Selected Publications

 

*       V. S. S. Nair and J. A. Abraham. Average checksum codes for fault-tolerant matrix operations on processor arrays. Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing, 3:284-290, May, 1987.

*       V. S. S. Nair and J. A. Abraham. General linear codes for fault-tolerant matrix operations on processor arrays. Proceedings of the18thIEEE International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, pages 180-185, Jun. 1988.

*       P. Banerjee, J. T. Rahmeh, C. B. Stunkel, V. S. S. Nair, K. Roy, and J. A. Abraham. An evaluation of system-level fault tolerance on the Intel hypercube multiprocessor. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, pages 362-367, Jun. 1988.

*       V. S. S. Nair and J. A. Abraham. A model for the analysis of fault-tolerant signal processing architectures. Proceedings of SPIE Advanced Algorithms and Architectures for Signal Processing Conference, pages 246-257, Aug. 1988.

*       V. S. S. Nair and J. A. Abraham. A model for the analysis, design and comparison of fault-tolerant WSI architectures. Proceedings of IFIP Workshop on Wafer Scale Integration, pages 99-108, June 1989.

*       V. S. S. Nair and J. A. Abraham. Real number codes for fault-tolerant matrix operations on processor arrays. IEEE Transactions on Computers, pages 426-435, Apr. 1990.

*       V. S. S. Nair and J. A. Abraham. Hierarchical design and analysis of fault-tolerant multiprocessor systems using concurrent error detection. Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, pages 130-137, Jun. 1990.

*       V. S. S. Nair and J. A. Abraham. A new probabilistic model for the analysis of fault-tolerant systems using concurrent error detection. Proceedings of SPIE Advanced Algorithms and Architectures for Signal Processing Conference, Jul. 1990.

*       P. Banerjee, J. Rahmeh, C. Stunkel, V. S. S. Nair, K. Roy, and J. A. Abraham. Algorithm-based fault tolerance on a hypercube multiprocessor. IEEE Transactions on Computers, pages 1132-1145, Sep. 1990.

*       V. S. S. Nair, Y. V. Hoskote, and J. A. Abraham. Probabilistic evaluation of on-line checks in fault-tolerant multiprocessor systems. IEEE Transactions on Computers, 41:532-541, May, 1992.

*       B. Kapoor and V. S. S. Nair. Heuristics for Shannon decomposition in area-efficient realization of fully robust path delay fault testable digital logic. Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Logic Synthesis (IWLS), pages 4c1-4c8, May 1993.

*       M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. A numerical method for Reed-Muller circuit synthesis. Proceedings of IFIP Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design, pages 69-74, Sep. 1993.

*       M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. An iterative combinational logic synthesis technique using spectral information. Proceedings of IEEE European Design Automation Conference (EURO-DAC), pages 358-363, Sep. 1993.

*       S. Krishna, T. Diamond, and V. S. S. Nair. Hierarchical object oriented approach to fault tolerance in distributed systems. Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, pages 168-177, Nov. 1993.

*       C. Erbas, M. Tanik, and V. S. S. Nair. Storage schemes for parallel memory systems: An approach based on circulant matrices. Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing (SPDP), pages 92-99, Dec. 1993.

*       R. Rowell and V. S. S. Nair. Secondary storage error correction utilizing inherent redundancy of stored data. Proceedings of IFIP Working Conference on Dependable Computing for Critical Applications (DCCA), Jan. 1994.

*       B. Kapoor and V. S. S. Nair. Area, performance, and sensitizable paths. Proceedings of 4th IEEE Great Lake Symposium on VLSI, pages 222-227, Mar. 1994.

*       M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. Behavioral to structural translation in ESOP form. Proceedings of IEEE International Verilog HDL Conference, pages 58-62, Mar. 1994 (Best Paper Award).

*       R. Rowell and V. S. S. Nair. SELAC - statistical error location and correction in secondary memory systems. Journal of Micro Computer Applications, 17:255-271, Jun. 1994.

