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Thomas La Porta

Director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Evan Pugh Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering

207 Electrical Engineering West

tfl12@psu.edu

814-865-6725

Personal or Departmental Website

Research Areas:

Network and Mobile Systems; Security and Privacy

Interest Areas:

Mobility management, mobile data systems including networks, protocols, and applications, signaling and control for telecommunication networks, security for wireless networks.

 
 

 

Education

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Z. Lu, K. Chan, S. Pu and Thomas F La Porta, 2019, "CrowdVision: A Computing Platform for Video Crowdprocessing Using Deep Learning", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 18, (7), pp. 1513-1526
  • D. Tootaghaj, N. Bartolini, H. Khamfroush, T. He, N. Ray Chaudhuri and Thomas F La Porta, 2018, "On Progressive Network Recovery from Massive Failures under Uncertainty", IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 15, (4), pp. 1249-1263
  • S. Achleitner, N. Bartolini, T. He, Thomas F La Porta and D. Tootaghaj, 2018, "Fast Network Configuration in Software Defined Networks", IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, pp. 1249-1263
  • D. Z. Tootaghaj, T. He and Thomas F La Porta, 2018, "Parsimonious Tomography: Optimizing Cost-Identifiability Trade-off for Probing-based Network Monitoring", ACM Performance Evaluation Review (PER), 45, (2), pp. 107-110
  • S. Rager, E. Ciftioglu, R. Ramanathan, Thomas F La Porta and R. Govindan, 2018, "Scalability and Satisfiability of Quality-of-Information in Wireless Networks", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 26, (1), pp. 398-411
  • Z. Lu, X. Sun and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Cooperative Data Offload in Opportunistic Networks: From Mobile Devices to Infrastructure", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 25, (6), pp. 3382-3395
  • Z. Lu, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "TeamPhone: Networking Smart Phone for Disaster Recovery", IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing, 16, (2), pp. 3554-3567
  • N. Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, Thomas F La Porta and S. Silvestri, 2017, "On Critical Service Recovery After Massive Network Failures", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, S. Ciavarella, Thomas F La Porta and S. Silvestri, 2017, "Autonomous Mobile Sensor Placement in Complex Environments", ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 12, (2), pp. 1-28
  • T. A. Dao, A. K. Roy-Chowdhury, H. Madhyastha, S. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Managing Redundant Content in Bandwidth Constrained Wireless Networks", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • S. Achleitner, Thomas F La Porta, P. McDaniel, S. Sugrim, S. V. Krishnamurthy and R. Chada, 2017, "Deceiving Network Reconnaissance Using SDN-based Virtual Topologies", IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • H. Khamfroush, N. Bartolini, Thomas F La Porta, A. Swami and J. Dillman, 2016, "On Propagation of Phenomena in Interdependent Networks", IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 3, pp. 225-239
  • N. Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, S. Silvestri and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "On the vulnerabilities of voronoi-based approaches to mobile sensor deployment", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 15, (12)
  • M Lin, S. Silvestri, N Bartolini and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "On Selective Activation in Dense Femtocell Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 15, (10), pp. 7018-7029
  • A. O. F. Atya, I. Broustis, S. Singh, D. Syrivelis, S. V. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "A Policy Aware Enforcement Logic for Appropriately Invoking Network Coding", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 24, (4), pp. 2005-2018
  • S Tati, S Rager, B. J. Ko, G. Cao, A. Swami and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "netCSI: A Generic Fault Diagnosis Algorithm for Large-Scale Failuresin Computer Networks", IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 13, (3), pp. 355-368
  • R. Ramanathan, E. Ciftcioglu, A. Samanta, R. Urgaonkar and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "Symptotics: a framework for estimating the scalability of real-world wireless networks", Wireless Networks, pp. 20
  • Zongqing Lu, Xiao Sun, Yonggang Wen, Guohong Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2015, "Algorithms and Applications for Community Detection in Weighted Networks", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed System, 26, (11), pp. 2916–2926
  • Thomas F La Porta, Brett Holbert, Srikar Tati, Simone Silvestri and Ananthram Swami, 2015, "Network Topology Inference with Partial Information", IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 12, (3), pp. 406–419
  • George Papageorgiou, Shailendra Singh, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Ramesh Govindan and Thomas F La Porta, 2015, "A Distortion-Resistant Routing Framework for Video Traffic in Wireless Multihop Networks", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 23, (2), pp. 412–425
  • Lu An Tang, Xiao Yu, Quanquan Gu, Jiawei Han, Guofei Jiang, Alice Leung and Thomas F La Porta, 2015, "A Framework of Mining Trajectories from Untrustworthy Data in Cyber-Physical System", ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data, 9, (3), pp. 16:1–16:35
  • S. Tati, B.-J. Ko, G. Cao, A. Swami and Thomas F La Porta, 2015, "Adaptive Algorithms for Diagnosing Large-Scale Failures in Computer Networks", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 26, (3), pp. 646–656
  • Yosef Alayev, Amotz Bar-Noy, Matthew P. Johnson, Lance M. Kaplan and Thomas F La Porta, 2015, "You can’t get there from here: Sensor scheduling with refocusing delays", ACM/SPringer Wireless Networks Journal, 21, (5), pp. 1683-1698
  • Ertugrul Necdet Ciftcioglu, Antonios Michaloliakos, Aylin Yener, Konstantinos Psounis, Thomas F La Porta and Ramesh Govindan, 2014, "Operational information content sum capacity: From theory to practice", Computer Networks, 75, pp. 1–17
