Publications

Selected papers from top-tier conferences and journals.

Assessing SSL/TLS Certificate Centralization: Implications for Digital Sovereignty

Andrei C. Azevedo, Eder John Scheid, M. Franco, L. Granville. Global Communications Conference, 2025

Cyber Security Internet Measurement

Beyond Size: Investigating the Impact of Scaled‐Down Network Telescopes on Threat Detection

A. V. Camargo, L. Granville, L. Bertholdo. International Journal of Network Management, 2025

Internet Measurement Cyber Security

Establishing Trust for Using Natural Language for Intent-Based Networking

A. Jacobs, R. Pfitscher, Rafael Hengen Ribeiro, L. Granville, R. A. Ferreira, Walter Willinger, Sanjay G. Rao. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2025

Softwarized and Programmable Networks

NetFeatureXtract: Efficient Traffic Feature Extraction using eBPF

Gustavo Henrique Ellwanger Einsfeldt, A. E. S. Filho. International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, 2025

Softwarized and Programmable Networks Cyber Security

When Something Looks too Good to be True, it Usually is! AI is Causing a Credibility Crisis in Networking

Walter Willinger, Ronaldo A. Ferreira, Arpit Gupta, Roman Beltiukov, Satyandra Guthula, L. Granville, A. Jacobs. Computer communication review, 2025

Artificial Intelligence for Networking Cyber Security

On the feasibility of using an autonomic control loop and automated planning for tenant-oriented reconfiguration of network slices

Angela Rodriguez-Vivas, O. Rendón, J. Nobre, Armando Ordóñez, Katherine Casilimas. Expert systems with applications, 2024

Softwarized and Programmable Networks Artificial Intelligence for Networking

A study on cloud and edge computing for the implementation of digital twins in the Oil & Gas industries

Francisco Paiva Knebel, Rafael Trevisan, G. Nascimento, Mara Abel, Juliano Araujo Wickboldt. Computers & industrial engineering, 2023

Cloud and Edge Computing

A systematic literature review of flying ad hoc networks: State‐of‐the‐art, challenges, and perspectives

Faezeh Pasandideh, João Costa, Rafael Kunst, Wibowo Hardjawana, EDISON PIGNATON DE FREITAS. J. Field Robotics, 2023

Wireless and Mobile Communications Internet of Things

Acoustic Identification of Ae. aegypti Mosquitoes using Smartphone Apps and Residual Convolutional Neural Networks

K. Paim, Ricardo Rohweder, M. R. Mendoza, R. Mansilha, Weverton Cordeiro. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2023

Internet of Things Artificial Intelligence for Networking
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Bungee-ML: A Cross-Plane Approach for a Collaborative Defense Against DDoS Attacks

Libardo Andrey Quintero González, Lucas Castanheira, J. Marques, Alberto E. Schaeffer-Filho, L. Gaspary. Journal of Network and Systems Management, 2023

Cyber Security Softwarized and Programmable Networks

CyberTEA: a Technical and Economic Approach for Cybersecurity Planning and Investment

M. Franco, L. Granville, B. Stiller. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2023

Cyber Security
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Enhancing Network Slicing Architectures With Machine Learning, Security, Sustainability and Experimental Networks Integration

J. S. B. Martins, T. Carvalho, Rodrigo Moreira, Cristiano C. Both, Adnei W. Donatti, J. H. Corrêa, José A. Suruagy, S. Corrêa, Antônio J. G. Abelém, M. Ribeiro, J. Nogueira, L. C. Magalhães, Juliano Araujo Wickboldt, T. Ferreto, R. Mello, R. Pasquini, Marcos Schwarz, L. Sampaio, D. Macedo, J. de Rezende, K. Cardoso, F. O. Silva. IEEE Access, 2023

Artificial Intelligence for Networking Cyber Security
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Evaluating the performance of open source software implementations of the 5G network core

Gabriel Lando, Lucas Augusto Fonseca Schierholt, Mateus Paludo Milesi, Juliano Araujo Wickboldt. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2023

Wireless and Mobile Communications Softwarized and Programmable Networks Cloud and Edge Computing

Radio Jamming in Vehicle-to-Everything Communication Systems: Threats and Countermeasures

A. Silva, João Paulo J. Da Costa, Giovanni A. Santos, Zohair Miri, Muhammad I. B. M. Fauzi, A. Vinel, EDISON PIGNATON DE FREITAS, K. Kastell. International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 2023

Wireless and Mobile Communications Cyber Security

Sec-Health: A Blockchain-Based Protocol for Securing Health Records

Leonardo B. da Costa, B. Pinheiro, Weverton Cordeiro, R. Araújo, Antônio J. G. Abelém. IEEE Access, 2023

Cyber Security Internet of Things
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Traffic Centralization and Digital Sovereignty: An Analysis Under the Lens of DNS Servers

D. F. Boeira, Eder John Scheid, M. Franco, Luciano Zembruzki, L. Granville. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2023

Internet Measurement

A Review of Flying Ad Hoc Networks: Key Characteristics, Applications, and Wireless Technologies

Faezeh Pasandideh, J. Costa, Rafael Kunst, Nahina Islam, Wibowo Hardjawana, EDISON PIGNATON DE FREITAS. Remote Sensing, 2022

Wireless and Mobile Communications Internet of Things
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AI/ML for Network Security: The Emperor has no Clothes

A. Jacobs, Roman Beltiukov, W. Willinger, R. Ferreira, Arpit Gupta, L. Granville. Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2022

Cyber Security Artificial Intelligence for Networking

CoReTM: An Approach Enabling Cross-Functional Collaborative Threat Modeling

Jan von der Assen, M. Franco, Christian Killer, Eder John Scheid, B. Stiller. Computer Science Symposium in Russia, 2022