*       V. S. S. Nair and S. Venkatesan. Algorithm-based fault tolerance for non-computationally intensive applications. Proceedings of SPIE Advanced Algorithms and Architectures for Signal Processing Conference, pages 751-759, Jul. 1994.

*       B. Kapoor and V. S. S. Nair. Computing exact path delay fault coverage using OBDDs. Proceedings of IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuit and Systems, Aug. 1994.

*       B. Kapoor and V. S. S. Nair. An efficient tree-based algorithm for computing path delay fault coverage. Proceedings of IEEE International ASIC Conference, pages 417-420, Sep. 1994.

*       M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. Efficient spectral coefficient calculation using circuit output probabilities. Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal, pages 245-254, Oct. 1994.

*       C. Erbas, M. Tanik, and V. S. S. Nair. Parallel memory allocation and data alignment in SIMD machines. Journal on Parallel Algorithms and Applications, 4:139-151, Dec. 1994.

*       M. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. Parity function detection and realization using a small set of spectral coefficients. Proceedings of IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Logic Synthesis (IWLS), pages 8.39 - 8.47, May 1995.

*       H. Kim and V. S. S. Nair. Application layer software fault tolerance for distributed object-oriented systems. IEEE International Conference on Computer Software and Applications (COMPSAC-95), pages 235-241, Aug. 1995.

*       M. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. Fast Reed-Muller spectrum computation using output probabilities. IFIP WG 10.5 Workshop on Applications of Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design, pages 281 - 287, Aug. 1995.

*       C. F. Salviano and V. S. S. Nair. One-for-many: A design pattern for a piecemeal programming language extension through one-to-many translation. Proceedings of Second Annual Conference on the Pattern Languages of Programs, pages 1-9, Sep. 1995.

*       L. Mcfearin and V. S. S. Nair. Control-flow checking using assertions. Proceedings of IFIP International Working Conference on Dependable Computing for Critical Applications, pages 103-112, Sep. 1995.

*       K. Indiradevi and V. S. S. Nair. Usability and reliability evaluation of user interfaces. Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Evaluation Techniques for Dependable Systems, Oct. 1995.

*       M. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. Efficient calculation of spectral coefficients and their applications. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 14:1328-1341, Nov. 1995.

*       V. S. S. Nair, K. Indiradevi, and J. A. Abraham. Formal checking of reliable user interfaces. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Fault-Tolerant Systems, pages 17-25, Dec. 1995.

*       M. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. BDD-based spectral approach for Reed-Muller circuit realization. IEE Proceedings - Computers and Digital Techniques, 143:145-150, Mar. 1996.

*       V. S. S. Nair, J. A. Abraham, and P. Banerjee. Efficient techniques for the analysis of algorithm-based fault tolerance schemes. IEEE Transactions on Computers, pages 499-503, Apr. 1996.

*       B. Kapoor and V. S. S. Nair. Improving path sensitizability of combinational circuits. VLSI Design Journal, 5:49-57, 1996.

*       V. S. S. Nair, H. Kim, N. Krishnamurthy, and J. A. Abraham. Design and evaluation of automated high-level checks for signal processing applications. Proceedings of SPIE Advanced Algorithms and Architectures for Signal Processing Conference, pages 292-301, Aug. 1996.

*       K. Kanawati, N. Krishnamurthy, S. Nair, and J. A. Abraham. Evaluation of integrated system-level checks for on-line error detection. IEEE International Computer Performance and Dependability Symposium, Sep. 1996.

*       K. Pillai, V. S. S. Nair, H. Cropper, and R. Zajac. A configuration management system with evolutionary prototyping. ISACC '96, Applications and Research in Software Engineering, Management Information Systems and Distributed Computing Systems, pages 3-11, Oct. 1996.

*       V. S. S. Nair. Application layer techniques for hardware and software fault tolerance. Proceedings of the Second World Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology (IDPT), pages 138-145, Dec. 1996.

*       K. Pillai and V. S. S. Nair. Statistical analysis of non-stationary software metrics Journal of Information and Software Technology, 39, no.5:363-373, July, 1997.

