Publications

Books (1)

[B1]
Inam Ullah Khan, Mariya Ouaissa, Mariyam Ouaissa, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Muhammad Fazal Ijaz, CYBER SECURITY FOR NEXT-GENERATION COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES , CRC Press, 2024, ISBN: 9781032518992
Book cover for CYBER SECURITY FOR NEXT-GENERATION COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES

Journals (18)

[J18]
Adam Kadi, Aymene Selamnia, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Hajar Moudoud, Bouziane Brik, Lyes Khoukhi, An In-Depth Comparative Study of Quantum-Classical Encoding Methods for Network Intrusion Detection , Accepted in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2025,
[J17]
Hajar Moudoud, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Zero Trust Security Architecture for 6G Open Radio Access Networks (ORAN) , IEEE Networking Letters, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/LNET.2024.3514357
[J16]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Hajar Moudoud, Bouziane Brik, Muhammad Adil, A Privacy-Preserving Framework for Efficient Network Intrusion Detection in Consumer Network Using Quantum Federated Learning , IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2024.3458985
[J15]
Hajar Moudoud, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Advancing Security and Trust in WSNs: A Federated Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach , IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2024.10630602
[J14]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Adlen Ksentini, Securing IIoT applications in 6G and beyond using adaptive ensemble learning and zero-touch multi-resource provisioning , Computer Communications, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2024.01.018
[J13]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Diala Naboulsi, Georges Kaddoum, A Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Jamming Attacks Detection Framework Using Federated Learning , IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3333870
[J12]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Hajar Moudoud, Bouziane Brik, Lyes Khoukhi, Blockchain-Enabled Federated Learning for Enhanced Collaborative Intrusion Detection in Vehicular Edge Computing , IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2024.3351699
[J11]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Hajar Moudoud, Bouziane Brik, Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Jamming Attack Mitigation in O-RAN , IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3359998
[J10]
Houda Amari, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Lyes Khoukhi, Lamia Hadrich Belguith, Trust Management in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks: Extensive Survey , IEEE Access, 2023, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3268991
[J9]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Next-power: Next-generation framework for secure and sustainable energy trading in the metaverse , Ad Hoc Networks, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2023.103243
[J8]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Adlen Ksentini, Lyes Khoukhi, A MEC-Based Architecture to Secure IoT Applications using Federated Deep Learning , IEEE Internet Things Mag., 2023, DOI: 10.1109/IOTM.001.2100238
[J7]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, MiTFed: A Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Network Attack Mitigation Framework Based on Federated Learning Using SDN and Blockchain , IEEE Trans. Netw. Sci. Eng., 2023, DOI: 10.1109/TNSE.2023.3237367
[J6]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, Bouziane Brik, When Collaborative Federated Learning Meets Blockchain to Preserve Privacy in Healthcare , IEEE Trans. Netw. Sci. Eng., 2023, DOI: 10.1109/TNSE.2022.3211192
[J5]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, A Novel IoT-Based Explainable Deep Learning Framework for Intrusion Detection Systems , IEEE Internet Things Mag., 2022, DOI: 10.1109/IOTM.005.2200028
[J4]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Lyes Khoukhi, “Why Should I Trust Your IDS?”: An Explainable Deep Learning Framework for Intrusion Detection Systems in Internet of Things Networks , IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc., 2022, DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2022.3188750
[J3]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Adlen Ksentini, Lyes Khoukhi, Mohsen Guizani, When Federated Learning Meets Game Theory: A Cooperative Framework to Secure IIoT Applications on Edge Computing , IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TII.2022.3170347
[J2]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Lyes Khoukhi, Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid, Bringing Intelligence to Software Defined Networks: Mitigating DDoS Attacks , IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2020.3014870
[J1]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, Cochain-SC: An Intra- and Inter-Domain DDoS Mitigation Scheme Based on Blockchain Using SDN and Smart Contract , IEEE Access, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2930715

Book Chapters (3)

[BC3]
[BC2]
Amine Idelhaj, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Lyes Khoukhi, Foundations models in cybersecurity: A comprehensive review and future direction , 2024, ISBN: 9781003497585
[BC1]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abderrahim Senhaji Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, A Novel Unsupervised Learning Method for Intrusion Detection in Software-Defined Networks , Computational Intelligence in Recent Communication Networks, 2021, ISBN: 10.1007/978-3-030-77185-0_7

