Aref Meddeb

Financement

• Subvention. Streamlining the transition to post-quantum cryptography by enabling cryptoagility. NSERC (Ottawa, Canada). NSERC Alliance-MITACS. 1 398 190 $. (2026-2029).
• Subvention. Integration of PQC signature on embedded platform. NSERC (Ottawa, Canada). 13 125 $. (2025).
• Subvention. Research supporting fund. Faculty of Engineering, University of Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, Canada). 20 000 $. (2025-2026).
• Subvention. Analysis of sensitive data management by smartwatches: privacy issues and recommendations for stakeholders. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (QC, Canada). 80 000 $. (2025-2026).
• Subvention. Cybersecurity assessment of pre-deployment models of industrial systems. National Cybersecurity Consortium (Waterloo, Canada). 480 000 $. (2024-2027).
• Subvention. Implementing CRYSTALS-Kyber Post-Quantum Encryption for IoT Security. MRIF (Québec, Canada). 7 000 $. (2024-2025).
• Subvention. Startup Grant. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, Canada). 70 000 $. (2024-2027).
• Contrat. Impact of Quantum Computing on IoT Security. CyberSecurity, CyberCrime and Critical Information Infrastructures Center of Excellence (Brno, République tchèque). 3 400 EUR. (2023).

Publications

Articles

• Soula, M., Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A. (2024). A Real-time Trust Management Model using Digital Twin in IoT Networks. IEEE Access. DOI
• Amiri, M., Hamdi, A., Meddeb, A. (2024). Optimal and Efficient Design of WBAN Sensor Antenna System and Voxel-Based Path Loss Modeling for Internet of Wearable Things. SN Computer Science. DOI
• Ghribi, M., Meddeb, A. (2023). A dual-mode MAC protocol with service differentiation for industrial IoT networks using wake-up radio. Ad Hoc Networks. DOI
• Ben Amor, A., Jebri, S., Abid, M., Meddeb, A. (2023). A secure lightweight mutual authentication scheme in Social Industrial IoT environment. Journal of Supercomputing. DOI
• Sghaier, A., Meddeb, A. (2023). Real Time QoS in WSN-based Network Coding and Reinforcement Learning. Informatica (Slovenia). DOI
• Jaballah, A., Meddeb, A. (2021). A new algorithm based CSP framework for RFID network planning. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. DOI
• El Amri, A., Meddeb, A. (2021). Optimal server selection for competitive service providers in network virtualization context. Telecommunication Systems. DOI
• El Amri, A., Meddeb, A. (2021). Optimal traffic routing in the network virtualization context. International Journal of Communication Systems. DOI
• Ben Amor, A., Abid, M., Meddeb, A. (2020). Secure Fog-Based E-Learning Scheme. IEEE Access. DOI
• Ghribi, M., Meddeb, A. (2020). Survey and taxonomy of MAC, routing and cross layer protocols using wake-up radio. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. DOI
• Glissa, G., Meddeb, A. (2019). 6LowPSec: An end-to-end security protocol for 6LoWPAN. Ad Hoc Networks. DOI
• Jaballah, A., Meddeb, A. (2019). A new variant of cuckoo search algorithm with self adaptive parameters to solve complex RFID network planning problem. Wireless Networks. DOI
• Benfraj, R., Beroulle, V., Fourty, N., Meddeb, A. (2019). An Optimized NS2 Module for UHF Passive RFID Systems. Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications (JETTA). DOI
• Abdi, L., Meddeb, A. (2018). Driver information system: a combination of augmented reality, deep learning and vehicular Ad-hoc networks. Multimedia Tools and Applications. DOI
• Abdi, L., Meddeb, A. (2018). In-vehicle augmented reality TSR to improve driving safety and enhance the driver’s experience. Signal, Image and Video Processing. DOI
• Abdi, L., Meddeb, A. (2018). In-vehicle augmented reality system to provide driving safety information. Journal of Visualization. DOI
• Zguira, Y., Rivano, H., Meddeb, A. (2018). Internet of bikes: A DTN protocol with data aggregation for urban data collection. Sensors (Switzerland). DOI
• Abdi, L., Meddeb, A. (2018). Spatially Enhanced Bags of Visual Words Representation to Improve Traffic Signs Recognition. Journal of Signal Processing Systems. DOI
• Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A., Ben Jaballah, W., Mosbah, M. (2017). A secure electric energy management in smart home. International Journal of Communication Systems. DOI
• Souissi, M., Meddeb, A. (2017). Optimal load balanced clustering in homogeneous wireless sensor networks. International Journal of Communication Systems. DOI
• Abdi, L., Faten, B.A., Meddeb, A. (2017). Real-time watermarking algorithm of H.264/AVC video stream. International Arab Journal of Information Technology.
• Meddeb, A. (2013). On building multiple spanning trees and VLAN assignment in metro Ethernet networks. Networks. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2010). Building cost effective lower layer VPNs: The ILEC/CLEC dilemma. International Journal of Communication Systems. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2010). Internet QoS: Pieces of the puzzle. IEEE Communications Magazine. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2005). Why Ethernet WAN transport?. IEEE Communications Magazine. DOI
• Meddeb, A., Girard, A., Sansò, B., Cartier, F. (2004). Effect of switch cost on the design of hybrid optoelectronic networks. Journal of Optical Networking. DOI
• Meddeb, A., Girard, A., Rosenberg, C. (2002). The impact of point-to-multipoint traffic concentration on multirate networks design. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. DOI