*       K. Pillai and V. S. S. Nair. A composite model for early software cost prediction. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 23, no. 8:485-497, Aug. 1997.

*       Z. Alkhalifa and V. S. S. Nair. Design and implementation of a portable control-flow checking technique. IEEE International Workshop on High Assurance Systems Engineering, Aug. 1997.

*       H. C. Cankaya and V. S. S. Nair. Reliability and availability evaluation of self-healing SONET mesh networks. In IEEE Proceedings of GLOBECOM'97, volume 1, pages 252-256. IEEE Com. Soc., 1997.

*       H. C. Cankaya and V. S. S. Nair. Survivability metrics for self-healing SONET mesh networks. In Proceedings of ISCIS'XII, volume 1, pages 269-276. Bogazici University, Bogazici University Press, 1997.

*       H. Kim and V. S. S. Nair. Software fault tolerance for distributed object-based computing. The Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 39, No.2, pp. 103-117, Nov. 1997.

*       V. S. S. Nair and Z. Alkhalifa. Linear codes for erasure error correction (lec). 5th IEEE International On-Line Testing Workshop, July 1998.

*       G. Spiride and S. Nair. Modeling and simulation of restoration protocols for SONET mesh networks. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecomm. Conf. (GLOBECOM), pages 1538-1543, 1998.

*       G. Spiride and V. S. S. Nair. Simulation study for a SONET restoration protocol - extended abstract. In Proc. of the 28th FTCS conf., 1998.

*       G. Spiride and V. S. S. Nair. Performance evaluation for restoration protocols for SONET mesh networks. In Proceedings of OPNETWORKS '98. MIL 3, 1998.

*       G. Spiride, H. C. Cankaya, G. I. Indiradevi, S. Nair, and N. Stollon. Performance evaluation of a round robin arbiter for a hybrid slotted bus. In Proceedings of OPNETWORKS '98. MIL 3, 1998.

*       K. Indiradevi and V. S. S. Nair. Evaluation of a new signaling protocol for wireless ATM LANs. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Telecommunication Systems, Nashville, TN, 1998.

*       H. C. Cankaya and V. S. S. Nair. Accelerated reliability analysis for self-healing SONET networks. ACM Computer Communications Review, 28(4):268-77, October 1998.

*       H. C. Cankaya and V. S. S. Nair. Survivability analysis of self-healing SONET rings. In IEEE Proceedings of GLOBECOM'98, volume 4, pages 2276-81. IEEE Com. Soc., 1998.

*       H. C. Cankaya and V. S. S. Nair. Hierarchical approach to performance analysis of self-healing SONET networks. In IEEE Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, pages 362-69. IEEE Comp. Soc., 1998.

*       M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair. Behavioral synthesis of combinational logic using spectral-based heuristics. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, 4, no. 2:219-230, Apr. 1999

*       G. Spiride and V. S. S. Nair. A decomposition approach for modular spare capacity allocation in telecommunication networks. In INFORMS meeting in Cincinnati, May 1999.

*       Z. Alkhalifa, V. S. S. Nair, N. Krishnamurthy, and J. A. Abraham. Design and evaluation of system-level checks for on-line error detection in real-time systems. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, June 1999.

*       Z. Alkhalifa and V. S. S. Nair. Linear codes for end to end cell loss recovery in VBR video transmission over ATM networks. IEEE International Conference on ATM '99, June 1999.

*       K. Indiradevi, V. S. S. Nair, and J. A. Abraham. Formal verification of authentication protocols. In Proceedings of the IEEE ASSET'99 Symposium, Richardson, TX. IEEE, Jul. 1999.

*       J. L. Kennington, V. S. S. Nair, and M. H. Rahman. Optimization based algorithms for finding minimal cost ring covers in survivable networks. Journal of Computational Optimization and Applications, 14:219-230, Oct. 1999.

*       H. C. Cankaya and V. S. S. Nair. Improved survivability analysis of SONET SHRs. International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking, 31:2505-2528, Dec. 1999.

