Detecting Target-Area Link-Flooding DDoS Attacks using Traffic Analysis and Supervised Learning

in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (2018)

Single and Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for Clustering Biomedical Information with Unknown Number of Clusters

in Bioinspired Optimization Methods and Their Applications (2018)

This article presents single and multiobjective evolutionary approaches for solving the clustering problem with unknown number of clusters. Simple and ad-hoc operators are proposed, aiming to keep the ... [more ▼]

This article presents single and multiobjective evolutionary approaches for solving the clustering problem with unknown number of clusters. Simple and ad-hoc operators are proposed, aiming to keep the evolutionary search as simple as possible in order to scale up for solving large instances. The experimental evaluation is performed considering a set of real problem instances, including a real-life problem of analyzing biomedical information in the Parkinson's disease map project. The main results demonstrate that the proposed evolutionary approaches are able to compute accurate trade-off solutions and efficiently handle the problem instance involving biomedical information. [less ▲]

Overview and Challenges of the UL HPC Facility at the EuroHPC Horizon

Presentation (2017, November)

Coverage optimization with connectivity preservation for UAV swarms applying chaotic dynamics

in IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC), Columbus 17-21 July 2017 (2017, August 11)

Cooperative usage of multiple UAVs as a swarm can deliver high-quality surveillance performance. However, the communication capabilities within the UAV swarm must be maintained for local data propagation ... [more ▼]

Cooperative usage of multiple UAVs as a swarm can deliver high-quality surveillance performance. However, the communication capabilities within the UAV swarm must be maintained for local data propagation to swarm members in favor of achieving an efficient global behavior. In this paper, we address the problem of optimizing two adversary criteria for such a UAV swarm: (a) maximizing the area coverage, while (b) preserving network connectivity. Our approach, called CACOC², solves the problem with a novel chaotic ant colony optimization approach, which combines an Ant Colony Optimization approach (ACO) with a chaotic dynamical system. CACOC² employs swarming behavior to obtain UAV clustering that result in maximized area coverage and preserved network connectivity. We show by extensive simulations how the size of the UAV swarm influences the coverage and connectivity. A metrics comparison chart shows the correlation of coverage and connectivity metrics. [less ▲]

Measuring data locality ratio in virtual MapReduce cluster using WorkflowSim

in Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE), 2017 14th (2017, July)

The data locality is significant factor which has a direct impact on the performance of MapReduce framework. Several previous works have proposed alternative scheduling algorithms for improving the ... [more ▼]

The data locality is significant factor which has a direct impact on the performance of MapReduce framework. Several previous works have proposed alternative scheduling algorithms for improving the performance by increasing data locality. Nevertheless, their studies had focused the data locality on physical MapReduce cluster. As more and more deployment of MapReduce cluster have been on virtual environment, a more suitable evaluation of MapReduce cluster may be necessary. This study adopts a simulation based approach. Five scheduling algorithms were used for the simulation. WorkflowSim is extended by inclusion of three implemented modules to assess the new performance measure called `data locality ratio'. Comparison of their results reveals interesting findings. The proposed implementation can be used to assess `data locality ratio' and allows users prior to efficiently select and tune scheduler and system configurations suitable for an environment prior to its actual physical MapReduce deployment. [less ▲]

A Scalable Parallel Cooperative Coevolutionary PSO Algorithm for Multi-objective Optimization

in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (2017)

We present a parallel multi-objective cooperative coevolutionary variant of the Speed-constrained Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization (SMPSO) algorithm. The algorithm, called CCSMPSO, is the first ... [more ▼]

We present a parallel multi-objective cooperative coevolutionary variant of the Speed-constrained Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization (SMPSO) algorithm. The algorithm, called CCSMPSO, is the first multi-objective cooperative coevolutionary algorithm based on PSO in the literature. SMPSO adopts a strategy for limiting the velocity of the particles that prevents them from having erratic movements. This characteristic provides the algorithm with a high degree of reliability. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of CCSMPSO, we compare our work with the original SMPSO and three different state-of-the-art multi-objective CC metaheuristics, namely CCNSGA-II, CCSPEA2 and CCMOCell, along with their original sequential counterparts. Our experiments indicate that our proposed solution, CCSMPSO, offers significant computational speedups, a higher convergence speed and better or comparable results in terms of solution quality, when evaluated against three other CC algorithms and four state-of-the-art optimizers (namely SMPSO, NSGA-II, SPEA2, and MOCell), respectively. We then provide a scalability analysis, which consists of two studies. First, we analyze how the algorithms scale when varying the problem size, i.e., the number of variables. Second, we analyze their scalability in terms of parallelization, i.e., the impact of using more computational cores on the quality of solutions and on the execution time of the algorithms. Three different criteria are used for making the comparisons, namely the quality of the resulting approximation sets, average computational time and the convergence speed to the Pareto front. [less ▲]