Articles de conférence

• Chahed, M., Meddeb, A., Boufaied, A. (2025). Evaluating Distance-Induced Performance Trade-offs in IoT: Simple Automatic ReQuest vs. TCP and UDP. 21st International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference Iwcmc 2025. DOI
• Soula, M., Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A. (2024). An Intelligent Bike Sharing System based on Blockchain Technology. Proceedings 2024 Artificial Intelligence Revolutions AIR 2024. DOI
• El Amri, A., Meddeb, A. (2024). Optimal Routing for Competitive Service Providers in Network Virtualization Context. Proceedings of IEEE ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications Aiccsa. DOI
• Mighri, M.A., Benfarah, A., Meddeb, A. (2024). Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of PQC CRYSTALS-Kyber on Embedded Devices. Proceedings of IEEE ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications Aiccsa. DOI
• Chahed, M., Meddeb, A., Boufaied, A. (2024). Simple ARQ Protocol for Reliable Transport in LowPANs. Proceedings of IEEE ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications Aiccsa. DOI
• Soula, M., Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A., Pitner, T. (2023). A Survey of Intrusion Detection-Based Trust Management Approaches in IoT Networks. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. DOI
• Mbarek, B., Soula, M., Pitner, T., Meddeb, A. (2023). An Effective Replica Node Detection Scheme in Internet of Things Networks. 2023 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, IWCMC 2023. DOI
• Amiri, M., Hamdi, A., Meddeb, A. (2023). Design of a Wearable Patch Antenna and Channel Modeling for Internet of Bodies Application. 2023 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, IWCMC 2023. DOI
• Amiri, M., Hamdi, A., Meddeb, A. (2023). Performance Evaluation of Path Loss Models for Internet of Wearable Things. 17th International Conference on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications, INISTA 2023 - Proceedings. DOI
• Ghribi, M., Meddeb, A. (2022). CaWuQoS-MAC: Collision Avoidance and QoS Based MAC Protocol for Wake-Up Radio Enabled IoT Networks. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. DOI
• Sghaier, A., Meddeb, A. (2022). Comparative Study of QoS-aware Network Coding Protocols in WSNs. Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA. DOI
• Ghribi, M., Meddeb, A. (2022). Performance Analysis of Wake-Up Radio Based Protocols Considering Non-ideal Transmission Channel. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. DOI
• Sghaier, A., Meddeb, A. (2020). Model based validation of real time QoS for NCDCLA protocol in wireless sensor networks. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. DOI
• Ghribi, M., Meddeb, A. (2020). Performance Evaluation of Collision Avoidance Techniques using Wake-Up Radio in WSNs. 2020 28th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM 2020. DOI
• Amor, A.B., Abid, M., Meddeb, A. (2019). CASK: Conditional authentication and session key establishment in fog-assisted social IoT network. 2019 15th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2019. DOI
• Amor, A.B., Abid, M., Meddeb, A. (2019). SAMAFog: Service-aware mutual authentication fog-based protocol. 2019 15th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2019. DOI
• Zguira, Y., Rivano, H., Meddeb, A. (2018). A comparative evaluation of the performance of the multi-hop IoB-DTN routing protocol. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). DOI
• Ben Fraj, R., Beroulle, V., Fourty, N., Meddeb, A. (2018). An Evaluation of UHF RFID Anti-Collision Protocols with NS2. 2018 9th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2018 - Proceedings. DOI
• Fraj, R.B., Beroulle, V., Fourty, N., Meddeb, A. (2018). An approach to enhance the safety and security of EPC Class-1 generation-2 UHF RFID systems. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Inventive Systems and Control, ICISC 2018. DOI
