📝 Publications

Here you can find a list (non-exhaustive) of my peer-reviewed publications and collaborations. If you would like to have access to a specific publication as PDF, contact me.

Order: First Author | Per Year

2025

The Role of Network Centralization in Shaping Digital Sovereignty: An Analysis Under the DNS Lens (, , , , and ), In Int. J. Netw. Manag., volume 35, . [url] [doi]
Assessing SSL/TLS Certificate Centralization: Implications for Digital Sovereignty (, , and ), In CoRR, volume abs/2504.16897, . [url] [doi]
Employing PDDL Plan to Recommend Security Controls Against Cyberattacks (, , , and ), In Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2025, Barcelona, Spain, 9-11 April 2025, Volume 4, . [url] [doi]

2024

Traffic Centralization and Digital Sovereignty: An Analysis Under the Lens of DNS Servers (, , , and ), In NOMS 2024 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium, Seoul, Republic of Korea, May 6-10, 2024, . [url] [doi]
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: Analyzing and Comparing the Selection of DNS Lookup Tools (, , and ), In IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2024, Paris, France, June 26-29, 2024, . [url] [doi]
Securing Blockchain Wallet Files Using eBPF (, , and ), In 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2024, Cape Town, South Africa, December 8-12, 2024, . [url] [doi]
PerfResolv: A Geo-Distributed Approach for Performance Analysis of Public DNS Resolvers Based on Domain Popularity (, , , and ), In Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2024), Kitakyushu, Japan, 17-19 April, 2024, Volume 2, . [url] [doi]
FEVER: Intelligent Behavioral Fingerprinting for Anomaly Detection in P4-Based Programmable Networks (, , , , , and ), In Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2024), Kitakyushu, Japan, 17-19 April, 2024, Volume 3, . [url] [doi]

2023

Traffic Centralization and Digital Sovereignty: An Analysis Under the Lens of DNS Servers (, , , and ), In CoRR, volume abs/2307.01300, . [url] [doi]
SECAdvisor: a Tool for Cybersecurity Planning using Economic Models (, , , and ), In CoRR, volume abs/2304.07909, . [url] [doi]
Real-time Tracking of Medical Devices: An Analysis of Multilateration and Fingerprinting Approaches (, , , and ), In CoRR, volume abs/2303.01151, . [url] [doi]
Real-time Medical Devices Inventory Tracking - a Hands-on Experience (, , and ), In NOMS 2023, IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, Miami, FL, USA, May 8-12, 2023, . [url] [doi]
Opening Pandora's Box: An Analysis of the Usage of the Data Field in Blockchains (, , and ), In Fifth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications, BCCA 2023, Kuwait, Kuwait, October 24-26, 2023, . [url] [doi]

2022

An Intent-based Blockchain-agnostic Interaction Environment (), PhD thesis, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, . [url]
On the Employment of Machine Learning in the Blockchain Selection Process (, , , and ), In IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag., volume 19, . [url] [doi]
Blockchain-Based Voting Considered Harmful? (, , , and ), In IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag., volume 19, . [url] [doi]
A deterministic approach for extracting network security intents (, , , , , , and ), In Comput. Networks, volume 214, . [url] [doi]
PMD-Track: Portable Medical Devices' Real-time Inventory and Tracking (, , and ), In 17th Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services Conference, WONS 2022, Oppdal, Norway, March 30 - April 1, 2022, . [url] [doi]
SecRiskAI: a Machine Learning-Based Approach for Cybersecurity Risk Prediction in Businesses (, , , , and ), In 24th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2022 - Volume 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 15-17, 2022, . [url] [doi]
Policy-based and Behavioral Framework to Detect Ransomware Affecting Resource-constrained Sensors (, , , , , and ), In 2022 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2022, Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29, 2022, . [url] [doi]
VeNiCE: Enabling Automatic VNF Management based on Smart Contract Events (, , , , and ), In 47th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2022, Edmonton, AB, Canada, September 26-29, 2022, . [url] [doi]
CoReTM: An Approach Enabling Cross-Functional Collaborative Threat Modeling (, , , and ), In IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience, CSR 2022, Rhodes, Greece, July 27-29, 2022, . [url] [doi]