  • Novella Bartolini, Gian Carlo Bongiovanni, Thomas F La Porta and Simone Silvestri, 2014, "On the Vulnerabilities of the Virtual Force Approach to Mobile SensorDeployment", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 13, (11), pp. 2592–2605
  • Qiang Zheng, Guohong Cao, Thomas F La Porta and Ananthram Swami, 2014, "Cross-Layer Approach for Minimizing Routing Disruption in IP Networks", IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst., 25, (7), pp. 1659–1669
  • Yosef Alayev, Fangfei Chen, Yun Hou, Matthew P. Johnson, Amotz Bar-Noy, Thomas F La Porta and Kin K. Leung, 2014, "Throughput Maximization in Mobile WSN Scheduling With Power Controland Rate Selection", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 13, (7), pp. 4066–4079
  • Thomas F La Porta, Chiara Petrioli, Cynthia A. Phillips and Dora Spenza, 2014, "Sensor Mission Assignment in Rechargeable Wireless Sensor Networks", TOSN, 10, (4), pp. 60
  • Chao Zhang, Jiawei Han, Lidan Shou, Jiajun Lu and Thomas F La Porta, 2014, "Splitter: Mining Fine-Grained Sequential Patterns in Semantic Trajectories", PVLDB, 7, (9), pp. 769–780
  • James Edwards, Ahmed Bahjat, Yurong Jiang, Trevor Cook and Thomas F La Porta, 2014, "Quality of information-aware mobile applications", Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 11, pp. 216–228
  • Qinghua Li, Guohong Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2014, "Efficient and Privacy-Aware Data Aggregation in Mobile Sensing", IEEE Trans. Dependable Sec. Comput., 11, (2), pp. 115–129
  • L.-A. Tang, Y. Zheng, J. Yuan, J. Han, A. Leung, W.-C. Peng and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "A Framework of Traveling Companion Discovery on Trajectory Data Streams", ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, 5, (1), pp. 34
  • T.-S. Kim, I. Broustis, S. Vural, D. Syrivelis, S. Singh, S. V. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Realizing the Benefits of Wireless Network Coding in Multirate Settings", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 21, (3), pp. 950-962
  • P. Basu, R. Gibbens, Thomas F La Porta, C.-Y. Lin, A. Swami and E. Yoneki, 2013, "Guest Editorial: Network Science", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 31, (6), pp. 993-996
  • L. Tang, X. Yu, S. Kim, Q. Gu, J. Han, A. Leung and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Trustworthiness Analysis of Sensor Data in Cyber-physical Systems", Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 79, (3), pp. 383-401
  • S. Ray, Thomas F La Porta, P. Basu, G. Cao, S. Schaffer and D. Dent, 2013, "Metric Driven Mobility Modeling in Tactical Networks", Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 10, (2), pp. 161-179
  • W. Gao, G. Cao, Thomas F La Porta and J. Han, 2013, "Exploiting Transient Social Contact Patterns for Data Forwarding in Delay Tolerant Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 12, (1), pp. 151-165
  • F. Chen*, M. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, I. Fermin and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Proactive Data Dissemination to Mission Sites", Wireless Networks, 18, (7), pp. 749-762
  • S. Eswaran*, J. Edwards*, A. Misra and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Adaptive In-Network Processing for Bandwidth and Energy Constrained Mission-Oriented Multi-hop Wireless Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 11, (9), pp. 1484-1498
  • S. Eswaran*, A. Misra and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Control-theoretic Utility Maximization in Multihop Wireless Networks under Mission Dynamics", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 20, (4), pp. 1082-1095
  • N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, Thomas F La Porta and C. Petriolil, 2012, "Sensor Activation and Radius Adaptation (SARA) in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks", ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 8, (3), pp. 24
  • M. J. Neely, S. Rager* and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Max Weight Learning Algorithms for Scheduling in Unknown Environments", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 57, (5), pp. 1179-1191
  • S. Eswaran*, A. Misra, F. Bergamasachi and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Utility-based Bandwidth Adaptation in Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networks", ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 8, (2), pp. 17
  • L. Tang, X. Yu, S. Kim, J. Han, W.-C. Peng, Y. Sun, A. Leung and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Multidimensional Sensor Data Analysis in Cyber-Physical System: An Atypical Cube Approach", International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, pp. 19
  • F. Chen*, M. Johnson, Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Who, When, Where: Timeslot Assignment to Mobile Clients", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 11, (1), pp. 73-85
  • Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "Broadcasting Info-Pages to Sensors: Efficiency vs. Energy Conservation", ACM/Springer Wireless Networks Journal, 17, (6), pp. 1529-1542
  • R. Kumar and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "Cooperative Channelization in Wireless Networks with Network Coding", IEEE Transactions on Processing and Distributed Systems, 22, (7), pp. 1073-1084
  • N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, Thomas F La Porta and S. Silvestri, 2011, "Autonomous Deployment of Heterogeneous Mobile Sensors", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 10, (6), pp. 753-766
  • P. Traynor, C. Amrutkar, V. Rao, T. Jaeger, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "From Mobile Phones to Responsible Devices", Journal of Security and Communication Networks (SCN), 4, (6), pp. 719-726
  • Thomas F La Porta, G. Maselli and C. Petrioli, 2011, "Anti-collision Protocols for Single-Reader RFID Systems: Temporal Analysis and Optimization", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 10, (2), pp. 267-279
  • G. Wang, M. J. Irwin, H. Fu, P. Berman, W. Zhang and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "Optimizing Sensor Movement Planning for Energy Efficiency", ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 7, (4), pp. 17
