Publications

Conferences

• H. Ur Rehman, S. Shirmohammadi, I. Amer, and M. Hefeeda, GameLab: AI-Enabled Cloud Gaming Testbed, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’26), pp. 375--380, April 2026. (Artifacts Available. Artifacts Evaluated and Functional)

• G. Bakhtiariazad, H. Ur Rehman, S. Shirmohammadi, I. Amer, and M. Hefeeda, iSR: Super-resolution for Immersive Cloud VR Gaming Platforms, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’26), pp. 49--60, April 2026. (Artifacts Available. Artifacts Evaluated and Functional)

• N. Sharma, M. Bebawy, Y. Ng, and M. Hefeeda, GlucoSense: Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring using Mobile Devices, In Proc. of ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom'25), Hong Kong, China, pp. 247--266, November 2025. 

• D. Ugur, I. Amer, and M. Hefeeda, Decoupling Video Upscaling from Rendering for Cloud Gaming, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’25), Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 68--78, April 2025. 

• P. Yassini, K. Diab, S. Zangeneh, and M. Hefeeda, Horus: Granular In-Network Task Scheduler for Cloud Datacenters, In Proc. of USENIX Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI'24), Santa Clara, CA, pp. 1--22, April 2024.

• M. Arab, A. Ghorbanpour, and M. Hefeeda, FlexMark: Adaptive Watermarking Method for Images, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’24), Bari, Italy, pp. 56--66, April 2024. 

• N. Sharma, M. Waseem, S. Mirzaei,  and M. Hefeeda, MobiSpectral: Hyperspectral Imaging on Mobile Devices, In Proc. of ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom'23), Madrid, Spain, Article 82, 15 pages, October 2023. (Artifacts Evaluated, Functional, and Reusable. Results Reproduced)

• K. Diab and M. Hefeeda, Yeti: Stateless and Generalized Multicast Forwarding, In Proc. of USENIX Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI'22), Renton, WA, pp. 1093--1114, April 2022.

• K. Diab, P. Yassini, and M. Hefeeda, Orca: Server-assisted Multicast For Datacenters, In Proc. of USENIX Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI'22), Renton, WA, pp. 1075--1091, April 2022.

• O. Mosaad, K. Diab, I. Amer, and M. Hefeeda, DeepGame: Efficient Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM'21), Chengdu, China, pp. 1387--1395, October 2021.

• P. Moghadam, N. Sharma and M. Hefeeda, Enabling Hyperspectral Imaging in Diverse Illumination Conditions for Indoor Applications, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’21), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 23--35, September 2021. (Artifacts Evaluated and Functional) 

• A. Ahmed, S. Kim, M. Elgharib, and M. Hefeeda, User-assisted Video Reflection Removal, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’21), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 122--131, September 2021. 

• M. Arab, P. Moghadam, M. Hussein, W. Abd-Almageed, and M. Hefeeda, Revealing True Identity: Detecting Makeup Attacks in Face-based Biometric Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM'20), Seattle, WA, pp. 3568--3576, October 2020.

• K. Diab, C. Lee, and M. Hefeeda, Oktopus: Service Chaining for Multicast Traffic,  In Proc. of IEEE Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP’20), Madrid, Spain, pp. 1--11, October 2020. (Acceptance: 17%)  
  

• N. Sharma and M. Hefeeda, Hyperspectral Reconstruction from RGB Images for Vein Visualization, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’20), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 77--87, June 2020.  (Artifacts Evaluated and Functional)  
  

• M. Arab, K. Calagari, and M. Hefeeda, Band and Quality Selection for Efficient Transmission of Hyperspectral Images, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM’19), Nice, France, pp. 2423--2430, October 2019.
  

• M. Hegazy, K. Diab, M. Saeedi, B. Ivanovic, I. Amer, Y. Liu, G. Sines, and M. Hefeeda, Content-aware Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’19), Amherst, MA, pp. 60--73, June 2019. (Best Student Paper Award, Artifacts Evaluated and Functional)   
  

• K. Diab and M. Hefeeda, Joint Content Distribution and Traffic Engineering for Adaptive Videos in Telco-CDNs, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM’19, Paris, France, pp. 1342--1350, April 2019.
  

