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Scientific articles in international journals
- H. Lakhlef, K. Abid, L. Réveillère, A. Toufik : Optimizing IoT Wireless Networks through Distributed Allocation of Idle Time Slots, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2026
- A. Bouazza, H. Debbi, H. Lakhlef : FTL–HLSTM: A Federated Transfer Learning Approach with Hierarchical LSTM for Fault-Tolerant and Privacy-Preserving Intrusion Detection in IoMT Networks, Internet od Things, Elsevier, 2026
- K. Abid, A. Bouabdallah, H. Lakhlef : Preventive Time-Slot Allocation Framework for Collision Avoidance in Dense Vehicular Networks, Journal of Supercomputing, Springer, 2026.
- A. Moussaoui, H. Lakhlef : FANET Dataset: UAV Communication Scenarios in NS-3.40, Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology, 2026
- M. Akkal, S. Cherbal, B. Annane, H. Lakhlef, K. Kharoubi : Quantum, post-quantum, and blockchain approaches for securing the Internet of Medical Things: a systematic review,Cluster Computing, Sprigner, 2025.
- M. Akkal, S. Cherbal, B. Annane, H. Lakhlef : BTMH: A blockchain-powered trust management system for IoMT in healthcare, Computer Networks, Elsevier, 2025.
- M. A. Zormati, H. Lakhlef, S. Ouni : Review and Analysis of Recent Advances in Intelligent Network Softwarization for the Internet of Things, Computer Networks, Elsevier, 2024.
- Y. Bouafia, L. Guezouli, H. Lakhlef : Human Detection in Surveillance Videos Based on Fine‑Tuned MobileNetV2 for Effective Human Classification, International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, Springer, 2024
- Y. Imine, H. Lakhlef, M. Raynal, F. Taïani : DMCSC: a fully distributed multi-coloring approach for scalable communication in synchronous broadcast networks, The Journal of Supercomputing, 2023
- M. A. Kandi, D. E. Kouicem, M. Doudou, H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah, Y. Challal : A decentralized blockchain‑based key management protocol for heterogeneous and dynamic IoT devices, Computer Communications, Elsevier, 2022
- Y. Bouafia, L. Guezouli, H. Lakhlef : Human Detection in Surveillance Videos …, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Electrical Engineering, 2022
- D. E. Kouicem, Y. Imine, A. Bouabdallah, H. Lakhlef : Decentralized Trust Management Based Blockchain Protocol for Internet of Things, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 2022
- S. Benhamaid, H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah : Recent Advances In Energy Management For Green-IoT: Survey, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Elsevier, 2022
- K. Abid, H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah : A survey on recent contention‑free MAC protocols for IoT, Computer Networks, Elsevier, 2021
- H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah : Efficient and Lightweight Group Rekeying Protocol for Communicating Things, Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2021
- M. A. Kandi, H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah, Y. Challal : A Versatile Key Management Protocol …, J. Network and Computer Applications, Elsevier, 2020
- H. Lakhlef, J. Bourgeois, S. Harous, T. Elghazawi : Communication and Security in Communicating Things Networks, Journal of Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, 2020
- F. D’Andreagiovanni, H. Lakhlef, A. Nardin : A matheuristic for joint optimal power and scheduling assignment in DVB‑T2 networks, Journal of Algorithms, 2020
- H. Lakhlef, M. Raynal, F. Taïani : Vertex Coloring with Communication Constraints in Synchronous Broadcast Networks, IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2019
- H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah, M. Raynal, J. Bourgeois : Agent‑based broadcast protocols for wireless heterogeneous node networks, Computer Communications, 2018
- D. E. Kouicem, H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah : Internet of things security: A top‑down survey, Computer Networks, 2018
- H. Lakhlef : A multi‑level clustering scheme based on cliques and clusters for wireless sensor networks, Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2015
- H. Lakhlef, J. Bourgeois : Fast and Robust Self‑organization for Micro‑robotic Systems, Computer Networks, 2015
- H. Lakhlef, J. Bourgeois, H. Mabed, S. Goldstein : Energy‑aware parallel self‑reconfiguration for chains of microrobot networks, J. Parallel Distrib. Comput., 2015
- H. Lakhlef, H. Mabed, J. Bourgeois : Optimization of the logical topology for mobile MEMS networks, J. Network and Computer Applications, 2014
- H. Lakhlef, H. Mabed, J. Bourgeois : Distributed self‑reconfiguration for modular sensor/robot networks, The Journal of Supercomputing, 2014
- A. Bentaleb, H. Lakhlef, J. Myoupo : Dynamic Source Routing with Delay and Bandwidth Guarantees for Mobile ad hoc Networks, JCIS, 2012
- H. Lakhlef, A. Bomgni, J. Myoupo : Permutation Routing Protocol in Multi‑Hop Wireless Sensor Networks, IJACT, 2011
Scientific articles in international conferences
- A. Bouazza, H. Lakhlef, and H. Debbi, “Two-Layer Adaptive Fault Tolerance Framework for Internet of Medical Things: A Weighted Autoencoder with Reinforcement Learning-Based Threshold Adaptation,” 45th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SafeComp 2026), Coimbra, Portugal, 2026
- H. Lakhlef, K. Abid, M. A. Zormati, A. Toufik, “Probabilistic Time Slot Leasing in TDMA-Based IoT Networks for Enhanced Channel Utilization”, 27th ACM/IEEE MSWiM — International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM), 2025.