  • H. Rowaihy, M. P. Johnson, D. Pizzacaro, A. Bar-Noy, A. Preece and Thomas F La Porta, 2010, "Sensor Mission Assignment in Constrained Environments", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 21, (11), pp. 1692-1705
  • A. Bar-Noy, T. Brown, M. P. Johnson, Thomas F La Porta, O. Liu and H. Rowaihy, 2010, "Sensor-Mission Assignment in Wireless Sensor Networks", ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 6, (4), pp. 1-33
  • K. Kotapati, P. Liu and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Evaluating MAPSec by Marking Attack Graphs", Kluwer/ACM Wireless Networks Journal, 15, (8), pp. 1042-1058
  • A. Venkateswaran, V. Sarangan, Thomas F La Porta and R. Acharya, 2009, "A Mobility-Prediction-Based Relay Deployment Framework for Conserving Power in MANETs", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 8, (6), pp. 750-765
  • H . Choi, W. Enck, J. Shin, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "ASR: Anonymous and Secure Reporting of Traffic Forwarding Activity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks", ACM Wireless Networks (WINET), 15, (4), pp. 525-539
  • Y. Sun, Thomas F La Porta and P. Kermani, 2009, "A Flexible Privacy-Enhanced Location Based Services System Framework and Practice", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 8, (3), pp. 304-321
  • P. Traynor, W. Enck, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Mitigating Attacks on Open Functionality in SMS-Capable Cellular Networks", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 17, (1), pp. 40-53
  • S. Eswaran, M. P. Johnson, A. Misra and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Distributed Utility-Based Rate Adaptation Protocols for Prioritized, Quasi-Elastic Flows", ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review (M2CR), 13, (1), pp. 2-13
  • P. Traynor, W. Enck, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2008, "Exploiting Open Functionality in SMS-Capable Cellular Networks", Journal of Computer Security, 16, (6), pp. 689-793
  • H. Choi, H. Song, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2008, "Mobile Multi-Layered IPSec", ACM/Springer Wireless Networks (WINET), 14, (6), pp. 895-913
  • R. Kumar, R. Crepaldi, H. Rowaihy, A. Harris, G. Cao, F. Anjum, M. Zorzi and Thomas F La Porta, 2008, "Mitigating Performance Degradation in Congested Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 7, (6), pp. 682-697
  • D. Tonesi, Y. Sun, L. Salgarelli and Thomas F La Porta, 2008, "Evaluation of Signaling Loads in 3GPP Networks", IEEE Wireless Communications, 15, (1), pp. 92-100
  • J. Shin, R. Kumar, P. Kishen and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Channelization for Dynamic Multi-Frequency, Multi-Hop Wireless Cellular Networks", Ad Hoc Networks Journal, 5, (8), pp. 1284-1302
  • W. Zhang, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Dynamic Proxy Tree-Based Data Dissemination Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks", ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks (WINET), 13, (5), pp. 583-595
  • K. Kotapati, P. Liu and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Dependency Relation Based Vulnerability Analysis of 3G Networks: Can It Identify Unforeseen Cascading Attacks?", Telecommunications Systems, Special Issue on Security, Privacy and Trust for Beyond 3G Networks, 35, (3-4), pp. 99-122
  • W. Zhang, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Data Dissemination with Ring-Based Index for Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 6, (7), pp. 832-847
  • P. Traynor, R. Kumar, H. Choi, G. Cao, S. Zhu and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Efficient Hybrid Security Mechanisms for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 6, (6), pp. 663-677
  • G. Wang, G. Cao, P. Berman and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Bidding Protocols for Deploying Mobile Sensors", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 6, (5), pp. 563-576
  • J. Shin, K. H. Lee, A. Yener and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "On-demand Diversity Wireless Relay Networks", ACM Journal of Mobile Networks and Applications, 11, (4), pp. 593-611
  • G. Wang, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "Movement Assisted Sensor Deployment", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 5, (6), pp. 640-652
  • T. Yashiro and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "Nomadic Agent System: Infrastructureless Location Based Service System", Journal of Information Processing Society of Japan, 46, (12), pp. 2952-2962
  • K. Murakami, O. Haase, J. Shin and Thomas F La Porta, 2004, "Mobility Management Alternatives for Migration to Mobile Internet Session-Based Services", EEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications, 22, (5), pp. 818-833
  • O. Haase, K. Murakami and Thomas F La Porta, 2003, "Unified Mobility Manager - Enabling Efficient SIP/UMTS Mobile Network Control", IEEE Wireless Communications, 10, (4), pp. 66-75
  • R. Ramjee, K. Varadhan, L. Salgarelli, S. Thuel and Thomas F La Porta, 2002, "HAWAII: A Domain Based Approach for Mobility in Wide-Area Wireless Networks", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 10, (3), pp. 396-410
  • R. Ramjee, L. Li, Thomas F La Porta and S. Kasera, 2002, "IP Paging Service for Mobile Hosts", ACM/Kluwer Journal on Wireless Networks, 8, (5), pp. 427-441
  • J. Lennox, K. Murakami, M. Karaul and Thomas F La Porta, 2001, "Interworking Internet Telephony and Wireless Telecommunications Networks", ACM Computer Communications Review, 31, (5), pp. 25-36
  • R. Ramjee, Thomas F La Porta, J. Kurose and D. Towsley, 2000, "User Agent Migration Policies in Wireless Networks", IEEE Journal of Selected Areas of Communication, 18, (11), pp. 2465-2489
  • A. Atya, Z. Qian, S. Krishnamurthy, Thomas F La Porta, P. McDaniel and L. Marvel, , "Catch Me If You Can: A Closer Look at Malicious Co-Residency on the Cloud", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • D. Tootaghaj, N. Bartolini, H. Khamfroush, T. He, N. Ray Chaudhuri and Thomas F La Porta, , "Mitigation and Recovery from Cascading Failures in Inter-dependency Networks Under Uncertainty", IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