• M. Shatnawi and M. Hefeeda, Dynamic Input Anomaly Detection in Interactive Multimedia Services, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’18), Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 113--122, June 2018. (Acceptance: 23%, Best Student Paper Award--Honorable Mention)   

• K. Calagari, M. Elgharib, S. Shirmohammadi, and M. Hefeeda, Sports VR Content Generation from Regular Camera Feeds, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM’17), pp. 699—707, Mountain View, CA, October 2017. (Acceptance: 28%)

• A. Hamza, H. Ahmadi, S. Almowuena, and M. Hefeeda, QoE-fair Adaptive Streaming of Free-viewpoint Videos over LTE Networks, In Proc. of  Thematic Workshops, ACM Multimedia Conference (MM’17), pp. 161—169, Mountain View, CA, October 2017.

• H. Ahmadi, O. Eltobgy, and M. Hefeeda, Adaptive Multicast Streaming of Virtual Reality Content to Mobile Users, In Proc. of Thematic Workshops, ACM Multimedia Conference (MM’17), pp. 170—178, Mountain View, CA, October 2017.

• A. Nandoriya, M. Elgharib, C. Kim, M. Hefeeda, and W. Matusik, Video Reflection Removal Through Spatio-Temporal Optimization, International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV’17), pp. 2430—2438, Venice, Italy, October 2017.

• K. Diab and M. Hefeeda, MASH: A Rate Adaptation Algorithm for Multiview Video Streaming over HTTP, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM’17, Atlanta, GA, pp. 1--9, May 2017. (Acceptance: 21%)

• P. Kellnhofer, P. Didyk, K. Myszkowski, M. Hefeeda, H. Seidel, W. Matusik, GazeStereo3D: Seamless Disparity Manipulations, In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH’16, Anaheim, CA, July 2016. (ACM Transactions on Graphics, 35(4), pp. 1--13, July 2016)  (Acceptance: ~25%)

• A. Hamza and M. Hefeeda, Adaptive Streaming of Interactive Free Viewpoint Videos to Heterogeneous Clients, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’16) Conference, Klagenfurt, Austria, 12 pages, May 2016. (Acceptance: 28%)

• L. Gyarmati and M. Hefeeda, Analyzing In-Game Movements of Soccer Players at Scale, In Proc. of MIT SLOAN Sports Analytics Conference, Boston, MA, March 2016.

• K. Calagari, M. Elgharib, A. Kaspar, W. Matusik, M. Hefeeda, Gradient-based 2D-to-3D Conversion for Soccer Videos, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia (MM’15) Conference, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 331--340, October 2015.  (Acceptance: 22%)

• M. Shatnawi, M. Hefeeda, Enhancing the Quality of Interactive Multimedia Services by Proactive Monitoring and Failure Prediction, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia (MM’15) Conference, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 521--530, October 2015. (Acceptance: 22%)

• M. ElGharib, M. Hefeeda, F. Durand, and B. Freeman, Video Magnification in Presence of Large Motions, In Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR’15), Boston, MA, pp. 4119--4127, June 2015. (Acceptance: 24%)

• M. Yabandeh, T. ElGamal, A. Aboulnaga, M. Hefeeda, sPCA: Scalable Principal Component Analysis for Big Data, In Proc. of ACM SIGMOD’15, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 79--91, May 2015. (Acceptance: 18%) 

• M. Shatnawi and M. Hefeeda, Real-time Failure Prediction in Online Services, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM’15, Hong Kong, pp. 1391--1399, April 2015. (Acceptance: 19%)

• S. Almowuena and M. Hefeeda, Dynamic Configuration of Single Frequency Networks in Mobile Streaming Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’15) , Portland, OR, pp. 153--164, March 2015. (Acceptance: 29%, Best Paper Award)  

• K. Calagari, K. Templin, T. Elgamal, K. Diab, P. Didyk, W. Matusik, M. Hefeeda, Anahita: A System for 3D Video Streaming with Depth Customization, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM’14) , Orlando, FL, pp. 337--346, November 2014. (Acceptance: 19%)

• K. Templin, P. Didyk, K. Myszkowski, H.-P. Seidel, M. M. Hefeeda, W. Matusik, Modeling and Optimizing Eye Vergence to Stereoscopic Cuts, In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH’14, Vancouver, Canada, August 2014. (ACM Transactions on Graphics, 33(4), pp. 145:1—145:8, July 2014) (Acceptance: 25%)

• M. Rahman, A. Hasib, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, Hybrid Multicast-Unicast Streaming over Mobile Networks, In Proc. of IFIP Networking (Networking’14) Conference, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 1--9, June 2014. (Acceptance: 25%)

• K. Diab, T. ElGamal, K. Calagari, and M. Hefeeda, Storage Optimization for 3D Streaming Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’14) Conference, pp. 59—69, Singapore, March 2014. (Acceptance: 25%)

