Secure and Efficient Mobile Social Networks

Secure and Efficient Mobile Social Networks

Secure and Efficient Mobile Social Networks

Personnel: McNair, Nagaraj, Baker (former PhD student)

Project Goal:

Opportunistic routing research for mobile social networking applications. Allow users to interact, publish messages, and discover others that share common interests in an intermittent network using Bluetooth, peer-to-peer WiFi, and infrastructure WiFi.

Recent Publications:

  1. K. Nagaraj, S. Bhasale, J. McNair, and A. Helmy, “Vulnerability assessment and classification based on influence metrics in mobile social networks,” ACM International Symposium on Mobility management and Wireless Access, November 2019, Miami, FL.
  2. C. Baker, A. Starke, and J. McNair, “Enabling Delay Tolerant Networks on iOS Using the Secure Opportunistic Schemes Middleware,” 1st US-Japan Workshop Enabling Global Collaborations in Big Data Research, June 2017.
  3. C. Baker, J. Almodovar-Faira and J. McNair, Ad Hoc Social Network (AHSN) System, AHSN-Enabled Device and Methods of Use, U. S. Patent Application, Serial No.PCT/US16/31454; filed May 9, 2016.