2021

Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers Uncovered: Clarifications, Achievements, and Open Issues (, , , , and ), Chapter in Advancing Research in Information and Communication Technology - IFIP's Exciting First 60+ Years, Views from the Technical Committees and Working Groups, . [url] [doi]
WeTrace: A privacy-preserving tracing approach (, , , , , , and ), In J. Commun. Networks, volume 23, . [url] [doi]
Policy-Based Blockchain Selection (, and ), In IEEE Commun. Mag., volume 59, . [url] [doi]
ASIMOV: a Fully Passive WiFi Device Tracking (, , , , , and ), In IFIP Networking Conference, IFIP Networking 2021, Espoo and Helsinki, Finland, June 21-24, 2021, . [url] [doi]
Poster: DDoSGrid: a Platform for the Post-mortem Analysis and Visualization of DDoS Attacks (, , , , , , and ), In IFIP Networking Conference, IFIP Networking 2021, Espoo and Helsinki, Finland, June 21-24, 2021, . [url] [doi]
SecGrid: a Visual System for the Analysis and ML-based Classification of Cyberattack Traffic (, , , , , , and ), In 46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021, Edmonton, AB, Canada, October 4-7, 2021, . [url] [doi]
LaFlector: a Privacy-preserving LiDAR-based Approach for Accurate Indoor Tracking (, , , , and ), In 46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021, Edmonton, AB, Canada, October 4-7, 2021, . [url] [doi]
BluePIL: a Bluetooth-based PassIve Localization Method (, , , , and ), In 17th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2021, Bordeaux, France, May 17-21, 2021, . [url]
Edge2BC: a Practical Approach for Edge-to-Blockchain IoT Transactions (, , , , , and ), In IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, ICBC 2021, Sydney, Australia, May 3-6, 2021, . [url] [doi]
\AEternum: A Decentralized Voting System with Unconditional Privacy (, , , , , and ), In IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, ICBC 2021, Sydney, Australia, May 3-6, 2021, . [url] [doi]
SaCI: A Blockchain-Based Cyber Insurance Approach for the Deployment and Management of a Contract Coverage (, , , , and ), In Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services - 18th International Conference, GECON 2021, Virtual Event, September 21-23, 2021, Proceedings, . [url] [doi]
Security and Standardization of a Notary-based Blockchain Interoperability API (, , , , and ), In Third International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications, BCCA 2021, Tartu, Estonia, November 15-17, 2021, . [url] [doi]

2020

Blockchain Signaling System (BloSS): Cooperative Signaling of Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks (, , , and ), In J. Netw. Syst. Manag., volume 28, . [url] [doi]
Proverum: A Hybrid Public Verifiability and Decentralized Identity Management (, , , , and ), In CoRR, volume abs/2008.09841, . [url]
WeTrace - A Privacy-preserving Mobile COVID-19 Tracing Approach and Application (, , , , , , and ), In CoRR, volume abs/2004.08812, . [url]
Design and implementation of cast-as-intended verifiability for a blockchain-based voting system (, , , and ), In SAC '20: The 35th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, online event, [Brno, Czech Republic], March 30 - April 3, 2020, . [url] [doi]
PleBeuS: a Policy-based Blockchain Selection Framework (, , and ), In NOMS 2020 - IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, Budapest, Hungary, April 20-24, 2020, . [url] [doi]
Provotum: A Blockchain-based and End-to-end Verifiable Remote Electronic Voting System (, , , , , , and ), In 45th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2020, Sydney, Australia, November 16-19, 2020, . [url] [doi]
A Controlled Natural Language to Support Intent-based Blockchain Selection (, , , and ), In IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, ICBC 2020, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 2-6, 2020, . [url] [doi]
SC-FLARE: Cooperative DDoS Signaling based on Smart Contracts (, , and ), In IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, ICBC 2020, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 2-6, 2020, . [url] [doi]
ProtectDDoS: A Platform for Trustworthy Offering and Recommendation of Protections (, , , and ), In Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services - 17th International Conference, GECON 2020, Izola, Slovenia, September 15-17, 2020, Revised Selected Papers, . [url] [doi]
SecBot: a Business-Driven Conversational Agent for Cybersecurity Planning and Management (, , , , , and ), In 16th International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2020, Izmir, Turkey, November 2-6, 2020, . [url] [doi]
Analysis of Stablecoins during the Global COVID-19 Pandemic (, , and ), In 2020 Second International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications, BCCA 2020, Antalya, Turkey, November 2-5, 2020, . [url] [doi]