- A. Bouazza, H. Debbi, and H. Lakhlef. "Ensuring IoT System Fault Tolerance Using Deep Learning and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis." 39th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (IEEE AINA). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025.
- H. Lakhlef, K. Abid, G. Jaber, F. D’andreagiovanni : Efficient Time Slot Recovery Protocol for Wireless Networks, ACM SAC, 39th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing, 2024
- M. A. Zormati, H. Lakhlef, S. Ouni : Routing Optimization Based on Distributed Intelligent Network Softwarization for the Internet of Things, ACM SAC, 39th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing, 2024
- H. Lakhlef, T. Lerner, A. Kebir, N. El Atia, V. Ingardin : Blockchain-Enabled SDN Solutions for IoT: Advancements, Discussions, and Strategic Insights, IEEE ISCC, 29th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC), France, 2024
- Y. Bouafia, L. Guezouli and H. Lakhlef, Real-Time Pedestrian Detection in Hazy Weather for Surveillance Systems, IEEE ISPA'2024 : The 8th IEEE International Conference on Image and Signal Processing and their Application, 2024
- M. Akkal, S. Cherbal, K. Kharoubi, B. Annane, A. Gawanmeh and H. Lakhlef, "An Intrusion Detection System For Detecting DDoS Attacks In Blockchain-Enabled IoMT Networks," 2024 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2024
- M. A. Zormati, H. Lakhlef : Enabling Architecture for Distributed Intelligent Network Softwarization for the Internet of Things, IEEE MASS, 20th IEEE International Conference on mobile ad-hoc networks and smart systems, 2023
- K. Abid, H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah: Preventive Time Slot Allocation MAC Protocol for Vehicular Networks, 19th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2023
- M. A. Zormati, H. Lakhlef : An Overview of Machine Learning-Enabled Network Softwarization for the Internet of Things, In 31st International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM) (pp. 1-6), 2023
- A. Bouazza, H.Debbi, H. Lakhlef, A. Smaili : An Efficient Hierarchical LSTM-based Framework for Intrusion Detection in Internet of Things, In 31st International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM) (pp. 1-6), 2023
- Y. Sellami, G. Jaber, A. Lounis, H. Lakhlef, A. Bouabdallah: A Cooperative Caching Scheme in Fog/Sensor Nodes for CCN. In IWCMC 2022, 18th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IEEE, 2022
- Souissi, H., Mahamat, M., Jaber, G., Lakhlef, H., & Bouabdallah, A: Analyses of Recent Advances on Machine Learning-based Trust Management for Mobile IoT Applications. In 2022 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM) (pp. 1-6), 2022
- D'andreagiovanni, F., Lakhlef, H., & Nardin, A.: Green design of Single Frequency Networks by Multiband Robustness and a hybrid metaheuristic. In XVI International Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation, WIVACE, 2022
- d'Andreagiovanni, F., Lakhlef, H., & Nardin, A.: Green and robust optimal design of Single Frequency Networks by min-max regret and ACO-based learning. In 2022 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2) (pp. 1-7). IEEE, 2022
- Khaled Abid, Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah: Machine learning-based communication collision prediction and avoidance for mobile networks. The 36-th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2022), 2022
- Abdelhammid Bouazza, Hichem Debbi, Hicham Lakhlef: Machine Learning-based Intrusion Detection System Against Routing Attacks in the Internet of Things. TACC 2022, Proceedings of the Tunisian-Algerian Joint Conference on Applied Computing (TACC 2022) Laboratoire Mixte d'Excellence Scientifique Tuniso-Algérien, Constantine, Algeria, December 13-14, 2022
- Sana Benhamaid, Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah: Energy-Efficient and Context-aware Trajectory Planning for Mobile Data Collection in IoT using Deep Reinforcement Learning. In 30th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM) (pp. 1-6), 2022
- Sana Benhamaid, Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah: Towards Energy Efficient Mobile Data Collection In Cluster-based IoT Networks. PerCom Workshops, 340-343, 2021