• Sghaier, A., Meddeb, A. (2018). Enhancing Guaranteed end-to-end delay in IEEE 802.15.4. 2018 International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking, SmartNets 2018. DOI
• Zguira, Y., Rivano, H., Meddeb, A. (2018). For an efficient internet of bikes: A DTN routing protocol based on data aggregation approach. PE-WASUN 2018 - Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks. DOI
• Zguira, Y., Rivano, H., Meddeb, A. (2018). IoB-DTN: A lightweight DTN protocol for mobile IoT applications to smart bike sharing systems. IFIP Wireless Days. DOI
• Amri, A.E., Meddeb, A. (2018). Load Sharing Techniques for Server Selection in Network Virtualization. Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA. DOI
• Chaabnia, S., Meddeb, A. (2018). Slicing aware QoS/QoE in software defined smart home network. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium: Cognitive Management in a Cyber World, NOMS 2018. DOI
• Ben Fraj, R., Beroulle, V., Fourty, N., Meddeb, A. (2018). Time modeling with NS2 in UHF RFID anti-collision protocols. Proceedings - International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA. DOI
• Glissa, G., Meddeb, A. (2017). 6LoWPAN multi-layered security protocol based on IEEE 802.15.4 security features. 2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017. DOI
• Ben Fraj, R., Beroulle, V., Fourty, N., Meddeb, A. (2017). A global approach for the improvement of UHF RFID safety and security. Proceedings - 2017 12th IEEE International Conference on Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era, DTIS 2017. DOI
• Amor, A.B., Abid, M., Meddeb, A. (2017). A privacy-preserving authentication scheme in an edge-fog environment. Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA. DOI
• Ben Amor, A., Abid, M., Meddeb, A. (2017). A secure fog-based communication scheme. 2017 International Conference on Internet of Things, Embedded Systems and Communications, IINTEC 2017 - Proceedings. DOI
• Glissa, G., Meddeb, A. (2017). A security analysis of LOADng routing protocol. Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA. DOI
• Meddeb, A., Jaballah, A. (2017). Algorithm for readers arrangement without collision in RFID networks. Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies, PDCAT Proceedings. DOI
• Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A., Jaballah, W.B., Mosbah, M. (2017). An Efficient Broadcast Authentication Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks. Procedia Computer Science. DOI
• Abdi, L., Meddeb, A. (2017). Deep learning traffic sign detection, recognition and augmentation. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. DOI
• Souissi, M., Meddeb, A. (2017). Design optimization of delay-constrained routing in wireless sensor networks. 2017 IEEE 7th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference, CCWC 2017. DOI
• Abdi, L., Meddeb, A. (2017). Driver information system: A combination of augmented reality and deep learning. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. DOI
• Abdi, L., Kalboussi, R., Meddeb, A. (2017). Enhanced Bags of Visual Words Representation Using Spatial Information. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). DOI
• Glissa, G., Meddeb, A. (2017). IEEE 802.15.4 security sublayer for OMNET++. 2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017. DOI
• El Amri, A., Meddeb, A. (2017). Impact of server placement on routing performance in Network Virtualization. 2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017. DOI
• Abdi, L., Takrouni, W., Meddeb, A. (2017). In-vehicle cooperative driver information systems. 2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017. DOI
