Besmir Tola
About
Education
- Master of Science in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Siena, Italy.
- PhD in Information Security and Communication Technology @ IIK, NTNU, Norge.
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor @ IIK, (2022-current)
- Assistant Professor @ IIK, (2020-2022)
- Researcher @ IIK (2019-2020)
- Marie S. Curie Research Fellow (CleanSky ITN) @ IIK (former ITEM), NTNU (2015-2019)
- Visiting researcher at NOKIA Bell Labs, Feb. 2016-May 2016, Stuttgart, Germany, hosted by Dr. Volker Hilt
- Visiting researcher at SIKT (former UNINETT), June 2018-Sept. 2018, Trondheim, Norway, hosted by Dr. Otto J. Wittner
- Software Engineer @ Hewlett-Packard CDS, Milan, Italy (2015)
Cisco Networking Academy accredited Instructor for:
- Cisco Certified Network Associate
- Cisco DevNet Associate
- Cisco CyberOps Associate
- Cloud Security (Partner - Cloud Security Alliance)
Voluntary Engagement
- Chair of IEEE NTNU Student Branch (2018-2021)
- Board member of IEEE Norway Section Executive Committee (2018-2019)
- Board member of DION-The interest organization for PhD candidates and post-docs at NTNU (2018-2019)
- Executive Board member of SiN-Association of Doctoral Organisations in Norway (2019-2020)
Research
Research activities mainly focusing on:
- Dependability modeling and analysis of softwarized networks
- Performance analysis of virtualized networks and services
- Wireless network security
- Orchestration and management of softwarized networks
Publications
2023
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Mæland, Endre Medhus;
Berbom, Sigmund Bernhard;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2023)
Distributed Trust Empowerment for Secure Offline Communications.
NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning
Academic article
2022
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Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2022)
Modeling and Provisioning Highly Available NFV Services.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Skaug, Kirsten Lunde;
Smebye, Elise Breivik;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2022)
Keeping Connected in Internet-Isolated Locations.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2021
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Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil.
(2021)
Model-Driven Availability Assessment of the NFV-MANO with Software Rejuvenation.
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
Academic article
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Muka, Romina;
Garau, Michele;
Tola, Besmir;
Heegaard, Poul Einar.
(2021)
Effect of 5G communication service failure on placement of Intelligent Electronic Devices in Smart Distribution Grids.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Woldeyohannes, Yordanos Tibebu;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming;
Ramakrishnan, K. K..
(2021)
CoShare: An Efficient Approach for Redundancy Allocation in NFV.
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
Academic article
2020
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Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil.
(2020)
On the Resilience of the NFV-MANO: An Availability Model of a Cloud-native Architecture.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2019
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Woldeyohannes, Yordanos Tibebu;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2019)
Towards Carrier-Grade Service Provisioning in NFV.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Sharma, Sachin;
Uniyal, Navdeep;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2019)
On Monolithic and Microservice deployment of Network Functions.
IEEE Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Tola, Besmir;
Nencioni, Gianfranco;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2019)
Modeling and Evaluating NFV-Enabled Network Services under Different Availability Modes.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Tola, Besmir;
Nencioni, Gianfranco;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil.
(2019)
Network-Aware Availability Modeling of an End-to-End NFV-Enabled Service.
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
Academic article
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Sigholt, Øystein Løkken;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2019)
Keeping Connected When the Mobile Social Network Goes Offline.
IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking, and Communications
Academic article
2017
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Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil.
(2017)
Failure Process Characteristics of Cloud-Enabled Services.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2015
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Abrardo, Andrea;
Fodor, Gabor;
Tola, Besmir.
(2015)
Network coding schemes for Device-to-Device communications based relaying for cellular coverage extension.
Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)
Academic article
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Abrardo, Andrea;
Fodor, Gabor;
Tola, Besmir.
(2015)
Network coding schemes for D2D communications based relaying for cellular coverage extension.
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
Academic article
Journal publications
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Mæland, Endre Medhus;
Berbom, Sigmund Bernhard;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2023)
Distributed Trust Empowerment for Secure Offline Communications.
NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning
Academic article
-
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil.
(2021)
Model-Driven Availability Assessment of the NFV-MANO with Software Rejuvenation.
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
Academic article
-
Woldeyohannes, Yordanos Tibebu;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming;
Ramakrishnan, K. K..
(2021)
CoShare: An Efficient Approach for Redundancy Allocation in NFV.
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
Academic article
-
Tola, Besmir;
Nencioni, Gianfranco;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil.
(2019)
Network-Aware Availability Modeling of an End-to-End NFV-Enabled Service.
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
Academic article
-
Sigholt, Øystein Løkken;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2019)
Keeping Connected When the Mobile Social Network Goes Offline.
IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking, and Communications
Academic article
-
Abrardo, Andrea;
Fodor, Gabor;
Tola, Besmir.
(2015)
Network coding schemes for Device-to-Device communications based relaying for cellular coverage extension.
Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)
Academic article
-
Abrardo, Andrea;
Fodor, Gabor;
Tola, Besmir.
(2015)
Network coding schemes for D2D communications based relaying for cellular coverage extension.
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
Academic article
Part of book/report
-
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2022)
Modeling and Provisioning Highly Available NFV Services.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Skaug, Kirsten Lunde;
Smebye, Elise Breivik;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2022)
Keeping Connected in Internet-Isolated Locations.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Muka, Romina;
Garau, Michele;
Tola, Besmir;
Heegaard, Poul Einar.
(2021)
Effect of 5G communication service failure on placement of Intelligent Electronic Devices in Smart Distribution Grids.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil.
(2020)
On the Resilience of the NFV-MANO: An Availability Model of a Cloud-native Architecture.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Woldeyohannes, Yordanos Tibebu;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2019)
Towards Carrier-Grade Service Provisioning in NFV.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sharma, Sachin;
Uniyal, Navdeep;
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2019)
On Monolithic and Microservice deployment of Network Functions.
IEEE Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Tola, Besmir;
Nencioni, Gianfranco;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil;
Jiang, Yuming.
(2019)
Modeling and Evaluating NFV-Enabled Network Services under Different Availability Modes.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Tola, Besmir;
Jiang, Yuming;
Helvik, Bjarne Emil.
(2017)
Failure Process Characteristics of Cloud-Enabled Services.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
Knowledge Transfer
2022
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PosterTola, Besmir. (2022) Implementing flipped classroom in Networking Courses of the BDIGSEC program (DCST1006 case). UNIPED Program - Pedagogical Basic Competence 2022-05-25 - 2022-05-25