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Ericsson Research,
Ericsson, Canada
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The paper on APT threat variants generation is accepted at the IEEE TNSM. Congrats to the co-authors 🎉
A patent application is filed on runtime threat modelling. Congrats to the co-inventors 🎉
A patent application is filed on 6G concept. Congrats to the co-inventors 🎉
A patent application is filed on NWDAF-assisted detection of NF anomaly. Congrats to the co-inventors 🎉
The paper on comprehensive APTs Dataset is accepted at the IEEE Networking Letter. Congrats to Syed and the co-authors 🎉
A patent application is filed on distributed threat assessment. Congrats to the co-inventors 🎉
A patent application is filed on automated cyber threat variants generation. Congrats to the co-inventors 🎉
The paper on automated threat hunting using machine reasoning is accepted at the IEEE S&P. Congrats Meriem 🎉
Our work on threat hunting has been honored with the 2024 IEEE Communication Society Best Survey Paper Award. Congrats to the co-authors 🎉
Our work on automated threat hunting received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE DSC. Congrats to the co-authors 🎉
The paper on merging threat hunting with threat modeling is accepted at the IEEE IoTM. Congrats to the co-authors 🎉
A patent application is filed on dynamic control of threat hunting pace. Congrats to the co-inventors 🎉
The paper on integrity protection for service function chains is accepted at the USENIX Security. Congrats Momen 🎉
Boubakr Nour is currently a Senior Security Researcher at Ericsson Research (Montreal, Canada), and an Affiliate Assistant Professor at Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), Concordia University (Montreal, Canada). He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) associated with Ericsson Montreal. Prior to that, Dr. Nour worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, Canada). Dr. Nour received his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Technology from Beijing Institute of Technology (Beijing, China) in 2020. He received both M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees with distinction in Computer Science from Djillali Liabes University (Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria), in 2016, and 2014 respectively. Also, he has been a visiting researcher at Paris Descartes University (Paris, France) in 2016.
Dr. Nour co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed research articles in international journals and conferences, co-invented 5 patent applications. His research interests include cybersecurity, threat hunting, 5G/6G security, Next-Generation Networking and Internet, and Internet of Things (IoT).
Dr. Nour received the Ericsson Key Contributor Award, Ericsson Impact Award, IEEE Communication Society Best Survey Paper Award in 2024, the Best Paper Award at the IEEE DSC 2024 and IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, and the Mitacs Elevate Fellowship in 2022. He is also the recipient of the Excellent Student Award at the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2017, 2018, and 2019, consecutively.
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Other Publications
International Journal Editorials
[Lead GE] Special Issue on "Information-Centric Network enabler Communication for Internet of Things", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2020.
Special Issue on “Recent Advances on the Emerging Technologies for Connected Vehicles in Smart Cities", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2020.
Invited Talks and Seminars (Selected)
Seminar, Intelligent Edge Networks for Next-Generation Internet, Loughborough University, UK, Feb 2022.
Seminar, Communication Optimization for Next-Generation Networks, Télécom SudParis, France, May 2021.
Journal Reviewer Services (Top Ten)
Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
Associate Editor: IEEE Networking Letters
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Communications Magazine
IEEE Network
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems
Elsevier Computer Networks
Conferences TPC Services & Reviewer (Top Ten)
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM)
IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)
International Conference on Cyber Security in Networking (CSNet)
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC)
IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)
IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing
Honors & Awards (Selected)
Mar 2025: Key Contributor - Ericsson
Feb 2025: Impact Award - Ericsson
Nov 2024: Best Paper Awards - IEEE Conference on Dependable and Secure Computing (DSC)
May 2024: Best Survey Paper Award - IEEE Communications Society
Jan 2022: Mitacs Elevate Fellowship
Dec 2019: Excellent Student Award 2018/2019 - Beijing Institute of Technology
Dec 2018: Excellent Student Award 2017/2018 - Beijing Institute of Technology
Dec 2018: Best Paper Award - IEEE GLOBECOM 2018
Oct 2018: Web Co-Chair and Local Organization Member - IEEE CSCN 2018
Sep 2018: IEEE ComSoc Student Travel Grant - IEEE GLOBECOM 2018
Dec 2017: Excellent Student Award 2016/2017 - Beijing Institute of Technology
Feb 2016: PhD Scholarship Award - Chinese Government Scholarship
Sep 2015: Certificate of Excellence – 1st Edition of Cisco R&S Competition (ICT Towers)
