Sara Ayoubi

• Ph.D., in Information and Systems Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada – 2016
• Master of Science, Computer Science, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon – 2012

Conference Papers

• Abhishek Kumar Mishra, Sara Ayoubi, Giulio Grassi, Renata Teixeira, NemFI: record-and-replay to emulated WiFi, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 2021
• Francesco Bronzino, Paul Schmitt, Sara Ayoubi, Hyojoon Kim, Renata Teixeira, Nick Feamster, "Traffic Refinery: Cost-Aware Data Representation for Machine Learning on Network Traffic", Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, 5(3), 1-24. (Rank A*)
• Francesco Bronzino, Paul Schmitt, Sara Ayoubi, Guilherme Martins, Renata Teixeira, Nick Feamster, “Inferring Streaming Video Quality from Encrypted Traffic: Practical Models and Deployment Experience”, Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, 2019.(Rank A*)
• Sara Ayoubi, Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury, Raouf Boutaba, “Breaking Service Function Chains with Khaleesi, IFIP Networking, 2018. (Acceptance rate 20%)
• Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury, Sara Ayoubi, Raouf Boutaba, “MULE: MultiLayer Virtual Network Embedding”, 13th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2017. (Best paper award, acceptance rate 17.5%)
• Nicolas Khoury, Sara Ayoubi, Chadi Assi. “Energy-Aware Placement and Scheduling of Network Traffic Flows with Deadlines on Virtual Network Functions”, IEEE 5th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), pp. 89-94, 2016. (Acceptance rate 33%)
• Hyame A. Alameddine, Sara Ayoubi, Chadi Assi. “Offering Resilient and Bandwidth Guaranteed Services in Multi-Tenant Cloud Networks: Harnessing the Sharing Opportunities”, 28th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC), Vol. 1, pp. 1-9, 2016. (Acceptance rate 30%)
• Abdulaziz M. Ghaleb, Tarek Khalifa, Sara Ayoubi, Khaled Shaban. “Surviving Link Failures in Multicast VN Embedded Applications”, IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), pp. 645-651, 2016. (Acceptance rate 28.25%)
• Hyame A. Alameddine, Sara Ayoubi, Chadi Assi. “Protection Plan Design for Cloud Tenants with Bandwidth Guarantees”, 12th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN), pp. 115-122, 2016.
• Sara Ayoubi, Yanhong Zhang, Chadi Assi. “RAS: Reliable Auto-Scaling of Virtual Machines in Multi-Tenant Cloud Networks”, IEEE 4th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), pp. 1-6, 2015. (Best paper award)
• Sara Ayoubi, Yiheng Chen, Chadi Assi, Tarek Khalifa, Khaled Shaban. “Multicast Tree Repair and Maintenance in the Cloud”, IEEE 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing pp. 829-835, 2015.
• Yiheng Chen, Sara Ayoubi, Chadi Assi. “CORNER: Cost-Efficient and ReliabilityAware Virtual Network Redesign and Embedding”, IEEE 3rd International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), pp. 356-361, 2014.
• Sara Ayoubi, Khaled Shaban, Chadi Assi. “Multicast Virtual Network Embedding in Cloud Data Centers with Delay Constraints”, IEEE 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), pp. 482-489, 2014.
• Sara Ayoubi, Yiheng Chen, Chadi Assi. “Pro-Red: Prognostic Redesign of Survivable Virtual Networks for Cloud Data Centers”, IEEE 26th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC), pp. 1-9, 2014.
• Sara Ayoubi, Samir Sebbah, Khaled Shaban, Chadi Assi. “Traffic Engineering in Cloud Data Centers: A Column Generation Approach”, IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), pp. 1-5, 2014.
• Azzam Mourad, Hadi Otrok, Sara Ayoubi. “Toward Systematic Integration of Security Policies into Web Services”, IEEE European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, pp. 220-223, 2011.
• Azzam Mourad, Sara Ayoubi, Hamid Yahyaoui, Hadi Otrok. “New Approach for the Dynamic Enforcement of Web Services Security”, IEEE 8th Annual International Conference on Privacy Security and Trust (PST), pp.189-196, 2010

Journal Papers:

• Hyame A. Alameddine, Sanaa Sharafeddine, Samir Sebbah, Sara Ayoubi, Chadi Assi, “Dynamic Task Offloading and Scheduling for Low-Latency IoT Services in Multi-Access Edge Computing”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Vol. 37, pp. 668-682, 2019 (Impact Factor: 7.172).
• Chadi Assi, Sara Ayoubi, Nicolas El Khoury, Long Qu, “Energy-Aware Mapping and Scheduling of Network Flows With Deadlines on VNFs”, IEEE Transactions on Green Computing and Networking, Vol. 3, pp. 192-204, 2019.
• Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury, Sara Ayoubi, Reaz Ahmed, Nashid Shahriar, Raouf Boutaba, Jeebak Mitra, Liu Liu, “Multi-Layer Virtual Network Embedding”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 15, pp. 1132-1145, 2018. (Impact Factor: 3.134).
• Raouf Boutaba, Mohammad Ali Salahuddin, Noura Limam, Sara Ayoubi, Nashid Shahriar, Felipe Estrada-Solano, Oscar Mauricio Caicedo Rend´on, “A Comprehensive Survey on Machine Learning for Networking: Evolution, Applications and Research Opportunities”, Journal of Internet Services and Applications (JISA), 2018.
• Sara Ayoubi, Noura Limam, Mohammad A. Salahuddin, Nashid Shahriar, Raouf Boutaba, Felipe Estrada-Solano, Oscar M. Caicedo, “Machine Learning for Cognitive Network Management”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol.9, pp.16, 2018. (Impact Factor: 10.345).
• Sara Ayoubi, Samir Sebbah, Chadi Assi, “A Cut-and-Solve based approach for the VNF assignment problem”, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2017. (Impact Factor: 7.928).
• Hyame Alameddine, Sara Ayoubi, Chadi Assi, “An Efficient Survivable Design with Bandwidth Guarantees for Multi-Tenant Cloud Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol.14, pp. 356-372, 2017.
• Sara Ayoubi, Yiheng Chen, Tarik Khalifa, Khaled Shaban, Chadi Assi. “Restoration Methods for Cloud Multicast Virtual Networks”, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol. 78, pp. 180-190, 2017.
• Abdulaziz M. Ghaleb, Tarek Khalifa, Sara Ayoubi, Khaled Shaban, Chadi Assi.“Surviving Multiple Failures in Multicast Virtual Networks with Virtual Nodes Migration”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 899-912, 2016.
• Sara Ayoubi, Yanhong Zhang, Chadi Assi. “A Reliable Embedding Framework for Elastic Virtualized Services in the Cloud”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 489-503, 2016.
• Sara Ayoubi, Lata Narayanan, Khaled Shaban, Chadi Assi. “Optimal Polynomial Time Algorithm for Restoring Multicast Cloud Services”, IEEE Communications Letter, Vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1543-1546, 2016 (Impact Factor: 1.463).
• Sara Ayoubi, Yiheng Chen, Chadi Assi. “Towards Promoting Backup-Sharing in Survivable Virtual Network Design”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 24 no. 5, pp. 3218-3231, 2016. (Impact Factor: 2.186).
• Sara Ayoubi, Chadi Assi, Khaled Shaban, Lata Narayanan. “MINTED: Multicast Virtual Network Embedding in Cloud Data Centers with Delay Constraints”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 1291-1305, 2015 (Impact Factor : 1.979).
• Chadi Assi, Sara Ayoubi, Samir Sebbah, Khaled Shaban. “Towards Scalable Traffic Management in Cloud Data Centers”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 1033-1045, 2014.
• Sara Ayoubi, Azzam Mourad, Hadi Otrok, Ahmad Shahin. “New XACMLAspectBPEL Approach for Composite Web Services Security”, International Journal of Web and Grid Services, Vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 127-145, 2013.
• Azzam Mourad, Sara Ayoubi, Hamdi Yahyaoui, Hadi Otrok. “A Novel AspectOriented BPEL Framework for the Dynamic Enforcement of Web Services Security”, International Journal of Web and Grid Services, Vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 361-385, 2012.

• Multi-Layer Virtual Network Embedding, SR Chowdhury, R Ahmed, J Mitra, N Shahriar, R Boutaba, S Ayoubi, US Patent 10,951,317