• Achieving Fair Load Balancing by Invoking a Learning Automata-based Two Time Scale Separation Paradigm 

      Yazidi, Anis; Hassan, Ismail; Hammer, Hugo Lewi; Oommen, John (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-05)
      In this article, we consider the problem of load balancing (LB), but, unlike the approaches that have been proposed earlier, we attempt to resolve the problem in a fair manner (or rather, it would probably be more appropriate ...
    • Advances in information technology and its implication on privacy 

      Hassan, Ismail (Network and system administration : research surveys;Vol. 1, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2004)
      Over the past three decades, computers and information technology in general have experienced an enormous growth and development. This amazing new technology is profoundly affecting and changing the functioning of societies ...
    • Automated authentic assessment: Applied to an undergraduate course in network and system administration 

      Hassan, Ismail (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The traditional pen and paper exam is overwhelmingly the preferred method of assessing students in Norwegian higher education. There is a pressing need to explore alternative approaches that can authentically assess critical ...
    • Learning Automata with Artificial Reflecting Barriers in Games with Limited Information 

      Hassan, Ismail; Oommen, John B.; Yazidi, Anis (The International FLAIRS Conference Proceedings;Vol. 35 (2022): Proceedings of FLAIRS-35, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-04)
      This paper deals with the problem of solving stochastic games (which have numerous business and economic applications), using the interesting tools of Learning Automata (LA), the precursors to Reinforcement Learning (RL). ...
    • Teaching cybersecurity to computer science students utilizing terminal sessions recording software as a pedagogical tool 

      Hassan, Ismail (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This Innovate Practice Full Paper presents our experience with teaching a cybersecurity course to undergraduate students utilizing terminal sessions recording software as a pedagogical tool.Developing a practical cybersecurity ...
    • Threat Modelling for 5G networks 

      Santos, Bernardo; Barriga, Luis; Dzogovic, Bruno; Hassan, Ismail; Feng, Boning; Jacot, Niels; Do, Thuan Van; Do, van Thanh (International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC;2022 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC), Conference object, 2022)
      The new fifth generation (5G) mobile cellular network brings enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine type communication (e.g. IoT), critical machine type communication and fixed wireless access and will accommodate new ...
    • Zero-Trust Cybersecurity Approach for Dynamic 5G Network Slicing with Network Service Mesh and Segment-Routing over IPv6 

      Dzogovic, Bruno; Santos, Bernardo; Hassan, Ismail; Feng, Boning; Do, Thuan Van; Jacot, Niels; Do, van Thanh (International Conference on Development and Application Systems;, Conference object, 2022)
      As the 5G mobile networks become widely adopted across various industries and verticals, additional requirements for strengthening their security emerge. Traditional security approaches have been successful in preventing ...