Publications

Journals/Magazines

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Partitioning of Multiple Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences Concurrently Streamed to Heterogeneous Clients, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Accepted November 2007.
• M. Hefeeda and O. Saleh, Traffic Modeling and Proportional Partial Caching for Peer-to-Peer Systems, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Accepted October 2007.
• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, Rate-Distortion Optimized Streaming of Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, Accepted June 2007.
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, On the Accuracy and Complexity of Rate-Distortion Models for FGS-encoded Video Sequences, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, Accepted February 2007.
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Optimal Coding of Multi-layer and Multi-version Video Streams, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 10(1), pp. 121--131, January 2008.
• B. Jules and M. Hefeeda, pCDN: Peer-assisted Content Distribution Network, CBC/Radio-Canada Technology Review Magazine, Issue 4, pp. 1--14, July 2007. (Invited, also published in French).
• Y. Tu, J. Sun, M. Hefeeda, Y. Xia, S. Prabhakar, An Analytical Study of Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming Systems, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, 1(4), pp. 354--376, November 2005.
• M. Hefeeda, A. Habib, D. Xu, B. Bhargava, B. Botev, CollectCast: A Peer-to-Peer Service for Media Streaming, ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal, 11(1), pp. 68--81, November 2005.
• C. Schuba, M. Hefeeda, J. Goldschmidt, M. Speer, Scaling Network Services Using Programmable Network Devices, IEEE Computer, pp. 52--60, April 2005.
• M. Hefeeda, B. Bhargava, D. Yau, A Hybrid Architecture for Cost-Effective On-Demand Media Streaming, Elsevier Computer Networks, 44(3), pp. 353--382, February 2004.

Conferences/Workshops

• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, A Probabilistic Coverage Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'07), Beijing, China, October 2007. (Acceptance: 15%) Slides ppt pdf
• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, Network Connectivity under Probabilistic Communication Models in Wireless Sensor Networks, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS'07), Pisa, Italy, October 2007. (Acceptance: 25%)
• M. Hefeeda and M. Bagheri, Wireless Sensor Networks for Early Detection of Forest Fires, In Proc. of International Workshop on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems for Global and Homeland Security (MASS-GHS’07), in conjunction with IEEE MASS’07, Pisa, Italy, October 2007. Slides pptpdf
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Structuring Multi-Layer Scalable Streams to Maximize Client-Perceived Quality, In Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS'07), pp. 182--187, Chicago, IL, June 2007.
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Optimal Partitioning of Fine-Grained Scalable Video Streams, In Proc. of ACM International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio & Video (NOSSDAV'07), pp. 63--68, Urbana-Champion, IL, June 2007. Slides ppt pdf.
• M. Hefeeda and M. Bagheri, Randomized k-Coverage Algorithms For Dense Sensor Networks, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2007 Minisymposium, pp. 2376--2380, Anchorage, AK, May 2007. Slides ppt pdf. (Acceptance: 25%)
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Optimal Bit Allocation for Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences in Distributed Streaming Environments, In Proc. of 14th ACM/SPIE Multimedia Computing and Networking Conference (MMCN'07), pp. 1--12, San Jose, CA, Jan 2007. Slides ppt pdf. (Acceptance: 30%)
• O. Saleh and M. Hefeeda, Modeling and Caching of Peer-to-Peer Traffic, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'06), pp. 249--258, Santa Barbara, CA, November 2006. Slides ppt pdf. (Acceptance: 14%)
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Rate-Distortion Models for FGS-encoded Video Sequences, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications (ICCTA’06), pp. 334--337, Alexandria, Egypt, September 2006.
• Y. Tu, M. Hefeeda, Y. Xia, and S. Prabhakar, Control-based Quality Adaptation in Data Stream Management Systems, In Proc. of 16th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'05), Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. Published in Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 3588, pp. 746--755, September 2005.
• M. Hefeeda, A. Habib, B. Botev, D. Xu, and B. Bhargava, PROMISE: Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming Using CollectCast, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2003, pages 45--54, Berkeley, CA, November 2003. Slides ppt pdf. (Acceptance: 17%)
• M. Hefeeda, A Framework for Cost-Effective Peer-to-Peer Content Distribution, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2003, Doctoral Symposium, pages 642--643, Berkeley, CA, November 2003. Slides ppt pdf.
• M. Hefeeda, A. Habib, D. Xu, and B. Bhargava, CollectCast: A Tomography-Based Network Service for Peer-to-Peer Streaming, In ACM SIGCOMM'03 Poster Session, Karlsruhe, Germany, August 2003. Abstract pdf ppt. (Acceptance: 29%)
• A. Habib, M. Hefeeda, and B. Bhargava, Detecting Service Violations and DoS Attacks, In Proc. of Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium (NDSS'03), pages 177--189, San Diego, CA, February 2003. (Acceptance: 21%)
• D. Xu, M. Hefeeda, S. Hambrush, and B. Bhargava, On Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'02), pages 363--371, Vienna, Austria, July 2002. (Acceptance: 18%)
• M. Hefeeda and B. Bhargava, On-Demand Media Streaming Over the Internet, In Proc. of 9th IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems (FTDCS'03), pages 279--285, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May, 2003. Slides ppt pdf.
• Y. Lu , B. Bhargava, and M. Hefeeda, An Architecture for Secure Wireless Networking, In Proc. of Workshop on Reliable and Secure Applications in Mobile Environment, New Orleans, October 2001.
• R. A. Ammar, M. Hefeeda, H. Sholl, D. Smarkusky, and B. MacKay, Two-Moment Analysis of a Computation's Performance, International Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS'2000), Las Vegas, August 2000.
• R. A. Ammar, T. A. Fergany, A. El-Desouky, and M. Hefeeda, Heuristic Scheduling Algorithms to Access the Critical Section in Shared-Memory Environment, International Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS'96), DiJon, France, Sept. 1996.