Conference proceedings (18)

[C18]
Hajar Moudoud, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Securing O-RAN with Zero Trust Architectureand Large Language Models , to appear, 2024, Best Paper Award
[C17]
Hajar Moudoud, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Securing the Metaverse: The Intersection of ML-Based Oracles and Blockchain Technology , 2024, DOI: 10.1109/iMETA62882.2024.10807869Best Paper Award
[C16]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Hajar Moudoud, Lyes Khoukhi, Blockchain Meets O-RAN: A Decentralized Zero-Trust Framework for Secure and Resilient O-RAN in 6G and Beyond , IEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2024, DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2024.10620803
[C15]
Hajar Moudoud, Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouzian Brik, Reputation-Aware Scheduling for Secure Internet of Drones: A Federated Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach , IEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2024, DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647279
[C14]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Hajar Moudoud, Lyes Khoukhi, Secure and Efficient Federated Learning for Robust Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks , 2023, DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10436768
[C13]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Jérémy Beaugeard, Quentin Sauvêtre, Lyes Khoukhi, Towards a Secure and Scalable Access Control System Using Blockchain , 2023, DOI: 10.1109/ICBC56567.2023.10174880Nominated for Best Paper Award
[C12]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Hajar Moudoud, Bouziane Brik, Lyes Khoukhi, Securing Federated Learning through Blockchain and Explainable AI for Robust Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks , 2023, DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS57453.2023.10225769
[C11]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Diala Naboulsi, Georges Kaddoum, Advancing Security and Efficiency in Federated Learning Service Aggregation for Wireless Networks , 2023, DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC56721.2023.10293790
[C10]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Diala Naboulsi, Georges Kaddoum, Cost-efficient Federated Reinforcement Learning-Based Network Routing for Wireless Networks , 2022, DOI: 10.1109/FNWF55208.2022.00050
[C9]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Lyes Khoukhi, A Hierarchical Fog Computing Framework for Network Attack Detection in SDN , 2022, DOI: 10.1109/ICC45855.2022.9838560
[C8]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Bouziane Brik, Lyes Khoukhi, Ensemble Learning for Intrusion Detection in SDN-Based Zero Touch Smart Grid Systems , 2022, DOI: 10.1109/LCN53696.2022.9843645
[C7]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Lyes Khoukhi, Bouziane Brik, A Low-Latency Fog-based Framework to Secure IoT Applications using Collaborative Federated Learning , 2022, DOI: 10.1109/LCN53696.2022.9843315
[C6]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, A Novel Machine Learning Framework for Advanced Attack Detection using SDN , 2021, DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM46510.2021.9685643
[C5]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, Blockchain-based Reverse Auction for V2V charging in smart grid environment , 2021, DOI: 10.1109/ICC42927.2021.9500366
[C4]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abdelhakim Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, BrainChain – A Machine learning Approach for protecting Blockchain applications using SDN , 2020, DOI: 10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9148808
[C3]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abdelhakim Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, Blockchain Meets AMI: Towards Secure Advanced Metering Infrastructures , 2020, DOI: 10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9148963
[C2]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Abdelhakim Hafid, Lyes Khoukhi, Co-IoT: A Collaborative DDoS Mitigation Scheme in IoT Environment Based on Blockchain Using SDN , 2019, DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM38437.2019.9013542
[C1]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Lyes Khoukhi, Abdelhakim Hafid, ChainSecure – A Scalable and Proactive Solution for Protecting Blockchain Applications Using SDN , 2018, DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647279

MSc Theses (2)

[Msc2]
Mohamed Bernoussi, Blockchain integration with IoT , 2023,
[Msc1]

Patent (1)

[P1]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Salaheddine Zerkane, David Espes, Cao-Thanh Phan, Method for Processing a Data Packet and Associated Device, Switching Equipment and Computer Program , 2020, ID: WO2020020911A1

PhD Thesis (1)

[PhD1]
Zakaria Abou El Houda, Security Enforcement through Software Defined Networks (SDN). (Renforcement de la sécurité à travers les réseaux programmables) , University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2021, DOI: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-03810672

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