Book Chapters

[BC2] Boutaba, R., Shahriar, N., Salahuddin, M. A., and Limam, N. Managing virtualized networks and services with machine learning. IEEE/Wiley Communication Networks and Service Management in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. (PDF, .bib)

[BC1] Azad, A. S., Hasan, M. K., Rahman, M. A. I., Rahman, M. M., and Shahriar, N. Exploring the behavior and changing trends of rainfall and temperature using statistical computing techniques. Springer Computational Intelligence Techniques in Earth and Environmental Sciences, : 53-78, 2014. (PDF, .bib)

Refereed Journals and Magazines

[J15] Johari, S. S., Taeb, S., Shahriar, N., Chowdhury, S.R., Tornatore, M., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Hemmati, M. DRL-Assisted Reoptimization of Network Slice Embedding on EON-enabled Transport Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 20(1):800-814, 2023. (Impact factor: 4.682, PDF, .bib)

[J14] Harutyunyan, D., Shahriar, N., Boutaba, R., and Riggio, R. Latency and mobility-aware service function chain placement in 5G networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 21(5):1697-1709, 2022. (Impact factor: 5.112, PDF, .bib)

[J13] Shahriar, N., Zulfiqar, M., Chowdhury, S.R., Taeb, S., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Hemmati, M. Disruption Minimized Bandwidth Scaling in EON-enabled Transport Network Slices. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Special Issue on Latest Advances in Optical Networks for 5G Communications and Beyond, 39(9):2734-2747, 2021. (Impact factor: 9.302, PDF, .bib)

[J12] Shahriar, N., Taeb, S., Chowdhury, S.R., Zulfiqar, M., Tornatore, M., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Hemmati, M. Reliable Slicing of 5G Transport Networks with Bandwidth Squeezing and Multi-path Provisioning. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 17(3): 1418-1431, September 2020. (Impact factor: 4.682, PDF, .bib)

[J11] Borylo, P., Tornatore, M., Jaglarz, P., Shahriar, N. , Cholda, P., and Boutaba, R. Latency and Energy-aware Provisioning of Network Slices in Cloud Networks. ELSEVIER Computer Communications. Accepted March 2020. (Impact factor: 2.77, PDF, .bib)

[J10] Shahriar, N., Ahmed, R., Chowdhury, S.R., Khan, M.M.A, Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Feng, Z. Virtual Network Embedding with Guaranteed Connectivity under Multiple Substrate Link Failures. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 68(2):1025-1043, 2020. (Impact factor: 5.69, PDF, .bib)

[J9] Shahriar, N., Chowdhury, S.R., Ahmed, R., Khan, A., Fathi, S., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Liu, L. Virtual Network Survivability through Joint Spare Capacity Allocation and Embedding. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - 2018 Special Issue on Network Softwarization and Enablers, 36(3): 502-518, 2018. (Impact factor: 9.302, PDF, .bib)

[J8] Boutaba, R., Salahuddin, M. A., Limam, N., Ayoubi, S., Shahriar, N., Estrada-Solano, F., and Caicedo, O. M. A comprehensive survey on machine learning for networking: evolution, applications and research opportunities. Springer Journal of Internet Services and Applications, 9(1):1-99, 2018. (100+ citations, PDF, .bib)

[J7] Ayoubi, S., Limam, N., Salahuddin, M. A., Shahriar, N., Boutaba, R., Estrada-Solano, F., and Caicedo, O. M. Machine learning for cognitive network management. IEEE Communications Magazine, 56(1):158-165, 2018. (Impact factor: 10.356, PDF, .bib)

[J6] Chowdhury, S.R., Ayoubi, S., Ahmed, R., Shahriar, N., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Liu, L. Multi-Layer Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 15(3): 1132 - 1145, 2018. (Impact factor: 4.682, PDF, .bib)

[J5] Shahriar, N., Ahmed, R., Chowdhury, S.R., Khan, A., Boutaba, R., and Mitra, J. Generalized Recovery from Node Failure in Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 14(2): 261-274, 2017. (Impact factor: 4.682, PDF, .bib)

[J4] Ghaznavi, M., Shahriar, N., Kamali, S., Ahmed, R., and Boutaba, R. Distributed service function chaining. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 35(11):2479-2489, 2017. (Impact factor: 9.302, PDF, .bib)

[J3] Boutaba, R., Shahriar, N., and Fathi, S. Elastic optical networking for 5G transport. Springer Journal of Network and Systems Management, 25(4), 819-847, 2017. (Impact factor: 1.676, PDF, .bib)

[J2] Khan, M. M. A., Shahriar, N., Ahmed, R., and Boutaba, R.. Multi-path link embedding for survivability in virtual networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 13(2): 253-266, 2016. (Impact factor: 4.682, PDF, .bib)

[J1] Chowdhury, S.R., Ahmed, R., Khan, M.M.A., Shahriar, N., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Feng, Z. Dedicated Protection for Survivable Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 13(4): 913-926, 2016. (Impact factor: 4.682, PDF, .bib)