Technical Reports and Manuscripts Under Review

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Optimal Coding of Multi-layer and Multi-version Video Streams, Technical Report TR 2007-13, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, May 2007. Accepted in IWQoS'07. Conference Version.
• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, Network Connectivity under Probabilistic Communication Models in Sensor Networks, Technical Report TR 2007-10, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, April 2007. Accepted in MASS'07. Conference Version.
• Mohamed Hefeeda, Forest Fire Modeling and Early Detection using Wireless Sensor Networks, Technical Report TR 2007-08, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Updated August 2007. Accepted in MASS-GHS'07. Conference Version.
• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, Probabilistic Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks, Technical Report TR 2006-21, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Updated March 2007. Accepted in ICNP'07. Version.
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Partitioning of Multiple Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences Concurrently Streamed to Heterogeneous Clients, Technical Report TR 2007-02, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, February 2007. Accepted in NOSSDAV'07. Conference Version.
• M. Hefeeda and M. Bagheri, Efficient k-Coverage Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks, Technical Report TR 2006-22, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, August 2006 (Updated January 2007). Accepted in INFOCOM Minisymposium 2007. Conference Version.
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, On the Accuracy and Complexity of Rate-Distortion Models for FGS-encoded Video Sequences, Technical Report TR 2006-12, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, May 2006. Accepted in ACM TOCCAP. Journal Version.
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Optimal Bit Allocation for Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences in Distributed Streaming Environments , Technical Report TR 2006-20, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, July 2006. Accepted in MMCN'07. Conference Version.
• O. Saleh and M. Hefeeda, Modeling and Caching of Peer-to-Peer Traffic. Technical Report TR 2006-11, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, May 2006. Accepted in ICNP'06. Conference Version.
• M. Hefeeda, Peer-to-Peer Systems: A Comprehensive Survey, Work in progress, September 2004.
• M. Hefeeda, P. Afeche, B. Bhargava, Economics of a Collaborative Peer-to-Peer Infrastructure for Content Distribution, CS-TR 03-015, Purdue University, May 2003.
• M. Hefeeda, A. Habib, B. Bhargava, Cost-Profit Analysis of a Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming Architecture, CERIAS TR 2002-37, Purdue University, October 2002.
• M. Hefeeda, B. Bhargava, On Mobile Code Security, CERIAS TR 2001-46, Purdue University, October 2001.

Patent

• C. Schuba, M. Hefeeda, J. Goldschmidt, M. Speer, Discovering Services Supported by Flow Enforcement Devices Through Subgraph Matching, US Patent Pending, Filed May 2005.