Recent Publications

• A. Ahmed and N. Zhang, “Towards the Realisation of Context-Risk-Aware Access Control in Pervasive Computing”, to appear in the Telecommunication Systems journal, Springer US.

• J. Chin, N. Zhang, A. Nenadic and O. Bamasak, “A Context-constrained Authorisation (CoCoA) Framework for Pervasive Grid Computing”, the Wireless Networks (WINET) Journal (the Journal of Mobile Communication, Computation and Information); ISSN: 1022-0038 (print version); ISSN: 1572-8196 (electronic version); Journal no. 11276; Springer US; (the print issue will be published around mid-late 2009).

• Li Yao and Ning Zhang, “A Generic Authentication LoA Derivation Model”, the 24th IFIP International Information Security Conference (SEC2009), May 18-20, 2009, Coral Beach Hotel, Pafos, Cyprus, IFIP series published by Springer, pp. 98-108.

• Ali Ahmed and Ning Zhang, “A Context-Risk-Aware Access Control Model for Ubiquitous Environments”, the Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Secure Information Systems (SIS'08), IEEE CS Press, 20-22 October 2008, Wisla, Poland.

• Osama Elshakankiry, Andy Carpenter and Ning Zhang, “A New Secure Binding Management Protocol for Mobile IPv6 Networks”, the Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Information Assurance and Security, IEEE CS Press, 8-10 Sept 2008, Naples, Italy.

• Zhixin Yu and Ning Zhang, “Achieving Privacy-preserving Data Computation on Data Grids”, the Proceedings of the 12th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC’07), 1-4 July 2007, Aveiro, Portugal.

• He, Lisha; Zhang, Ning; He, Lirong; Rogers, Ian; “A Network Assisted End-to-End Security Protocol for Mobile Applications, the Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS), published by Dynamic Publishers Inc., USA.

• J. S. Chin, N. Zhang, A. Nenadic, J. M. Brooke, “Towards Context Constrained Authorisation for Pervasive Grid Computing”, the 2nd IEEE/Create-Net/ICST International Conference on COMmunication System softWAre and MiddlewaRE (COMSWARE), January 7-12, 2007, Bangalore, India.

• Aleksandra Nenadic, Ning Zhang, Jay Chin, Carole Goble, “FAME: Adding Multi-Level Authentication to Shibboleth”, 2nd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing, Dec 4-6, 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp.157-164.

• Bamasak, O.; and Zhang, N.; “Reputation Management and Signature Delegation: A Distributed Approach”, the Electronic Commerce Research Journal, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 1389-5753, Vol. 6, No. 3-4, Oct 2006, pp 227-263.

• I. Featherstone, N. Zhang, “A Mobility Monitoring Based Advance Reservation Protocol”, the Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (ACM Q2SWinet 2006), October 2-6, 2006, Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain, pp. 111-118.

• Corzo, C.; F. Corzo, S.; Zhang, N.; Carpenter, A.; “Using Automated Banking Certificates to Detect Unauthorised Financial Transactions”, proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC’06), the proceedings is also published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, February 27 to March 2, 2006, