Journal Publications (ISI)

M. Sheikhi, V. Hakami, "AoI-Aware Transmission Control in Real-Time mmWave Energy Harvesting Systems: A Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning Approach," Digital Communications and Networks, 2024 (in press) (ISI, IF: 7.5)
M. Alikhani, V. Hakami and M. Sheikhi, "Distributed Service Function Chaining in NFV-Enabled Networks: A Game-Theoretic Learning Approach," Journal of Computational Science, vol. 82, pp. 102399, 2024 (ISI, IF: 3.1) [PDF].
F. S. Hashemi NazariFard, Z. Rashidi, and V. Hakami, "Cache Content Placement in the Presence of Fictitious Requests in mmWave 5G IAB Networks," Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 163, pp. 103563, 2024 (ISI, IF: 4.8) [PDF].
F. Moradi, V. Hakami and S. V. Azhari, "Learning to Optimize Power Allocation in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks with Hybrid Green Energy," Computer Communications, Vol. 220, pp. 108-127, 2024 (ISI, IF: 6) [PDF].
F. Moradi, V. Hakami and S. V. Azhari, "Resource Allocation in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks with Hybrid Energy Supplies," IEEE Access, Vol. 11, pp. 47448-47468, 2023 (ISI, IF: 3.9) [PDF].
M. Sheikhi and V. Hakami "Delay-Optimal Multi-User Wireless-Powered Relay Networks with Protection against the Risk of Distributed Algorithm Manipulation," IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 1149 - 1163, 2023 (ISI, IF: 4.8) [PDF].
Z. Rashidi and V. Hakami "Distributed Content Placement in Cache-Enabled Small Cell Networks in the Presence of Malicious Users," Telecommunication Systems, vol. 82, pp. 345-362, 2023 (ISI, IF: 2.336) [PDF].
H. Esmaeili, V. Hakami, B. Minaei-Bidgoli, and M. Shokouhifar, "Application-specific Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks using Combined Fuzzy Firefly Algorithm and Random Forest," Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 210, pp. 118365, 2022 (ISI, IF: 8.665) [PDF].
H. Malekijou, V. Hakami, N. T. Javan, and A. Malekijoo, "Q-Learning-Based Algorithms for Dynamic Transmission Control in IoT Equipment," Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 79, pp. 75-108, 2023 (ISI, IF: 2.474) [PDF].
F. Niknia, V. Hakami, and K. Rezaee, "An SMDP-Based Approach to Thermal-Aware Task Scheduling in NoC-based MPSoC platforms," Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 165, pp. 79-106, 2022 (ISI, IF: 4.542) [PDF].
Z. Rashidi, V. Hakami, P. Geranmayeh, and S. Rajaee, "Multi-Agent Learning Algorithms for Content Placement in Cache-Enabled Small Cell Networks: 4G and 5G Use Cases," Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 34, pp. 11641-11668, 2022 (ISI, IF: 5.102) [PDF].
H. Esmaeili, B. Minaei-Bidgoli, and V. Hakami, "CMML: Combined Metaheuristic-Machine Learning for Adaptable Routing in Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks," Applied Soft Computing, vol. 118, pp. 1-19, 2022 (ISI, IF: 8.263) [PDF].
V. Hakami, H. Barghi, S. A. Mostafavi, and Z. Arefinezhad, "A Resource Allocation Scheme for D2D Communications with Unknown Channel State Information," Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, vol. 15, pp. 1189-1213, 2022 (ISI, IF: 3.488) [PDF].
F. Namjoonia, M. Sheikhi, and V. Hakami, "Fast Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Joint Adaptive Source Coding and Transmission Control in IoT Devices with Renewable Energy Storage," Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 34, pp. 3959-3979, 2022 (ISI, IF: 5.102) [PDF].
N. T. Javan, M. Sabaei, and V. Hakami, "Adaptive Channel Hopping for IEEE 802.15.4 TSCH-Based Networks: A Dynamic Bernoulli Bandit Approach," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 23667-23681, 2021 (ISI, IF: 4.325) [PDF].
R. B. Shohani, S. A. Mostafavi, and V. Hakami, "A Statistical Model for Early Detection of DDoS Attacks on Random Targets in SDN," Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 120, no. 1, pp. 379-400, 2021 (ISI, IF: 2.017) [PDF].
S. A. Mostafavi, V. Hakami, and M. Sanaei, "Quality of Service Provisioning in Network Function Virtualization: A Survey," Computing, vol. 103, no. 5, pp. 917-991, 2021 (ISI, IF: 2.420) [PDF].
