Publications | The School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Personalised Multi-Task Federated Learning for Diabetic Retinopathy Medical Image Classification

2024 - Accepted/In press

Li, Y., Sharma, P., Leontidis, G., Yi, D.

Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles

Enhancing diagnosis: ensemble deep-learning model for fracture detection using X-ray images

2024

Tahir, A., Saadia, A., Khan, K., Qahmash, A., Akram, R. N.

Clinical Radiology, vol. 79, no. 11, pp. e1394-e1402

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2024.08.006
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24452/1/Tahir_etal_CR_Enhancing_Diagnosis_VOR.pdf
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Using Ambient Sensors for Proximity and Relay Attack Detection in NFC Transactions:: A Reproducibility Study

2024 - E-pub ahead of print

Markantonakis, K., Meister, J. A., Gurulian, I., Shepherd, C., Akram, R. N., Ghazalah, S. A., Kasi, M., Sauveron, D., Hancke, G.

IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 150372 - 150386

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3479729
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24517/1/Accepted_Using_Ambient_Sensors_for_Proximity_and_Relay_Attack_Detection_in_NFC_Transactions_A_Reproducibility_Study-2.pdf

CO-TSM: A Flexible Model for Secure Embedded Device Ownership and Management

2024

Markantonakis, K., Arfaoui, G., Ghazalah, S. A., Shepherd, C., Akram, R. N., Sauveron, D.

Smart Cities, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 2887-2909

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities7050112
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24418/1/Camera_Ready_Submitted_CO_TSM_A_Flexible_Model_for_Secure_Embedded_Device_Ownership_and_Management.pdf

DECML: Distributed Edge Consensus Machine Learning Framework

2024

Verdeyen, C., Shepherd, C., Markantonakis, K., Akram, R. N., Milroy, R., Abu Ghazalah, S., Sauveron, D.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24426/1/Published_DECML_Distributed_Edge_Consensus_Machine_Learning.pdf

Joint Optimization of Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation Considering Task Prioritization in ISAC-Assisted Vehicular Network

2024

Cao, D., Wu, M., Gu, N., Sherratt, R. S., Ghosh, U., Sharma, P. K.

IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 18, pp. 29523 - 29532

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3360962
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Fusion Graph Structure Learning-Based Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Detection With Structured Prior Knowledge

2024

He, S., Li, G., Xie, K., Sharma, P. K.

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 19, pp. 8760-8772

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIFS.2024.3459631
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Automated Dependency Mapping for Web API Security Testing Using Large Language Models

2024 - Accepted/In press

Li, W., Guo, Y.

ACM CCS 2024

Contributions to Conferences: Posters

A dual encoder crack segmentation network with Haar wavelet-based high–low frequency attention

2024

Zhang, J., Zeng, Z., Sharma, P. K., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Wang, J.

Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 256, 124950

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124950
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Bunch theory: Axioms, logic, applications and model

2024

Stoddart, B., Dunne, S., Mu, C., Zeyda, F.

Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming, vol. 140, 100977

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlamp.2024.100977
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23525/1/Stoddart_etal_JLAMP_Bunch_Theory_Axioms_VOR.pdf

Image super-resolution method based on the interactive fusion of transformer and CNN features

2024

Wang, J., Zou, Y., Alfarraj, O., Sharma, P. K., Said, W., Wang, J.

Visual Computer, vol. 40, pp. 5827–5839

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-023-03138-9
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An Empirical Study of Reflection Attacks Using NetFlow Data

2024

Chuah, E., Suri, N.

Cybersecurity, vol. 7, 13

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Online: https://ssg.lancs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/EmpiricalStudyReflectionAttacks_preprint.pdf
Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42400-023-00203-7
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23967/1/Chuah_etal_CS_Empirical_Study_Reflection_VOR.pdf

The nonlinear multi-variable grey Bernoulli model and its applications

2024

He, Q., Ma, X., Zhang, L., Li, W., Li, T.

Applied Mathematical Modelling, vol. 134, pp. 635-655

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2024.06.015
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An Incentive Approach for Sustainable Vehicle Resource Utilization in Delay-Energy Sensitive Vehicular Edge Computing

2024 - Accepted/In press

Cao, D., Huang, S., Gu, N., Sharma, P. K., Ma, X., Ji, B.

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, pp. 1

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2024.3416318
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A Two-Stage Differential Privacy Scheme for Federated Learning Based on Edge Intelligence

2024

Zhang, L., Xu, J., Sivaraman, A., Deborah, J., Sharma, P. K., Pandi, V.

IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 3349-3360

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2023.3306425
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Uni-directional graph structure learning-based multivariate time series anomaly detection with dynamic prior knowledge

2024

He, S., Li, G., Wang, J., Xie, K., Sharma, P. K.

International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13042-024-02212-5
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CCTV Footage De-identification for Privacy Protection: A Comprehensive Survey

2024

Jeremiah, S. R., Castro, O. E. L., Sharma, P. K., Park, J. H.

Journal of Internet Technology, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 379-386

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.53106/160792642024052503004
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Compound Scaling Encoder-Decoder (CoSED) Network for Diabetic Retinopathy Related Bio-marker Detection

2024

Yi, D., Baltov, P., Hua, Y., Philip, S., Sharma, P. K.

IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1959 - 1970

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2023.3313785
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21967/1/Yi_etal_IEEEJBHI_Compound_Scalling_Encoder_AAM.pdf
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Next-Generation Consumer Electronics Data Auditing Scheme Toward Cloud-Edge Distributed and Resilient Machine Learning

2024

Li, Y., Shen, J., Vijayakumar, P., Lai, C. F., Sivaraman, A., Sharma, P. K.

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 2244-2256

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2024.3368206
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A Reservation-Based Multi-Source Distributed Offloading Strategy in Dynamic Environments

2024

Cao, D., Yang, Y., Wang, Y., Sharma, P. K., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Zhu, M.

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 1866 - 1876

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2023.3338745
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A relay-assisted parallel offloading strategy for multi-source tasks in internet of vehicles

2024

Cao, D., Zhang, Y. B., Yang, Y. F., Ji, B. F., Sharma, P. K., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Wang, J.

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 62, 103619

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2024.103619
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Dual-path network combining CNN and transformer for pavement crack segmentation

2024

Wang, J., Zeng, Z., Sharma, P. K., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Zhang, J., Wang, L.

Automation in Construction, vol. 158, 105217

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105217
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SHT-based public auditing protocol with error tolerance in FDL-empowered IoVs

2024

Zhu, K., Ren, Y., Shen, J., Vijayakumar, P., Sharma, P. K.

Digital Communications and Networks, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 142-149

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcan.2022.07.011
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23861/1/Zhu_etal_DCN_SHT-Based_Public_auditing_VOR.pdf
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Blockchain-Based Sensitive Document Storage to Mitigate Corruptions

2024

Mahlaba, J., Mishra, A. K., Puthal, D., Sharma, P. K.

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 71, pp. 12635 - 12647

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2022.3183867
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Measuring Responsibility in Multi-Agent Systems

2024

Mu, C., Oren, N.

Working Papers and Discussion Papers

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.00887
Open Access: https://pure.abdn.ac.uk/ws/files/298915070/main.pdf

Responsibility-aware Strategic Reasoning in Probabilistic Multi-Agent Systems

2024

Mu, C., Najib, M., Oren, N.

Working Papers and Discussion Papers

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.00146
Open Access: https://pure.abdn.ac.uk/ws/files/298915103/main.pdf

Label-free Medical Image Quality Evaluation by Semantics-aware Contrastive Learning in IoMT

2023 - E-pub ahead of print

Yi, D., Hua, Y., Murchie, P., Sharma, P.

IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, vol. PP, pp. 1-10

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2023.3340201
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22588/1/Yi_etal_JBHI_Label-Free_Medical_Image_AAM.pdf
Additional Links: View publication in Scopus; https://abdn.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/0e858c37-aa5f-40fe-a830-4da1be07dccc

From Manifest V2 to V3: A Study on the Discoverability of Chrome Extensions

2023

Bucci, V., Li, W.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Athanasopoulos, E., Mennink, B. (eds.). Springer, pp. 183–202, 19 pages

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49187-0_10
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22338/1/Bucci_etal_ISC_From_Manifest_V2_AAM.pdf

Parameter-Efficient Log Anomaly Detection based on Pre-training model and LORA

2023

He, S., Lei, Y., Zhang, Y., Xie, K., Sharma, P. K.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSRE59848.2023.00038
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A Broadband Subliminal Channel in Signatures Without Sharing the Signing Key

2023

Hu, Q., Xu, C., Li, W.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom60117.2023.00118
Additional Links: TrustCom 2023 Programme and Links; https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/trustcom2023/

An Empirical Study of Major Page Faults for Failure Diagnosis in Cluster Systems

2023

Chuah, E., Jhumka, A., Narasimhamurthy, S.

Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 79, pp. 18445-18479

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-023-05366-1
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23461/1/Chuah_etal_JoSC_An_Empirical_Study_AAM.pdf

An Intelligent Secure Adversarial Examples Detection Scheme in Heterogeneous Complex Environments

2023

Wang, W., Wang, X., Pan, X., Gong, X., Liang, J., Sharma, P. K., Alfarraj, O., Said, W.

Computers, Materials and Continua, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 3859-3876

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.041346
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22320/1/Wang_etal_CMC_An_Intelligent_Secure_VOR.pdf
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Reliability Analysis of Correlated Competitive and Dependent Components Considering Random Isolation Times

2023

Cai, S., Luo, T., Yu, F., Sharma, P. K., Wang, W., Yin, L.

