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Conference Papers


* my MSc Student, ** PhD Student, ^ Visiting Scholar,
^^ Undergrad Student, and ++ Postdoctoral Fellow (current/former).

  1. A. El-Toukhy**, I. Elgarhy**, M. Badr**, M. Mahmoud, M. Fouda++, M. Ibrahem, and F. Amsaad, “Securing smart grids: Deep reinforcement learning approach for detecting cyber-attacks”, IEEE International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SmartNets), May 28 - 30, Washington DC, USA, 2024.

  2. M. Miller^^, H. Habbak**, M. Badr**, M. Baza**, M. Mahmoud, M. Fouda++, “Electricity theft detection approach using one-class classification for AMI”, IEEE Consumer Communications Networking Conference (CCNS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2024.

  3. A. Bondok**, M. Mahmoud, M. Badr**, M. Fouda++, and M. Alsabaan , “A distillation-based attack against adversarial training defense for smart grid federated learning”, IEEE Consumer Communications Networking Conference (CCNS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2024.

  4. I. Elgarhy**, A. El-Toukhy**, M. Badr**, M. Mahmoud, M. Fouda++, M. Alsabaan, and H. Kholidy, “Secured cluster-based electricity theft detectors against blackbox evasion attacks”, IEEE Consumer Communications Networking Conference (CCNS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2024.

  5. A. El-Toukhy**, M. Mahmoud, A. Bondok**, M. Fouda++, and M. Alsabaan, “Evasion attacks in smart power grids: A deep reinforcement learning approach”, IEEE Consumer Communications Networking Conference (CCNS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2024.

  6. K. Khalil, A. Sherif**, M. Mamun, M. Elsersy, A. Imam, M. Hataba, and M. Mahmoud, “Privacy-preserving and hardware acceleration-based authentication scheme for data collection in e-health applications”, IEEE 66th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2023.

  7. H. Kholidy, A. Karam, J. Sidoran, M. Rahman, M. Mahmoud, M. Badr**, A. Sayed, and M. Mahmud, “Toward zero trust security in 5g open architecture network slices”, IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) - Cyber Security and Trusted Computing Track, 2022.

  8. M. Ibrahem**, M. Mahmoud, Mostafa M. Fouda++, Basem M. ElHalawany, and Waleed Alasmary, “Privacy-preserving and efficient decentralized federated learning-based energy theft detector”, IEEE Globecom, 2022.

  9. Harishma T. Haridas, Mostafa M. Fouda++, Zubair Md Fadlullah, M. Mahmoud, Basem M. ElHalawany, and Mohsen Guizani, “MED-GPVS: A deep learning-based joint biomedical image classification and visual question answering system for precision e-health”, IEEE ICC, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ICC45855.2022.9839076.

  10. M. Badr**, M. Ibrahem**, M. Mahmoud, W. Alasmary, M. Fouda++, K. Almotairi, and Z. Fadlullah, “Privacy-preserving federated-learning-based net-energy forecasting”, IEEE Southeast Conference, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/SoutheastCon48659.2022.9764093.

  11. M. Abdulaal, M. Ibrahem**, M. Mahmoud, S. Bello, and A. Aljohani, A. Milyani, and A. Abusorrah, “DRFD: Deep learning-based real-time and fast detection of false readings in AMI”, IEEE Southeast Conference, pp. 682–689, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/SoutheastCon48659.2022.976396.

  12. M. Nabil**, A. Sherif**, M. Mahmoud, W. Alasmary, M. Alsabaan, “Person localization using machine learning in multi-source camera surveillance system”, IEEE Southeast Conference, pp. 110–116, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/SoutheastCon48659.2022.976398.

  13. Muhammad Hataba, Ahmed Sherif**, Mohamed Elsersy, Mahmoud Nabil**, M. Mahmoud, Khaled H. Almotairi, “Privacy-preserving biometric-based authentication scheme for electric vehicles charging system”, 3rd IEEE Middle East North Africa COMMunications Conference, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/MENACOMM50742.2021.9678231.

  14. Mohamed Baza**, Ramy Amer, Fathi Amsaad, M. Mahmoud, and Waleed Alasmary, “Efficient privacy preserving charging coordination with linkability-resistance in the smart grid”, IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps): 2nd Workshop on Recent Trends of Internet of Softwarized Things - 5G B (IEEE IoST-5GB), pp. 1–5, 2021. DOI 10.1109/GCWkshps52748.2021.9681950.

  15. Mohamed Ibrahem**, Sherif Abdelfattah**, M. Mahmoud, and Waleed Alasmary, “Detecting electricity theft cyber-attacks in CAT AMI system using machine learning”, IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), pp. 1–6, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615629.