Cyber Security

Intent Classification

Chen Li, Olga Havel, A. Olariu, P. Martinez-Julia, J. Nobre, Diego R. López. Request for Comments, 2022

Softwarized and Programmable Networks

Managing Virtual Programmable Switches: Principles, Requirements, and Design Directions

Guilherme Bueno, Mateus Saquetti, Pablo Rodrigues, I. Lamb, L. Gaspary, M. Luizelli, M. Zhani, J. Azambuja, Weverton Cordeiro. IEEE Communications Magazine, 2022

Softwarized and Programmable Networks

Merging three‐dimensional occupancy grid maps to support multi‐UAVs cooperative navigation systems

Maik Basso, Diego Stocchero, Pedro Schnarndorf, EDISON PIGNATON DE FREITAS. J. Field Robotics, 2022

Wireless and Mobile Communications Internet of Things

NFV Anomaly Detection: Case Study through a Security Module

Lucas Bondan, T. Wauters, B. Volckaert, F. Turck, L. Granville. IEEE Communications Magazine, 2022

Cyber Security Softwarized and Programmable Networks

SecRiskAI: a Machine Learning-Based Approach for Cybersecurity Risk Prediction in Businesses

M. Franco, Erion Sula, Alberto Huertas Celdrán, Eder John Scheid, L. Granville, B. Stiller. Conference on Business Informatics, 2022

Cyber Security Artificial Intelligence for Networking

A Deep Learning Ensemble to Classify Anxiety, Depression, and their Comorbidity from Texts of Social Networks

V. Souza, J. Nobre, Karin Becker. Journal of Information and Data Management, 2021

Artificial Intelligence for Networking
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A systematic review on distributed denial of service attack defense mechanisms in programmable networks

B. L. Dalmazo, J. Marques, L. Costa, Michel S. Bonfim, R. N. Carvalho, A. S. Silva, S. Fernandes, J. Bordim, E. Alchieri, Alberto E. Schaeffer-Filho, L. Gaspary, Weverton Cordeiro. International Journal of Network Management, 2021

Cyber Security Softwarized and Programmable Networks

Analysis of the influence of political polarization in the vaccination stance: the Brazilian COVID-19 scenario

Régis Ebeling, Carlos Abel C'ordova S'aenz, J. Nobre, Karin Becker. International Conference on Web and Social Media, 2021

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Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers Uncovered: Clarifications, Achievements, and Open Issues

Eder John Scheid, B. Rodrigues, Christian Killer, M. Franco, S. Rafati, B. Stiller. IFIP's Exciting First 60+ Years, 2021

Cyber Security

BluePIL: a Bluetooth-based PassIve Localization Method

B. Rodrigues, Cyrill Halter, M. Franco, Eder John Scheid, Christian Killer, B. Stiller. IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network Management, 2021

Internet of Things

BUNGEE: An Adaptive Pushback Mechanism for DDoS Detection and Mitigation in P4 Data Planes

Libardo Andrey Quintero González, Lucas Castanheira, J. Marques, Alberto E. Schaeffer-Filho, L. Gaspary. IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network Management, 2021

Cyber Security Softwarized and Programmable Networks

Context-Aware Environment Monitoring to Support LPWAN-based Battlefield Applications

Guilherme Rotth Zibetti, Juliano Araujo Wickboldt, E. P. Freitas. Computer Communications, 2021

Cloud and Edge Computing Internet of Things
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Hey, Lumi! Using Natural Language for Intent-Based Network Management

A. Jacobs, R. Pfitscher, Rafael Hengen Ribeiro, R. Ferreira, L. Granville, W. Willinger, Sanjay G. Rao. USENIX Annual Technical Conference, 2021

Softwarized and Programmable Networks Artificial Intelligence for Networking

Hierarchical and smoothed topographic path planning for large-scale virtual simulation environments

Caroline Chagas, Eliakim Zacarias, Luís A. Lima Silva, EDISON PIGNATON DE FREITAS. Expert systems with applications, 2021

Wireless and Mobile Communications Internet of Things

In-Network Neural Networks: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation

M. Luizelli, Ronaldo Canofre, A. Lorenzon, F. Rossi, Weverton Cordeiro, Oscar M. Caicedo. IEEE Network, 2021

Artificial Intelligence for Networking Softwarized and Programmable Networks

ORACLE: An Architecture for Collaboration of Data and Control Planes to Detect DDoS Attacks

Sebastián Gómez Macías, L. Gaspary, J. F. Botero. IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network Management, 2021

Cyber Security Softwarized and Programmable Networks

Q-FANET: Improved Q-learning based routing protocol for FANETs

L. P. D. Costa, Rafael Kunst, EDISON PIGNATON DE FREITAS. Comput. Networks, 2021

Wireless and Mobile Communications Internet of Things

The effect of political polarization on social distance stances in the Brazilian COVID-19 scenario

Régis Ebeling, Carlos Abel Córdova Sáenz, J. Nobre, Karin Becker. Journal of Information and Data Management, 2021

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Toward In-Network Intelligence: Running Distributed Artificial Neural Networks in the Data Plane

Mateus Saquetti, Ronaldo Canofre, A. Lorenzon, F. Rossi, J. Azambuja, Weverton Cordeiro, M. Luizelli. IEEE Communications Letters, 2021

Artificial Intelligence for Networking Softwarized and Programmable Networks
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Using Smart Virtual-Sensor Nodes to Improve the Robustness of Indoor Localization Systems

Guilherme Pedrollo, Andréa Aparecida Konzen, W. O. D. Morais, EDISON PIGNATON DE FREITAS. Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2021

Internet of Things Wireless and Mobile Communications
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