V. Hakami, S. A. Mostafavi, N. T. Javan and Z. Rashidi, "An Optimal Policy for Joint Compression and Transmission Control in Delay-Constrained Energy Harvesting IoT Devices," Computer Communications, Vol. 106, pp. 554-566, July 2020 (ISI, IF: 5.047) [PDF].
S. A. Mostafavi and V. Hakami, "A Stochastic Approximation Approach for Foresighted Task Scheduling in Cloud Computing," Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 114, pp. 901-925, 2020 (ISI, IF: 2.017) [PDF].
M Kamarei, A Patooghy, A Alsharif, and V. Hakami, "SiMple: A Unified Single & Multi-Path Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Access, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 33818 - 33829, 2020 (ISI, IF: 3.476) [PDF].
S. A. Mostafavi and V. Hakami, "A new rank-order clustering algorithm for prolonging the lifetime of wireless sensor networks," International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 4313, 2020 (ISI, IF: 1.882) [PDF].
N. T. Javan, M. Sabaei, and V. Hakami, "IEEE 802.15.4.e TSCH-Based Scheduling for Throughput Optimization: A Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandit Approach," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 525-537, 2020 (ISI, IF: 4.325) [PDF].
B. Shayesteh, V. Hakami, A. Akbari, "A Trust Management Scheme for IoT-Enabled Environmental Health/Accessibility Monitoring Services," International Journal of Information Security, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 93-110, 2020 (ISI, IF: 2.427) [PDF].
M. Varposhti, V. Hakami, M. Dehghan, "Distributed Coverage in Mobile Sensor Networks without Location Information," Autonomous Robots, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 627-645, 2020 (ISI, IF: 3.255) [PDF].
R. Aslani, V. Hakami, M. Dehghan, "A Token-Based Incentive Mechanism for Video Streaming Applications in Peer-to-Peer Networks," Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 77, no. 12, pp. 14625-14653, 2018 (ISI, IF: 2.577) [PDF].
A.H. Saligheh, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "A Generalized Quorum System for Asynchronous Sleep Scheduling in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks," Computer Communications, vol. 109, pp. 146-161, Sep. 2017 (ISI, IF: 5.047) [PDF].
M. Maleki, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "A Model-based Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Routing in Energy Harvesting Mobile Ad-hoc Networks," Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 3119-3139, Aug. 2017 (ISI, IF: 2.017) [PDF].
V. Hakami and M. Dehghan, "Distributed Power Control for Delay Optimization in Energy Harvesting Cooperative Relay Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 4742-4755, June 2017 (ISI, IF: 6.239) [PDF].
V. Hakami and M. Dehghan, "Learning Stationary Correlated Equilibria in Constrained General-Sum Stochastic Games," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2015, vol. 46, no. 7, pp. 1640-1654, Jul. 2016 (ISI, IF: 19.118) [PDF].
V. Hakami and M. Dehghan, "Cognitive Forwarding Control in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks with Slow Fading Channels," Wireless Networks, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 2327-2343, 2015 (ISI, IF: 2.701) [PDF].
S. M. Tabatabaei, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "Cognitive Power Management in Wireless Sensor Networks," Journal of Computer Science and Technology, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1306-1317, 2015 (ISI, IF: 1.871) [PDF].
V. Hakami and M. Dehghan, "Efficient Broadcasting in Slow Fading Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks," Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 46, pp. 113-123, Nov. 2014 (ISI, IF: 7.574) [PDF].
N. Arastouie, M. Sabaei, V. Hakami, and S. Soltanali, "A Novel Trade-off between Communication and Computation Costs for Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks," International Journal of Ad-Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 245-253, 2013 (ISI, IF: 0.654) [PDF].
M. Naderan, M. Dehghan, H. Pedram, and V. Hakami, "Survey of Mobile Object Tracking Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Network-Centric Perspective," International Journal of Ad-Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 34-63, 2012 (ISI, IF: 0.654) [PDF].

