Ahmed Refaey

• Adaptive Communication Systems and Networks Security
• IoT/Emerging Communications/Computing Technologies and Applications
• Embedded Systems/FPGA Prototypes Implementation

Patents:

[P-1] Xianbin Wang and Ahmed Refaey, “System, Apparatus, and Methodology for Asymmetrical Transceiver in Short Range High-Speed Wireless Communications” US Patent office, # 20140177753 A1.  Granted, Canadian Patent Office, App. # 2,837,272.

[P-2] Ahmed Refaey, Khaled Loukhaoukha, and Gamal Refai-Ahmed, “Video/Audio Wireless Broadcasting Distribution Using Multi Ranges WiFi Access Points” Patent Application, WiCasting Canada, Canadian Patent Office, App. # 2,916,469.

[P-3] Ahmed Refaey and Gamal Refai-Ahmed, “Movement Monitoring System using Wireless Access Points for Healthcare Applications,” Patent Application, Canadian Patent Office, 2018 App. # 2,919,096.

[P-3] Ahmed Refaey and Gamal Refai-Ahmed, “Network Security Flow Control Using Machine Learning,” Patent Application, Canadian Patent Office, 2018 App. # ---.

Peer Reviewed Journals:

[J-0] Abdallah Moubayed, Ahmed Refaey, and Abdallah Shami, " Software Defined Perimeter: State of the Art Secure Solution for Modern Networks," Magazine in Wireless Communications, IEEE, Submitted Manuscript, Aug. 2018.

[J-0] Elena Uchiteleva, Ahmed Refaey, and Abdallah Shami “Lightweight Dynamic Re-Keying Algorithm for Encryption in Low Power WSNs,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Submitted Manuscript, July. 2018.

[J-0] K. Loukhaoukha, Ahmed Refaey, and K. Zebbiche, “Ambiguity attacks on SVD audio watermarking approach using chaotic encrypted image”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Submitted Manuscript, Feb. 2018 – in the second round.

[J-15] Mohamad Kalil, A. Al-Dweik, Abdallah Shami, and A. Refaey "A Framework for Joint Wireless Network Virtualization and Cloud Radio Access Networks for Next Generation Wireless Networks," IEEE Access, Volume: PP, Issue: 99, Aug 2017.

[J-14] Khaled Alhazmi, Abdallah Shami, and Ahmed Refaey, "Optimized Provisioning of SDN-enabled Virtual Networks in Geo-distributed Cloud Computing Datacenters" Journal of Communications and Networks (IEEE), Volume: 19, Issue: 4, August 2017.

[J-13] K. Loukhaoukha, A. Refaey, K. Zebbiche, and A. Shami, “Efficient and secure cryptosystem for fingerprint images in wavelet domain,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2017.

[J-12] Elena Uchiteleva, Abdallah Shami, and Ahmed Refaey “Virtualization of Wireless Sensor Networks: Throughput- and Time-Based Resource Scheduling,” IEEE Journal on Sensor Networks, Accepted Manuscript, Mar. 2017.

[J-11] K. Loukhaoukha, A. Refaey, and K. Zebbiche, “Ambiguity attacks on robust blind image watermarking scheme based on redundant discrete wavelet transform and singular value decomposition,” Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology, In Press, Available online, January 2017.

[J-10] K. Loukhaoukha, A. Refaey, and K. Zebbiche, “Comments on "Homomorphic image watermarking with a singular value decomposition algorithm",” Information Processing & Management, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 644 – 645, July 2016, (Impact Factor: 1.397).

[J-9] Khalim A. Meerja, Abdallah Shami, and Ahmed Refaey, "Hailing cloud empowered radio access networks," Magazine in Wireless Communications, IEEE, vol.22, no.1, pp.122-129, February 2015.

[J-8] K. Loukhaoukha, A. Refaey, and K. Zebbiche, “Comments "On a Robust Color Image Watermarking with Singular Value Decomposition Method",” Advances in Engineering Software, vol. 93C, no. 3, pp. 44 – 46, March 2016, (Impact Factor: 1.673).

[J-7] K. Loukhaoukha, A. Refaey, K. Zebbiche, and M. Nabti, “On the Security of Robust Image Watermarking Algorithm based on Discrete Wavelet Transform, Discrete Cosine Transform and Singular Value Decomposition,” Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1159 – 1166, May 2015, (Impact Factor: 1.232).

