient Clock Synchronization Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

C. Benzaïd | M. Bagaa | M. Younis

2014 — In Proc. of the 10th IEEE International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2014), Nicosia, Cyprus, August 2014, pp. 718-723, doi: 10.1109/IWCMC.2014.6906444.

An Enhanced Secure Pairwise Broadcast Time Synchronization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks

C. Benzaïd | A. Saïah | N. Badache

2014 — In Proc. of the 22nd Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-based Processing (PDP 2014). Turin, Italy, Feb. 2014, pp. 569-573, doi: 10.1109/PDP.2014.114.

Accelerated Verification of an ID-based Signature Scheme for Broadcast Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks

C. Benzaïd | S. Medjadba | A. Al-Nemrat | N. Badache

2012 — In Proc. of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE 2012), Paphos, Cyprus, Dec. 2012, pp. 633-639, doi: 10.1109/ICCSE.2012.105.

Fast Verification of an ID-based Signature Scheme for Broadcast Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks

C. Benzaïd | S. Medjadba | N. Badache

2012 — In Proc. of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2012), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Oct. 2012, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/MASS.2012.6708513.

Secure Pairwise Broadcast Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks

C. Benzaïd | A. Saïah | N. Badache

2011 — In Proc. of the 7th IEEE International Conference and Workshops on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2011), Barcelona, Spain, June 2011, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/DCOSS.2011.5982217.

Contributed to “6G Resilience White Paper,” 2025 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.09005

2025 — Contributed to “6G Resilience White Paper,” 2025 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.09005

Contributed to the 6G Smart Networks and Service Industry Association (6G-IA) white paper on “AI/ML as a Key Enabler of 6G Networks: Methodology, Approach and AI-Mechanisms in SNS JU,” Jan

2025 — Contributed to the 6G Smart Networks and Service Industry Association (6G-IA) white paper on “AI/ML as a Key Enabler of 6G Networks: Methodology, Approach and AI-Mechanisms in SNS JU,” Jan. 2025. (I was part of the core editing team).

Contributed to 5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA) white paper on “Enropean Vision for the 6G Network Ecosystem,” Version 1.0, June 2021.

2021 — Contributed to 5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA) white paper on “Enropean Vision for the 6G Network Ecosystem,” Version 1.0, June 2021.

Contributed to 5G-PPP white paper on “AI And ML Enablers for Beyond 5G Networks,” Version 1.0, May 2021.

2021 — Contributed to 5G-PPP white paper on “AI And ML Enablers for Beyond 5G Networks,” Version 1.0, May 2021.

Causal Order in Mobile Environments

C. Benzaïd

2009 — PhD Thesis, USTHB 2009

(With Highest Honors)

Under the supervision of Prof. N. Badache

Timestamping and Causal Ordering in Mobile Environments

C. Benzaïd

2003 — Magister’s Thesis, USTHB 2003

(With Highest Honors)

Under the supervision of N. Badache

Timestamping in Mobile Environments

C. Benzaïd

2001 — Mini-Project, USTHB 2001

(With Highest Honors)

Under the supervision of Prof. N. Badache