Journal Publications (ISC)

M. Sheikhi, S. Asadi, and V. Hakami, "AoI-based Performance Optimization in RIS-Assisted mmWave Communications, Journal of Soft Computing and Information Technology (JSCIT), 2024 (in press).
N. Navaei and V. Hakami, "Machine Learning-Based Security Resource Allocation for Defending against Attacks in the Internet of Things, Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 253-262, 2024.
F. Niknia and V. Hakami, "Optimization of Online Task Assignment in Multi-Core Processing Systems for Dynamic Thermal Management," Journal of Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020 (in press).
F. Namjoonia and V. Hakami, "Joint Data Compression and Transmission Control in IoT Devices with Renewable Energy Sources," CSI Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, 2020 (invited paper, in press).
S. A. Mostafavi, V. Hakami, and F. Paydar, "Performance Evaluation of Software-Defined Networking Controllers: A Comparative Study," Journal of Computer and Knowledge Engineering, 2020 (in press).
S. A. Mostafavi, V. Hakami, and F. Paydar, "A QoS-Assured and Mobility-Aware Routing Protocol for MANETs," JOIV: International Journal on Informatics Visualization, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-9, 2020.
V. Hakami, S. A. Mostafavi, and Z. Arefinezhad, "RL-based Resource Allocation for Improving Throughput in Cellular D2D Communications," Tabriz Journal of Electrical Engineering (TJEE), 2019 (in press).
B. Shayesteh, V. Hakami, S. A. Mostafavi, and A. Akbari, "A Novel Trust Computation Scheme for Internet of Things Applications," Tabriz Journal of Electrical Engineering (TJEE), 2019 (in press).
A.R. Ramtin, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "Self-Stabilizing Virtual Backbone Construction in Selfish Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks," CSI Journal on Computer Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 2&4 (b), pp. 39-46, 2012 [PDF].
V. Hakami and M. Dehghan, "Trends in Middleware Abstractions for Context Dissemination in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks," Journal of Applied Sciences, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-14, 2009 (ISC, IF:0.032) [PDF].

