Publications

Journals

2020

• O. Eltobgy, O. Arafa, and M. Hefeeda, Mobile Streaming of Live 360-Degree Videos, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Accepted February 2020.

2018

• K. Calagari, M. Elgharib, P. Didyk, A. Kaspar, W. Matusik and M. Hefeeda, Data Driven 2D-to-3D Video Conversion for Soccer, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 20(3):605--618, March 2018.

• H. Hong, T. El-Ganainy, C. Hsu , K. Harras, M. Hefeeda, Disseminating Multilayer Multimedia Content Over Challenged Networks, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 20(2):345--360, February 2018.

2016

• S. Almowuena and M. Hefeeda, Mobile Video Streaming over Dynamic Single-Frequency Networks, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 12(5s), Article 81, pp. 1--26, November 2016.

• K. Calagari, T. ElGamal, K. Diab, K. Templin, P. Didyk, W. Matusik, and M. Hefeeda, Depth Personalization and Streaming of Stereoscopic Sports Videos, 12(3), Article 41, pp:41:1—41:23, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), March 2016.

• S. Almowuena, M.M. Rahman, C. Hsu, A. Hassan, and M. Hefeeda, Energy-Aware and Bandwidth-Efficient Hybrid Video Streaming over Mobile Networks, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 18(1), pp. 102--115, January 2016.

2015

• T. Hegazy and M. Hefeeda, Industrial Automation as a Cloud Service, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 26(10): 2750—2763, October 2015.

• M. Hefeeda, T. ElGamal, K. Calagari, and A. Abdelsadek, Cloud-based Multimedia Content Protection System, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 17(3), pp. 420--433, March 2015.

2014

• K. Calagari, M. Pakravan, S. Shirmohammadi, and M. Hefeeda, ALP: Adaptive Loss Protection Scheme with Constant Overhead for Interactive Video Applications, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 11(2), Article 25, pp. 1--25, December 2014.

2013

• F. Tabrizi, J. Peters, and M. Hefeeda, Dynamic Control of Receiver Buffers in Mobile Video Streaming Systems, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 12(5), pp. 995--1008, May 2013.

• N. Khodabakhshi and M. Hefeeda, Spider: A System for Finding 3D Video Copies, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 9(1), Article 7, pp. 1--20, February 2013.

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, Capacity Management of Seed Servers in Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems With Scalable Video Streams, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 15(1), pp. 181--194, January 2013.

2012

• A. Hamza and M. Hefeeda, Energy-Efficient Multicasting of Multiview 3D Videos to Mobile Devices, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 8(3s), Article 45, pp. 1--25, September 2012.

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, Design and Evaluation of a Testbed for Mobile TV Networks, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 8(1), Article 3, pp. 1--23, January 2012.

2011

• C. Ly, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, A Detour Routing System to Improve Quality of Online Games, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(4), pp. 733--747, August 2011.

• Y. Shen, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, Efficient Algorithms for Multi-Sender Data Transmission in Swarm-Based Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(4), pp. 762--775, August 2011.

• M. Hefeeda, C. Hsu, and K. Mokhtarian, Design and Evaluation of a Proxy Cache for Peer to Peer Traffic, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 60(7), pp. 964--977, July 2011.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Flexible Broadcasting of Scalable Video Streams to Heterogeneous Mobile Devices, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 10(3), pp. 406--418, March 2011.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Statistical Multiplexing of Variable-Bit-Rate Videos Streamed to Mobile Devices, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 7(2), Article 12, pp. 1--23, February 2011.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Using Simulcast and Scalable Video Coding to Control Channel Switching Delay in Mobile TV Broadcast Networks, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 7(2), Article 8, pp. 1--29, February 2011.

• S. Sharangi, R. Krishnamurti and M. Hefeeda, Energy-efficient Multicasting of Scalable Video Streams over WiMAX Networks, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(1), pp.102--115, February 2011.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, A Framework for Cross-layer Optimization of Video Streaming in Wireless Networks, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 7(1), Article 5, pp. 1--28, January 2011.

