Sensor Systems and The Internet of Things

Welcome to the Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab

The Internet of Things Lab is a central hub for innovative research in IoT system design and deployment. Research topics include IoT resource optimization, IoT security, edge computing, cloud computing for IoT, wireless sensor networks, software defined networking, network function virtualization, context-aware IoT, Artificial intelligence and machine learning for IoT. Applications include smart grid, smart homes, e-Health, intelligent transportation systems, smart agriculture and gardening, smart cities, military applications, environment monitoring, etc.

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Latest Lab News

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Congratulations to Dana Haj Hussein and Ali Farhat for Winning First Place in Carleton University’s Data Day 9.0 Poster Competition

Congratulations to our IoT lab members Dana Haj Hussein and Ali Farhat for securing joint first place in... More

Congratulations to our IoT lab members Dana Haj Hussein and Ali Farhat for securing joint first place in Carleton University’s Data Day 9.0 Poster Competition hosted by Carleton Science. The two winning posters presented part of their research work towards the PhD degree. Both PhD candidates are tied for first place of... More

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Congratulations to Anastassia Gharib for Successfully Defending PhD Thesis

The Internet of Things Lab would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Anastassia Gharib on her successful PhD defense. Her thesis, titled "Cluster-Based Information-Centric... More

The Internet of Things Lab would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Anastassia Gharib on her successful PhD defense. Her thesis, titled "Cluster-Based Information-Centric Wireless Sensor Networks Management for Enhanced User Security Satisfaction in the Internet of Things", was nominated for Carleton University Gold Medal and showcases her... More

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Congratulations to Abdullah Mahmoud for Successfully Defending Master Thesis

Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla Featured in the December Issue of the IEEE WIE Magazine

Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla, the Cisco Industrial Research Chair in the Internet of Things (IoT) Sensor Networks and Technologies at Carleton... More

Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla, the Cisco Industrial Research Chair in the Internet of Things (IoT) Sensor Networks and Technologies at Carleton University, is featured in the December issue of the IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine. The magazine titled: "WIE Celebrates the Extraordinary Men: Supporting those who support others [WIE From Around the World]"... More

Monday, September 26, 2022

Congratulations, Dr. Zied Bouida, on Receiving the IEEE Sensors Council Young Professional Award

Dr. Zied Bouida, Senior Researcher at Carleton University‘s Internet of Things Lab, Systems and Computer Engineering Department, received the 2022... More

Dr. Zied Bouida, Senior Researcher at Carleton University‘s Internet of Things Lab, Systems and Computer Engineering Department, received the 2022 IEEE Sensors Council Young Professional Award “For exemplary leadership and distinguished contributions in promoting the IEEE Young Professionals program and for outstanding research in the design,... More

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Meet IoT Lab Members: An Exciting Interview with Dr. Abdelrahman Eldosouky!

In this series of interviews, we meet IoT Lab members to know more about them and listen to advice from their research experience. In today's interview, we meet Dr. Abdelrahman Eldosouky, a... More

In this series of interviews, we meet IoT Lab members to know more about them and listen to advice from their research experience. In today's interview, we meet Dr. Abdelrahman Eldosouky, a postdoctoral fellow at the Carleton IoT Lab. Hello Dr. Abdelrahman, and thanks for dedicating this time to answer our interview questions. Some... More

Monday, May 16, 2022

2022 IEEE WCNC: An IoT-Aware VNF Placement Proof of Concept in a Hybrid Edge-Cloud Smart City Environment

Yousef Rafique, Aris Leivadeas, and Mohamed Ibnkahla Network operators are faced with a strategic puzzle on how to balance limited resource... More

Yousef Rafique, Aris Leivadeas, and Mohamed Ibnkahla Network operators are faced with a strategic puzzle on how to balance limited resource availability, dynamic IoT traffic requirements, and dynamic IoT device behavior in an end-to-end communication paradigm. This work formally defines the IoT-aware Virtual Network Function (VNF) placement problem.... More

Monday, May 16, 2022

2022 IEEE WCNC: Irradiance and Temperature Forecasting for Energy Harvesting Units in IoT Sensors using SARIMA-KF

Mohamed Azzam, Zied Bouida, and Mohamed Ibnkahla Although the market valuation and adoption of IoT in various sectors is in an uptrend, the... More

Mohamed Azzam, Zied Bouida, and Mohamed Ibnkahla Although the market valuation and adoption of IoT in various sectors is in an uptrend, the actual deployment is lagging when compared to the industrial forecasted data. The main reason behind this drawback is the lifespan of IoT devices due to their limited battery capacities. A... More

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

IEEE Internet of Things Journal: Edge-Based Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning for IoT Traffic Management

Abdallah Jarwan and Mohamed Ibnkahla The wide adoption of large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) systems has led to an unprecedented increase in... More

Abdallah Jarwan and Mohamed Ibnkahla The wide adoption of large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) systems has led to an unprecedented increase in backhaul traffic congestion, making it critical to optimize traffic management at the network edge. In IoT systems, the backhaul network is supported by various backhauling technologies that have different... More

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Congratulations to Mohamad Azzam for Successfully Defending His Master Thesis

See also: Mohamad Azzam, Carleton IoT Lab... More

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Anastassia Gharib Talk in the Fourth Annual Breakthrough Breakfast

Anastassia Gharib presented an overview of her PhD research in the Fourth Annual Breakthrough Breakfast on Thursday, March 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obqUuTEVZ7A For more details... More

Anastassia Gharib presented an overview of her PhD research in the Fourth Annual Breakthrough Breakfast on Thursday, March 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obqUuTEVZ7A For more details and registration: Carleton Celebrates International Women’s Day with Fourth Annual Breakthrough... More

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

An Astonishing Story About Anastassia Gharib in Carleton Newsroom

Read the excellent story about Anastassia here: Anastassia Gharib Recognized for Work Supporting Women in... More

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Congratulations to Abdallah Jarwan for Completing his Ph.D. Degree

Abdallah Jarwan made a remarkable accomplishment when he defended his Ph.D. thesis as the thesis was nominated for the Gold Medal. Abdallah was one of the distinctive members of our... More

Abdallah Jarwan made a remarkable accomplishment when he defended his Ph.D. thesis as the thesis was nominated for the Gold Medal. Abdallah was one of the distinctive members of our Carleton Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab and made great achievements during his period with the lab. Abdallah has defended his Ph.D. thesis... More

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab member Anastassia Gharib Participates as a Guest Speaker in Breakthrough Breakfast 2022

Anastassia Gharib, an active member of Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab, participates in the Breakthrough... More

Anastassia Gharib, an active member of Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab, participates in the Breakthrough Breakfast 2022 as a guest speaker on March 3, 2022. For more details and registration: Breakthrough Breakfast... More

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Carleton IoT Lab Participation at Thingkfest 5.0

Dr. Zied Bouida, Cisco Chair Technical Manager at Carleton University's IoT Lab, gave a presentation about the Carleton-Cisco IoT testbed at IoT Thingkfest 5.0. ThingkFest is an IoT North online event allowing participants to share their involvement in IoT and hear what others in Canada are doing, innovating, and thinking in the IoT space. It is... More

Saturday, February 19, 2022

IEEE Internet of Things Journal Publication: Node Embedding for Security-Aware Clustering of Mobile Information-Centric Sensor Networks

Anastassia Gharib and Mohamed Ibnkahla In cluster-based Information-Centric Wireless Sensor Networks (ICWSNs),... More

Anastassia Gharib and Mohamed Ibnkahla In cluster-based Information-Centric Wireless Sensor Networks (ICWSNs), mobile sensor nodes are grouped into clusters in rounds. In each cluster, a Cluster Head (CH) is selected, which collects, aggregates, and forwards locally sensed data to a sink node. CHs further store a copy of data for the round period... More

Monday, January 31, 2022

Congratulations to the Carleton IoT Lab’s Cisco Chair Team for winning a Workshop Best Paper Award at GlobeCom

The Cisco Chair Team at Carleton University received the best workshop paper award at the IEEE ComSoc Flagship conference, IEEE GlobeCom. The awarded... More