  16. Ahmed Shafee**, Mahmoud Nabil**, M. Mahmoud, Waleed Alasmary, and Fathi Amsaad, “Detection of denial of charge (DoC) attacks in smart grid using convolutional neural networks”, IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615776.

  17. Mahmoud Badr**, Mohamed Baza**, Sherif Abdelfattah**, M. Mahmoud, and Waleed Alasmary, “Blockchain-based ride-sharing system with accurate matching and privacy-preservation”, IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615661.

  18. Seham Alansari*, Mahmoud Badr**, M. Mahmoud, and Waleed Alasmary, “Efficient and privacy preserving contact tracing system for COVID-19 using blockchain”, IEEE ICC 2021 Workshop on Wireless Networking Innovations for Mobile Edge Learning, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops50388.2021.947386.

  19. Muneera Alotaibi, Mohamed Ibrahem**, Waleed Alasmary, Dawood Al-Abri, and M. Mahmoud, “UBLS: User-based location selection scheme for preserving location privacy”, IEEE ICC 2021 Workshop on Wireless Networking Innovations for Mobile Edge Learning, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops50388.2021.9473579.

  20. Sherif Abdelfattah**, Mohamed Baza**, M. Mahmoud, and Waleed Alasmary, “CSES: Customized searchable encryption scheme with efficient key management over medical cloud data”, IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615807.

  21. M. Badr**, M. Ibrahem**, M. Baza**, M. Mahmoud, and W. Alasmary, “Detecting electricity fraud in the net-metering system using deep learning”, IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615628.

  22. M. Ibrahem**, M. Badr**, M. Mahmoud, M. Fouda++, and W. Alasmary, “Countering presence privacy attack in efficient AMI networks using interactive deep-learning”, IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615798.

  23. M. Baza**, Ramy Amer, Amar Rasheed, Gautam Srivastava, M. Mahmoud, Waleed Alasmary, “A blockchain-based energy trading scheme for the electric vehicles”, IEEE 18th Annual Consumer Communications Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 1–7, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/CCNC49032.2021.9369517.

  24. M. Ibrahem**, M. Badr**, M. Fouda++, M. Mahmoud, W. Alasmary, and Z. Fadlullah, “PMBFE: Efficient and privacy-preserving monitoring and billing using functional encryption for AMI networks”, IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), Montreal, Canada, pp. 1– 7. DOI: 10.1109/ISNCC49221.2020.9297246.

  25. Z. Haddad^, M. Fouda++, M. Mahmoud, and M. Abdallah, “Blockchain-based authentication for 5G networks”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies (ICIoT), pp. 189–194, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICIoT48696.2020.9089507.

  26. M. Baza**, A. Salazar^^, M. Mahmoud, M. Abdallah, K. Akkaya, “On sharing models instead of data using mimic learning for smart health applications”, IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies (ICIoT), pp. 231–236, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICIoT48696.2020.9089457.

  27. M. Baza**, M. Mahmoud, G. Srivastava, W. Alasmary, and M. Younis, “A light blockchain-powered privacy-preserving organization scheme for ride sharing services”, IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring), pp. 1–6, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/VTC2020-Spring48590.2020.9129197.

  28. W. Al Amiri*, M. Baza**, K. Banawan, M. Mahmoud, W. Alasmary, K. Akkaya, “Privacy-preserving smart parking system using blockchain and private information retrieval”, Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (IEEE SmartNets), pp. 1–6, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/SmartNets48225.2019.9069783.

  29. W. Al Amiri*, M. Baza**, K. Banawan, M. Mahmoud, W. Alasmary, K. Akkaya, “Towards secure smart parking system using blockchain technology”, Proc. of IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 1–2, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/CCNC46108.2020.9045674.

  30. A. Shafee**, M. Baza**, D. Talbert, M. Fouda++, M. Nabil**, and M. Mahmoud, “Mimic learning to generate a shareable network intrusion detection model”, Proc. IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 1–6, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/CCNC46108.2020.9045236.

  31. M. Nabil**, M. Mahmoud, M. Ismail, and E. Serpedin, “Deep recurrent electricity theft detection in AMI networks with evolutionary hyper-parameter tuning”, Proc. of International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings), pp. 1002–1008, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData.2019.00175.

  32. A. Alsharif**, A. Shafee**, M. Nabil**, M. Mahmoud, and W. Alasmary, “A multi-authority attributebased signcryption scheme with efficient revocation for smart grid downlink communication”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings’19), pp. 1025–1032, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData.2019.00178.

  33. M. Baza**, M. Nabil**, M. Ismail, and M. Mahmoud, E. Serpedin, and M. Rahman, “Blockchain-based charging coordination mechanism for smart grid energy storage units”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), pp. 504–509, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/Blockchain.2019.00076.