2010

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, Authentication of Scalable Video Streams with Low Communication Overhead, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 12(7), pp. 730--742, November 2010.

• M. Hefeeda and B. Noorizadeh, On the Benefits of Cooperative Proxy Caching for Peer-to-Peer Traffic, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 21(7), pp. 998--1010, July 2010.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Broadcasting Video Streams Encoded with Arbitrary Bit Rates in Energy-Constrained Mobile TV Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 18(3), pp. 681--694, June 2010.

• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, Energy-Efficient Protocol for Deterministic and Probabilistic Coverage in Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 21(5), pp. 579--593, May 2010.

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, On Burst Transmission Scheduling in Mobile TV Broadcast Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 18(2), pp. 610--623, April 2010.

• M. Hefeeda and K. Mokhtarian, Authentication Schemes for Multimedia Streams: Quantitative Analysis and Comparison, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 6(1), Article 6, pp. 1--24, February 2010.

2009

• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, An Integrated Protocol for Maintaining Connectivity and Coverage under Probabilistic Models for Wireless Sensor Networks, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, 7(3-4), pp. 295--323, April 2009.

• M. Hefeeda and M. Bagheri, Forest Fire Modeling and Early Detection using Wireless Sensor Networks, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, 7(3-4), pp.169--224, April 2009.

2008

• M. Hefeeda and O. Saleh, Traffic Modeling and Proportional Partial Caching for Peer-to-Peer Systems, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 16(6), pp. 1447--1460, December 2008.

• 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 (TOMM), 4(2), Article 15, pp. 1--22, May 2008.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Partitioning of Multiple Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences Concurrently Streamed to Heterogeneous Clients, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 10(3), pp. 457--469, April 2008.

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, Rate-Distortion Optimized Streaming of Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 4(1), Article 2, pp. 1--28, January 2008.

• 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.

2005

• 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 (TOMM), 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.

2004

• 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

2022

• K. Diab, P. Yassini, and M. Hefeeda, Orca: Server-assisted Multicast for Datacenter Networks, In Proc. of USENIX Networked Systems Designed and Implementation (NSDI'22), Renton, WA, April 2022. (To appear)

• K. Diab and M. Hefeeda, Yeti: Stateless and Generalized Multicast Forwarding, In Proc. of USENIX Networked Systems Designed and Implementation (NSDI'22), Renton, WA, April 2022. (To appear)

2021

• O. Mossad, K. Diab, I. Amer, and M. Hefeeda, DeepGame: Efficient Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM'21), Chengdu, China, October 2021. (Video presentation)

• A. Ahmed, S. Kim, M. Elgharib, and M. Hefeeda, User-assisted Video Reflection Removal, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’21), Istanbul, Turkey, September 2021.

• P. Azadi, N. Sharma and M. Hefeeda, Enabling Hyperspectral Imaging in Diverse Illumination Conditions for Indoor Applications, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'21), Istanbul, Turkey, September 2021.

2020

• K. Diab, C. Lee, and M. Hefeeda, Oktopus: Service Chaining for Multicast Traffic, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'20), Madrid, Spain, October 2020. (Acceptance: 16.8%)

• M. Arab, P. Azadi, M. Hussein, W. AbdAlmageed, and M. Hefeeda, Revealing True Identity: Detecting Makeup Attacks in Face-based Biometric Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM'20), Seattle, WA, October 2020.

• N. Sharma and M. Hefeeda, Hyperspectral Reconstruction from RGB Images for Vein Visualization, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'20), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2020.

2019

• M. Arab, K. Calagari, and M. Hefeeda, Band and Quality Selection for Efficient Transmission of Hyperspectral Images, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM'19), Nice, France, October 2019.