[J-6] Ahmed Refaey, Weikun Hou, and Khaled Loukhaoukha, “Multilayer Authentication for Communication Systems Based on Physical-Layer Attributes,” Journal of Computer and Communications, Vol.2, pp. 64-75, May 2014.

[J-5] Weikun Hou, Xianbin Wang, Jean-Yves Chouinard and Ahmed Refaey “Physical Layer Authentication for Wireless Systems with Time-Varying Carrier Frequency Offsets,” IEEE Transactions On Communications, Vol. 62,  Issue 5, pp. 1658 - 1667, Feb. 2014.

[J-4] Jiazi Liu, Ahmed Refaey, Xianbin Wang, and Helen Tang “Reliability Enhancement for CIR-Based Physical Layer Authentication,” Journal of Security and Communication Networks (Willy), Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 661-671, May 2014.

[J-3] Ahmed Refaey, Khaled Loukhaoukha, and Mohamed Haj-taieb “Non-Cryptography Authentication for Wireless Communications based on two Uncorrelated Attributes,” International Journal of Computer and Internet Security (IJCIS), Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 19-29, 2013.

[J-2] Ahmed Refaey and Weikun Hou, “Flexible Decoder Based on MAP-Algorithm for Two Different Families of Codes,” Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering Research (JECER), Vol.1, Issue 4, pp. 01-14, 2013.

[J-1] M. Amr Mokhtar and Ahmed Refaey, "DC-Free Turbo Coding Scheme for GPRS System and Bluetooth System," World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Transaction on Communications, Issue 6, Vol. 5, PP. 1238., June 2006.

Peer Reviewed Conferences:

[C-0] Abdallah Moubayed, Ahmed Refaey, and Abdallah Shami, " Performance Analysis of SDP For Secure Internal Enterprises," IEEE WCNC, Submitted Manuscript, Sept. 2018.

[C-16] Sara Zimmo, Ahmed Refaey, and Abdallah Shami “Coexistence of WiFi and LTE in the Unlicensed Band using Time-Domain Virtualization,” IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec. 2018 - Accepted

[C-15] Robinson Mittmann, Sebastian Magierowski, Ahmed Refaey, and Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh “A High-Speed Embedded Event Detector for Mobile DNA Sequencing,” IEEE Life Sciences, Aug. 2018 – Accepted.

[C-14] Elena Uchiteleva, Ahmed Refaey, and Abdallah Shami “Time-Varying Key for Encryption in WSNs,” IEEE Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS), Oct. 2017.

[C-13] Ahmed Refaey, and Khaled Loukhaoukha “Cryptanalysis of Stream Cipher Using Density Evolution,” IEEE Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS), Oct. 2017.

[C-12] Lisa Boneta, Ahmed Shalaby, Ahmed Refaey, Khaled Loukhaoukha, and George Giakos “3D Simultaneous Segmentation and Registration of Vertebral Bodies for Accurate BMD Measurements,” IEEE IST, Oct 2017.

[C-11] Jason Falbo, Ahmed Refaey, Raveendra Rao, and Khaled Loukhaoukha “IOT: Advanced Physical Signaling Methods for Power Line Networking Systems,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical Computer Engineering, May 2017.

[C-10] Ahmed Refaey, Raheleh Niati, Xianbin Wang, and Jean-Yves Chouinard “Blind Detection Approach for LDPC, Convolutional, and Turbo Codes in Non-noisy Environment,” IEEE Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS), Oct. 2014.

[C-9] Fuad Shamieh, Ahmed Refaey, and Xianbin Wang “An Adaptive Compression Technique Based on Real-Time RTT Feedback,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2014.

[C-8] Ahmed Refaey, Sebastien Roy, Isabelle Laroche, and Benoit Gosselin “Exploration of Locally-Connected Viterbi Decoder Architectures Targeting LDPC and Convolutional Codes,” Asilomar Conference on Signal, Systems and Computers, Nov. 2013.

[C-7] Weikun Hou, Xianbin Wang, and Ahmed Refaey “Secure OFDM Transmission Based on Multiple Relay Selection and Cooperation,” Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2013.

[C-6] Weikun Hou, Xianbin Wang, and Ahmed Refaey “Misbehavior Detection in Amplify-and-Forward Cooperative OFDM Systems,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2013.

