Publications (Conferences)

• Masoud Mokhtari, S. Ganti, “Resource Allocation in Multi-Fog/Cloud Systems Using Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing (BDCloud), 2025.
• Masoud Mokhtari, S. Ganti, “Resource Allocation in Multi-Fog/Cloud Systems Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm–Reinforcement Learning Approach”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 2025.
• W. El Gadal and S. Ganti, “Federated Secure Intelligent Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Framework for SD-IoT Networks using ViT-GraphSAGE and Automated Attack Reporting”, 12th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS). Paris, France, 2025
• Masoud Mokhtari, S. Ganti, “Fog Node Resource Allocation in Fog-Cloud Systems Using Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE CCNC 2025, Las Vegas, USA, Jan 2025
• Walid El Gadal, S Ganti, “Dynamic Defense Framework: A Unified Approach for Intrusion Detection and Mitigation in SDN Environments”, 8th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet), December 2024, Paris, France.
• Yunyong Guo, S. Ganti, B. Guo, “Optimizing Telehealth Internet of Things Integration: A Sustainable Approach through Fog and Cloud Computing Platforms for Energy Efficiency”, Proceeding of ICWSNUCA. International Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous Computing and Applications (ICWSNUCA-24), Toronto, Canada. 2024
• Yunyong Guo, S. Ganti, B. Guo, “Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Telehealth IoT through Multi-Objective Optimization”, Proceedings of IEEE ICICT. 7th International Conference on Information and Computer Technologies (ICICT), Honolulu, United States of America (406-412). March 2024
• Ahmed I. Alutabi, N.Dezhabad, S,Ganti,“Predicting Data Center Resource Usage Using Quantile Regression to Conserve Energy While Fulfilling the Service Level Agreement”, 16th International Conference on Green Computing, Technology and Innovation ICGCTI, May 20-21, 2022, Berlin, Germany
• Naghmeh Dezhabad, S. Ganti, G. Shoja, “An Optimum Decision Making Framework for Allocating Spot Instances to Execute Batch Workload in Cloud”, IEEE International Conference on Parallel & Distributed Processing with Applications, Big Data & Cloud Computing, Sustainable Computing & Communications, Newyork USA, Sept 2021.
• Ahmed Alutaibi, S. Ganti, “Network Traffic Prediction using Quantile Regression with linear, Tree, and Deep Learning Model”, IEEE 45th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Sydney, Australia, November, 2020
• Ahmed Alutaibi, S. Ganti, “Measuring Delay using Software Defined Networks”, XIV International Conference on Computer Networks and Communication Systems, Venice, Italy, April 2020 (Best Paper Award)
• Naghmeh Dezhanad, S. Ganti, G. Shoja, “Cloud Workload Characterization and Profiling for Resource Allocation”, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CloudNet), Coimbra, Portugal, November, 2019
• Tom Arjannikov, S. Diemert, S. Ganti, C. Lampman, E. Wiebe, “Modeling Sensor Network Reliability Using Markov Chains”, International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Reggio Calabria, Italy, 2017.
• Prashanti Angara, K. Agarwal K, M. Jime´nez, U.Stege, S.Ganti, H. M¨uller, H. Jain, R. Jain, “Foodie Fooderson: A Conversational Agent for the Smart Kitchen ”, IBM Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CASCON), Toronto, Canada, 2017.
• Rizwan Panjwani, Sushil Bhojwani, Sudhakar Ganti, Rick McGeer and Yvonne Coady, "PACOFed: principled access control and operations via cloud federation", In Proceeding of CrossCloud '16 Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on CrossCloud Infrastructures & Platforms, Article No. 3, 18th-21st April 2016, London, UKCM New York, NY, USA ©2016
• Yamada, Chikatoshi and Ganti, Sudhakar and Miller, Michael, "SPIN Model checking for the BEE System", IEEE TENCON 2015, Macau, China, Pages 1-6, Nov 2015.
  
• Fahad A Ghonaim, Thomas E Darcie and Sudhakar Ganti, "Enhanced router bypass using fine granularity transport channels", IEEE International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems (CITS), 2015, Pages 1-5, July 15-17, Spain, 2015.
• Fahad A Ghonaim, Thomas E Darcie and Sudhakar Ganti, "Adaptive router bypass using feedback adjusted OTN", 22nd IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), 2015. Pages 123-127, 27-29 April 2015, Sydney, Australia, 2015
• H. Md Kabir, G.C.Shoja and S. Ganti, “VM Placement Algorithms for Hierarchical Cloud Infrastructure”, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2014), 15-18 December 2014, Singapore.