• M. Hegazy, K. Diab, M. Saeedi, B. Ivanovic, I. Amer, Y. Liu, G. Sines, and M. Hefeeda, Content-aware Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming, In Proc. of the ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’19), Amherst, MA, June 2019. [Best Student Paper Award]

• K. Diab and M. Hefeeda, Joint Content Distribution and Traffic Engineering of Adaptive Videos in Telco-CDNs, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2019, Paris, France, April 2019. (Acceptance: 19.7%)

2018

• M. Shatnawi and M. Hefeeda, Dynamic Input Anomaly Detection in Interactive Multimedia Services, In Proc. of the ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’18), Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2018. (Acceptance: 23%) [Best Student Paper Award - Honorable Mention]

2017

• K. Calagari, M. Elgharib, S. Shirmohammadi, and M. Hefeeda, Sports VR Content Generation from Regular Camera Feeds, In Proc. of the ACM Multimedia Conference (MM’17), Mountain View, CA, October 2017. (Acceptance: 28%)

• A. Hamza, H. Ahmadi, S. Almowuena, and M. Hefeeda, QoE-fair Adaptive Streaming of Free-viewpoint Videos over LTE Networks, In Proc. of the ACM Thematic Workshops (in conjunction with ACM Multimedia Conference), Mountain View, CA, October 2017.

• H. Ahmadi, O. Eltobgy, and M. Hefeeda, Adaptive Multicast Streaming of Virtual Reality Content to Mobile Users, In Proc. of the ACM Thematic Workshops (in conjunction with ACM Multimedia Conference), Mountain View, CA, October 2017.

• A. Nandoriya, M. Elgharib, C. Kim, M. Hefeeda, and W. Matusik, Video Reflection Removal Through Spatio-Temporal Optimization, International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV’17), Venice, Italy, October 2017.

• K. Diab and M. Hefeeda, MASH: A Rate Adaptation Algorithm for Multiview Video Streaming over HTTP, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2017, Atlanta, GA, May 2017. (Acceptance: 21%)

2016

• P. Kellnhofer, P. Didyk, K. Myszkowski, M. Hefeeda, H. Seidel, W. Matusik, GazeStereo3D: Seamless Disparity Manipulations, In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2016, Anaheim, CA, July 2016. (ACM Transactions on Graphics, 35(4), July 2016) (Acceptance: ~25%)

• A. Hamza and M. Hefeeda, Adaptive Streaming of Interactive Free Viewpoint Videos to Heterogeneous Clients, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’16) Conference, Klagenfurt, Austria, 12 pages, May 2016. (Acceptance: 28%)

• L. Gyarmati, M. Hefeeda, Analyzing In-Game Movements of Soccer Players at Scale, In Proc. of MIT SLOAN Sports Analytics Conference, Boston, MA, March 2016.

2015

• K. Calagari, M. Elgharib, P. Didyk, A. Kaspar, W. Matusik, and M. Hefeeda, Gradient-based 2D-to-3D Conversion for Soccer Videos, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia (MM'15) Conference, pp. 331--340, Brisbane, Australia, October 2015. (Acceptance: 22%)

• M. Shatnawi and M. Hefeeda, Enhancing the Quality of Interactive Multimedia Services by Proactive Monitoring and Failure Prediction, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia (MM'15) Conference, pp. 521--530, Brisbane, Australia, October 2015. (Acceptance: 22%)

• M. ElGharib, M. Hefeeda, F. Durand, and B. Freeman, Video Magnification in Presence of Large Motions, In Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR’15), Boston, MA, June 2015. (Acceptance: 24%)

• M. Yabandeh, T. ElGamal, A. Aboulnaga, M. Hefeeda, sPCA: Scalable Principal Component Analysis for Big Data, In Proc. of ACM SIGMOD’15, Melbourne, Australia, May 2015. (Acceptance: 18%)

• M. Shatnawi and M. Hefeeda, Real-time Failure Prediction in Online Services, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2015, Hong Kong, April 2015. (Acceptance: 19%)

• S. Almowuena and M. Hefeeda, Dynamic Configuration of Single Frequency Networks in Mobile Streaming Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'15) Conference, p. 153--164, Portland, OR, March 2015. [Best Paper Award] (Acceptance: 29%)

