Research

Supporting  new computing paradigms (e.g. cloud computing) by providing network architectures that are resilient and secure. Attack-resilient network architectures. Mitigation of the effect of network denial-of-service attacks; quantitative evaluation of network infrastructure and information security; group communications architectures (P2P, multicast).

Activities

• Member of the editorial board, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Journal
• Member of the IEEE Communication Society technical committees on:
  • Communications and Information Security
  • Communication Systems Integration and Modeling
• Grant Reviewer (NSERC, British Columbia Innovation Council)
• Program Co-Chair, First Workshop on Cooperative Mobile Protocols and Applications, CMPA (2010)
• Technical Program Committee member of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (2011),
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) (2005-2011), IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom) (2006-2011), IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) (2005-2010), IEEE symposium on Computers and Communications (2010)

Journal Papers

C. Smith, A. Matrawy, S. Chow, and B. Abdel-Aziz, “Computer Worms: Architectures, Evasion Strategies, and Detection Mechanisms”, accepted for publication in the Journal of Information Assurance and Security

K. Masood, A. Matrawy, B. Bou-Diab, and R. Kouhi, “Scalable XML Routed Network Topology Generation”, Bell-Labs Technical Journal (Wiley), Vol. 13, No. 3, 2008.

A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, “On The Performance of Layered Multicast Video”, Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE Canada), Vol. 32, No. 2, 2007.

Y. Osais, S. Abdala, and A. Matrawy, “A Multilayer Peer-to-Peer Framework for Distributed Synchronous Collaboration”, IEEE Internet Computing, Vol. 10, No. 6, 2006.

A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, “A Real-time Video Multicast Architecture for Assured Forwarding Services”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2005.

A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, “A Survey of Congestion Control Schemes for Multicast Video Applications”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2003.

A. Matrawy and I. Lambadaris, “A Rate Adaptation Algorithm for Multicast Sources in Priority-based IP Networks”, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2003.

Patents

B. Bou-Diab, K. Masood, and A. Matrawy, “XML Router And Method Of XML Router Network Overlay Topology Creation”, Filed on September 28, 2007.

Webpage

http://www.sce.carleton.ca/~amatrawy/