• H. Yasamin Dehkordi, A. Thomo and S. Ganti, “Incorporating User Reviews as Implicit Feedback for Improving Recommender Systems”, IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking (SocialCom 2014), 3-5 December 2014, Sydney Australia.
• I. Albanese, Y. Onat Yazir, S. Neville, S. Ganti and T.E.Darcie, “Big File Protocol (BFP): a Traffic Shaping Approach for Efficient Transport of Large Files”, IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR 2014), 1-4 July 2014, Vancouver, Canada
• Bergen, A., R. Desmarais, S. Ganti and U. Stege, “Towards Software-Adaptive Green Computing based on Server Power Consumption”, 3rd International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software (GREENS 2014) in conjunction with ICSE 2014, Hyderabad, India, May 31-June 7, 2014.
• R. Desmarais P. Lach, S. Ganti and H.A. Muller, “NewsCast: An adaptive Video Stream Production and Delivery System”, Proceedings of the 2013 Conference of the IBM Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research (CASCON 2013), pp. 396-407, Nov. 2013
• Y. Zhuang, J. Baldwin, L. Antuna, Y. O. Yazir, S. Ganti and Y. Coady, “Tradeoffs in Cross Platform Solutions for Mobile Assistive Technology”, IEEE Pacific Rim Conf. on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PacRim), pp. 330-335, Aug. 2013.
• N. Harrington, Y. Zhunag, Y. O. Yazir, J. Baldwin, Y. Coady and S. Ganti, “Beyond user interfaces in mobile accessibility: Not just skin Deep”, IEEE Pacific Rim Conf. on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PacRim), pp. 322-329, Aug. 2013
• I. Albanese, S. Ganti and T. Darcie, “Electronic Implementations of Optical Burst Switching”, Proceedings of SPIE 8915, 15th Photonics North Conference (Photonics North 2013), Ottawa, Canada, June 2013.
• J. Macdougall, B. Wyvill and S. Ganti, "The Infinite Display: A Scalable Ad-Hoc Network of Autonomous Display Nodes", GRAND (Graphics, Animation and New Media) 2013, 14-16 May 2013, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• I. Albanese, S. Ganti and T. Darcie, “Power Efficient Electronic Burst Switching for Large File Transactions”, International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems (SMARTGREENS), Aachen, Germany, May 2013.
• Y. Yazır, Y. Akbulut, R. Farahbod, A. Guitouni, S. W. Neville, S. Ganti, Y. Coady. ''Autonomous Resource Consolidation Management in Clouds Using IMPROMPTU Extensions'' in Proceedings of IEEE 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), Application & Experience Track, 2012, pp. 614-621.
• W. Vallat, S. Ganti, “Aggregation of Traffic Classes in MPLS Networks,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 2011.
• Y. Yazir, R. Farahbod, A. Guitouni, S. Ganti, Y. Coady, “Adaptive Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks based on the Decision Aid Approach,” ACM International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Access (MOBIWAC), Turkey, Oct. 2010.
• Y. Yazir, C. Matthews, R. Farahbod, S. Neville, A. Guitouni, S. Ganti, Y. Coady, “Dynamic Resource Allocation in Computing Clouds using Distributed Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis,” IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), pp. 91-98, Florida, USA, July 2010.
• M. Daneshi, J. Pan, and S. Ganti, “Towards an Efficient Reservation Algorithm for Distributed Reservation Protocols,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), pp. 1-9, San Diego, USA, Mar. 2010.
• M. Daneshi, J. Pan, and S. Ganti, “Distributed Reservation Algorithms for Video Streaming over UWB-Based Home Networks,” IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 1-6, Las Vegas, USA, Jan. 2010.
• Y. O. Yazir, K. Jahanbakhsh, S. Ganti, G. C. Shoja, and Y. Coady, “A Low-Cost Realistic Test Bed for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PACRIM), pp. 671-676, Victoria, BC, Aug. 2009.
• A. Hamidi, S. Ganti, and K. Wu, “An Aggregative Approach for Scalable Detection of DoS Attacks,” IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), pp. 1-5, New Orleans, USA, Dec. 2008.
• N. Barakat, T. E. Darcie, and S. Ganti, “Backoff-Channel Contention Resolution in Optical Networks,” Conference on Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), pp. 1-3, San Diego, USA, Feb. 2008.
• M. Ghobadi, S. Ganti, A. Shoja, “Hierarchical Provisioning Algorithm for Virtual Private Networks using the Hose Model,” IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM),  pp. 2467-2471, Washington DC, USA, Nov. 2007
• M. Ghobadi, S. Ganti, A. Shoja, “Resource Optimization to Provision a Virtual Private Network using the Hose Model,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 512-517, Glasgow, UK, June 2007.
• M. Marsono, M. W. El-Kharashi, F. Gebali, S. Ganti, “Distributed Layer 3 E-mail Classification for SPAM Control,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp.742-745, Ottawa, Ontario, May 2006
• S. Ganti, B. Raahemi, “Differentiated Back-off for Ethernet,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp. 417-420, Saskatoon, SK, 2005.
• S. Ganti, N. Georganas, M. Kavehrad, "The Effect of Receiver Collisions in Multi-Channel Optical Networks", pp. 573-576, IEEE ICC 93, Geneva, Switzerland
• S. Ganti, N. Georganas, M. Kavehrad, "A Multi-Channel Optical Star LAN and Its Application as a Broadband Switch", pp. 0843-0847, IEEE ICC 92, Chicago.
• S. Ganti, M. Kavehrad, N. Georganas, "A Simple Contention based Reservation Scheme for LAN Using a Passive Star Topology", IEEE Photonics 92, Montebello, Canada.
• G. Ganti, M. Kavehrad, N. Georganas, "Some Architectures for High-Speed Optical LANs", IEEE Photonics 92, Montebello, Canada.
• S. Ganti, M. Kavehrad, N. Georganas, "A Multi-Control Channel Very High-Speed Optical Fiber Local Area Networks and Their Interconnections Using a Passive Star Topology", pp. 0624-0628, IEEE Globecom 91, Phoenix, Arizona.
• A. Karmouch, S. Ganti, N. Georganas, "Performance Evaluation of a Multimedia Database", IEEE Multimedia 90, Bourdeax, France.
• S. Ganti, S.K. Bose, "A Low cost LAN for Laboratory Applications", International Symposium on Instrumentation, April 1987, Calcutta, India.
• S. Ganti, B. Raju, K.R. Sarma, "Rail Car Axle Counter", IEEE ( India) Annual Convention, Dec. 1986, Madras, India.
• S. Ganti, S.K. Bose, "A Low Cost Token Passing Ring for Laboratory Applications", IEEE ( India) Annual Convention, Dec. 1986, Madras, India.

Posters, Demos, Teaching Conferences

• Jain, H., R. Jain, K. Agarwal, H. Muller and S. Ganti, “CAPRecipes: Context-Aware Recipe Recommender for Smart Kitchen”, IBM CASCON (Centre for Advanced Studies Conference) 2016, Toronto, Canada
• Bhojwani, S., Panjwani, R., R. McGeer, S. Ganti, A. Bergen, R. Desmarais, H. Müller et.al., “GENI-SAVI FederationTutorial”, TRIDENTCOM 2015 : 10th International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks & Communities, Vancouver, Canada, 2015.
• Bhojwani, S., Panjwani, R., R. McGeer, S. Ganti, A. Bergen, R. Desmarais, H. Müller et.al. (2015). GENI-SAVI Federation. GENI Engineering Conference 22 (GEC22), Arlington, United States.
• Bhojwani, S., Panjwani, R., R. McGeer, S. Ganti, A. Bergen, R. Desmarais, H. Müller et.al., “SAVI-GENI Cloud Federation: Authentication”, SAVI Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto., Toronto, 2015
• Bhojwani, S., Panjwani, R., R. McGeer, S. Ganti, A. Bergen, R. Desmarais, H. Müller et.al. “SAVI-GENI Cloud Federation: Resource Procurement”, SAVI Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto., Toronto, Canada, 2015.
• Bhojwani, S.; Bergen, A, H. Müller and S. Ganti, et.al, “SAVI-GENI Federation”, IBM CASCON (Centre for Advanced Studies Conference) 2014, Toronto, Canada.
• Bergen, A., L. Castaneda, P. Jain, S. Ganti, H., Muller, “Federation of SAVI and GENI: Two Smart Systems, One Smart Application” Demo and Presentation, IBM Annual International Conference (Cascon) 2013, Toronto, Canada
• Lach, P., R. Desmarais, P. Jain, S. Ganti and H. Muller, “Smart Interactive Streaming Applications”, Demo and Presentation, IBM Annual International Conference (Cascon) 2012, Toronto, Canada.
• Desmarais, R., P. Lach P. Jain, S. Ganti and H. Muller, “Smart Applications on Software Defined Networks”, Demo and Presentation, IBM Annual International Conference (Cascon) 2012, Toronto, Canada.
• Cheng, M., E. Delisle, A. Erickson, S. Ganti, F. Mason, N. Vining, S. Whitesides “Collaborative Problem Solving: Integrating Theory and Practice in the Classroom”, 15th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (WCCCE), 2010, Kelowna, BC, Canada.