2014

• K. Calagari, K. Templin, T. Elgamal, K. Diab, P. Didyk, W. Matusik, M. Hefeeda, Anahita: A System for 3D Video Streaming with Depth Customization, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia (MM’14) Conference, Orlando, FL, November 2014. (Acceptance: 19%)

• K. Templin, P. Didyk, K. Myszkowski, H.-P. Seidel, M. M. Hefeeda, W. Matusik, Modeling and Optimizing Eye Vergence to Stereoscopic Cuts, In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2014, Vancouver, Canada, August 2014. (ACM Transactions on Graphics, 33(4), pp. 145:1—145:8, July 2014) (Acceptance: 25%)

• M. Rahman, A. Hasib, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, Hybrid Multicast-Unicast Streaming over Mobile Networks, In Proc. of IFIP Networking (Networking’14) Conference, Trondheim, Norway, June 2014. (Acceptance: 25%)

• K. Diab, T. ElGamal, K. Calagari, and M. Hefeeda, Storage Optimization for 3D Streaming Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’14) Conference, pp. 59—69, Singapore, March 2014. (Acceptance: 25%)

• A. Abdelsadek and M. Hefeeda, DIMO: Distributed Index for Matching Multimedia Objects using MapReduce, Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'14) Conference, p. 115--126, Singapore, Singapore, March 2014. (Acceptance: 25%)

2012

• F. Gao, W. Abd-Almageed, and M. Hefeeda, Distributed approximate spectral clustering for large-scale datasets, In Proc. of ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC'12), p. 223--234, Delft, The Netherlands, June 2012.

• N. Khodabakhshi and M. Hefeeda, Copy Detection of 3D Videos, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'12), p. 131--142, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2012.

• R. C. Harvey and M. Hefeeda, Spatio-Temporal Video Copy Detection, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'12), p. 35--46, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2012.

2011

• H. Neshat and M. Hefeeda, SmartAd: A Smart System for Effective Advertising in Online Videos, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME'11), Barcelona, Spain, July 2011. (Acceptance: 30%)

• F. Tabrizi, J. Peters, and M. Hefeeda, Adaptive Transmission of Variable-Bit-Rate Video Streams to Mobile Devices, In Proc. of IFIP Networking 2011, Valencia, Spain, May 2011.

2010

• R. C. Harvey, A. Hamza, C. Ly, and M. Hefeeda, Energy-Efficient Gaming on Mobile Devices using Dead Reckoning-based Power Management, In Proc. of the 9th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games (NetGames'10), 6 pages, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2010. (Acceptance: 33%) Slides pdf

• C. Ly, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, Improving Online Gaming Quality using Detour Paths, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2010, p. 55--64, Firenze, Italy, October 2010. (Acceptance: 14% -- Systems Track) Slides pptx pdf

• F. Tabrizi, C. Hsu, J. Peters, and M. Hefeeda, Optimal Scalable Video Multiplexing in Mobile Broadcast Networks, In Proc. of ACM Workshop on Mobile Video Delivery (MoViD'10), in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2010, p. 9--14, Firenze, Italy, October 2010. Slides pptx pdf

• S. Sharangi, R. Krishnamurti and M. Hefeeda, Streaming Scalable Video Over WiMAX Networks, In Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS'10), p. 1--9, Beijing, China, June 2010. (Acceptance: 25%) Slides pdf

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, Analysis of Peer-assisted Video-on-Demand Systems with Scalable Video Streams, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), 12 pages, Phoenix, AZ, February 2010. Slides pptx pdf

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Quality-Aware Segment Transmission Scheduling in Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), p. 169--179, Phoenix, AZ, February 2010. Slides ppt pdf

• Y. Liu and M. Hefeeda, Video Streaming over Cooperative Wireless Networks, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), pp. 99--110, Phoenix, AR, February 2010. Slides pptx pdf

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Achieving Viewing Time Scalability in Mobile Video Streaming Using Scalable Video Coding, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), pp. 111--122, Phoenix, AZ, February 2010. Slides ppt pdf