• A. Abdelsadek and M. Hefeeda, DIMO: Distributed Index for Matching Multimedia Objects using MapReduce, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’14) Conference, pp. 115—126, Singapore, March 2014. (Acceptance: 25%)

• F. Gao, W. Abd-Almageed, and M. Hefeeda, Distributed Approximate Spectral Clustering for Large-Scale Datasets, In Proc. of ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC’12) Conference, pp. 223—234, Delft, The Netherlands, June 2012. (Acceptance: 16%)

• N. Khodabakhshi and M. Hefeeda, Copy Detection of 3D Videos, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’12) Conference, pp. 131—142, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2012.

• R. Harvey and M. Hefeeda, Spatio-temporal Video Copy Detection, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys’12) Conference, pp. 35—46, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2012.

• F. Tabrizi, J. Peters, and M. Hefeeda, Adaptive Transmission of Variable-Bit-Rate Video Streams to Mobile Devices, In Proc. of IFIP Networking 2011, Valencia, Spain, pp. 213--224, May 2011.

• C. Ly, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, Improving Online Gaming Quality using Detour Paths, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2010, pp. 55--64, Firenze, Italy, October 2010. (Acceptance: 14%)

• S. Sharangi, R. Krishnamurti and M. Hefeeda, Streaming Scalable Video Over WiMAX Networks, In Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS'10), pp. 1--9, Beijing, China, June  2010. (Acceptance: 25%)

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, Analysis of Peer-assisted Video-on-Demand Systems with Scalable Video Streams, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10),  pp. 133--143, Scottsdale, AZ, February 2010.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Quality-Aware Segment Transmission Scheduling in Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), pp. 169--180, Scottsdale, AZ, February 2010.

• Y. Liu and M. Hefeeda, Video Streaming over Cooperative Wireless Networks, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), pp. 99--110, Scottsdale, AZ, February 2010.

• [30]      C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Achieving Viewing Time Scalability in Mobile Video Streaming Using Scalable Video Coding, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), pp. 111--122, Scottsdale, AZ, February 2010.

• S. Mirshokraie and M. Hefeeda, Live Peer-to-Peer Streaming with Scalable Video Coding and Network Coding, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys'10), pp. 123--132, Scottsdale, AZ, February 2010.

• G.  Kowalski and M. Hefeeda, Empirical Analysis of Multi-Sender Segment Transmission Algorithms in   Peer-to-Peer Streaming, In Proc. of  IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM'09), pp. 243--250, San Diego, CA, December 2009. (Acceptance: 20%)

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, On Statistical Multiplexing of Variable-Bit-Rate Video Streams in Mobile Systems, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2009, pp. 411--420, Beijing, China, October 2009.   (Acceptance: 18%)

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, Efficient Allocation of Seed Servers in Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems with Scalable Videos, In Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS'09), pp. 1-- 9, Charleston, SC, July 2009.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Video Broadcasting to Heterogeneous Mobile Devices, In Proc. of  IFIP Networking 2009,  Aachen, Germany, May 2009. Published in Springer-Verlag  Lecture Notes in Computer Science,  LNCS 5550, pp. 600--613,  2009.  (Acceptance: 20%)

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Time Slicing in Mobile TV Broadcast Networks with Arbitrary Channel Bit Rates, In Proc. of  IEEE INFOCOM 2009, pp. 2231--2239 , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009. (Acceptance: 20%)

• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, A Probabilistic Coverage Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'07), pp. 41--50, Beijing, China, October 2007  (Acceptance: 15%)

• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, Network Connectivity under Probabilistic Communication Models in Wireless Sensor Networks, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS'07), pp. 1--9, Pisa, Italy, October 2007.  (Acceptance: 25%)

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Structuring Multi-Layer Scalable Streams to Maximize Client-Perceived Quality, In Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS'07), pp. 182--187, Chicago, IL, June 2007.

• O. Saleh and M. Hefeeda, Modeling and Caching of Peer-to-Peer Traffic, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'06), pp. 249--258, Santa Barbara, CA, November 2006. (Acceptance: 14%)

• M. Hefeeda,  A. Habib, B. Botev, D. Xu, and B. Bhargava,  PROMISE:  Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming  Using CollectCast,  In Proc. of  ACM Multimedia 2003, pages 45--54, Berkeley, CA,  November 2003.  (Acceptance: 17%)

• A. Habib, M. Hefeeda, and B. Bhargava, Detecting Service Violations and DoS Attacks,  In  Proc. of Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium (NDSS'03), pages 177--189, San Diego, CA,  February 2003. (Acceptance: 21%)

• D. Xu, M. Hefeeda, S. Hambrush, and B. Bhargava, On Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming,  In Proc. of  IEEE  International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'02), pages 363--371, Vienna, Austria, July 2002.  (Acceptance: 18%)

Journals

• H. Ur Rehman, S. Shirmohammadi, I. Amer, and M. Hefeeda, GameSR: Real-Time Super-Resolution for Interactive Gaming, IEEE Transactions on Games, Accepted July 2026. 