*       H. C. Cankaya and V. S. S. Nair. SONSAT: a reliability analysis tool for SONET networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE ASSET'00 Symposium, June 2000.

*       K. Pillai, V. S. S. Nair, Software Development Management,  Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (J. B. Webster Editor), John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2000, ISBN 0-471-35895-9

*       K. Indiradevi, V. S. S. Nair, and J. A. Abraham. A meta-authentication framework for secure authentication protocols. Infrastructure for e-Business, e-Education, and e-Science on the Internet, SSGRR-2001, Italy, Aug. 2001.

*       M. Padmaraj, V. Venkataraghavan, and S. Nair. Simulation of network security protocols. In Proceedings of OPNETWORKS '02. MIL 3, 2002.

*       M. Padmaraj and S. Nair. Simulation of meta-authentication protocol for secure grid computing. In Proceedings of OPNETWORKS '03. MIL 3, Aug. 2003.

*       V. Venkataraghavan, S. Nair, P. Seidel, Test Case Generation for the Validation of Properties in Security Protocol Implementation, The South Central Security Symposium, Jun. 2004

*       M. Stephens and S. Nair, Internet Distributed Computing for e-Business, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research, pp. 221 – 233, Jun. 2004.

*       M. Stephens and  S. Nair, Providing Service Level Agreements for Idle CPU Cycles from an Internet PC Grid, 16th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, PDCS 2004, November 9-11, 2004, Cambridge, MA, USA.

*       K. Indiradevi and V. S. S. Nair. Simulation based validation of authentication protocols. SDPS Transactions on Integrated Design and Process Science, Vol 8., Issue 4, pp. 79-98, Dec. 2004.

*       M. Padmaraj, S. Nair, M. Marchetti, G. Chiruvolu, M. Ali. "Traffic Engineering in Enterprise Ethernet with Multiple Spanning Tree Regions," icw, pp. 261-266,  2005 Systems Communications (ICW'05, ICHSN'05, ICMCS'05, SENET'05),  2005.

*       M. Padmaraj; S. Nair; M. Marchetti; G. Chiruvolu; M. Ali; A. Ge; "Metro Ethernet traffic engineering based on optimal multiple spanning trees", Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, 2005. WOCN 2005. Second IFIP International Conference on 6-8 March 2005 Page(s):568 - 572

*       G. Deprez, M. Padmaraj, S. Nair, "Net Planner: A Capacity Allocation Tool", Telecommunications, 2005. ConTEL 2005. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Volume 1,  June 15-17, 2005 Page(s):147 - 154

*       M. Padmaraj, S. Nair, M. Marchetti, G. Chiruvolu, and M. Ali, "Simulation of recovery scheme for Metro Ethernet", In Proceedings of OPNETWORKS'05, August 2005

*       M. Ali, , G. Chiruvolu, M. Padmaraj, S. Nair, and M. Marchetti "Augmented Hose Model for Metro Ethernet", In proceedings  of IEEE ICON, November 2005

*       G. Deprez, M. Padmaraj, S. Nair, "Restoration Protocol for Heterogeneous Networks", IEEE AICCSA, March 2006

*       M. Ali, , G. Chiruvolu, A. Ge, M. Padmaraj, S. Nair, and M. Marchetti "Differentiated Survivability in Ethernet-Based MAN/WAN", IEEE AICCSA, March 2006

*       S. Abu-Nimeh, S. Nair, and M. Marchetti, "Avoiding Denial of Service via Stress-testing", IEEE, AICCSA-06, March, 2006

*       S. Abu-Nimeh, S. Nair, and M. Marchetti, "An Experimental and Industrial Experience: Avoiding Denial of Service via Memory profiling", IEEE, AICCSA-06, March 2006

*       M. Padmaraj, S. Nair, M. Marchetti, G. Chiruvolu, and M. Ali, "Distributed Fast Failure Recovery Scheme for Metro Ethernet", IEEE ICN, April 2006

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