• S. Mirshokraie and M. Hefeeda, Live Peer-to-Peer Streaming with Scalable Video Coding and Networking Coding, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), pp. 123--132, Phoenix, AZ, February 2010. Slides pptx pdf

2009

• G. Kowalski and M. Hefeeda, Empirical Analysis of Multi-Sender Segment Transmission Algorithms in Peer-to-Peer Streaming, In Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM'09), pp. 243--250, San Diego, CA, December 2009. (Acceptance: 20%)

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, On Statistical Multiplexing of Variable-Bit-Rate Video Streams in Mobile Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2009, pp. 411--420, Beijing, China, October 2009. (Acceptance: 18%)

• Y. Liu, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, On the Benefits of Cooperative Video Broadcast over WMANs and WLANs, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2009, pp. 901--904, Beijing, China, October 2009. (Acceptance: 30%)

• A. Berger and M. Hefeeda, Exploiting SIP for Botnet Communication, In Proc. of Workshop on Secure Network Protocols (NPSec'09), in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'09), pp. 31--36, Princeton, NJ, October 2009. (Acceptance: 30%)

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, Efficient Allocation of Seed Servers in Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems with Scalable Videos, In Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS'09), pp. 1-- 9, Charleston, SC, July 2009.

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, End-to-End Secure Delivery of Scalable Video Streams, In Proc. of International workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV'09), pp. 79--84, Williamsburg, VA, June 2009. (Acceptance: 30%)

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Multi-Layer Video Broadcasting with Low Channel Switching Delays, In Proc. of IEEE International Packet Video Workshop (PV'09), pp. 1--10, Seattle, WA, May 2009. Slides pptx pdf

• M. Hefeeda and K. Mokhtarian, Analysis of Authentication Schemes for Nonscalable Video Streams, In Proc. of IEEE International Packet Video Workshop (PV'09), pp. 1--10, Seattle, WA, May 2009. Slides pptx pdf

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Video Broadcasting to Heterogeneous Mobile Devices, In Proc. of IFIP Networking 2009, Aachen, Germany, May 2009. Published in Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 5550, pp. 600--613, 2009. (Acceptance: 20%)

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Time Slicing in Mobile TV Broadcast Networks with Arbitrary Channel Bit Rates, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2009, pp. 2231--2239, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009. Slides pptx pdf (Acceptance: 20%)

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Bounding Switching Delay in Mobile TV Broadcast Networks, In Proc. of ACM/SPIE Multimedia Computing and Networking Conference (MMCN'09), 12 pages, San Jose, CA, January 2009. Slides pptx pdf

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Cross-layer Optimization of Video Streaming in Single-Hop Wireless Networks, In Proc. of ACM/SPIE Multimedia Computing and Networking Conference (MMCN'09), 13 pages, San Jose, CA, January 2009. Slides pptx pdf

2008

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, ISP-Friendly Peer Matching without ISP Collaboration, International Workshop on Real Overlays & Distributed Systems (ROADS'08), in conjunction with ACM CoNEXT 2008, 6 pages, Madrid, Spain, December 2008. Slides pptx pdf (Acceptance: 30%)

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, Energy Optimization in Mobile TV Broadcast Networks, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'08), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, December, 2008. [Best Paper Award]

• M. Hefeeda and B. Noorizadeh, Cooperative Caching: The Case for P2P Traffic, In Proc. of IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN'08), pp. 12--19, Montreal, Canada, October 2008.

2007

• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, A Probabilistic Coverage Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'07), pp. 41--50, 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), pp. 1--9, 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, pp. 1--6, Pisa, Italy, October 2007. Slides ppt pdf

• 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%)

2006

• 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.

2005

• 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.

2003

• 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%)

• 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%)

• 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.

2002

• 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%)

Book Chapters

• M. Hefeeda, C. Hsu, and J. Peters, Energy and Bandwidth Optimization in Mobile Video Streaming Systems, Book Chapter in Advanced Video Communications over Wireless Networks, edited by Ce Zhu and Yuenan Li, pp. 165--210, CRC Press, 2013.