• A. Rashed, S. Shirmohammadi, I. Amer, and M. Hefeeda, Real-time Prediction of Player Engagement from Multimodal Data, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Accepted, March 2026. 

• M. Waseem,  N. Sharma, and M. Hefeeda, RipeTrack: Assessing Fruit Ripeness and Remaining Lifetime using Smartphones, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 830--845, January 2026. 

• S. Mirzaei, M. Bebawy, A. M. Sharafeldin, and M. Hefeeda, MobiLyzer: Fine-grained Mobile Liquid Analyzer, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol. 9, no. 4, December 2025. 

• A. Ghorbanpour, M. Arab, M. Hefeeda, RDIAS: Robust and Decentralized Image Authentication System, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), vol. 21(10):1—28, October 2025. 

• A. Rashed, S. Shirmohammadi, I. Amer, M. Hefeeda, A Review of Player Engagement Estimation in Video Games: Challenges and Opportunities, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), vol. 21(7):1—33, July 2025. 

• A. Rashed, S. Shirmohammadi, M. Hefeeda, Real-Time Player Engagement Measurement Using Nonintrusive Game Telemetry, IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 4, pp. 1—16, March 2025. 

• A. Rashed, S. Shirmohammadi, M. Hefeeda, Multimodal Dataset for Player Engagement Analysis in Video Games (MultiPENG), IEEE Data Descriptions, vol. 2, pp. 17-25, March 2025. 

• H. RahmaniKhzri, S. Kim, and M. Hefeeda, Unsupervised Single-Image Reflection Removal, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol 25, pp. 4958—4971, 2023.

• O. Eltobgy,  O. Arafa, and M. Hefeeda, Mobile Streaming of Live 360-Degree Videos, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 22(12):3139--3152, December 2020.

• H. Hong, T. El-Ganainy, C. Hsu, K. Harras, and M. Hefeeda, Disseminating Multi-layer Multimedia Content over Challenged Networks, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 20(2):345—360, February 2018.
  

• S. Almowuena and M. Hefeeda, Mobile Video Streaming over Dynamic Single-Frequency Networks, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 12(5s), Article 81, pp:1—23, December 2016.

• K. Calagari, T. ElGamal, K. Diab, K. Templin, P. Didyk, W. Matusik, M. Hefeeda, Depth Personalization and Streaming of Stereoscopic Sports Videos, 12(3), Article 41, pp:41:1—41:23, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), March 2016.

• S. Almowuena, M. Rahman, C. Hsu, A. Hassan, M. Hefeeda, Energy-aware and Bandwidth-efficient Hybrid Video Streaming over Mobile Networks, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 18(1):102—115, January 2016.

• T. Hegazy, M. Hefeeda, Industrial Automation as a Cloud Service, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 26(10): 2750—2763, October 2015.

• M. Hefeeda, T. ElGamal, K. Calagari, A. Abdelsadek, Cloud-Based Multimedia Content Protection System, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 17(3):420—433, March 2015.

• K. Calagari, M. Pakravan, S. Shirmohammadi, M. Hefeeda, ALP: Adaptive Loss Protection Scheme with Constant Overhead for Interactive Video Applications, 11(2), Article 25, pp:25:1—25:25, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), December 2014. 

• F. Tabrizi, J. Peters, and M. Hefeeda, Dynamic Control of Receiver Buffers in Mobile Video Streaming Systems, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 12(5), pp. 995—1008, May 2013.

• N. Khodabakshi and M. Hefeeda, Spider: A System for Finding 3D Video Copies, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 9(1), Article 7, pp.7:1—7:25, February 2013.

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, Capacity Management of Seed Servers in Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems with Scalable Video Streams, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 15(1), pp. 181—194, January 2013.

• A. Hamza and M. Hefeeda, Energy-Efficient Multicasting of Multiview 3D Videos to Mobile Devices, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 8(3s) Article 45, pp.7:1—7:25, September 2012.

