Mohammad Shojafar

9.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
204 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Mohammad Shojafar is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohammad Shojafar has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 62 papers in Information Systems and 56 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mohammad Shojafar's work include IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (49 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (45 papers) and Software-Defined Networks and 5G (40 papers). Mohammad Shojafar is often cited by papers focused on IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (49 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (45 papers) and Software-Defined Networks and 5G (40 papers). Mohammad Shojafar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Iran. Mohammad Shojafar's co-authors include Enzo Baccarelli, Nicola Cordeschi, Jemal Abawajy, Zahra Pooranian, Rahim Tafazolli, Paola G. Vinueza Naranjo, Mamoun Alazab, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Mauro Conti and Saeed Javanmardi and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Communications and ACM Computing Surveys.

In The Last Decade

Mohammad Shojafar

192 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence in IoT network for the sustainable smart city

2020 327 citations Mohammad Shojafar et al. profile →
Fog of Everything: Energy-Efficient Networked Computing Architectures, Research Challenges, and a Case Study

2017 267 citations Mohammad Shojafar et al. IEEE Access profile →
Deadline-aware and energy-efficient IoT task scheduling in fog computing systems: A semi-greedy approach

2022 113 citations Sadoon Azizi, Mohammad Shojafar et al. profile →
A comprehensive survey on cyber deception techniques to improve honeypot performance

2024 44 citations Mohammad Shojafar et al. Computers & Security profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Deep Image: A precious image based deep learning method for online malware detection in IoT environment 2024 ·Internet of Things ·Meysam Ghahramani, Rahim Taheri, Mohammad Shojafar, Reza Javidan, Shaohua Wan	9
2	Unveiling vulnerabilities in deep learning-based malware detection: Differential privacy driven adversarial attacks 2024 ·Computers & Security ·Rahim Taheri, Mohammad Shojafar, (unknown), Alexander Gegov	19
3	iVFAS: An Improved Vehicle-to-Fog Authentication System for Secure and Efficient Fog-Based Road Condition Monitoring 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ·(unknown), Mohammad Shojafar, An Braeken	11
4	DCSP: A delay and cost-aware service placement and load distribution algorithm for IoT-based fog networks 2023 ·Computer Communications ·Sadoon Azizi, Mohammad Shojafar, (unknown), (unknown)	8
5	AFFIRM: Provably Forward Privacy for Searchable Encryption in Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System 2022 ·IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ·Ke Wang, Chien‐Ming Chen, Mohammad Shojafar, (unknown), Mamoun Alazab, Saru Kumari	8
6	Intelligent-Reflecting-Surface-Empowered Wireless-Powered Caching Networks 2022 ·IEEE Internet of Things Journal ·Zheng Chu, Pei Xiao, Mohammad Shojafar, De Mi, Wanming Hao, Jia Shi, Jie Zhong	10
7	Smart Grid Security and Privacy: From Conventional to Machine Learning Issues (Threats and Countermeasures) 2022 ·IEEE Access ·(unknown), Mohammad Shojafar, Haitham Cruickshank, Rahim Tafazolli	48
8	Utility Maximization for IRS Assisted Wireless Powered Mobile Edge Computing and Caching (WP-MECC) Networks 2022 ·IEEE Transactions on Communications ·Zheng Chu, Pei Xiao, Mohammad Shojafar, De Mi, Wanming Hao, Jia Shi, Fuhui Zhou	30
9	Closed-loop and open-loop authentication protocols for blockchain-based IoT systems 2021 ·Information Processing & Management ·Seyed Farhad Aghili, Hamid Mala, Christian Schindelhauer, Mohammad Shojafar, Rahim Tafazolli	13
10	Forward Privacy Preservation in IoT-Enabled Healthcare Systems 2021 ·IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics ·Ke Wang, Chien‐Ming Chen, (unknown), Mohammad Shojafar, Sachin Kumar, Saru Kumari	57
11	Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Mobile Edge Computing for Internet of Things 2020 ·IEEE Wireless Communications Letters ·(unknown), Pei Xiao, Mohammad Shojafar, De Mi, (unknown), Wanming Hao	137
12	2020 ·View ·Rahim Taheri, Meysam Ghahramani, Reza Javidan, Mohammad Shojafar, Zahra Pooranian, Mauro Conti	137
13	HDMA: Hybrid D2D Message Authentication Scheme for 5G-Enabled VANETs 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ·Peng Wang, Chien‐Ming Chen, Saru Kumari, Mohammad Shojafar, Rahim Tafazolli, Yining Liu	94
14	Neural Architecture Search for Robust Networks in 6G-Enabled Massive IoT Domain 2020 ·IEEE Internet of Things Journal ·Eric Ke Wang, Peng Xu, Chien‐Ming Chen, Saru Kumari, Mohammad Shojafar, Mamoun Alazab	28
15	LEVER: Secure Deduplicated Cloud Storage With Encrypted Two-Party Interactions in Cyber--Physical Systems 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics ·Zahra Pooranian, Mohammad Shojafar, Sahil Garg, Rahim Taheri, Rahim Tafazolli	21
16	Joint failure recovery, fault prevention, and energy-efficient resource management for real-time SFC in fog-supported SDN 2019 ·Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) ·Mohammad Mahdi Tajiki, Mohammad Shojafar, Behzad Akbari, Stefano Salsano, Mauro Conti, Mukesh Singhal	36
17	Joint Energy Efficient and QoS-Aware Path Allocation and VNF Placement for Service Function Chaining 2019 ·Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) ·Mohammad Mahdi Tajiki, Stefano Salsano, Luca Chiaraviglio, Mohammad Shojafar, Behzad Akbari	129
18	A priority-based service placement policy for Fog-Cloud computing systems 2019 ·Computational methods for differential equations ·Sadoon Azizi, (unknown), Mohammad Shojafar	12
19	LACO: Lightweight Three-Factor Authentication, Access Control and Ownership Transfer Scheme for E-Health Systems in IoT 2019 ·Future Generation Computer Systems ·Seyed Farhad Aghili, Hamid Mala, Mohammad Shojafar, Pedro Peris‐Lopez	141
20	2-Phase NSGA II: An Optimized Reward and Risk Measurements Algorithm in Portfolio Optimization 2017 ·Algorithms ·(unknown), Mohammad Shojafar, Shahaboddin Shamshirband	15

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