• M. Hefeeda and K. Mokhtarian, Authentication of Scalable Multimedia Streams, Book Chapter in Handbook of Security and Networks, edited by Yang Xiao, Frank H Li, and Hui Chen, pp. 93--125, World Scientific Publishing, 2011. (Invited)

• M. Hefeeda and A. Habib, Detecting DoS Attacks and Service Violations in QoS-enabled Networks, Book Chapter in Handbook of Security and Networks, edited by Yang Xiao, Frank H Li, and Hui Chen, pp. 191--220, World Scientific Publishing, 2011. (Invited)

Refereed Magazine Articles

• 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. This magazine is distributed to major broadcasters across the world.)

• C. Schuba, M. Hefeeda, J. Goldschmidt, M. Speer, Scaling Network Services Using Programmable Network Devices, IEEE Computer, pp. 52--60, April 2005.

Posters and Demos

• N. Sharma, Enabling Wide Adoption of Hyperspectral Imaging, ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'21) Doctoral Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2021.

• K. Diab, M. Hefeeda, Cooperative Active Distribution of Videos in Telco-CDNs, In ACM SIGCOMM'17 Poster Session, Los Angeles, CA, August 2017.

• H. Hong, S. Wang, C. Tan, T. El-Ganainy, K. Harras, C. Hsu, M. Hefeeda, Challenged Content Delivery Network: Eliminating the Digital Divide, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia (MM’015) Conference, Brisbane, Australia, October 2015.

• M. Hefeeda, K. Choudhary, Efficient Multiplexing for Mobile Video Streaming, British Columbia Innovation Council (BCIC) Connect Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 2010.

• M. Hefeeda, C. Hsu, and Y. Liu, Testbed and Experiments for Mobile TV (DVB-H) Networks, ACM Multimedia'08 Technical Demonstration, Vancouver, Canada, October 2008. Best Demo Award

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Video Communication Systems with Heterogeneous Clients, ACM Multimedia'08 Doctoral Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, October 2008.

• C. Hsu, N. Chiluka, and M. Hefeeda, ISP-Friendly Peer Matching Algorithms, ACM SIGCOMM'08 Poster, Seattle, WA, August 2008. [Poster: pdf] [Poster: ppt].

• M. Hefeeda, C. Hsu, and K. Mokhtarian, pCache: A Proxy Cache for Peer-to-Peer Traffic, ACM SIGCOMM'08 Technical Demonstration, Seattle, WA, August 2008. [Poster: pdf] [Poster: ppt].

• 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%)

• 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.

Granted Patents

• M. Hefeeda and R. Cameron Harvey, Detecting Video Copies, US Patent No: US 9,418,297 B2, granted August 2016.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, System and Method for Multiplexing of Variable Bitrate Video Streams in Mobile Video Systems, US Patent No: US 9,215,486 B2, granted December 2015.

• W. Abd-Almageed, M. Hefeeda, B. Abdelaziz, System and Method for Semantic Video Segmentation, US Patent No: US 8,756,233 B2, granted June 2014.

• M. Hefeeda and N. Khodabakhshi, Copy Detection, US Patent No: US 8,509,600 B2, granted August 2013.

Technical Reports

• T. Hegazy and M. Hefeeda, Making Industrial Automation a Cloud Service, SFU-CMPT TR 2013-25-3, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, September 2013.

• T. Hegazy and M. Hefeeda, Delay Compensation for Remote Virtualized Feedback Controllers, SFU-CMPT TR 2013-25-2, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, June 2013.

• T. Hegazy and M. Hefeeda, The Case for Industrial Automation as a Cloud Service, SFU-CMPT TR 2013-25-1, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, June 2013.

• M. Hefeeda, Peer-to-Peer Systems: A Comprehensive Survey, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, 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.

Tutorials

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, Mobile Video Streaming in Modern Wireless Networks at the ACM Multimedia 2010 Conference. Summary, Slides pptx pdf