• Abdi, L., Takrouni, W., Meddeb, A. (2017). Inter-vehicle video communications over Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. 2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017. DOI
• Souissi, M., Meddeb, A. (2017). Modelling of clustering with relay nodes in wireless sensor networks. 2017 IEEE 7th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference, CCWC 2017. DOI
• Amri, A.E., Meddeb, A. (2017). Resource allocation heuristics for network virtualization. Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA. DOI
• Jaballah, A., Meddeb, A. (2017). Self adaptive cuckoo search algorithm for RFID network planning. 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference. DOI
• Abdi, L., Meddeb, A. (2017). Semantic recognition: Unified framework for joint object detection and semantic segmentation. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. DOI
• Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A., Ben Jaballah, W., Mosbah, M. (2016). A broadcast authentication scheme in IoT environments. Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA. DOI
• Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A., Jaballah, W.B., Mosbah, M. (2016). A secure authentication mechanism for resource constrained devices. Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA. DOI
• Glissa, G., Rachedi, A., Meddeb, A. (2016). A secure routing protocol based on RPL for internet of things. Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM. DOI
• Hamza, T., Kaddoum, G., Meddeb, A., Matar, G. (2016). A survey on intelligent MAC layer jamming attacks and countermeasures in wsns. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. DOI
• Souissi, M., Meddeb, A. (2016). DEAR: Delay and Energy Aware Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks. 2016 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2016. DOI
• Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A. (2016). Energy efficient security protocols for wireless sensor networks : SPINS vs TinySec. 2016 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2016. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2016). Internet of things standards: Who stands out from the crowd?. IEEE Communications Magazine. DOI
• Souissi, M., Meddeb, A. (2016). Minimum energy multi-objective clustering model for Wireless Sensor Networks. 2016 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2016. DOI
• Kouka, N., Thalajoui, A., Meddeb, A. (2016). QoS LowPAN for Internet of Things. 13th International Conference on New Technologies for Distributed Systems, NOTERE 2016 - Proceedings. DOI
• Abdi, L., Ben Abdallah, F., Meddeb, A. (2015). A robust video watermarking algorithm in H.264/AVC compressed domain. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. DOI
• Abdi, L., Meddeb, A., Abdallah, F.B. (2015). Augmented reality based traffic sign recognition for improved driving safety. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). DOI
• Mbarek, B., Meddeb, A., Jaballah, W.B., Mosbah, M. (2015). Enhanced LEAP authentication delay for higher immunity against DoS attack. International Conference on Protocol Engineering, ICPE 2015 and International Conference on New Technologies of Distributed Systems, NTDS 2015 - Proceedings. DOI
• Abdi, L., Abdallah, F.B., Meddeb, A. (2015). In-Vehicle Augmented Reality Traffic Information System: A New Type of Communication between Driver and Vehicle. Procedia Computer Science. DOI
• Mohamed, M., Ben Abdallah, F., Abdi, L., Meddeb, A. (2015). Integration of a robust watermark scheme in a high efficiency codec H.265/HEVC with capacity-quality-bitrate trade-off. 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, MoMM 2015 - Proceedings. DOI
• Bouraoui, M., Meddeb, A. (2015). Optimal number of cluster heads for random topology WSNs using the stable election protocol. GSCIT 2015 - Global Summit on Computer and Information Technology - Proceedings. DOI