2019

Guiltiness: A practical approach for quantifying virtual network functions performance (, , , , , , and ), In Comput. Networks, volume 161, . [url] [doi]
FENDE: Marketplace-Based Distribution, Execution, and Life Cycle Management of VNFs (, , , , , , , , , , , and ), In IEEE Commun. Mag., volume 57, . [url] [doi]
BRAIN: Blockchain-based Reverse Auction for Infrastructure Supply in Virtual Network Functions-as-a -Service (, , and ), In 2019 IFIP Networking Conference, Networking 2019, Warsaw, Poland, May 20-22, 2019, . [url] [doi]
Bifröst: a Modular Blockchain Interoperability API (, , and ), In 44th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2019, Osnabrueck, Germany, October 14-17, 2019, . [url] [doi]
Toward a Policy-based Blockchain Agnostic Framework (, and ), In IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2019, Washington, DC, USA, April 09-11, 2019, . [url]
Enabling Dynamic SLA Compensation Using Blockchain-based Smart Contracts (, , and ), In IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2019, Washington, DC, USA, April 09-11, 2019, . [pdf]
Evaluating a Blockchain-based Cooperative Defense (, , , and ), In IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2019, Washington, DC, USA, April 09-11, 2019, . [url]
CaIV: Cast-as-Intended Verifiability in Blockchain-based Voting (, , and ), In IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, ICBC 2019, Seoul, Korea (South), May 14-17, 2019, . [url] [doi]
BUNKER: A Blockchain-based trUsted VNF pacKagE Repository (, , and ), In Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services - 16th International Conference, GECON 2019, Leeds, UK, September 17-19, 2019, Proceedings, . [url] [doi]
GENEVIZ: A Visual Tool for the Construction and Blockchain-Based Validation of SFC Packages (, , , and ), In Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services - 16th International Conference, GECON 2019, Leeds, UK, September 17-19, 2019, Proceedings, . [url] [doi]

2018

A model for quantifying performance degradation in virtual network function service chains (, , , , , and ), In 2018 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, April 23-27, 2018, . [url] [doi]
Artificial neural network model to predict affinity for virtual network functions (, , , , and ), In 2018 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, April 23-27, 2018, . [url] [doi]
Toward Mitigation-as-a-Service in Cooperative Network Defenses (, , , and ), In 2018 IEEE 16th Intl Conf on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, 16th Intl Conf on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, 4th Intl Conf on Big Data Intelligence and Computing and Cyber Science and Technology Congress, DASC/PiCom/DataCom/CyberSciTech 2018, Athens, Greece, August 12-15, 2018, . [url] [doi]
The Proposal of a Blockchain-Based Architecture for Transparent Certificate Handling (, , , and ), In Business Information Systems Workshops - BIS 2018 International Workshops, Berlin, Germany, July 18-20, 2018, Revised Papers, . [url] [doi]
Leveraging Smart Contracts for Automatic SLA Compensation - The Case of NFV Environments ( and ), In 12th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security, AIMS 2018, Munich, Germany, June 4-5, 2018, Proceedings, . [url]

2017

INSpIRE: Integrated NFV-based Intent Refinement Environment (, , , , , and ), In 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), Lisbon, Portugal, May 8-12, 2017, . [url] [doi]
AMNESiA: Affinity measurement platform for NFV-enabled networks (, , , , and ), In 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), Lisbon, Portugal, May 8-12, 2017, . [url] [doi]
Affinity measurement for NFV-enabled networks: A criteria-based approach (, , , , and ), In 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), Lisbon, Portugal, May 8-12, 2017, . [url] [doi]
iMPROVE: Enhancing the Introduction of Services on Programmable Virtual Networks (, , , , and ), In 31st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2017, Taipei, Taiwan, March 27-29, 2017, . [url] [doi]
Interactive Visualizations for Planning and Strategic Business Decisions in NFV-Enabled Networks (, , , , , and ), In 31st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2017, Taipei, Taiwan, March 27-29, 2017, . [url] [doi]

2016

Policy-based dynamic service chaining in Network Functions Virtualization (, , , and ), In IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2016, Messina, Italy, June 27-30, 2016, . [url] [doi]
DReAM - a distributed result-aware monitor for Network Functions Virtualization (, , , , , and ), In IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2016, Messina, Italy, June 27-30, 2016, . [url] [doi]

Last update on 07.06.2025

📈 Citation Count

2016 ▏ ▎ 4
2017 ▏ █ 13
2018 ▏ ▉ 11
2019 ▏ █████▌ 68
2020 ▏ ██████████▏ 124
2021 ▏ ███████████████████ 231
2022 ▏ █████████████████████████ 303
2023 ▏ ███████████████████████▏ 281
2024 ▏ ██████████████████▉ 230
2025 ▏ ████▎ 53

Total since 2017: 1332

Data from Google Scholar