[C-5] Peng Hao, X. Wang, and Ahmed Refaey, “An Enhanced Cross-Layer Authentication Mechanism for Wireless Communications Based on PER and RSSI,” Canadian Workshop for Information Theory, 2013.

[C-4] Ahmed Refaey, Sebastien Roy, and Paul Fortier “A New Approach for Forward Error Correcting Decoding Based on the BP Algorithm in LTE and WiMAX Systems,” 11th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT), May. 2011.

[C-3] Ahmed Refaey, Sebastien Roy, and Paul Fortier “On the Application of BP Decoding to Convolutional and Turbo Codes,” Asilomar Conference on Signal, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 1-4, 2009.

[C-2] Ahmed Refaey, J.Yves Chouinard, Sébastien Roy, Paul Fortier “A Comparison between BP, Log-Likelihood and Max Log-Likelihood Decoding Algorithms of LDPC Codes Based on EXIT Chart and EXIT Trajectories Methods,” International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications, Vietnam, October 6-9, 2008.

[C-1] Ahmed Refaey, M. Amr Mokhtar, Paul Fortier “Optimized DC-Free turbo coding scheme under the map decoding algorithm,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2008.

Book Chapter:

[BC-1] Mohamad Kalil, Khalim A. Meerja, Ahmed Refaey, and Abdallah Shami, "Virtual Mobile Networks in Clouds," Book name: Advances in Mobile Cloud Computing Systems. PP 165-208., CRC Press (Taylor& Francis Group) Dec. 2014.

Work Experience:

Jan. 2015 - Present
University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Adjunct Research Professor.
Jan. 2014 - Present
Mircom Group of Companies, Vaughn, ON, Canada
Engineering Department,
Sr. Embedded Systems Architect.
Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2013
University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Postdoctoral Fellow and Seasonal Lecturer.
Jul. 2007 – Dec. 2011
Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Professional Research Engineer, June 2011 – Dec. 2011
Research Assistant, May 2007 – May 2011
July 2006 – April 2007
Alcatel-Lucent,
Department of Network Switching Subystem (NSS),
Core Network Engineer.
April 2006- July 2006
Vodafone,
Department of Network Management Center (NMC),
Core Network Engineer.
Mar. 2005- Mar. 2006
FUJITSU Services Limited Co.,
Department of Customer Support (CS),
System Engineer.

Professional Memberships:

2013/06 - 2016/07
Director, Egyptian Development Organization
This is not for profit organization based in Ontario in order to select and financially
support researchers and research projects in Egypt.

2015/05 -2016/05

Member, professional engineer in Ontario
This membership is renewed annually

2015/03- 2016/01

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
This membership is renewed annually

2013/10- Present

Secretary, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Secretary for IEEE London, Ontario section for two terms - Currently, Vice-Chair.

• IEEE London Section, Computer Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award, 2018.
• Mitacs-Accélération Québec - Programme de Stages de Recherche, 2014 (Declined).
• Award for the successful defense of the thesis project before the end of the 10th calendar session, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, 2011.

2015/05/10 - 2016/06/23
Event Track Organizer, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) IoT
Connect Conference- System Security IoT track, Conference.

2012/09/03 - 2012/09/09

Session Chair, IEEE 76th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2012-Fall,
Conference.

2012/05/01 - 2012/05/03

Judge, Summer Graduate symposium, University of Western Ontario, Seminar.

Organizational Review Activities

2015/01/27 -2015/09/09

- Technical Program Committee Member, Vehicular Technology Society of the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE-VTS)
- Technical Program Committee Member for "Satellite Networks and Positioning Technologies" track

2015/05/07 -2015/07/31

-Reviewer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

2015/04/18 -2015/07/31

-Reviewer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
-Reviewer for Transactions on Information Forensics &Security

2013/02/18 -2015/07/31

-Reviewer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
-Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

2012/01/25 -2015/07/31

-Reviewer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
-Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

2015/02/20 -2015/06/07

-Technical program committee member, international conference on communications
-Technical program committee member - Globecom-Green Communication

2014/11/21 -2015/05/21

-Conference Track Chair, International Conference on Communications and Information Technology.
-Conference Track Chair Activities for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing track.

2013/04/12 -2013/08/23

- Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference on Communications and Networking in China-Chinacom
- Technical Program Committee Member - Wireless Communication