Publications

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2025

• [Conference Paper] CubeMig: MTD Live Migration in Kubernetes with LLM-Augmented Post-Incident Analysis,M. M. Azhari, W. Soussi and G. Gür, 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (NFV-SDN), Athens, Greece, 2025, pp. 1-6. [Open Access]
• [Workshop Paper] Byzantine-Resilient Federated Learning: Evaluating MPC Approaches, Y. Abdullah, M.B Alshawki, P. Ligeti, W. Soussi, B. Stiller, IEEE ICDCS Workshop 2025 (FL4WEB). [Open Access]
• [Conference Paper] Containers on the Move: An Experimental Analysis of Container Migration in Kubernetes, A. Mamaril, R. Kolodziejczyk, W. Soussi, G. Gür, ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. [Open Access]
• [Conference Paper] Anomaly Detection in Microservices Architecture Using Graph Neural Networks, M. Osswald, T. Schönenberger, G. Cantali, W. Soussi, G. Gür, PDP 2025 - Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-based Processing. [Open Access]
• [Journal Paper] Moving Target Defense (MTD) for 6G Edge-to-Cloud Continuum: A Cognitive Perspective, W. Soussi, G. Gür, B. Stiller, IEEE Network, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 149-156. [Open Access]

2024

• [Journal Paper] Democratizing Container Live Migration for Enhanced Future Networks - A Survey, W. Soussi, G. Gür, B. Stiller, ACM Computing Surveys 57, 4, Article 97. [Open Access]
• [Conference Paper] Footprint-Optimized Orchestration and Management of Secure Complex Services over 6G Continuum, S. Birtane, W. Soussi, G. Gür, B. Stiller, et al., IEEE CSCN 2024. [Open Access]
• [Conference Paper] IPv6 Connection Shuffling for Moving Target Defense (MTD) in SDN, N. Mayone, P. Kunz, B. Yigit, W. Soussi, B. Stiller, G. Gür, IEEE CSR 2024. [Open Access]
• [Recent Results Paper] Exploring Live Payload Migrations for MTD in Microservices Architecture, A. Mamaril, R. Kolodziejczyk, W. Soussi, G. Gür, IEEE VTC2024-Spring. [Open Access]

2023

• [Conference Paper] MERLINS–Moving Target Defense Enhanced with Deep-RL for NFV In-Depth Security, W. Soussi, M. Christopoulou, G. Gür, B. Stiller, IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN). [Open Access]
• [Short Paper] TopoFuzzer - A Network Topology Fuzzer for Moving Target Defense in the TelcoCloud, W. Soussi, M. Christopoulou, T. Anagnostopoulos, G. Gür, B. Stiller, IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). [Open Access]
• [Demo Paper] Demo: Closed-Loop Security Orchestration in the TelcoCloud for Moving Target Defense, W. Soussi, M. Christopoulou, G. Xilouris, E.M.d Oca, V. Lefebvre, G. Gür, B. Stiller, IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). [Open Access]
• [Conference Paper] Root Cause and Liability Analysis in the Microservices Architecture for Edge IoT Services, O. Kalinagac, W. Soussi, Y. Anser, C. Gaber, G. Gür, IEEE ICC 2023. [Open Access]
• [Short Paper] IoMiRCA: Root cause analysis in IoT-extended 5G microservice environments, Z. Heeb, O. Kalinagac, W. Soussi, G. Gür, ACM SAC ‘23. [Open Access]

2022

• [Demo Paper] Graph Based Liability Analysis for the Microservice Architecture, O. Kalinagac, W. Soussi, G. Gür, CNSM 2022. [Open Access]
• [Conference Paper] ETSI ZSM Driven Security Management in Future Networks, G. Chollon, R.A. Garriga, A.M. Zarca, A. Skarmeta, M. Christopoulou, W. Soussi, G. Gür, U. Herzog, IEEE FNWF 2022. [Open Access]
• [Short Paper] The Impact of Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) on IoT Security, Z. Heeb, O. Kalinagac, W. Soussi, G. Gür, 6GNet 2022. [Open Access]

2021

• [Journal Paper] Moving Target Defense as a Proactive Defense Element for Beyond 5G, W. Soussi, M. Christopoulou, G. Gür, B. Stiller, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, vol. 5, no. 3. [Open Access]
• [Poster Paper] AI-Enabled Slice Protection Exploiting Moving Target Defense in 6G Networks, M. Christopoulou, W. Soussi, G. Xilouris, G. Gür, E.M.d Oca, H. Koumaras, EuCNC 6G Summit. [Open Access]

2020

• [Conference Paper] Feasibility of Large-scale vulnerability notifications after the GDPR, W. Soussi, M. Korczynski, IEEE EuroS&PW 2020. [Open Access]

You can also find my complete list of publications on my Google Scholar profile.

Research Projects

• NATWORK (Current): EU-Horizon project on Bio-inspired AI-enhanced security for 6G/nextG softwareized networks.
• INSPIRE-5Gplus (2020-2022): EU-Horizon project on Intelligent security and pervasive trust for 5G and beyond.

My Thesis

MERLINS: A Machine Learning-Driven Moving Target Defense (MTD) Framework for Secure 5G and Beyond 5G Networks, University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller and Dr. Gürkan Gür.

Teaching & Mentorship

Teaching

I have been involved in teaching Programming and IT Security at the university level, helping students understand core concepts of network and software security, cryptography, and secure system design.

Mentorship

I have supervised and co-supervised Bachelor’s and Master’s projects and theses:

Master Theses

• Michael Meier Azhari, “TeeMig: TEE Based Container Migration with Traffic Mirroring in Kubernetes”, ZHAW, Co-supervised with Dr. Gürkan Gür, 2026.
• Zeno Heeb, “Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) for Containerized Services with Open-Source MANO (OSM) in Openstack Environments”, ZHAW, Co-supervised with Dr. Gürkan Gür, 2022.

Bachelor Theses

• Ragavan Thayananthan and Alex Sivapalan, “Privacy-Preserving Data Analytics for Digital Health Data”, ZHAW, Co-supervised with Dr. Gürkan Gür, 2025.
• Ivan Starcevic and Fabian Walter, “Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and QUIC: Performance analysis and trade-offs”, ZHAW, Co-supervised with Dr. Gürkan Gür, 2025.
• Rinchen Kolodziejczyk and Anthony Mamaril, “Containers on the Move: An Experimental Analysis of Container Migration in Kubernetes”, ZHAW, Co-supervised with Dr. Gürkan Gür, 2025.
• Matthias Osswald and Timothy Schönenberger, “Anomaly Detection in Microservices Architecture Using Graph Neural Networks”, ZHAW, Co-supervised with Dr. Gürkan Gür, 2024.
• Nicholas Mayone and Pascal Kunz, “SDN-based Moving Target Defense (MTD) for prevention against reconnaissance attacks”, ZHAW, Co-supervised with Dr. Gürkan Gür, 2023.