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Abdelhakim Hafid

Abdelhakim Hafid

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Computer Science

D-Index
40
Citations
6425
World Ranking
9337
National Ranking
366

Overview

Abdelhakim Hafid is a researcher affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their primary field of study is Computer Science, with 118 publications contributing to this domain. Their work prominently features subfields such as Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, and Artificial Intelligence, alongside Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Automotive Engineering.

The core topics covered by Hafid's research include IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Caching and Content Delivery, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, and Age of Information Optimization. These topics represent areas where Hafid has published extensively.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Scaling Blockchains: A Comprehensive Survey (2020, IEEE Access)
  • A Comprehensive Survey on TinyML (2023, IEEE Access)
  • Blockchain Scaling Using Rollups: A Comprehensive Survey (2022, IEEE Access)
  • A Survey on Blockchain-Based Self-Sovereign Patient Identity in Healthcare (2020, IEEE Access)
  • A Survey on the Current Security Landscape of Intelligent Transportation Systems (2021, IEEE Access)

Hafid has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Dimitrios Makrakis, Lyes Khoukhi, Yaser Baseri, Abdelatif Hafid, and Maad Ebrahim, each with multiple joint publications contributing to shared research interests.

Their work has been published across leading venues, reflecting a range of computer science and engineering disciplines. These venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
  • Sensors

In addition to journal and conference papers, Hafid has contributed to book publications. Notably, they have co-authored a book titled Advances in Blockchain Technology for Cyber Physical Systems published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Scaling Blockchains: A Comprehensive Survey

    Abdelatif Hafid;Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid;Mustapha Samih

  • A QoS broker based architecture for efficient Web services selection

    M.A. Serhani;R. Dssouli;A. Hafid;H. Sahraoui

  • Integrating renewable energy in smart grid system: Architecture, virtualization and analysis

    Imane Worighi;Imane Worighi;Abdelilah Maach;Abdelhakim Hafid;Omar Hegazy

  • Wireless Mesh Networks Design — A Survey

    D. Benyamina;A. Hafid;M. Gendreau

  • A Comprehensive Survey on TinyML

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  • Blockchain Scaling Using Rollups: A Comprehensive Survey

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  • A Comprehensive Survey on the Application of Deep and Reinforcement Learning Approaches in Autonomous Driving

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  • A Survey on Blockchain-Based Self-Sovereign Patient Identity in Healthcare

    Bahar Houtan;Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid;Dimitrios Makrakis

  • A Survey on the Current Security Landscape of Intelligent Transportation Systems

    Ayyoub Lamssaggad;Nabil Benamar;Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid;Mounira Msahli

  • SCRP: Stable CDS-Based Routing Protocol for Urban Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

    Mohammed Amine Togou;Abdelhakim Hafid;Lyes Khoukhi

  • Design, Resource Management, and Evaluation of Fog Computing Systems: A Survey

    Ismael Martinez;Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid;Abdallah Jarray

  • Cochain-SC: An Intra- and Inter-Domain Ddos Mitigation Scheme Based on Blockchain Using SDN and Smart Contract

    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

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  • Dynamic traffic rearrangement and restoration for mpls networks with differentiated services capabilities

    Abdelhakim Hafid;Narayanan Natarajan;Shrirang Gadgil

  • A Destination and Mobility Path Prediction Scheme for Mobile Networks

    Apollinaire Nadembega;Abdelhakim Hafid;Tarik Taleb

  • High accuracy localization method using AoA in sensor networks

    Mustapha Boushaba;Abdelhakim Hafid;Abderrahim Benslimane

  • Quality-of-service adaptation in distributed multimedia applications

    Abdelhakim Hafid;Gregor v. Bochmann

  • Mobility prediction model-based service migration procedure for follow me cloud to support QoS and QoE

    Apollinaire Nadembega;Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid;Ronald Brisebois

  • Performance Management of IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Agriculture

    Cheick Tidjane Kone;Abdelhakim Hafid;Mustapha Boushaba

  • Preserving Privacy in Mobile Health Systems Using Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Proof and Blockchain

    Antonio Emerson Barros Tomaz;Jose Claudio Do Nascimento;Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid;Jose Neuman De Souza

  • Record and Reward Federated Learning Contributions with Blockchain

    Ismael Martinez;Sreya Francis;Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid

  • Some principles for quality of service management

    Gregor von Bochmann;Abdelhakim Hafid

  • An approach for quality of service adaptation in service-oriented Grids

    Rashid Al-Ali;Abdelhakim Hafid;Omer Farooq Rana;David William Walker

  • Mobility-Prediction-Aware Bandwidth Reservation Scheme for Mobile Networks

    Apollinaire Nadembega;Abdelhakim Hafid;Tarik Taleb

  • A new stability based clustering algorithm (SBCA) for VANETs

    Ahmed Ahizoune;Abdelhakim Hafid

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Gendreau
Michel Gendreau Polytechnique Montréal
Gregor von Bochmann
Gregor von Bochmann University of Ottawa
Rachida Dssouli
Rachida Dssouli Concordia University
Tarik Taleb
Tarik Taleb Ruhr University Bochum
Abderrahim Benslimane
Abderrahim Benslimane University of Avignon
Omer F. Rana
Omer F. Rana Cardiff University
David W. Walker
David W. Walker Cardiff University
Raouf Boutaba
Raouf Boutaba University of Waterloo
Jibo Wei
Jibo Wei National University of Defense Technology
Yansha Deng
Yansha Deng King's College London

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