Computers, Materials and Continua, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 2763-2777

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.037825
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22087/1/Cai_Etal_CMC_Reliability_Analysis_Of_VOR.pdf
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On Observability Analysis in Multiagent Systems

2023

Mu, C., Pang, J.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA230461
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21726/3/Mu_etal_ECAI_On_Observability_Analysis_VOR.pdf
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A Distributed Deep Learning Approach with Mobile Edge Computing for Next Generation IoT Networks Security

2023

Rathore, S., Sharma, P. K., Rathore, H.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/WCONF58270.2023.10235095
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Homomorphic Encryption-based Privacy-preserving Federated Learning in IoT-enabled Healthcare System

2023

Zhang, L., Xu, J., Vijayakumar, P., Sharma, P. K., Ghosh, U.

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 2864-2880

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSE.2022.3185327
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SECBlock-IIoT: A Secure Blockchain-enabled Edge Computing Framework for Industrial Internet of Things

2023

Sanwar Hosen, A. S., Sharma, P., Puthal, D., Ra, I. H., Cho, G. H.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1145/3591365.3592945
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21846/1/Hosen_etal_SECBlock_IIoT_A_Secure_AAM.pdf

LAMA: A secure lattice-based authentication scheme for cloud storage against misbehaved private key generator

2023

Hossain, M. J., Xu, C., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Li, W.

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, vol. 14, pp. 8613-8629

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-021-03620-z

Early Diagnosis of Lung Tumors for Extending Patients’ Life Using Deep Neural Networks

2023

Manju, A., Kaladevi, R., Hariharan, S., Chen, S. Y., Kukreja, V., Sharma, P. K., Alqahtani, F., Tolba, A., Wang, J.

Computers, Materials and Continua, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 993-1007

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.039567
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21455/1/Manju_etal_TSP_Early_Diagnosis_Of_VOR.pdf
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Fine-Grained Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Detection in IoT

2023

He, S., Guo, M., Yang, B., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Sharma, P. K., Yan, X.

Computers, Materials and Continua, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 5027-5047

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.038551
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21668/1/He_etal_CMC_Fine-Grained_Multivariate_Time_VOR.pdf
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A Novel Joint Time-Frequency Spectrum Resources Sustainable Risk Prediction Algorithm Based on TFBRL Network for the Electromagnetic Environment

2023

Li, S., Sun, Y., Han, Y., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Sharma, P. K.

Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 15, no. 6, 4777

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064777
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23631/1/Li_etal_S_A_Novel_Joint_VOR.pdf
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Privacy Protection of Medical Data Based on Multi-Scroll Memristive Hopfield Neural Network

2023

Yu, F., Shen, H., Yu, Q., Kong, X., Sharma, P. K., Cai, S.

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 845-858

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSE.2022.3223930
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Data storage mechanism of industrial IoT based on LRC sharding blockchain

2023

Ren, Y., Liu, X., Sharma, P. K., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Wang, S., Wang, J.

Scientific Reports, vol. 13, 2746

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29917-x
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20239/1/Ren_etal_SciRep_Data_Storage_Mechanism_VOR.pdf
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Fast Visual Tracking with Squeeze and Excitation Region Proposal Network

2023

Cao, D., Dai, R., Wang, J., Ji, B., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Sharma, P. K., Zhu, M.

Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences, vol. 13, 7

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2023.13.007
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21701/1/Cao_etal_HCISJ_Fast_Visual_Tracking_VOR.pdf
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Rational Layout of Taxi Stop Based on the Analysis of Spatial Trajectory Data

2023

Liu, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, J., Sharma, P. K., Alfarraj, O., Tolba, A., Wang, Q., Tang, Y.

Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 15, no. 4, 3227

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043227
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21060/1/Liu_etal_S_Rational_Layout_of_VOR.pdf
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A Fuzzy-based approach to Enhance Cyber Defence Security for Next-generation IoT

2023

Makkar, A., Ghosh, U., Sharma, P. K., Javed, A.

IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 2079-2086

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2021.3053326
Additional Links: View publication in Scopus; AAM in University of Derby Repository

A Survey of Log-Correlation Tools for Failure Diagnosis and Prediction in Cluster Systems

2022

Chuah, E., Jhumka, A., Malek, M., Suri, N.

IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 133487-133503

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3231454
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19905/1/Chuah_etal_A_survey_of_VOR.pdf

Hybrid Mode of Operation Schemes for P2P Communication to Analyze End-Point Individual Behaviour in IoT

2022

Mishra, A. K., Singh, O., Kumar, A., Puthal, D., Sharma, P. K., Pradhan, B.

ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 19, no. 2, 31

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1145/3548686
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Autonomous vehicles: Cybersecurity and privacy challenges and opportunities

2022

He, H., Ertan, A., Hopcraft, R., Akram, R. N., Mansor, H.

Cybersecurity in Transport Systems. Hawley, M. (ed.). Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 337-375, 39 pages

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1049/PBTR015E_ch9
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BIIoVT: Blockchain-based Secure Storage Architecture for Intelligent Internet of Vehicular Things

2022

Singh, S. K., Sharma, P. K., Pan, Y., Park, J. H.

IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, vol. 11, pp. 75-82

Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCE.2021.3089992
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