The Internet of Things Lab would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Anastassia Gharib on her successful PhD defense. Her thesis, titled “Cluster-Based Information-Centric Wireless Sensor Networks Management for Enhanced User Security Satisfaction in the Internet of Things”, was nominated for 杏吧原创 University Gold Medal and showcases her outstanding research work in the field of IoT security.
Anastassia is not only a graduate but also an accomplished individual, who received the CUSA Teaching Excellence Award, is the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) representative, a voting member on the global IEEE WIE committee and servers as a technical reviewer on multiple IEEE transactions.
Throughout her tenure with the lab, Anastassia has been a leading researcher in the field of information-centric sensor networks, with a focus on user security satisfaction and she has published several journal and conference papers.

We are proud to have Anastassia Gharib as an alumni of the Internet of Things Lab and wish her all the best in her future endeavours. We are confident that her research and publications will be a great addition to the field of IoT.
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Journal Papers听
[J1] A. Gharib and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淗eterogeneous Cluster-Based Information-Centric Sensor Networks with User Security Satisfaction,鈥 accepted in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, pp. 1-17, Dec. 2022.
[J2] A. Gharib and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淣ode Embedding for Security-Aware Clustering of Mobile Information-Centric Sensor Networks,鈥 IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 18, pp. 17249-17264, Sept. 2022.
[J3] A. Gharib, W. Ejaz, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淒istributed Spectrum Sensing for IoT Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Learning,鈥 IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 66-73, June 2021.
[J4] A. Gharib, W. Ejaz, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淪calable Learning-based Heterogeneous Multi-band Multi-user Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Distributed IoT Systems,鈥 IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society, vol. 1, pp. 1066-1083, July 2020.
[J5] A. Gharib, W. Ejaz and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淓nhanced Multiband Multiuser Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Distributed CRNs,鈥 IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 256-270, Mar. 2020.
[J6] A. Gharib, J. Jaskolka, M. Ibnkahla, and A. Matrawy, 鈥淪ecurity Management of Horizontal IoT Platforms: A Survey and Comparison,鈥 submitted to IEEE Surveys and Tutorials, 2022.
[J7] A. Gharib and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淯ser Security Oriented Information-Centric IoT Nodes Clustering with Graph Convolution Networks,鈥 submitted to IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023.
[J8] A. Gharib, and others, 鈥淪ecurity Policies for the Internet of Things: Selection and Perspectives Beyond Best Practices,鈥 under preparation (to be submitted to IEEE Communications Standards Magazine), 2023.
Conference Papers听
[C1] A. Gharib and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淪ecurity-Aware Cluster Head Selection in WSNs for IoT,鈥 IEEE ICC – IEEE International Conference on Communications, Montreal, Canada, June 2021, pp. 1-6.
[C2] A. Gharib, W. Ejaz, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淒istributed Learning-based Multi-band Multi-user Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks,鈥 IEEE GLOBECOM – IEEE Global Communications Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2018, pp. 1-6.
[C3] Z. Bouida, A. Gharib, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淪econdary Systems Scheduling Using Precoding-Aided Space Shift Keying for Overlay Cognitive Radio,鈥 IEEE WCNC – IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2018, pp. 1-5.
笔辞蝉迟别谤蝉听
[P1] A. Gharib, W.Ejaz, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淗eterogeneous Multi-band Multi-user Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Spectrum Analytics in IoT Systems,鈥 Data Day 5.0 poster competition, 杏吧原创 University, June 5, 2018. (First Place)
[P2] A. Gharib, Z. Bouida, W. Ejaz, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淐ognitive Radio for the Internet of Things: Applications and Challenges,鈥 the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) visit, Jan. 26, 2017.
Technical Reports听
[R1] A. Eldosouky, M. Abu Issa, A. Farhat, A. Jawad, A. Gharib, M. Ibnkahla, J. Jaskolka, and A. Matrawy, 鈥淏est Practices Guide for Secure E-health IoT Systems,鈥 technical report to the System-level Security for IoT-enabled e-Health Systems CSSP Project, pp. 1-20, Sept. 30, 2022.
[R2] A. Gharib, A. Eldosouky, J. Jaskolka, A. Matrawy, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淓nd-to-End Security Policies for Heterogeneous Connected Medical Devices,鈥 technical report to the System-level Security for IoT-enabled e-Health Systems CSSP Project, pp. 1-142, Oct. 31, 2021.
[R3] A. Gharib, J. Jaskolka, A. Matrawy, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淓stablishing a Framework for Deployable Security-by-Design Features,鈥 technical report to the System-level Security for IoT-enabled e-Health Systems CSSP Project, pp. 1-31, Oct. 31, 2020.
[R4] A. Gharib, F. Lagum, and M. Ibnkahla, 鈥淐ollaborative System Architecture,鈥 technical report to the Sentiment and Textual Analysis Project, pp. 1-5, Jan. 2020.
[R5] A. Gharib, A. Farhat, J. Samuel, J. Jaskolka, M. Ibnkahla, and A. Matrawy, 鈥淩eport on Foundational Understanding of IoT-enabled e-Health Systems and Their Security Requirements,鈥 technical report to the System-level Security for IoT-enabled e-Health Systems CSSP Project, pp. 1-42, Oct. 15, 2019.
[R6] A. Gharib, A. Farhat, M. Ibnkahla, J. Jaskolka, and A. Matrawy, 鈥淩eport on OneM2M and Other Standards,鈥 technical report to the System-level Security for IoT-enabled e-Health Systems CSSP Project, pp. 1-53, Oct. 15, 2019.
SELECTED ORAL PRESENTATIONS & TALKS听听
[T1] A. Gharib and A. Matrawy, 鈥淪ecurity Policies Framework for the Internet of Things Enabled E-health Systems,鈥 杏吧原创 University E-Health Security Workshop, Sept. 29, 2022.
[T2] A. Gharib (guest speaker and panelist), 鈥淢eeting User Security Needs in the Internet of Things Era,鈥 杏吧原创 University Breakthrough Breakfast, Mar. 3, 2022. [Online] Available at:
[T3] A. Gharib (invited speaker), 鈥淐luster-Based Wireless Internet of Things Sensor Networks with Security Built-in by Design,鈥 EE@JUST Seminars, Jan. 17, 2022.
[T4] A. Gharib and A. Matrawy, 鈥淪elected Security Policies for Connected Medical Internet of Things Devices,鈥 杏吧原创 University E-Health Security Workshop, Dec. 2, 2021.
[T5] A. Gharib (invited speaker and IoT613 showcase panelist), 鈥System-level Security for IoT-enabled e-Health Systems,鈥 Annual IoT613 Conference, May 9, 2019.
[T6] A. Gharib (invited speaker and IoT613 showcase panelist), 鈥淪calable Learning-based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Distributed IoT Systems,鈥 Annual IoT613 Conference, Apr. 20, 2018.
See also: Anastassia Gharib, 杏吧原创 IoT Lab Publications