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Generic application of deep learning framework for real-time engineering data analysis. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
MAJDANI, F., PETROVSKI, A. and PETROVSKI, S. 2018. Generic application of deep learning framework for real-time engineering data analysis. In Proceedings of the 2018 International joint conference on neural networks (IJCNN 2018), 8-13 July 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], article number 8489356. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2018.8489356

The need for computer-assisted real-time anomaly detection in engineering data used for condition monitoring is apparent in various applications, including the oil and gas, automotive industries and many other engineering domains. To reduce the relia... Read More about Generic application of deep learning framework for real-time engineering data analysis..

Botnet detection in the Internet of Things using deep learning approaches. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
MCDERMOTT, C.D., MAJDANI, F. and PETROVSKI, A.V. 2018. Botnet detection in the Internet of Things using deep learning approaches. In Proceedings of the 2018 International joint conference on neural networks (IJCNN 2018), 8-13 July 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], article number 8489489. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2018.8489489

The recent growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has resulted in a rise in IoT based DDoS attacks. This paper presents a solution to the detection of botnet activity within consumer IoT devices and networks. A novel application of Deep Learning is u... Read More about Botnet detection in the Internet of Things using deep learning approaches..

Fuzzy data analysis methodology for the assessment of value of information in the oil and gas industry. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
VILELA, M., OLUYEMI, G. and PETROVSKI, A. 2018. Fuzzy data analysis methodology for the assessment of value of information in the oil and gas industry. In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE international conference on fuzzy systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2018), 8-13 July 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], article ID 8491628. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE.2018.8491628

To manage uncertainty in reservoir development projects, the Value of Information is one of the main factors on which the decision is based to determine whether it is necessary to acquire additional data. However, subsurface data is not always precis... Read More about Fuzzy data analysis methodology for the assessment of value of information in the oil and gas industry..

Evolutionary computation for optimal component deployment with multitenancy isolation in cloud-hosted applications. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
OCHEI, L.C., PETROVSKI, A. and BASS, J.M. 2018. Evolutionary computation for optimal component deployment with multitenancy isolation in cloud-hosted applications. In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE international symposium on innovations in intelligent systems and applications (INISTA 2018), 3-5 July 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece. New York: IEEE [online], article ID 8466315. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/INISTA.2018.8466315

A multitenant cloud-application that is designed to use several components needs to implement the required degree of isolation between the components when the workload changes. The highest degree of isolation results in high resource consumption and... Read More about Evolutionary computation for optimal component deployment with multitenancy isolation in cloud-hosted applications..

Towards situational awareness of botnet activity in the Internet of Things (2018)
Conference Proceeding
MCDERMOTT, C.D., PETROVSKI, A.V. and MAJDANI, F. 2018. Towards situational awareness of botnet activity in the Internet of Things. In Proceedings of the 2018 International conference on cyber situational awareness, data analytics and assessment (Cyber SA 2018): cyber situation awareness as a tool for analysis and insight, 11-12 June 2018, Glasgow, UK. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 8551408. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CyberSA.2018.8551408

An IoT botnet detection model is designed to detect anomalous attack traffic utilised by the mirai botnet malware. The model uses a novel application of Deep Bidirectional Long Short Term Memory based Recurrent Neural Network (BLSTMRNN), in conjuncti... Read More about Towards situational awareness of botnet activity in the Internet of Things.

Evolving ANN-based sensors for a context-aware cyber physical system of an offshore gas turbine. (2017)
Journal Article
MAJDANI, F., PETROVSKI, A. and DOOLAN, D. 2017. Evolving ANN-based sensors for a context-aware cyber physical system of an offshore gas turbine. Evolving systems [online], 9(2), pages 119-133. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12530-017-9206-8

An adaptive multi-tiered framework, that can be utilised for designing a context-aware cyber physical system to carry out smart data acquisition and processing, while minimising the amount of necessary human intervention is proposed and applied. The... Read More about Evolving ANN-based sensors for a context-aware cyber physical system of an offshore gas turbine..

Investigation of computational intelligence techniques for intrusion detection in wireless sensor networks. (2017)
Journal Article
MCDERMOTT, C.D. and PETROVSKI, A. 2017. Investigation of computational intelligence techniques for intrusion detection in wireless sensor networks. International journal of computer networks and communications [online], 9(4), pages 45-56. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5121/ijcnc.2017.9404

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have become a key technology for the IoT and despite obvious benefits, challenges still exist regarding security. As more devices are connected to the internet, new cyber attacks are emerging which join well-known atta... Read More about Investigation of computational intelligence techniques for intrusion detection in wireless sensor networks..