Conference Proceedings

  • Y. Cao, A. Atya, S. Singh, Z. Qian, S. Krishnamurthy, Thomas F La Porta, P. Krishnamurthy and L. Marvel, 2018, "A Framework for MIMO-based Packet Header Obfuscation", pp. 1763-1771
  • Z. Lu, K. Chan and Thomas F La Porta, 2018, "A Computing Platform for Video Crowdprocessing Using Deep Learning"
  • G. Bent, G. de Mel, R. Ganti, Thomas F La Porta, G. Pearson, T. Pham, S. Stein, A. Swami, L. Tassiulas and I. Taylor, 2018, "Learning Service Semantics for Self-organization in Distributed Environments: Concepts and Research Directions"
  • V. Walls, H. Kwon, Thomas F La Porta, S. Stein and L. Tassiulas, 2018, "On the Design of Resource Allocation Algorithms for Low-Latency Video Analytics"
  • H. Alhulayyil, K. Khalil, S. Krishnamurthy, D. Cansever, Thomas F La Porta and A. Swami, 2018, "On the Detection of Adaptive Side-channel Attackers in Cloud Environments"
  • M. Ochal, S. Stein, F. Bi, M. Cook, E. Gerding, T. He and Thomas F La Porta, 2018, "Online Mechanism Design using Reinforcement Learning for Cloud Resource Allocation"
  • S. Saghaian, Thomas F La Porta, T. Jaeger, B. Celik and P. McDaniel, 2018, "Mission-oriented Security Model, Incorporating Security Risk, Cost and Payout"
  • T. He, H. Khamfroush, S. Wang, S. Stein and Thomas F La Porta, 2018, "It's Hard to Share: Joint Service Placement and Request Scheduling in Edge Clouds with Sharable and Non-sharable Resources"
  • D. Z. Tootaghaj, N. Bartolini, H. Khamfroush and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Controlling Cascading Failures in Interdependent Networks under Incomplete Knowledge"
  • D. Z. Tootaghaj, T. He and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Parsimonious Tomography: Optimizing Cost-Identifiability Trade-off for Probing-based Network Monitoring"
  • Z. Lu, S. Rallapalli, K. Chan and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Modeling Resource Requirements of Convolutional Neural Networks on Mobile Devices"
  • A. Atya, A. Aqil, K. Khalil, Z. Qian, V. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Stalling Live Migrations on the Cloud"
  • J. Acquaviva, M. Mahon, B. Einfalt and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Optimal Cyber-Defense Strategies for Advanced Persistent Threats: A Game Theoretical Analysis"
  • J. Edwards, Rebecca Passonneau, T. Cassidy and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Resource Allocations for Pragamatically-assisted Quality of Information-Aware Networking"
  • D. Tootaghaj, H. Khamfroush, N. Bartolini, S. Ciaverelli, S. Hayes and Thomas F La Porta, 2017, "Network Recovery from Massive Failures and Uncertain Knowledge of Failures"
  • S. Achleitner, Thomas F La Porta, T. Jaeger and P. McDaniel, 2017, "Adversarial Network Forensics in Software Defined Networking"
  • S. Achleitner, Thomas F La Porta, Patrick D McDaniel, S. Sugrim, S. V. Krishnamurthy, R. Chadha and R, 2016, "Cyber deception: Virtual networks to defend insider reconnaissance", pp. 11
  • Stefan Achleitner, Thomas F La Porta, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy and Victor S. Quizhpi, 2016, "Network coding efficiency in the presence of an intermittent backhaul network", pp. 1–6
  • S. Rager, E. Ciftioglu, R. Ramanathan, Thomas F La Porta and R. Govindan, 2016, "Scalability and Satisfiability of Quality of Information in Wireless Networks"
  • Z. Lu, X. Sun and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "Cooperative Data Offloading in Opportunistic Mobile Networks"
  • M. Lin, N. Bartolini and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "Power Adjustment and Scheduling in OFDMA Femtocell Networks"
  • James Edwards, Taylor Cassidy, Geeth de Mel and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "Integrating quality of information with pragmatic assistance", pp. 1–7
  • Zongqing Lu, Guohong Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "Networking smartphones for disaster recovery", IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1–9
  • N. Felemban, Z. , Thomas F La Porta and K. Chan, 2016, "Video processing of complex activity detection in resource-constrained networks", USA
  • Z. Lu, K. Chan, R. Urgaonkar and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "On-demand Video Processing in Wireless Networks"
  • T. He, N. N. Bartolini, H. H. Khamfroush, I. Kim, L. Ma and Thomas F La Porta, 2016, "Service Placement for Detecting and Localizing Failures Using End-to-End Observations"
  • N. Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, Thomas F La Porta and S. Silvestri, 2016, "Network Recovery After Massive Failures"
  • Michael Lin, Simone Silvestri, Novella Bartolini and Thomas F La Porta, 2015, "Energy-Efficient Selective Activation in Femtocell Networks", IEEE, pp. 361–369
  • Nan Hu, Thomas F La Porta and Novella Bartolini, 2015, "Self-Adaptive Resource Allocation for Event Monitoring with Uncertainty in Sensor Networks", pp. 370–378
  • Simone Silvestri, Brett Holbert, P. Novotny, Thomas F La Porta, A. Wolf and Ananthram Swami, 2015, "Inferring Network Topologies in MANETs Applied to Service Redeployment", pp. 1–8
  • Bhaskar Prabhala and Thomas F La Porta, 2015, "Spatial and temporal considerations in next place predictions", pp. 390–395
  • Manisha Mukherjee, James Edwards, Heesung Kwon and Thomas F La Porta, 2015, "Quality of information-aware real-time traffic flow analysis and reporting", pp. 69–74
  • B. Holbert, Srikar Tati, Simone Silvestri, Thomas F La Porta and Ananthram Swami, 2015, "Network topology inference with partial path information", IEEE Computer Society, pp. 796–802
  • Tuan Dao, Amit K. Roy-Chowdhury, Harsha V. Madhyastha, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2014, "Managing Redundant Content in Bandwidth Constrained Wireless Networks", pp. 349–362
  • Scott T. Rager, Ertugrul Necdet Ciftcioglu and Thomas F La Porta, 2014, "Performance analysis of practical distributed backpressure protocols", IEEE, pp. 1–8
  • Novella Bartolini, Gian Carlo Bongiovanni, Thomas F La Porta, Simone Silvestri and F. Vincenti, 2014, "Voronoi-based deployment of mobile sensors in the face of adversaries", pp. 532–537
  • Scott T. Rager, Ertugrul Necdet Ciftcioglu, Thomas F La Porta, Alice Leung, William Dron, Ram Ramanathan and John P. Hancock, 2014, "Data Selection for Maximum Coverage in Sensor Networks with Cost Constraints", pp. 209–216
  • Srikar Tati, Simone Silvestri, T. He and Thomas F La Porta, 2014, "Robust Network Tomography in the Presence of Failures", pp. 481–492
  • Bhaskar Prabhala, Jingjing Wang, Budhaditya Deb, Thomas F La Porta and Jiawei Han, 2014, "Leveraging periodicity in human mobility for next place prediction", IEEE, pp. 2665–2670
  • Ertugrul Necdet Ciftcioglu, Antonios Michaloliakos, Konstantinos Psounis, Thomas F La Porta and Aylin Yener, 2014, "Power minimization with quality-of-information outages", IEEE, pp. 1655–1660
  • Michael Lin and Thomas F La Porta, 2014, "Energy-aware enterprise femtocell deployment", IEEE, pp. 2312–2317
  • G. Papageorgiou, J. Gasparis, S. V. Krishnamurthy, R. Govindan and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Resource Thrifty Secure Mobile Video Transfer on Open WiFi Networks", pp. 333-344
  • B. Holbert, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, A. Swami and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Effects of Partial Topology on Fault Diagnosis", pp. 725-730
  • E. Ciftioglu, R. Ramanathan and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Scalability Analysis of Tactical Mobility Patterns", pp. 1888-1893
  • N. Hu, D. Pizzocaro, M. P. Johnson, Thomas F La Porta and A. Preece, 2013, "Resource Allocation with Non-Deterministic Demands and Profits", pp. 145-153
  • M. Lin and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Utility-based Femtocell Pilot Management", pp. 2051-2056
  • L. Tang, X. Yu, S. Kim, Q. Gu, J. Han, A. Leung and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Mining Lines in the Sand: On Trajectory Discovery from Untrustworthy Data in Cyber-Physical System", pp. 410-418
  • Y. Yang, N. Chawla, P. Basu, B. Prabhala and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Link Prediction in Human Mobility Networks", pp. 380-387
  • N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, Thomas F La Porta and S. Silvestri, 2013, "On the Security Vulnerabilities of the Virtual Force Approach to Mobile Sensor Deployment", pp. 2418-2426
  • A. F. Atya, I. Broustis, S. Singh, D. Syrivelis, S. V. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Wireless Network Coding: Deciding When to Flip the Switch", pp. 260-264
  • Z. Feng, G. Papageoriou, S. V. Krishnamurthy, R. Govindan and Thomas F La Porta, 2013, "Trading Off Distortion for Delay for Video Transmissions in Wireless Networks", pp. 1878-1886
  • R. Ramanathan, A. Samanta and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Symptotics: A Framework for Analyzing the Scalability of Real-World Wireless Networks", pp. 31-38
  • K. Y. Kim*, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "A Detection Mechanism for SMS Flooding Attacks in Cellular Networks", pp. 18
  • Q. Zheng, G. Cao, Thomas F La Porta and A. Swami, 2012, "Optimal Recovery from Large-Scale Failures in IP Networks", pp. 295-304
  • F. Chen*, M. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Convergecast with Aggregatable Data Classes", pp. 148-156
  • S. Tati*, B.-J. Ko, G. Cao, A. Swami and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Adaptive Algorithms for Diagnosing Large-Scale Failures in Computer Networks", pp. 12
  • M.-R. Ra, B. Liu, Thomas F La Porta and R. Govindan, 2012, "Medusa: A Programming Framework for Crowd-Sensing Applications", pp. 337-350
  • Y. Alayev, F. Chen*, Y. Hou, M. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, Thomas F La Porta and K. Leung, 2012, "Throughput Maximization in Mobile WSN Scheduling with Power Control and Rate Selection", pp. 33-40
  • F. Chen*, Thomas F La Porta and M. Srivastava, 2012, "Resource Allocation with Stochastic Demands", pp. 257-264
  • F. Chen*, Thomas F La Porta, D. Pizzocaro, A. Preece and M. Srivastava, 2012, "A System Architecture for Exploiting Mission Information Requirement and Resource Allocation"
  • L. Tang, Q. Gu, X. Yu, J. Han, Thomas F La Porta, A. Leung, T. Abdelzaher and L. Kaplan, 2012, "IntruMine: Mining Intruders in Untrustworthy Data of Cyber-Physical Systems", pp. 600-611
  • F. Chen*, K. Guo, J. Lin and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Intra-cloud Lightning: Building CDNs in the Cloud", pp. 433-441
  • A. Bahjat*, Y. Jiang, T. Cook and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Quality of Information Functions for Networked Applications", pp. 2-7
  • G. Papageorgiou, S. Singh, S. V. Krishnamurthy, R. Govindan and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Distortion-Resilient Routing for Video Flows in Wireless Multi-hop Networks", pp. 10
  • M. Lin* and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Dynamic Interference Management with Femotcells", pp. 9
  • N. De Coppi, J. Ning, G. Papageorgiou, M. Zorzi, S. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2012, "Network Coding-Aware Queue Management in Multi-Rate Wireless Networks", pp. 7
  • S. Rager, E. Ciftcoglu, A. Yener, Thomas F La Porta and M. J. Neely, 2011, "Distributed Backpressure Protocols with Limited State Feedback", pp. 693-698
  • Y. Zhang, S. Ray, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "Data Replication in Mobile Tactical Networks", pp. 797-803
  • Q. Zheng, G. Cao, A. Swami and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "Detecting and Localizing Large-Scale Router Failures Using Active Probes", pp. 1170-1175
  • X. Zhuo, Q. Li, G. Cao, Y. Dai, B. Szymanksi and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "Social-Based Cooperative Caching in DTNs: A Contact Duration Aware Approach", pp. 92-101
  • S. Tati, S. Rager, B. J. Ko, G. Cao, A. Swami and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "netCSI: A Generic Fault Diagnosis Algorithm for Large Scale Failures in Computer Networks"
  • A. Asterjadhi, R. Kumar, Thomas F La Porta and M. Zorzi, 2011, "Broadcasting in Multi Channel Wireless Networks in the Presence of Adversaries", pp. 377-385
  • Thomas F La Porta, C. Petrioli and D. Spenza, 2011, "Sensor-mission Assignment in Wireless Sensor Networks with Energy Harvesting", pp. 413-421
  • R. Kumar, S. Eswaran and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "End-to-End Rate Selection for Opportunistic Reception in Multi-Rate Wireless Network", pp. 601-609
  • D. Pizzocaro, A. Preece, F. Chen, Thomas F La Porta and A. Bar-Noy, 2011, "A Distributed Architecture for Heterogeneous Multi-Sensor Task Allocation", pp. 8
  • F. Chen, D. Pizzacaro, M. Johnson, A. Preece, A. Bar-Noy and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "Broadcast Scheduling with Data Bundles", pp. 8
  • M. Johnson, Thomas F La Porta, A. Yener, R. Govindan, K. Spounis and R. Ramanthan, 2011, "Operational Information Content Capacity", pp. 7
  • A. Bar-Noy, G. Cirincione, R. Govindan, S. Krishnamurthy, Thomas F La Porta, P. Mohapatra, M. Neely and A. Yener, 2011, "Quality of Information-Aware Networking for Tactical Military Networks", pp. 2-7
  • R. Kumar, G. Maselli, C. Petrioli and Thomas F La Porta, 2011, "Interference Cancellation-based RFID Tag Identification", pp. 111-118
  • P. Traynor, J. Schiffman and Thomas F La Porta, 2010, "Constructing Secure Localization Systems with Adjustable Granularity Using Commodity Hardware", pp. 6
  • Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy, M. P. Johnson, L. M. Kaplan and Thomas F La Porta, 2010, "You Can't Get There from Here: Sensor Scheduling with Refocusing Delays", Proceedings of the IEEE Seventh International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2010), pp. 462-471
