Publications
Journal Papers
"Function-as-a-Service: From An Application Developer's Perspective" [PDF]
Ali Raza, Ibrahim Matta, Nabeel Akhtar, Vasiliki Kalavri, Vatche Isahagian
Journal of Systems Research (JSys), 2021
"Managing Chains of Application Functions over Multi-Technology Edge Networks" [PDF]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ibrahim Matta, Ali Raza, Torsten Braun, Leonardo Goratti, Flavio Esposito
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2021
"Configuration and Placement of Serverless Applications using Statistical Learning " [PDF]
Ali Raza, Nabeel Akhtar, Vatche Isahagian, Ibrahim Matta, Lei Huang
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2023
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Conference Papers
"LIBRA: An Economical Hybrid Approach for Cloud Application with Strict SLAs" [PDF]
Ali Raza, Zongshun Zhang, Nabeel Akhtar, Vatche Isahagian, Ibrahim Matta
IEEE IC2E 2021, Virtual Conference (Best Paper Award!)
"COSE: Configuring Serverless Functions using Statistical Learning" [PDF]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ali Raza, Vatche Ishakian, Ibrahim Matta
IEEE INFOCOM 2020, Beijing, China
"Virtual Function Placement and Traffic Steering over 5G Multi-Technology Networks" [PDF]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ibrahim Matta, Ali Raza, Torsten Braun, Leonardo Goratti, Flavio Esposito
IEEE NetSoft 2018, Montreal, Canada
"EL-SEC: ELastic Management of SECurity Application on Virtualized Infrastructure" [PDF]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ibrahim Matta, Ali Raza, Yuefeng Wang
IEEE INFOCOM Workshop CNERT 2018, Hawaii, USA (Winner: GENI Experimenter Contest!)
"xCache: Rethinking Edge Caching for Developing Regions" [PDF]
Ali Raza, Yasir Zaki, Tomas Potsch, Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian
ACM ICTD 2017, Lahore, Pakistan
"Low-Carb: Reducing Energy Consumption in Operational Cellular Networks" [PDF]
M. S. Ilyas , G. Baig, M. A. Qureshi, Q. U. A. Nadeem, A. Raza, M. A. Qazi, B. Rassool
IEEE GLOBECOM 2013, Atlanta GA, USA
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Posters and Demos
"EcoForecast: A Scalable and Secure Cyberinfrastructure for the Repeatability of Ecological Research" [poster]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ali Raza, and Ibrahim Matta
Chameleon User Meeting Demo Session 2019, TX, USA
"EL-SEC: ELastic Management of SECurity Application on Virtualized Infrastructure" [poster]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ibrahim Matta, Ali Raza, Yuefeng Wang
IEEE INFOCOM 2018, Hawaii, USA
"Extreme Web Caching for Faster Web Browsing" [poster]
Ali Raza, Yasir Zaki,Thomas Pötsch,Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian
ACM SIGCOMM 2015, London, UK
Journal Papers
"Function-as-a-Service: From An Application Developer's Perspective" [PDF]
Ali Raza, Ibrahim Matta, Nabeel Akhtar, Vasiliki Kalavri, Vatche Isahagian
Journal of Systems Research (JSys), 2021
"Managing Chains of Application Functions over Multi-Technology Edge Networks" [PDF]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ibrahim Matta, Ali Raza, Torsten Braun, Leonardo Goratti, Flavio Esposito
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2021
"Configuration and Placement of Serverless Applications using Statistical Learning " [PDF]
Ali Raza, Nabeel Akhtar, Vatche Isahagian, Ibrahim Matta, Lei Huang
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2023
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Conference Papers
"LIBRA: An Economical Hybrid Approach for Cloud Application with Strict SLAs" [PDF]
Ali Raza, Zongshun Zhang, Nabeel Akhtar, Vatche Isahagian, Ibrahim Matta
IEEE IC2E 2021, Virtual Conference (Best Paper Award!)
"COSE: Configuring Serverless Functions using Statistical Learning" [PDF]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ali Raza, Vatche Ishakian, Ibrahim Matta
IEEE INFOCOM 2020, Beijing, China
"Virtual Function Placement and Traffic Steering over 5G Multi-Technology Networks" [PDF]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ibrahim Matta, Ali Raza, Torsten Braun, Leonardo Goratti, Flavio Esposito
IEEE NetSoft 2018, Montreal, Canada
"EL-SEC: ELastic Management of SECurity Application on Virtualized Infrastructure" [PDF]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ibrahim Matta, Ali Raza, Yuefeng Wang
IEEE INFOCOM Workshop CNERT 2018, Hawaii, USA (Winner: GENI Experimenter Contest!)
"xCache: Rethinking Edge Caching for Developing Regions" [PDF]
Ali Raza, Yasir Zaki, Tomas Potsch, Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian
ACM ICTD 2017, Lahore, Pakistan
"Low-Carb: Reducing Energy Consumption in Operational Cellular Networks" [PDF]
M. S. Ilyas , G. Baig, M. A. Qureshi, Q. U. A. Nadeem, A. Raza, M. A. Qazi, B. Rassool
IEEE GLOBECOM 2013, Atlanta GA, USA
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Posters and Demos
"EcoForecast: A Scalable and Secure Cyberinfrastructure for the Repeatability of Ecological Research" [poster]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ali Raza, and Ibrahim Matta
Chameleon User Meeting Demo Session 2019, TX, USA
"EL-SEC: ELastic Management of SECurity Application on Virtualized Infrastructure" [poster]
Nabeel Akhtar, Ibrahim Matta, Ali Raza, Yuefeng Wang
IEEE INFOCOM 2018, Hawaii, USA
"Extreme Web Caching for Faster Web Browsing" [poster]
Ali Raza, Yasir Zaki,Thomas Pötsch,Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian
ACM SIGCOMM 2015, London, UK