Real-Time Virtual Network Function (VNF) Migration toward Low Network Latency in Cloud Environments

in IEEE 10th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 2017 (2017, June)

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging network architecture to increase flexibility and agility within operator's networks by placing virtualized services on demand in Cloud data centers ... [more ▼]

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging network architecture to increase flexibility and agility within operator's networks by placing virtualized services on demand in Cloud data centers (CDCs). One of the main challenges for the NFV environment is how to minimize network latency in the rapidly changing network environments. Although many researchers have already studied in the field of Virtual Machine (VM) migration and Virtual Network Function (VNF) placement for efficient resource management in CDCs, VNF migration problem for low network latency among VNFs has not been studied yet to the best of our knowledge. To address this issue in this article, we i) formulate the VNF migration problem and ii) develop a novel VNF migration algorithm called VNF Real-time Migration (VNF-RM) for lower network latency in dynamically changing resource availability. As a result of experiments, the effectiveness of our algorithm is demonstrated by reducing network latency by up to 70.90% after latency-aware VNF migrations. [less ▲]

Energy Efficient Data Collection in Opportunistic Mobile Crowdsensing Architectures for Smart Cities

in 3rd IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Smart Cites and Urban Computing (2017, May)

Smart cities employ latest information and communication technologies to enhance services for citizens. Sensing is essential to monitor current status of infrastructures and the environment. In Mobile ... [more ▼]

Smart cities employ latest information and communication technologies to enhance services for citizens. Sensing is essential to monitor current status of infrastructures and the environment. In Mobile Crowdsensing (MCS), citizens participate in the sensing process contributing data with their mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and wearables. To be effective, MCS systems require a large number of users to contribute data. While several studies focus on developing efficient incentive mechanisms to foster user participation, data collection policies still require investigation. In this paper, we propose a novel distributed and energy-efficient framework for data collection in opportunistic MCS architectures. Opportunistic sensing systems require minimal intervention from the user side as sensing decisions are application- or device-driven. The proposed framework minimizes the cost of both sensing and reporting, while maximizing the utility of data collection and, as a result, the quality of contributed information. We evaluate performance of the framework with simulations, performed in a real urban environment and with a large number of participants. The simulation results verify cost-effectiveness of the framework and assess efficiency of the data generation process. [less ▲]

Impact du mécanisme chaotique sur l’optimisation d’un modèle de mobilité pour un essaim de drones devant réaliser une couverture de zone

in Falcon, Eric; Lefranc, Marc; Pétrélis, François (Eds.) et al Comptes-rendus de la 20e Rencontre du Non Linéaire (2017, March)

Solution of differential equations system can be chaotic attractors with various chaotic mechanisms. In this paper we highlight that the use of these chaotic mechanisms permits to enhance the ... [more ▼]

Solution of differential equations system can be chaotic attractors with various chaotic mechanisms. In this paper we highlight that the use of these chaotic mechanisms permits to enhance the diversification of metaheuristics. We applied our approach to the coverage problem using a swarm of UAVs where the diversification of an ant colony algorithm is enhanced by chaos coming from Ma system and Rössler system. [less ▲]

CrowdSenSim: a Simulation Platform for Mobile Crowdsensing in Realistic Urban Environments

in IEEE Access (2017)

Smart cities take advantage of recent ICT developments to provide added value to existing public services and improve quality of life for the citizens. The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm makes the ... [more ▼]

Smart cities take advantage of recent ICT developments to provide added value to existing public services and improve quality of life for the citizens. The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm makes the Internet more pervasive where objects equipped with computing, storage and sensing capabilities are interconnected with communication technologies. Because of the widespread diffusion of IoT devices, applying the IoT paradigm to smart cities is an excellent solution to build sustainable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platforms. Having citizens involved in the process through mobile crowdsensing (MCS) techniques augments capabilities of these ICT platforms without additional costs. For proper operation, MCS systems require the contribution from a large number of participants. Simulations are therefore a candidate tool to assess the performance of MCS systems. In this paper, we illustrate the design of CrowdSenSim, a simulator for mobile crowdsensing. CrowdSenSim is designed specifically for realistic urban environments and smart cities services. We demonstrate the effectiveness of CrowdSenSim for the most popular MCS sensing paradigms (participatory and opportunistic) and we present its applicability using a smart public street lighting scenario. [less ▲]