Refereed Conferences / Workshops

[C39] M. S. Towhid, N. S. Khan, M. M. Hasan, and N.Shahriar Towards effective network intrusion detection in imbalanced datasets: A hierarchical approach. In International Workshop on Computing, Networking and Communications (CNC), 2024. (PDF, .bib)

[C38] Farzaneh, B., N.Shahriar, A. H. A. Muktadir, Md. S. Towhid. DTL-IDS: Deep Transfer Learning-based Intrusion Detection System in 5G Networks. In IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2023. (PDF, .bib)

[C37] Md. S. Towhid, N. S. Khan, N.Shahriar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh. A Token-Prioritization Strategy for Handling Data Imbalance in Network-Change Ticket Classification. In IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2023. (PDF, .bib)

[C36] M. Mushtaq, M. Golkarifard, N.Shahriar, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh. Optimal Functional Splitting, Placement and Routing for Isolation-Aware Network Slicing in NG-RAN. In IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2023. (PDF, .bib)

[C35] Ahmadinejad, M. H., Shahriar, N., Fan, L. Self-Training for Cyberbully Detection: Achieving High Accuracy with a Balanced Multi-Class Dataset. In IEEE 22nd Int'l Conference on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC), 2023. (PDF, .bib)

[C34] Ahasan, M. A. A., Hu, M., Shahriar, N. OFMCDM/IRF: A phishing website detection model based on optimized fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making and improved random forest. In 4th IEEE Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference, 2023. (PDF, .bib)

[C33] Towhid, M. S., Shahriar, N. Early detection of intrusion in SDN. In 8th IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Analytics For Network And Service Management (ANNET) to be held with IEEE/IFIP NOMS, 2023. (PDF, .bib)

[C32] Ahmadinejad, M. H., Azmin, T., Shahriar, N. 5G network slice type classification using traditional and incremental learning. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2023. (PDF, .bib)

[C31] N. Saha, Shahriar, N., R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Monarch: Network slice monitoring architecture for cloud native 5G deployments. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2023. [To appear]. (PDF, .bib)

[C30] Khan, M. S., Farzaneh, B., Shahriar, N., Saha, N, Boutaba, R. Slicesecure: Impact and detection of DoS/DDoS attacks on 5G network slices. In Symposium on Security for 5G and Future Networks - IEEE Future Networks World Forum, 2022. (PDF, .bib)

[C29] Azmin, T., Ahmadinejad, M. H., Shahriar, N. Bandwidth prediction in 5G mobile networks using informer. In IEEE 13th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF), 2022. (PDF, .bib)

[C28] Towhid, M. S., Shahriar, N. Encrypted Network Traffic Classification in SDN using Self-supervised Learning. In IEEE 8th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2022, pp. 243-245. [Demo Paper] (PDF, .bib)

[C27] Towhid, M. S., Shahriar, N. Encrypted network traffic classification using self-supervised learning. In IEEE 8th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2022, pp. 366-374. (PDF, .bib)

[C26] S. S. Johari, Shahriar, N., M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Anomaly detection and localization in nfv systems: An unsupervised learning approach. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2022. [Best Student Paper Award]. (PDF, .bib)

[C25] N. Saha, A. James, Shahriar, N., R. Boutaba, and A. Saleh. Demonstrating network slice kpi monitoring in a 5G testbed. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2022. [Demo Paper]. (PDF, .bib)

[C24] S. Taeb, Shahriar, N., S. R. Chowdhury, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Reoptimizing network slice embedding on eon-enabled transport networks. In IEEE/ACM/IFIP 17th Interna- tional Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2021, pp. 292-300. (PDF, .bib)

[C23] R. Boutaba, Shahriar, N., M. A. Salahuddin, S. R. Chowdhury, N. Saha, and A. James. AI-driven closed-loop automation in 5G and beyond mobile networks. In 4th ACM FlexNets Workshop on Flexible Networks Artificial Intelligence Supported Network Flexibility and Agility, 2021. (PDF, .bib)

[C22] Shahriar, N., and Boutaba, R. Survivable virtual network embedding. IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM). France, 2021:748-753. (Dissertation Digest Paper) (PDF, .bib)

[C21] Shahriar, N., Zulfiqar, M., Chowdhury, S.R., Taeb, S., Tornatore, M., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Hemmati, M. Disruption-minimized Re-adaptation of Virtual Links in Elastic Optical Networks. In Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2020, pp. Th2A-30. (PDF, .bib, Poster )

[C20] Shahriar, N., Taeb, S., Chowdhury, S.R., Zulfiqar, M., Tornatore, M., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Hemmati, M. Reliable Slicing of 5G Transport Networks with Dedicated Protection. IEEE/ACM/IFIP 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2019, pp. 1-9. (Acceptance Rate: 16.5%) [Best Paper Award] (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C19] Harutyunyan, D., Fedrizzi, R., Shahriar, N., Boutaba, R., and Riggio, R. Orchestrating end-to-end slices in 5G networks. In IEEE/ACM/IFIP 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2019, pp. 1-9. (Acceptance Rate: 16.5%) (PDF, .bib)