A framework for unsupervised change detection in activity recognition. (2017)
Journal Article
BASHIR, S.A., PETROVSKI, A. and DOOLAN, D. 2017. A framework for unsupervised change detection in activity recognition. International journal of pervasive computing and communications [online], 13(2), pages 157-175. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPCC-03-2017-0027

Purpose - This purpose of this paper is to develop a change detection technique for activity recognition model. The approach aims to detect changes in the initial accuracy of the model after training and when the model is deployed for recognizing new... Read More about A framework for unsupervised change detection in activity recognition..

Architecting the deployment of cloud-hosted services for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation. (2017)
Thesis
OCHEI, L.C. 2017. Architecting the deployment of cloud-hosted services for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

In recent years, software tools used for Global Software Development (GSD) processes (e.g., continuous integration, version control and bug tracking) are increasingly being deployed in the cloud to serve multiple users. Multitenancy is an important a... Read More about Architecting the deployment of cloud-hosted services for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation..

Designing a context-aware cyber physical system for smart conditional monitoring of platform equipment. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
MAJDANI, F., PETROVSKI, A. and DOOLAN, D. 2016. Designing a context-aware cyber physical system for smart conditional monitoring of platform equipment. In Jayne, C. and Iliadis, L. (eds.) Engineering applications of neural networks: proceedings of the 17th International engineering applications of neural networks conference (EANN 2016), 2-5 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK. Communications in computer and information science, 629. Cham: Springer [online], pages 198-210. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44188-7_15

An adaptive multi-tiered framework, which can be utilised for designing a context-aware cyber physical system is proposed and applied within the context of assuring offshore asset integrity. Adaptability is achieved through the combined use of machin... Read More about Designing a context-aware cyber physical system for smart conditional monitoring of platform equipment..

Intelligent measurement in unmanned aerial cyber physical systems for traffic surveillance. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
PETROVSKI, A., RATTADILOK, P. and PETROVSKII, S. 2016. Intelligent measurement in unmanned aerial cyber physical systems for traffic surveillance. In Jayne, C. and Iliadis, L. (eds.) Engineering applications of neural networks: proceedings of the 17th International engineering applications of neural networks conference (EANN 2016), 2-5 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK. Communications in computer and information science, 629. Cham: Springer [online], pages 161-175. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44188-7_12 161-175. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44188-7_12

An adaptive framework for building intelligent measurement systems has been proposed in the paper and tested on simulated traffic surveillance data. The use of the framework enables making intelligent decisions related to the presence of anomalies in... Read More about Intelligent measurement in unmanned aerial cyber physical systems for traffic surveillance..

Implementing the required degree of multitenancy isolation: a case study of cloud-hosted bug tracking system. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
OCHEI, L.C., PETROVSKI, A. and BASS, J.M. 2016. Implementing the required degree of multitenancy isolation: a case study of cloud-hosted bug tracking system. In Zhang, J., Miller, J.A. and Xu, X. (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International services computing conference 2016 (SCC 2016), 27 June - 2 July 2016, San Francisco, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 379-386. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/SCC.2016.56

Implementing the required degree of isolation between tenants is one of the significant challenges for deploying a multitenant application on the cloud. This paper applies COMITRE (Component-based approach to multitenancy isolation through request re... Read More about Implementing the required degree of multitenancy isolation: a case study of cloud-hosted bug tracking system..

Clustering and nearest neighbour based classification approach for mobile activity recognition. (2016)
Journal Article
BASHIR, S.A., DOOLAN, D.C. and PETROVSKI, A. 2016. Clustering and nearest neighbour based classification approach for mobile activity recognition. Journal of mobile multimedia [online], 12(1-2), pages 110-124. Available from: https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/JMM/article/view/4487

We present a hybridized algorithm based on clustering and nearest neighbour classifier for mobile activity recognition. The algorithm transforms a training dataset into a more compact and reduced representative set that lessens the computational cost... Read More about Clustering and nearest neighbour based classification approach for mobile activity recognition..