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, Design and Evaluation of a Testbed for Mobile TV Networks, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 8(1), Article 3, pp. 3:1—3:23, January 2012.

• C. Ly, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, IRS: A Detour Routing System to Improve Quality of Online Games, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(4), pp. 733—747, August 2011.

• Y. Shen, C. Hsu, and M. Hefeeda, Efficient Algorithms for Multi-Sender Data Transmission in Swarm-Based Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(4), pp. 762—775, August 2011.

• M. Hefeeda, C. Hsu, and K. Mokhtarian, Design and Evaluation of a Proxy Cache for Peer to Peer Traffic, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 60(7), pp. 964--977, July 2011.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Flexible Broadcasting of Scalable Video Streams to Heterogeneous Mobile Devices, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 10(3), pp. 406--418, March 2011.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Statistical Multiplexing of Variable-Bit-Rate Videos Streamed to Mobile Devices, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), 7(2), Article 12, pp. 1--23,  February 2011.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Using Simulcast and Scalable Video Coding to Efficiently Control Channel Switching Delay in Mobile TV Broadcast Networks, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), 7(2), Article 8, pp. 1--29, February 2011.

• S. Sharangi, R. Krishnamurti and M. Hefeeda, Energy-efficient Multicasting of Scalable Video Streams over WiMAX Networks, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(1), pp.102--115, February 2011.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, A Framework for Cross-layer Optimization of Video Streaming in Wireless Networks, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), 7(1), Article 5, pp. 1--28, January 2011.

• K. Mokhtarian and M. Hefeeda, Authentication of Scalable Video Streams with Low Communication Overhead, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 12(7), pp. 730--742,  November 2010.

• M. Hefeeda and B. Noorizadeh, On the Benefits of Cooperative Proxy Caching for Peer-to-Peer Traffic, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,  21(7), pp. 998--1010, July 2010.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Broadcasting Video Streams Encoded with Arbitrary Bit Rates in Energy-Constrained Mobile TV Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 18(3), pp. 681--694, June 2010.

• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, Energy-Efficient Protocol for Deterministic and Probabilistic Coverage in Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,  21(5), pp. 579--593, May 2010.

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, On Burst Transmission Scheduling in Mobile TV Broadcast Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 18(2), pp. 610--623, April 2010.

• M. Hefeeda and K. Mokhtarian, Authentication Schemes for Multimedia Streams: Quantitative Analysis and Comparison, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), 6(1), Article 6, pp. 1--24, February 2010.   

• M. Hefeeda and H. Ahmadi, An Integrated Protocol for Maintaining Connectivity and Coverage under Probabilistic Models for Wireless Sensor Networks, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, 7(3-4), pp. 295--323, April 2009.  

• M. Hefeeda and M. Bagheri, Forest Fire Modeling and Early Detection using Wireless Sensor Networks, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, 7(3-4), pp.169--224, April 2009.

• M. Hefeeda and O. Saleh, Traffic Modeling and Proportional Partial Caching for Peer-to-Peer Systems, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 16(6), pp. 1447--1460, December 2008.

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, On the Accuracy and Complexity of Rate-Distortion Models for FGS-encoded Video Sequences, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), 4(2), Article 15, pp. 1--22, May 2008.   

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Partitioning of Multiple Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences Concurrently Streamed to Heterogeneous Clients, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 10(3), pp. 457--469, April 2008. 

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, Rate-Distortion Optimized Streaming of Fine-Grained Scalable Video Sequences, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), 4(1), Article 2, pp. 1--28, January 2008.  

• B. Jules and M. Hefeeda, pCDN: Peer-assisted Content Distribution Network, CBC/Radio-Canada Technology Review Magazine, Issue 4, pp. 1--14, July 2007. (Invited, also translated and published in French).

• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, Optimal Coding of Multi-layer and Multi-version Video Streams, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 10(1), pp. 121--131, January 2008. 

• Y. Tu, J. Sun, M. Hefeeda, Y. Xia, S. Prabhakar, An Analytical Study of Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming Systems, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing,  Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), 1(4),  pp. 354--376, November 2005.

• M. Hefeeda, A. Habib, D. Xu, B. Bhargava, B. Botev, CollectCast: A Peer-to-Peer Service for Media Streaming,  ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal, 11(1), pp. 68--81, November 2005.

• C. Schuba, M. Hefeeda, J. Goldschmidt, M. Speer, Scaling Network Services Using Programmable Network Devices,  IEEE Computer, pp. 52--60, April 2005.