• Thabti, B., Youssef, H., Mahjoub, A.R., Meddeb, A. (2014). Simulated evolution based algorithm versus exact method for virtual private network design. 2014 10th International Conference on Natural Computation, ICNC 2014. DOI
• Thabti, B., Lourimi, A., Youssef, H., Mahjoub, A.R., Meddeb, A. (2012). From constant traffic matrices to hose workload model for VPN tree design. Proceedings of 2012 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium, NETWORKS 2012. DOI
• Thabti, B., Yousse, H., Meddeb, A., Mahjoub, R. (2011). Evolutionary algorithm for provisioning VPN trees based on pipe and hose workload models. Proceedings - 2011 7th International Conference on Natural Computation, ICNC 2011. DOI
• Ben Jaballah, W., Mosbah, M., Youssef, H., Ly, O., Meddeb, A. (2011). Modeling source authentication protocols in wireless sensor networks using HLPSL. 2011 Conference on Network and Information Systems Security, SAR-SSI 2011, Proceedings. DOI
• Ben Jaballah, W., Meddeb, A., Youssef, H. (2010). An efficient source authentication scheme in wireless sensor networks. 2010 ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA 2010. DOI
• Meddeb, A., Elgueder, E., Harrathi, I., Youssef, H. (2009). Benefits of a pure layer 2 security approach in metro ethernet. Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications. DOI
• Meddeb, A., Berguiga, A., Youssef, H. (2009). Building cost effective lower layer VPNs: The ILEC/CLEC paradox. Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN. DOI
• Meddeb, A., Berguiga, A., Youssef, H. (2009). Optimal VPN design: The ILEC/CLEC dilemma. Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2008). Smart spanning tree bridging for carrier ethernets. GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2008). Smart spanning tree bridging for metro ethernets. Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2006). Multiple spanning tree generation and mapping algorithms for carrier class Ethernets. GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2004). Benefits of multicast traffic split routing in packet switched networks. IEEE International Conference on Communications. DOI
• Meddeb, A. (2004). Minimum cost optoelectronic networks: The optics/electronics tradeoff. IEEE International Conference on Communications. DOI
• Meddeb, Aref, Girard, Andre, Rosenberg, Catherine. (1997). Impact of tree selection on the design of networks with multipoint connections. Conference Record / IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference.
• Guillemin, Fabrice, Rosenberg, Catherine, Meddeb, Aref. (1996). Specification of cell dispersion in ATM networks. Proceedings of the International IFIP-IEEE Conference on Broadband Communications. DOI

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés à l'UdeS

• GEI805 - Projet de développement en génie électrique II. (2025). (6CR).
• GIF270 - Structures de données et complexité. (2024-2025). (2CR).
• GIF345 - Introduction à la réseautique. (2025). (2CR).
• GEI806 - Projet de développement en génie informatique II. (2024). (6CR).
• GIF332 - Réseaux et protocoles de communication. (2024). (2CR).

Activités professionnelles

• Poste d'invité. École Nationale d'ingénieurs de Sousse. Dean. Sousse, Tunisie. (2016-2020).
• Poste d'invité. École Nationale d'ingénieurs de Sousse. Networked Objects Control &Communication Systems. Founding director. Sousse, Tunisie. (2016-2018).
• Poste d'invité. École Nationale d'ingénieurs de Sousse. Vice dean, director of studies. Sousse, Tunisie. (2014-2016).

Divers

• Amiri, M., Hamdi, A., Meddeb, A. (2023). Design of wearable antenna sensors and Path loss Modeling for Internet of Wearable Things applications. Research Square.
• Meddeb, A. (2024). Quantum Internet Building Blocks State of Research and Development. Ssrn.