- Ramy Chemak, Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah: A Decentralized and Reliable Election-based Key Management Protocol for Communicating Things. 29th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM, 1-6, 2021
- Hicham Lakhlef, Ghada Jaber, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, Ahmed Lounis and Fabio D'Andreagiovanni : "Distributed Time Slots Assignment Protocol in Dynamic Networks", 25th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC), France, 2020
- Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah and Fabio D'Andreagiovanni: "A Memory-efficient Group Key Managment for Communicating Things", in 16th ACM symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks, ALICANTE, Spain, 2020
- Khaled Abid, Ghada Jaber, Hicham Lakhlef, Ahmed Lounis and Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah: "An Energy Efficient Architecture of self-sustainable WSN based on Energy Harvesting and Wireless Charging with consideration of deployment cost", in 16th ACM symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks, ALICANTE, Spain, 2020
- Mohamed Ali Kandi, Djamel Eddine Kouicem, Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, Yacine Challal : A Blockchain-based Key Management Protocol for Secure Device-to-Device Communication in the Internet of Things. 19th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom)/ International Workshop on Cyberspace Security (IWCSS), China, Dec 2020
- Hicham Lakhlef, Fabio D'Andreagiovanni and Antonella Nardin : "A Robust Optimization Approach for Designing FTTx Networks Integrating Free Space Optics Under Weather Uncertainty", in 16th ACM symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks, ALICANTE, Spain, 2020
- Djamel Eddine Kouicem, Hicham Lakhlef and Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah : "An Efficient and Anonymous Blockchain-Based Data Sharing Scheme for Vehicular Networks", 25th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC), France, 2020
- Michael Mahamat, Hicham Lakhlef, Ahmed Lounis, Imine Youcef : "Optimal Time Slot Allocation for Communicating Things Using Local Clocks", The 28th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2020), CROATIA, 2020
- Fabio D'Andreagiovanni, Hicham Lakhlef and Antonella Nardin, "A Robust Optimization approach to DVB-T Network Design". In FRUCT27: 27th Conference of Open Innovations Association, Italy, September 9-11, 2020
- Sally Ismail, Fabio D'Andreagiovanni, Hicham Lakhlef and Imine Youcef, "Recent Advances on 5G Resource Allocation Problem using PD-NOMA". In IEEE ISNCC International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, Montreal, Canada, 2020
- Yassine Bouafia, Larbi Guezouli and Hicham Lakhlef: "Fine-tuned MobileNet for effective human classification in surveillance videos", ICCIS'2020: International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences, Saudi Arabia, 2020
- Hicham Lakhlef, Youcef Imine and Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah: "A Distributed Collision-free Distance-2 Coloring Algorithm for Ring Networks". The 27th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2019), CROATIA, 2019
- Mohmaed Ali Kandi, Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, Yacine Challal: it A Key Management Protocol for Secure Device-to-Device Communication in the Internet of Things. 19th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2019, United States, December 9-13, 2019
- Mohamed Ali Kandi, Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah and Yacine Challal, "An Efficient Multi-Group Key Management Protocol for Heterogeneous Communicating Things", 20th IEEE WCNC 2019 : IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Networking, Morroco, 2019
- Mohmaed Ali Kandi, Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah and Yacine Challal, "An Efficient Multi-Group Key Management Protocol for Internet of Things". In: The 26 th Int. Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2018), Croatia, 2018
- Fabio D'Andreagiovanni, Hicham Lakhlef and Antonella Nardin, "A Hybrid MIP-based Heuristic for the Optimal Design of DVB - T2 Networks". In: 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing, October 8-12, China, 2018
- Djamel Eddine Kouicem, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah and Hicham Lakhlef : Distributed An Efficient Architecture for Trust Management in IoE Based Systems of Systems, 13th Annual Conference on System of Systems Engineering, pp138-143, Paris, France, 2018