  • A. Bhajat, G. Cao, B. Krishnamachari and Thomas F La Porta, 2010, "Leveraging Social Networks for Key Distribution to Secure Communication in Tactical Military Networks"
  • G. Cirincione, R. Govindan, S. Krishnamurthy, Thomas F La Porta and P. Mohapatra, 2010, "Impact of Security Properties on the Quality of Information in Tactical Military Networks"
  • R. Kumar, S. Tati, F. de Mello, S. V. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2010, "Network Coding Aware Rate Selection in Multi-rate IEEE 802.1"
  • M. Lin, H. Choi and Thomas F La Porta, 2010, "Network Integration in 3G and 4G Wireless Networks"
  • F. Chen, M. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy and Thomas F La Porta, 2010, "Cooperative Data Dissemination to Mission Sites"
  • S. Eswaran, A. Misra, Thomas F La Porta and F. Bergamasachi, 2010, "Implementation of Utility Based Resource Optimization Protocols on ITA Sensor Fabric"
  • T.-S. Kim, S. Vural, I. Broustis, D. Syrivelis, S. V. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2010, "A Framework for Joint Network Coding and Transmission Rate Control in Wireless Networks", pp. 2937-2945
  • N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, Thomas F La Porta and S. Silvestri, 2010, "Mobile Sensor Deployment in Unknown Fields", pp. 471-475
  • P. Traynor, M. Lin, M. Ongtang, V. Rao, T. Jaeger, Thomas F La Porta and P. McDaniel, 2009, "On Cellular Botnets: Measuring the Impact of Malicious Devices on a Cellular Network Core", pp. 223-234
  • N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, Thomas F La Porta, A. Massini and S. Silvestri, 2009, "Autonomous Deployment of Heterogeneous Mobile Sensors", pp. 42-51
  • F. Chen, M. Johnson, Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Who, When, Where: Timeslot Assignment to Mobile Clients", pp. 90-99
  • Y. Yang, S. Zhu, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "An Active Global Attack Model for Sensor Source Location Privacy: Analysis and Countermeasures"
  • H. Rowaihy, M. Johnson, D. Pizzocaro, A. Bar-Noy, L. Kaplan, Thomas F La Porta and A. Preece, 2009, "Detection and Localization of Sensor Assignment with Exact and Fuzzy Locations", 5516, pp. 28-43
  • S. Eswaran, M. Johnson, A. Misra and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Adaptive In-Network Processing for Bandwidth and Energy Constrained Mission-Oriented Multi-hop Wireless Networks", 5516, pp. 87-102
  • Y. Sun, R. Melervey and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Multiple Backhaul Mobile Access Router Striping", pp. 6
  • S. Eswaran, A. Misra and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Control-theoretic Optimization of Utility over Mission Lifetimes in Multi-hop Wireless Networks", pp. 9
  • M. Shao, W. Hu, S. Zhu, G. Cao, S. Krishnamurthy and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Cross-layer Enhanced Source Location Privacy in Sensor Networks", pp. 9
  • F. Chen, M. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, I. Fermin and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Proactive Data Dissemination to Mission Sites", pp. 9
  • A. Misra, S. Eswaran and Thomas F La Porta, 2009, "Control-Theoretic, Mission-Driven, Optimization Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks", pp. 8
  • M. Shao, S. Zhu, G. Cao, Thomas F La Porta and P. Mohapatra, 2008, "A Cross-layer Dropping Attack in Video Streaming over Ad Hoc Networks", pp. 8
  • M. Johnson, H. Rowaihy, D. Pizzocaro, A. Bar-Noy, S. Chalmers, Thomas F La Porta and A. Preece, 2008, "Frugal Sensor Assignment", 5067, pp. 219-236
  • R. Kumar, H. Choi, J. Shin and Thomas F La Porta, 2008, "Channelization for Network Coding in Wireless Networks"
  • J. Shin, R. Kumar and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Relay Based Multi-hop Access to Wireless Mesh Networks"
  • J. Teng, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Sensor Relocation with Mobile Sensors: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation"
  • H. Choi, S. Zhu and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "SET: Detecting Node Clones in Sensor Networks", pp. 10
  • P. Traynor, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "On Attack Causality in Internet-Connected Cellular Networks", pp. 307-322
  • A. Bar-Noy, T. Brown, M. P. Johnson, Thomas F La Porta, O. Liu and H. Rowaihy, 2007, "Assigning Sensors to Missions with Demands"
  • H. Choi, Thomas F La Porta and P. McDaniel, 2007, "Privacy Preserving Communication in MANETs", pp. 233-242
  • H. Rowaihy, W. Enck, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "Limiting Sybil Attacks in Structured Peer-to-Peer Networks", pp. 2596-2600
