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Overview

Ala Al-Fuqaha is affiliated with Western Michigan University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the areas of computer science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, with significant contributions to artificial intelligence, computer networks and communications, electrical and electronic engineering, information systems, and aerospace engineering.

The research topics explored by Ala Al-Fuqaha include:

  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • UAV Applications and Optimization
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Ala Al-Fuqaha has contributed to a number of recent papers in peer-reviewed journals, including:

  • Privacy-preserving artificial intelligence in healthcare: Techniques and applications, 2023, Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • Intelligent building control systems for thermal comfort and energy-efficiency: A systematic review of artificial intelligence-assisted techniques, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Collaborative Federated Learning for Healthcare: Multi-Modal COVID-19 Diagnosis at the Edge, 2022, IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society
  • Explainable, trustworthy, and ethical machine learning for healthcare: A survey, 2022, Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • Developing future human-centered smart cities: Critical analysis of smart city security, Data management, and Ethical challenges, 2021, Computer Science Review

Their publication record features a strong presence in notable venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Access, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, and Computers & Security.

Ala Al-Fuqaha has frequently collaborated with researchers including Junaid Qadir, Kashif Ahmad, Mohamed Abdallah, Basheer Qolomany, and Abdullatif Albaseer.

Their book publication includes a title under Springer Science+Business Media:

  • Computational Intelligence Techniques for Green Smart Cities, 2022

This profile reflects a research career focused on emerging and interdisciplinary fields involving artificial intelligence, privacy, edge computing, and smart systems, with a body of work that includes journal articles, conference papers, and book contributions.

Best Publications

  • Internet of Things: A Survey on Enabling Technologies, Protocols, and Applications

    Ala Al-Fuqaha;Mohsen Guizani;Mehdi Mohammadi;Mohammed Aledhari

  • Deep Learning for IoT Big Data and Streaming Analytics: A Survey

    Mehdi Mohammadi;Ala Al-Fuqaha;Sameh Sorour;Mohsen Guizani

  • Blockchain for AI: Review and Open Research Challenges

    Khaled Salah;M. Habib Ur Rehman;Nishara Nizamuddin;Ala Al-Fuqaha

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges

    Hazim Shakhatreh;Ahmad H. Sawalmeh;Ahmad H. Sawalmeh;Ala Al-Fuqaha;Ala Al-Fuqaha;Zuochao Dou

  • Smart Cities: A Survey on Data Management, Security, and Enabling Technologies

    Ammar Gharaibeh;Mohammad A. Salahuddin;Sayed Jahed Hussini;Abdallah Khreishah

  • Secure and Robust Machine Learning for Healthcare: A Survey

    Adnan Qayyum;Junaid Qadir;Muhammad Bilal;Ala Al-Fuqaha

  • Semisupervised Deep Reinforcement Learning in Support of IoT and Smart City Services

    Mehdi Mohammadi;Ala Al-Fuqaha;Mohsen Guizani;Jun-Seok Oh

  • Unsupervised Machine Learning for Networking: Techniques, Applications and Research Challenges

    Muhammad Usama;Junaid Qadir;Aunn Raza;Hunain Arif

  • Enabling Cognitive Smart Cities Using Big Data and Machine Learning: Approaches and Challenges

    Mehdi Mohammadi;Ala Al-Fuqaha

  • Intelligent building control systems for thermal comfort and energy-efficiency: A systematic review of artificial intelligence-assisted techniques

    Ghezlane Halhoul Merabet;Ghezlane Halhoul Merabet;Mohamed Essaaidi;Mohamed Ben Haddou;Basheer Qolomany

  • Collaborative Federated Learning For Healthcare: Multi-Modal COVID-19 Diagnosis at the Edge

    Adnan Qayyum;Kashif Ahmad;Muhammad Ahtazaz Ahsan;Ala I. Al-Fuqaha

  • Software-Defined Networking for RSU Clouds in Support of the Internet of Vehicles

    Mohammad Ali Salahuddin;Ala Al-Fuqaha;Mohsen Guizani

  • Securing Connected & Autonomous Vehicles: Challenges Posed by Adversarial Machine Learning and the Way Forward

    Adnan Qayyum;Muhammad Usama;Junaid Qadir;Ala Al-Fuqaha

  • Toward better horizontal integration among IoT services

    Ala Al-Fuqaha;Abdallah Khreishah;Mohsen Guizani;Ammar Rayes

  • Leveraging Machine Learning and Big Data for Smart Buildings: A Comprehensive Survey

    Basheer Qolomany;Ala I. Al-Fuqaha;Ajay Gupta;Driss Benhaddou

  • Generative Adversarial Networks For Launching and Thwarting Adversarial Attacks on Network Intrusion Detection Systems

    Muhammad Usama;Muhammad Asim;Siddique Latif;Junaid Qadir

  • Softwarization of Internet of Things Infrastructure for Secure and Smart Healthcare

    Mohammad A. Salahuddin;Ala Al-Fuqaha;Mohsen Guizani;Khaled Shuaib

  • A survey on particle swarm optimization with emphasis on engineering and network applications

    Mohammad W. Elbes;Shadi AlZu'bi;Tarek Kanan;Ala I. Al-Fuqaha

  • Parameters optimization of deep learning models using Particle swarm optimization

    Basheer Qolomany;Majdi Maabreh;Ala Al-Fuqaha;Ajay Gupta

  • Reinforcement learning for resource provisioning in the vehicular cloud

    Mohammad A. Salahuddin;Ala Al-Fuqaha;Mohsen Guizani

  • Challenges and Countermeasures for Adversarial Attacks on Deep Reinforcement Learning

    Inaam Ilahi;Muhammad Usama;Junaid Qadir;Muhammad Umar Janjua

  • Explainable, Trustworthy, and Ethical Machine Learning for Healthcare: A Survey

    Khansa Rasheed;Adnan Qayyum;Mohammed Ghaly;Ala Al-Fuqaha

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohsen Guizani
Mohsen Guizani Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Junaid Qadir
Junaid Qadir Information Technology University
Mohamed Abdallah
Mohamed Abdallah Hamad bin Khalifa University
Abdallah Khreishah
Abdallah Khreishah New Jersey Institute of Technology
Issa Khalil
Issa Khalil Hamad bin Khalifa University
Kok-Lim Alvin Yau
Kok-Lim Alvin Yau Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Aiman Erbad
Aiman Erbad Hamad bin Khalifa University
Khaled Salah
Khaled Salah Khalifa University
Mounir Hamdi
Mounir Hamdi Hamad bin Khalifa University
Michael Riegler
Michael Riegler OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University

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