The effect of window length on accuracy of smartphone-based activity recognition. (2016)
Journal Article
BASHIR, S.A., DOOLAN, D.C. and PETROVSKI, A. 2016. The effect of window length on accuracy of smartphone-based activity recognition. IAENG international journal of computer science [online], 43(1), pages 126-136. Available from: http://www.iaeng.org/IJCS/issues_v43/issue_1/IJCS_43_1_15.pdf

One of the main approaches for personalization of activity recognition is the generation of the classification model from user annotated data on mobile itself. However, giving the resource constraints on such devices there is a need to examine the ef... Read More about The effect of window length on accuracy of smartphone-based activity recognition..

Evaluating degrees of tenant isolation in multitenancy patterns: a case study of cloud-hosted version control system (VCS). (2015)
Conference Proceeding
OCHEI, L.C., PETROVSKI, A. and BASS, J.M. 2015. Evaluating degrees of tenant isolation in multitenancy patterns: a case study of cloud-hosted version control system (VCS). In Proceedings of the 2015 International Information Society conference 2015 (i-Society 2015), 9-11 November 2015, London, UK. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 59-66. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/i-Society.2015.7366859

One of the key concerns of implementing multitenancy (i.e., serving multiple tenants with a single instance of an application) on the cloud is how to enable the required degree of isolation between tenants, so that the required performance of one ten... Read More about Evaluating degrees of tenant isolation in multitenancy patterns: a case study of cloud-hosted version control system (VCS)..

ClusterNN: a hybrid classification approach to mobile activity recognition. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
BASHIR, S., DOOLAN, D. and PETROVSKI, A. 2015. ClusterNN: a hybrid classification approach to mobile activity recognition. In Chen, L.L., Steinbauer, M., Khalil, I. and Anderst-Kotsis, G. (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th International advances in mobile computing and multimedia conference (MoMM 2015), 11-13 December 2015, Brussels, Belguim. New York: ACM [online], pages 263-267. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2837126.2837140

Mobile activity recognition from sensor data is based on supervised learning algorithms. Many algorithms have been proposed for this task. One of such algorithms is the K-nearest neighbour (KNN) algorithm. However, since KNN is an instance based algo... Read More about ClusterNN: a hybrid classification approach to mobile activity recognition..

Evaluating degrees of multitenancy isolation: a case study of cloud-hosted GSD tools. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
OCHEI, L.C., BASS, J.M. and PETROVSKI, A. 2015. Evaluating degrees of multitenancy isolation: a case study of cloud-hosted GSD tools. In Proceedings of the 2015 International conference on cloud and autonomic computing (ICCAC 2015), 21-25 September 2015, Boston, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 101-112. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCAC.2015.17

Multitenancy is an essential cloud computing property where a single instance of an application serves multiple tenants. Multitenancy introduces significant challenges when deploying application components to the cloud due to the demand for different... Read More about Evaluating degrees of multitenancy isolation: a case study of cloud-hosted GSD tools..

Designing a context-aware cyber physical system for detecting security threats in motor vehicles. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
PETROVSKI, A., RATTADILOK, P. and PETROVSKI, S. 2015. Designing a context-aware cyber physical system for detecting security threats in motor vehicles. In Proceedings of the 8th International conference on security of information and networks (SIN'15), 8-10 September 2015, Sochi, Russia. New York: ACM [online], pages 267-270. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2799979.2800029

An adaptive multi-tiered framework, which can be utilised for designing a context-aware cyber physical system is proposed in the paper and is applied within the context of providing data availability by monitoring electromagnetic interference. The ad... Read More about Designing a context-aware cyber physical system for detecting security threats in motor vehicles..

Evaluating degrees of isolation between tenants enabled by multitenancy patterns for cloud-hosted version control systems (VCS). (2015)
Journal Article
OCHEI, L.C., PETROVSKI, A. and BASS, J.M. 2015. Evaluating degrees of isolation between tenants enabled by multitenancy patterns for cloud-hosted version control systems (VCS). International journal of intelligent computing research [online], 6(3), pages 601-612. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20533/ijicr.2042.4655.2015.0075

When implementing multitenancy for cloud-hosted applications, one of the main challenges to overcome is how to enable the required degree of isolation between tenants so that the required performance, resource utilization, and access privileges of on... Read More about Evaluating degrees of isolation between tenants enabled by multitenancy patterns for cloud-hosted version control systems (VCS)..