2026 Raouf Boutaba: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	79	1124	1088	36	31	633	36071

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
2012 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to automated network and service management methodologies and applications
The Canadian Academy of Engineering
The Canadian Academy of Engineering
The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Raouf Boutaba is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research primarily encompasses the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

Boutaba's main topics of study include:

Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Advanced Optical Network Technologies
Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
Software System Performance and Reliability
Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
Advanced Photonic Communication Systems

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publication outlets including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
NOMS 2022-2022 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
IEEE Communications Magazine

Recent papers by Raouf Boutaba demonstrate their involvement in network security, management, and traffic analysis. These include:

"Man-in-the-Middle Attack Mitigation in Internet of Medical Things," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
"Network Management 2030: Operations and Control of Network 2030 Services," 2020, Journal of Network and Systems Management
"BotChase: Graph-Based Bot Detection Using Machine Learning," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
"A Look Behind the Curtain: Traffic Classification in an Increasingly Encrypted Web," 2021, Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems
"Reliable Slicing of 5G Transport Networks With Bandwidth Squeezing and Multi-Path Provisioning," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Frequent collaborators in research include Mohammad A. Salahuddin, Noura Limam, Aladdin Saleh, Nashid Shahriar, and Bertrand Mathieu.

Awards and honors received by Raouf Boutaba include:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2019), Academy of Science
IEEE Fellow (2012), awarded for contributions to automated network and service management methodologies and applications
Membership in The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Best Publications

Cloud computing: state-of-the-art and research challenges

Qi Zhang;Lu Cheng;Raouf Boutaba

5332
Citations
Network Function Virtualization: State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges

Rashid Mijumbi;Joan Serrat;Juan-Luis Gorricho;Niels Bouten

2256
Citations
A survey of network virtualization

N.M. Mosharaf Kabir Chowdhury;Raouf Boutaba

1737
Citations
Network virtualization: state of the art and research challenges

N.M.M.K. Chowdhury;R. Boutaba

1188
Citations
Virtual Network Embedding with Coordinated Node and Link Mapping

N. M. M. K. Chowdhury;M. R. Rahman;R. Boutaba

1142
Citations
A comprehensive survey on machine learning for networking: evolution, applications and research opportunities

Raouf Boutaba;Mohammad A. Salahuddin;Noura Limam;Sara Ayoubi

1040
Citations
ViNEYard: virtual network embedding algorithms with coordinated node and link mapping

Mosharaf Chowdhury;Muntasir Raihan Rahman;Raouf Boutaba

986
Citations
Data Center Network Virtualization: A Survey

Md. Faizul Bari;Raouf Boutaba;Rafael Esteves;Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville

829
Citations
A survey of naming and routing in information-centric networks

M. F. Bari;S. Chowdhury;R. Ahmed;R. Boutaba

548
Citations
Sistema e processo de gerenciamento de falha de software

Douik Samir;Boutaba Raouf

542
Citations
Internet of Drones

Mirmojtaba Gharibi;Raouf Boutaba;Steven L. Waslander

517
Citations
Dynamic Controller Provisioning in Software Defined Networks

Faizul Bari;Arup Raton Roy;Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury;Qi Zhang

477
Citations
PayLess: A low cost network monitoring framework for Software Defined Networks

Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury;Md. Faizul Bari;Reaz Ahmed;Raouf Boutaba

463
Citations
On orchestrating virtual network functions

Md. Faizul Bari;Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury;Reaz Ahmed;Raouf Boutaba

430
Citations
Conflict classification and analysis of distributed firewall policies

E. Al-Shaer;H. Hamed;R. Boutaba;M. Hasan

427
Citations
Collaborative Security: A Survey and Taxonomy

Guozhu Meng;Yang Liu;Jie Zhang;Alexander Pokluda

423
Citations
Orchestrating Virtualized Network Functions

Faizul Bari;Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury;Reaz Ahmed;Raouf Boutaba

421
Citations
Dynamic Resource Allocation for Spot Markets in Cloud Computing Environments

Qi Zhang;Quanyan Zhu;Raouf Boutaba

355
Citations
Gateway Placement Optimization in Wireless Mesh Networks With QoS Constraints

B. Aoun;R. Boutaba;Youssef Iraqi;G. Kenward

346
Citations
SVNE: Survivable Virtual Network Embedding Algorithms for Network Virtualization

M. R. Rahman;R. Boutaba

308
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy Pujolle Sorbonne University

Quanyan Zhu New York University

Alberto Leon-Garcia University of Toronto

James Won-Ki Hong Pohang University of Science and Technology

Jie Zhang Nanyang Technological University

Tamer Basar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Massimo Tornatore Polytechnic University of Milan

Joseph L. Hellerstein University of Washington

Ehab Al-Shaer Carnegie Mellon University

Otman A. Basir University of Waterloo

External Links

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