- Djamel Eddine Kouicem, Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah and Hicham Lakhlef : Distributed Fine-Grained Secure Control of Smart Actuators in Internet of Things, IEEE ISPA 2017 : 15th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, China, 2017
- Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, Hicham Lakhlef, Michel Raynal, François Taiani: Providing Collison-free Communication for Large Scale Wireless Networks, The 31th IEEE AINA 2016, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, IEEE Computer Society, Taiwan, 2017
- Hicham Lakhlef, Michel Raynal, Julien Bourgeois: Efficient Broadcast Protocol for the Internet of Things. 30th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2016, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 23-25 March,998-1005, 2016
- Davide Frey, Hicham Lakhlef, Michel Raynal: Optimal Collision/Conflict-Free Distance-2 Coloring in Wireless Synchronous Broadcast/Receive Tree Networks., 45th International Conference on Parallel Processing, ICPP 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 16-19, 350-359, 2016
- Julien Bourgeois,Benoît Piranda, André Naz, Hicham Lakhlef, Nicolas Boillot, Hakim Mabed, Dominique Douthaut, Thadeu Tucci : Programmable matter as a cyber-physical conjugation, IEEE SMC,the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Budapest, Hungary, 2016
- Hicham Lakhlef, Michel Raynal and Francois Taiani: Vertex Coloring with Communication and Local Memory Constraints in Synchronous Broadcast Networks. 12th International Symposium on Algorithms and Experiments for Wireless Sensor Networks – ALGOSENSORS, AUGUST 25-26, DENMARK, 2016
- Hicham Lakhlef, Julien Bourgeois, Saad Harous, Jean Frédéric Myoupo: Collision-Free Routing Protocol in Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks. In CIT 2015, The 15th IEEE Int. Conf. on Computer and Information Technology, Liverpool, UK, pages 92–99, October 2015
- Hicham Lakhlef, Julien Bourgeois: On the mapless reconfiguration for modular robots: Results and future directions, 78-83, China, IEEE ROBIO 2015
- Hicham Lakhlef, Julien Bourgeois, Hakim Mabed: Robust Parallel Redeployment Algorithm for MEMS Microrobots. In AINA 2014, 28th IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Victoria, Canada, pages 1057–1064, 2014
- Hicham Lakhlef, Hakim Mabed, Julien Bourgeois: Efficient Parallel Self-Reconfiguration Algorithm for MEMS Microrobots. In PDP 2014, 22nd Euromicro Int. Conf. on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing, Torino, Italy, pages 1057–1064, February 2014
- Hicham Lakhlef, Hakim Mabed, Julien Bourgeois: Parallel self-reconfiguration for MEMS microrobots. In EUROCON 2013, 7-th IEEE International Conference on Computer as a Tool, Zagreb, Croatia, pages 283–290, July 2013
- Hicham Lakhlef, Hakim Mabed, Julien Bourgeois: Distributed and Dynamic Map-less Self-reconfiguration for Microrobot Networks. In NCA 2013, 12th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications, Cambridge, MA, United States, pages 55–60, August 2013
- Hicham Lakhlef, Abdelhak Bentaleb, Jean-Frédéric Myoupo, Abdelhak Boubatra, Saad Harous Cliques and Clusters based Hierarchical Scheme for Sensor Networks Partitioning. In IEEE GCC 2013, 7-th IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, Doha, Qatar, pages 355-360, Novembre 2013
- Hicham Lakhlef, Hakim Mabed, Julien Bourgeois: Distributed and efficient algorithm for self-reconfiguration of MEMS microrobots. In SAC 2013, 28-th ACM Symposium On Applied Computing, Coimbra, Portugal, pages 560–566, March 2013
- Hicham Lakhlef, Hakim Mabed, Julien Bourgeois: Dynamicity to Save Energy in Microrobots Reconfiguration. In UIC 2013,10th IEEE Int. Conf. on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Salerne, Italy, pages 246–253, December 2013
- Hakim Mabed, Hicham Lakhlef, Julien Bourgeois: Fully distributed redeployment algorithm for multi-robot system. In NetGCooP'12, 6th Int. Conf. on NETwork Games, COntrol and OPtimization, Avignon, France, pages 139–144, Novembre 2012
- Hicham Lakhlef and Jean-Frédéric Myoupo: Secure permutation routing protocol in multi-hop wireless sensor networks. In SAM 2011, 9-th International Conference on Security and Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, July 2011