  34. E. Radi, N. Lasla, S. Bakiras, and M. Mahmoud, “Privacy-preserving electric vehicle charging for peer-to-peer energy trading ecosystems”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’19), pp. 1–6, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2019.8761788.

  35. M. Baza**, M. Nabil**, N. Lasla, K. Fidan^^, M. Mahmoud, M. Abdallah, “Blockchain-based firmware update scheme tailored for autonomous vehicles”, Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1–7, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2019.8885769.

  36. T. Guo and M. Mahmoud, “Performance analysis of physical-layer-based authentication for electric vehicle dynamic charging”, Proc. of IEEE Connected and Automated Vehicles Symposium (CAVS’18), Chicago, USA, August 2018.

  37. M. Nabil**, M. Ismail, M. Mahmoud, M. Shahin, K. Qaraqe, and E. Serpedin, “Deep recurrent electricity theft detection in AMI networks with random tuning of hyper-parameters”, Proc. of International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), China, Beijing, August 2018.

  38. A. Alsharif**, M. Nabil**, M. Mahmoud, and M. Abdallah, “Privacy-preserving collection of power consumption data for enhanced AMI networks”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Telecommunication (ICT’18), France, June 2018.

  39. A. Sherif**, A. Alsharif**, M. Mahmoud, M. Abdallah, and M. Song, “Efficient privacy-preserving aggregation scheme for data sets”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Telecommunication (ICT’18), France, June 2018.

  40. M. Nabil**, A. Alsharif**, A. Sherif**, M. Mahmoud, and M. Younis, “Efficient multi-keyword ranked search over encrypted data for multi-data-owner settings”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’18), Kansas City, MO, USA, June 2018.

  41. A. Sherif**, A. Alsharif**, M. Mahmoud, and J. Moran^^, “Privacy-preserving autonomous cab service management scheme”, Proc. of the Third Africa and Middle East Conference on Software Engineering (AMECSE’17), Cairo, Egypt, 2017.

  42. N. Saputro, S. Tonyali, K. Akkaya, M. Cebe, and M. Mahmoud, “Efficient certificate verification for vehicle-to-grid communications”, Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Future Network Systems and Security (FNSS), Gainesville, Florida, USA., August-September 2017.

  43. Z. Haddad^, A. Alsharif**, A. Sherif**, and M. Mahmoud, “Privacy-preserving Intra-MME group handover via MRN in LTE-A networks for repeated trips”, Proc. of IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Fall), Toronto, Canada., September 2017.

  44. A. Sherif**, A. Alsharif**, J. Moran^^, and M. Mahmoud, “Privacy-preserving ride sharing organization scheme for autonomous vehicles in large cities”, Proc. IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Fall), Toronto, Canada, September 2017.

  45. A. Alsharif**, S. Tonyali, M. Mahmoud, K. Akkaya, M. Ismail, and E. Serpedin, “Performance analysis of certificate renewal scheme for AMI networks”, Proc. of the 7th International Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering, WCSE’17, Beijing, China, pp. 968–976, June 2017.

  46. S. Gunukula*, A. Sherif**, M. Pazos-Revilla**, B. Ausby^^, M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “Efficient scheme for secure and privacy-preserving electric vehicle dynamic charging system”, Proc. IEEE ICC’17, Paris, France, May 2017.

  47. H. Mohammed*, S. Tonyali, K. Rabieh**, M. Mahmoud, and K. Akkaya, “Efficient privacy-preserving data collection scheme for smart grid AMI networks”, Proc. of IEEE Globecom 2016, Washington DC, USA, December 2016. Received the Master of Science Best Paper Award from TTU.

  48. M. Hadian, X. Liang, T. Altuwaiyan, and M. Mahmoud, “Privacy-preserving mhealth data release with pattern consistency”, Proc. of IEEE Globecom 2016, Washington DC, USA, December 2016.

  49. Z. Haddad^, M. Mahmoud, S. Taha, and I. Saroit, “Secure and efficient handover scheme for LTE-A networks”, Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), Doha, Qatar, April 2016. 48% acceptance ratio. Received the Best Paper Award. This award was one of only four given, among more than 1000 papers submitted, and was the sole award for the Network Track.

  50. M. Mahmoud, M. Ismail, P. Akula*, K. Akkaya, E. Serpedin, K. Qaraqe, “Privacy-aware PEV charging coordination in future smart grids”, Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), Doha, Qatar, April 2016.

  51. E. Oriero*, K. Rabieh**, M. Mahmoud, M. Ismail, E. Serpedin, and K. Qaraqe, “Trust-based and privacy preserving fine-grained data retrieval scheme for MSNs”, Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), Doha, Qatar, April 2016.