Conference Publications

Z. Rashidi, F. S. Hashemi NazariFard, and V. Hakami, "Adaptive Edge Caching in mmWave Integrated Access and Backhaul Networks," 11th International Symposium on Telecommunication (IST'2024), 2024 [PDF].
M. Sheikhi and V. Hakami, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for AoI-aware Transmission Control in Energy-Harvesting Grant-Free NOMA IoT Networks," 11th International Symposium on Telecommunication (IST'2024), 2024 [PDF].
S. Asadi, M. Sheikhi and V. Hakami, "AoI-Aware Optimization in RIS-Assisted mmWave Network," in proceedings of The 10th International Conference on Web Research (ICWR2024), 2024 [PDF].
S.H. Miryeganeh, M. Sheikhi and V. Hakami, "AoI-Aware Optimization of Sub-Flow Scheduling for Multi-Path Transport Layer in Dual-Connectivity-Based Cellular Networks," in proceedings of The 9th International Conference on Web Research (ICWR2023), 2023 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
Z. Rashidi, V. Hakami, and H. S. Taheri "Distributed Content Placement for Caching in Small Base Stations in the Presence of Malicious Users," in proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT 2021), 2021 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
H. Malekijou and V. Hakami, "Model-Free Learning Algorithms for Dynamic Transmission Control in IoT Equipment," in proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Intelligent Systems (ICSPIS 2021), 2021 [PDF].
M. Sheikhi and V. Hakami, "AoI-Aware Status Update Control for an Energy Harvesting Source over an Uplink mmWave Channel," in proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Intelligent Systems (ICSPIS 2021), 2021 [PDF].
M. Alikhani, M. Sheikhi and V. Hakami, "NFV-Based Distributed Service Function Chaining with Imperfect Information," in proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT 2021), 2021 [PDF].
F. Niknia, K. Rezaee and V. Hakami, "Adaptive Task Assignment for Thermal Management in Multi-Core Processing Systems," in proceedings of the 2020 28th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE2020), 2021 [PDF].
M. Hamzeh and V. Hakami, "An Adaptive Strategy for Channel Blacklisting in IEEE 802.15.4e TSCH-Based Networks," in proceedings of the 25th International Computer Conference, Computer Society of Iran (CSICC2020), 2020 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
F. Namjoonia, M. Ahmadi, M. Esnaashari and V. Hakami "Adaptive Source Coding for Delay-Constrained Tranmission in Energy-Harvesting IoT Devices," in proceedings of the 25th International Computer Conference, Computer Society of Iran (CSICC2020), 2020 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
B. Mehrjoo, A. Akbari and V. Hakami, "A Novel Approach to Hierarchical Network-Slicing in 5G Core Networks," in proceedings of the 25th International Computer Conference, Computer Society of Iran (CSICC2020), 2020 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
M. Hajimaghsoodi, M. S. Mohammadi, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "A Reinforcement Learning Approach for Helper Node Selection in Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming," in proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference, Computer Society of Iran, pp. 40-50, 2017 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
M. Maleki, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "A Reinforcement Learning-Based Bi-Objective Routing Algorithm for Energy Harvesting Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks," in proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST), pp. 1082- 1087, 2014 [PDF].
A.R. Ramtin, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "A Self-stabilizing Clustering Algorithm with Fault-containment Feature for Wireless Sensor Networks," in proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST), pp. 735- 739, 2014 [PDF].
A.R. Ramtin, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "Self-Stabilizing Algorithms of Constructing Virtual Backbone in Selfish Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks," in proceedings of the 22nd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), pp. 914- 919, 2014 [PDF].
M. Karimi, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "Improving QoS for Video Streaming Applications in Wireless Networks using Reinforcement Learning," in proceedings of the 22nd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, pp. 3257-3262, 2014 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
A.R. Ramtin, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "A Perturbation-Proof Self-stabilizing Algorithm for Constructing Virtual Backbones in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks," in proceedings of the Symposium on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (CNDS), pp. 66-76, 2013 [PDF].
A.R. Ramtin, V. Hakami, and M. Dehghan, "A Self-Stabilizing Fault-Containing Algorithm for Clustering Sensor Networks Based on Minimal Dominating Set Construction," in Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference, Computer Society of Iran, pp. 319-324, 2013 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
N. T. Javan, V. Hakami, Y. G. Beigani, "Increasing Network Lifetime in MANETs through Balanced Energy Consumption," in Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference, Computer Society of Iran, pp. 898-903, 2011 (in PERSIAN) [PDF].
E. Nazerfard, S.B. Shouraki, and V. Hakami, "Evolutionary GMDH-Based Identification of Building Blocks for Binary-Coded Systems," in proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information Communication Technologies: From Theory to Application (ICTTA), pp. 1900- 1904, 2006. [PDF].
V. Hakami and A. Abdollahzadeh, "Product-Focused Process Elicitation for Mobile Application Systems: A Wireless News Browser Case," in proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on E-Commerce Technology and the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce, and E-Services (CEC/EEE'06), 2006 [PDF].

Theses

V. Hakami, "Cognitive Control of Wireless Networks: An Approach Based on Learning Equilibria in Stochastic Dynamic Games", Ph.D. Dissertation, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Sep., 2015.
V. Hakami, "Supporting Sentient Communication in Ad-Hoc Mobile Environments", M.Sc. Thesis, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Sep., 2008.
V. Hakami, "Design and Implementation of a News Browser for Wireless Hand-Held Devices", B.Sc. Project Report, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Sep., 2004.