Patents

• M. ElGharib, W. Matusik, S. Bae, and M. Hefeeda, View Generation from a Single Image Using Fully Convolutional Neural Networks, US Patent No. US-10991150-B2, April 2021. (Licensed to tarantula.ai.)
• M. Hefeeda, K. Calagari, M. ElGharib, W. Matusik, P. Indyk, and A. Kaspar, 2D to 3D Video Frame Converter, US Patent No. US-10425634-B2, September 2019. (Licensed to tarantula.ai.)
• M. ElGharib and M. Hefeeda, Method for Dynamic Video Magnification, US Patent No. US-10217187-B2, February 2019.
• M. Hefeeda and T. ElGamal, Method and System for Creating Depth Signatures, US Patent No. US-20150093017-A1, November 2018.
• M. Hefeeda and A. Abdelsadek, System and Method to Store Video Fingerprints on Distributed Nodes in Cloud Systems, US Patent No. US-9959346-B2, May 2018.
• M. Hefeeda, System and Method for Multimedia Content Protection on Cloud Infrastructures, US Patent No. US-2015294094-A1, May 2018.
• M. Rafique, M. Hefeeda, and K. Diab, Graphics Processing Unit Controller, Host System, and Methods, US Patent No. US-9875139-B2, January 2018.
• C. Hsu and M. Hefeeda, System and Method for Multiplexing of Variable Bitrate Video Streams in Mobile Video Systems, US Patent No. US-9215486-B2, December 2015.
• W. Abd-Almageed, M. Hefeeda, and B. Abdelaziz, System and Method for Semantic Video Segmentation, US Patent No. US-8756233-B2, June 2014. (Commercialized by Video Semantics LLC, which was co-founded by Dr. Hefeeda.)
• M. Hefeeda and N. Khodabakhshi, Copy Detection, US Patent No. US-8509600-B2, August 2013.

Book Chapters

• M. Hefeeda, C. Hsu, and J. Peters, Energy and Bandwidth Optimization in Mobile Video Streaming Systems, Book Chapter in Advanced Video Communications over Wireless Networks, edited by Ce Zhu and Yuenan Li, pp. 165–210, CRC Press, 2013.

• M. Hefeeda and K. Mokhtarian, Authentication of Scalable Multimedia Streams, Book Chapter in Handbook of Security and Networks, edited by Yang Xiao, Frank H Li, and Hui Chen, pp. 93—125, World Scientific Publishing, 2011. (Invited)

• M. Hefeeda and A. Habib, Detecting DoS Attacks and Service Violations in QoS-enabled Networks, Book Chapter in Handbook of Security and Networks, edited by Yang Xiao, Frank H Li, and Hui Chen, pp. 191—220, World Scientific Publishing, 2011. (Invited)

Posters and Demos

• H. Hong, S. Wang, C. Tan, T. El-Ganainy, K. Harras, C. Hsu, M. Hefeeda, Challenged Content Delivery Network: Eliminating the Digital Divide, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia (MM’015) Conference, Brisbane, Australia, October 2015. 

• M. Hefeeda, K. Choudhary, Efficient Multiplexing for Mobile Video Streaming, British Columbia Innovation Council (BCIC) Connect Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 2010.

• M. Hefeeda, C. Hsu, and Y. Liu,  Testbed and Experiments for Mobile TV (DVB-H) Networks,  ACM Multimedia (MM'08) Technical Demonstration, pp. 995--996, Vancouver, Canada, October 2008. [Best Demo Award] 

• C. Hsu, N. Chiluka, and M. Hefeeda, ISP-Friendly Peer Matching Algorithms, ACM SIGCOMM'08 Poster, Seattle, WA, August 2008. [Poster: pdf] [Poster: ppt].

• M. Hefeeda, C. Hsu, and K. Mokhtarian, pCache: A Proxy Cache for Peer-to-Peer Traffic, ACM SIGCOMM'08 Technical Demonstration, Seattle, WA, August 2008. [Poster: pdf] [Poster: ppt].

• M. Hefeeda,  A. Habib, D. Xu,  and B. Bhargava, CollectCast: A Tomography-Based Network Service for Peer-to-Peer Streaming,  In ACM SIGCOMM'03 Poster Session, Karlsruhe, Germany, August 2003.  [Abstract] [pdf] [ppt]

Tutorials

• M. Hefeeda and C. Hsu, Mobile Video Streaming in Modern Wireless Networks, ACM Multimedia Conference, 2010.  Summary,  Slides [ppt]  [pdf]