[C18] Harutyunyan, D., Shahriar, N., Boutaba, R., and Riggio, R. Latency-Aware Service Function Chain Placement in 5G Mobile Networks. In IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft) 2019, pp. 133-141.(Acceptance Rate: 24.7%) [Best Student Paper Award] (PDF, .bib)

[C17] Shahriar, N., Taeb, S., Chowdhury, S.R., Tornatore, M., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Hemmati, M. Achieving a Fully-Flexible Virtual Network Embedding in Elastic Optical Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2019, pp. 1756-1764. (Acceptance Rate: 19.6%) (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C16] Taeb, S., Shahriar, N., Chowdhury, S.R., Tornatore, M., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Hemmati, M. Virtual Network Embedding with Path-based Latency Guarantees in Elastic Optical Networks. In proceedings of IEEE ICNP 2019, pp. 1-12. (Acceptance Rate: 19.3%) (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C15] Chowdhury, S.R., Ayoubi, S., Ahmed, R., Shahriar, N., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Liu, L. MULE: Multi-Layer Virtual Network Embedding. In Proceedings of IEEE/ACM/IFIP CNSM 2017, pp. 1-9. (Acceptance Rate: 17.6%) [Best Paper Award] (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C14] Shahriar, N., Chowdhury, S.R., Ahmed, R., Khan, A., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J, and Liu, L. Joint Backup Capacity Allocation and Embedding for Survivable Virtual Networks. In Proceedings of IFIP Networking 2017, pp. 1-9. (Acceptance Rate: 28.6%) (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C13] Shahriar, N., Chowdhury, S.R., Sharmin, M., Ahmed, R., Boutaba, R., and Mathieu, B. Availability in P2P based Online Social Networks. In IEEE 4th International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (NSysS) 2017, pp. 1-9. (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C12] Chowdhury, S.R., Ahmed, R., Shahriar, N., Khan, A., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J, and Liu, L. ReViNE: Reallocation of Virtual Network Embedding to Eliminate Substrate Bottlenecks. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE IM 2017, pp. 116-124 (Acceptance Rate: 28.6%) (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C11] Shahriar, N., Ahmed, R., Khan, A., Chowdhury, S.R., Boutaba, R., and Mitra, J. ReNoVatE: Recovery from Node Failure in Virtual Network Embedding. In Proceedings of IEEE/ACM/IFIP CNSM 2016, pp. 19-27 (Acceptance Rate: 15.5%) (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C10] Shahriar, N., Ahmed, R., Chowdhury, S.R., Khan, M.M.A, Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Feng, Z. Connectivity-aware Virtual Network Embedding. In Proceedings of IFIP Networking 2016, pp. 46 - 54 (Acceptance Rate: 29%) (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C9] Chowdhury, S.R., Ahmed, R., Khan, MMA., Shahriar, N., Boutaba, R., Mitra, J., and Zeng, F. Protecting Virtual Networks with DRONE. In Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2016, pp. 78-86 (Acceptance Rate: 25.3%) (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C8] Khan, M. M. A., Shahriar, N., Ahmed, R., and Boutaba, R. Simple: Survivability in multi-path link embedding. In 11th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) 2015, pp. 210-218. (Acceptance Rate: 17.6%) (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C7] Ghaznavi, M., Khan, A., Shahriar, N., Alsubhi, K., Ahmed, R., and Boutaba, R. Elastic virtual network function placement. In IEEE 4th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet) 2015 , pp. 255-260.(PDF, .bib)

[C6] Rahman, M. K., Uddin, M. Y. S., Shahriar, N., and Rahman, M. Sponge: A searchable P2P mobile app store using DHTs. In IEEE International Conference on Networking Systems and Security (NSysS) 2015, (pp. 1-6). (PDF, .bib)

[C5]Shahriar, N., Chowdhury, S.R., Sharmin, M., Ahmed, R., Boutaba, R., and Mathieu, B. Ensuring beta-availability in P2P Social Networks. In Proceedings of HotPOST 2013 (ICDCS 2013 Workshops), pp. 150-155 (Acceptance Rate: 40%) [Best Paper Runner-up] (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C4] Solaiman, K. M. A., Rahman, M. M., and Shahriar, N. AVRA Bangladesh collection, analysis & visualization of road accident data in Bangladesh. In IEEE International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision (ICIEV) 2013, pp. 1-6. (PDF, .bib)

[C3] Shahriar, N., Sharmin, M., Ahmed, R., Rahman, M. M., Boutaba, R., and Mathieu, B. Diurnal availability for peer-to-peer systems. In IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) 2012, pp. 619-623. (PDF, .bib, Slides)

[C2] Azad, A. S., Hasan, M. K., Rahman, M. A. I., Rahman, M. M., and Shahriar, N. Changing trends of climate in Bangladesh and a noble procedure of distribution of rainfall by clustering. In Proceedings of International Conference on Statistical data mining for bioinformatics, health, agriculture and environment 2012, pp. 405-411. (PDF, .bib)

[C1] Shahriar, N., Mujib, S. A. I., Roy, A. R., and Rahman, A. Iterative Route Discovery in AODV. In Proceedings of 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications 2010, pp. 392-399. (PDF, .bib)