  • H. Rowaihy, S. Eswaran, P. Johnson, T. Brown, A. Barnoy, D. Verma and Thomas F La Porta, 2007, "A Survey of Sensor Selection Schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks", 6562, pp. 6562A1-A13
  • T. Brown, A. Barnoy, D. Verma, P. Johnson, H. Rowaihy, Thomas F La Porta and D. Sarioz, 2007, "Geometric Considerations for Optimally Placing Sensors in a Field", pp. 9
  • P. Traynor, H. Choi, G. Cao, S. Zhu and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "Establishing Pair-Wise Keys in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks"
  • P. Traynor, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "The Effects of Probabilistic Key Management on Secure Routing in Sensor Networks", pp. 659-664
  • K. Kotapati, P. Liu and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "CAT--A Practical Graph & SDL Based Toolkit for Vulnerability Assessment of 3G Networks", pp. 158-170
  • J. Shin and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "Hybrid Wireless Networks"
  • P. Traynor, R. Kumar, H. B. Saad, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "LIGER: Implementing Efficient Hybrid Security Mechanisms for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks", pp. 15-27
  • P. Traynor, J. Shin, B. Madan, S. Phoha and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "Efficient Group Mobility for heterogeneous Sensor Networks", pp. 6
  • P. Traynor, W. Enck, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2006, "Mitigating Attacks on Open Functionality in SMS-Capable Cellular Networks"
  • H. Choi, H. Song, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "Mobile Multi-Layered IPSec", pp. 1929-1939
  • G. Wang, G. Cao, Thomas F La Porta and W. Zhang, 2005, "Sensor Relocation in Mobile Sensor Networks", pp. 2302-2312
  • H. Choi, W. Enck, J. Shin, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "Secure Reporting of Traffic Forwarding Activity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks", pp. 12-21
  • G. Wang, M. J. Irwin, P. Berman, H. Fu and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "Optimizing Sensor Movement Planning for Energy Efficiency", pp. 215-220
  • K. Kotapati, P. Liu, Y. Sun and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "A Taxonomy of Cyber Attacks on 3G Networks", 3495, (1), pp. 631-633
  • S. Kasera, J. Pinhiero, C. Loader, M. Karaul, A. Hari and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "Robust Multiclass Signaling Overload Control", pp. 246-258
  • W. Enck, P. Traynor, P. McDaniel and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "Exploiting Open Functionality in SMS-Capable Cellular Networks", pp. 393-404
  • Y. Sun, P. Liu, P. Kermani and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "An Architecture and Key Management Approach for Maintaining Privacy in Location Based Group Services"
  • H. Choi, H. Song, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2005, "Mobile IPsec", pp. 78-84
  • G. Wang, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2004, "Movement-Assisted Sensor Deployment", pp. 2469-2479
  • W. Zhang, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2004, "Dynamic Proxy Tree-Based Data Dissemination Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks", pp. 21-30
  • G. Wang, Thomas F La Porta and G. Cao, 2004, "Proxy-Based Sensor Deployment for Mobile Sensor Networks", pp. 493-502
  • G. Wang, W. Zhang, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2003, "On Supporting Distributed Collaboration in Sensor Networks", pp. 752-757
  • A. Tarnacha and Thomas F La Porta, 2003, "E-STROBE: An Adaptive Beacon Activation Algorithm for Sensor Location."
  • W. Zhang, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2003, "Data Dissemination with Ring-Based Index for Sensor Networks", pp. 305-314
  • G. Wang, G. Cao and Thomas F La Porta, 2003, "A Bidding Protocol for Deploying Mobile Sensors", pp. 315-324
  • R. Ramjee, L. Li, Thomas F La Porta and S. Kasera, 2001, "IP Paging Service for Mobile Hosts", pp. 332-345
  • S. Kasera, J. Pinheiro, C. Loader, M. Karaul, A. Hari and Thomas F La Porta, 2001, "Fast and Robust Signaling Overload Control", pp. 323-331
  • Thomas F La Porta, K. Murakami and R. Ramjee, 2000, "RIMA: Router for Integrated Mobile Access", pp. 315-321
  • Jonathan Lennox, Kazutaka Murakami, Mehmet Karaul and Thomas F La Porta, 2000, "Interworking Internet Telephony and Wireless Telecommunications Networks"
  • V. Farhadi, F. Mehmeti, Thomas F La Porta, T. He, H. Khamfroush,, S. Wang and K. S. Chan, , "Service Placement and Request Scheduling for Data-intensive Applications in Edge Clouds"

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