  52. Z. Haddad^, M. Mahmoud, S. Taha, and I. Saroit, “Secure and privacy-preserving AMI-utility communications via LTE-A networks”, Proc. of IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, IEEE WiMob’15, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2015. 28% acceptance ratio.

  53. P. Akula*, M. Mahmoud, K. Akkaya, M. Song, “Privacy-preserving and secure communication scheme for power injection in smart grid”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (IEEE SmartGridComm), Miami, Florida, USA, November 2015.

  54. K. Rabieh**, M. Mahmoud, A. Seraj, J. Misic, “Efficient privacy-preserving chatting scheme with degree of interest verification for vehicular social networks”, Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Selected Areas in Communications: Social Networks (’GC’ 15 - SAC - Social Networks’), San Diego, USA, 2015.

  55. K. Rabieh**, M. Mahmoud, T. Guo, and M. Younis, “Cross-layer scheme for detecting large-scale colluding sybil attack in VANETs”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, June 2015.

  56. K. Rabieh**, M. Mahmoud, and M. Younis, “Privacy-preserving route reporting scheme for traffic management in VANETs”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, June 2015.

  57. M. Mahmoud, K. Akkaya, K. Rabieh**, and S. Tonyali, “An efficient certificate revocation scheme for large-scale AMI networks”, Proc. of 33rd IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Austin, USA, Dec. 2014.

  58. K. Akkaya, K. Rabieh**, M. Mahmoud, S. Tonyali, “Efficient generation and distribution of CRLs for IEEE 802.11s-based smart grid AMI networks”, Proc. of IEEE SmartGridComm’14, Italy, November 2014.

  59. A. Beussink, K. Akkaya, I. F. Senturk, and M. Mahmoud, “Preserving consumer privacy on IEEE 802.11s based smart grid AMI networks using data obfuscation”, Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Communications and Control for Smart Energy Systems, Toronto, Canada, 2014.

  60. M. Mahmoud, J. Misic, and X. Shen, “A scalable public key infrastructure for smart grid communications”, Proc. of IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOM’13), Atlanta, GA, USA, December 2013.

  61. M. Mahmoud, J. Misic, and X. Shen, “Efficient public-key certificate revocation schemes for smart grid”, Proc. of IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOM’13), Atlanta, GA, USA, December 2013.

  62. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “Secure and efficient source location privacy-preserving scheme for wireless sensor networks”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’12), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.

  63. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “A novel traffic-analysis back tracing attack for locating source nodes in wireless sensor networks”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC’12), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.

  64. M. Mahmoud, Mrinmoy Barua, and X. Shen, “SATS: Secure data-forwarding scheme for delay-tolerant wireless networks”, Proc. of IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOM’11), Houston, Texas, USA, December 2011.

  65. Mrinmoy Barua, M. Mahmoud, and X. Shen, “ASTP: Agent-based secure and trustworthy packet forwarding protocol for eHealth”, Proc. of IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOM’11), Houston, Texas, USA, December 2011.

  66. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “Trust-based and energy-aware incentive routing protocol for multi-hop wireless networks”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’11), Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.

  67. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “RISE: Receipt-free cooperation incentive scheme for multi-hop wireless networks”, Proc. of IEEE ICC’11, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.

  68. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “Lightweight privacy-preserving routing and incentive protocol for hybrid ad hoc wireless networks”, Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM’11- International Workshop on Security in Computers, Networking and Communications (SCNC), Shanghi, China, p. 1006–1011, April 2011.

  69. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “Stimulating cooperation in multi-hop wireless networks using cheating detection system”, Proc. of IEEE Conference on Information Communications (INFOCOM’10), pp. 776-784, San Diego, California, USA, March 2010. 17.5% acceptance ratio.

  70. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “Secure cooperation incentive scheme with limited use of public key cryptography for multi-hop wireless network”, Proc. of IEEE Global Communication Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM’10), Miami, Florida, USA, December 2010.

  71. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “Credit-based mechanism protecting multi-hop wireless networks from rational and irrational packet drop”, Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’10, Miami, Florida, USA, December 2010.

  72. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “MYRPA: An incentive system with reduced receipts for multi-hop wireless networks”, Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC’10-Fall), Ottawa, Canada, September 2010.

  73. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “DSC: Cooperation incentive mechanism for multi-hop cellular networks”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’09), Dresden, Germany, pp. 569–574, 2009. Received Best Paper Award, which was one of only fourteen given, among 1046 papers presented and more than 3000 submitted, and was the sole award for the Communication and Information Systems Security Symposium. http://www.ieee-icc.org/2009/ICC2009PROGRAM.PDF37.

  74. M. Mahmoud and X. Shen, “Anonymous and authenticated routing in multi-hop cellular networks”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’09), Dresden, Germany, pp. 839–844, June 2009.