The Cisco Chair Team at Carleton University received the best workshop paper award at the IEEE ComSoc Flagship conference, IEEE GlobeCom. The awarded paper is "Carleton-Cisco IoT Testbed: Architecture, Features, and Applications" authored by Dr. Zied Bouida, Ismael AlShiab, Yousef Rafique, Dr. Abdallah Jarwan, Manishkumar Moorjmalani, Sajib Kumar Kuri, and... More

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Professor Ibnkahla Interview with CBC Radio to Talk about Smart Gardening

On Tuesday, August 9, 2021, CBC Radio hosted Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla at the radio program: Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan to speak about how he brings technology to his garden. When... More

On Tuesday, August 9, 2021, CBC Radio hosted Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla at the radio program: Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan to speak about how he brings technology to his garden. When the pandemic changed his plans to bring internet of things technology into Carleton University’s vegetable gardens, Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla decided to bring it... More

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

IEEE Internet of Things Journal Publication: Information-Oriented Traffic Management for Energy-Efficient and Loss-Resilient IoT Systems

Abdallah Jarwan, Ayman Sabbah, and Mohamed Ibnkahla Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems are driven by the massive data... More

Abdallah Jarwan, Ayman Sabbah, and Mohamed Ibnkahla Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems are driven by the massive data generation at the sensing layer. Most of data management protocols in the sensing layer target optimizing different Quality-of-Service (QoS) metrics such as data rate, packet loss, and delay, while taking the limitations of Wireless Sensing... More

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Congratulations to Ismael Al-Shiab for Becoming a Cisco Certified Network Associate

Ismael concluded the 2021 year by passing the Cisco 200-301 CCNA certification exam about Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions. This exam... More

Ismael concluded the 2021 year by passing the Cisco 200-301 CCNA certification exam about Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions. This exam covers networking fundamentals, IP services, security fundamentals, network automation, and programmability. Designed for agility and versatility, it validates having the skills required to manage and optimize... More

Monday, January 10, 2022

Anastassia Gharib receives the 2021 IEEE WIE Committee Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award

Anastassia Gharib, a PhD student at Carleton University's Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab within Systems and Computer Engineering... More

Anastassia Gharib, a PhD student at Carleton University's Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab within Systems and Computer Engineering Department, is the first person to receive the IEEE Women In Engineering (WIE) Committee Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award “for her contributions to build a stronger and sustainable structure of WIE... More

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Towards a Secure E-Health Horizontal IoT Platform

Presented by Post Doctorate Fellow & member of the E-Health Security team at the Internet of Things Lab Dr. Abdelrahman Eldosouky focusing on OM2M Horizontal Platform ... More

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

A Glimpse of Carleton Internet of Things Lab Social Gatherings:

Over the past years, Carleton Internet of Things Lab held several social gatherings for the lab members and invited guests. More to come, stay tuned! Facebook: Social... More

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

ICC 2021-IEEE International Conference on Communications Publication: Virtual Sensing Networks and Dynamic RPL-Based Routing for IoT Sensing Services

AlShiab, Ismael, Aris Leivadeas, and Mohamed Ibnkahla Abstract: IoT applications are quickly evolving in scope and... More

AlShiab, Ismael, Aris Leivadeas, and Mohamed Ibnkahla Abstract: IoT applications are quickly evolving in scope and objectives while their focus is being shifted toward supporting dynamic users’ requirements. IoT users initiate applications and expect quick and reliable deployment without worrying about the underlying complexities of the required sensing... More

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Professor Ibn Kahla Interview with CBC Radio to Talk about Using Artificial Intelligence to Gauge Attitudes on the COVID-19 Pandemic

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, CBC Radio hosted Professor Mohamed Ibn Kahla at the radio program: All in a Day with Alan... More

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, CBC Radio hosted Professor Mohamed Ibn Kahla at the radio program: All in a Day with Alan Neal to speak about COVID-19 social media data analytics. Professor Mohamed talked about the lab research project that uses artificial intelligence to mine social media text to get the sentiment of the... More

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Warmest Congratulations to Mohannad!

The Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab family sends the warmest congratulations to the lab member, Mohannad Abu Issa, on the birth of his sweet baby girl,... More

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Carleton University’s IoT lab team wins the 2nd Prize Best Poster Award in DataDay 7.1 (2021)

Congratulations to Faraj Lagum, Jaspal Singh, Samia Barouni, Mohamed Ibnkahla, and Zied Bouida for winning the 2nd Prize Best Poster Award in... More

Congratulations to Faraj Lagum, Jaspal Singh, Samia Barouni, Mohamed Ibnkahla, and Zied Bouida for winning the 2nd Prize Best Poster Award in Carleton University’s DataDay 7.1, (March 2021). This prize was a recognition of their works entitled “Machine learning-based textual and sentiment analysis of covid-19 social media data: City of Ottawa case". In... More

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Anastassia Gharib Appointed as IEEE WIE Regional Coordinators Subcommittee Chair

Early this year, Anastassia Gharib was appointed as the 2021 Chair of Regional Coordinators Subcommittee for Women in Engineering (WIE) of the... More

Early this year, Anastassia Gharib was appointed as the 2021 Chair of Regional Coordinators Subcommittee for Women in Engineering (WIE) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Gharib is the first woman in Canada to receive this position. This prestigious role highlights numerous achievements of Gharib in recent years in recognition... More

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Professor Ibnkahla Gives Keynote Talk in CSP-SSD Conference, Tunisia, 2021

The CISCO Industrial Research Chair Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla was invited to give a Keynote Talk, titled by "IoT, AI, and Big Data in a pandemic era", for The International Conference on... More

The CISCO Industrial Research Chair Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla was invited to give a Keynote Talk, titled by "IoT, AI, and Big Data in a pandemic era", for The International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing & Information Technology (CSP), which is a part of the 18th IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices... More

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

IoT Lab Demonstrates Carleton-Cisco IoT Testbed at ICCSPA Conference, Sharjah, 2020

Sensor Systems and The Internet of Things lab led by Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla participated in the International Conference on Communications,... More

Sensor Systems and The Internet of Things lab led by Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla participated in the International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA) on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Professor Ibnkahla and the Cisco Chair team gave a presentation and demo of the Carleton-Cisco IoT Testbed to a large audience... More

Monday, March 8, 2021

Samia Barouni Finds a New Start at Collège Montmorency

Congratulations to Samia Barouni for finding a new start at Collège Montmorency, Laval, Quebec, Canada as a permanent full-time College Instructor. Samia will teach Web applications, Linux OS and Virtualization & networks courses at the department of Computer Science Technology. We are proud of Samia’s achievements and we wish her continuous... More

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

The 2020 IEEE Young Professionals Hall of Fame Award

IEEE Ottawa Young Professionals Affinity Group (YPAG) has been awarded the 2020 IEEE Young Professionals Hall of Fame Award. This award is a certification that IEEE Ottawa YPAG has been classified at the top of all YPAGs worldwide based on their 2019 activities. For the same year, IEEE Ottawa YPAG has been awarded The... More

Monday, July 27, 2020

Cisco Networking Academy Recognized Carleton University as an Active Academy

Cisco Networking Academy recognized Carleton University as an active academy in the Cisco Networking Academy program. As an academy, Carleton University delivers Cisco Networking Academy... More

Cisco Networking Academy recognized Carleton University as an active academy in the Cisco Networking Academy program. As an academy, Carleton University delivers Cisco Networking Academy courses to students to improve students’ lives and the communities in which they live. The Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab led Carleton University for this... More

Friday, July 3, 2020

Cisco Networking Academy recognized Ismael AlShiab’s Active Participation and Years of Service

Cisco Networking Academy recognized the active Participation and Years of Service of Ismael AlShiab, a Ph.D. Candidate, Research Assistant and Cisco... More

Cisco Networking Academy recognized the active Participation and Years of Service of Ismael AlShiab, a Ph.D. Candidate, Research Assistant and Cisco Instructor Trainer at the Sensor Systems and Internet of Things lab. AlShiab was awarded a certificate of Active Participation for the year 2020. He also received another certificate for his TEN YEARS of... More

Friday, June 26, 2020

Chowdhury Saleha Ferdowsy defended her master’s thesis

Congratulations! Chowdhury Saleha Ferdowsy has successfully defended her master’s thesis on the subject of "Adaptive Transmission Techniques for the Internet of... More

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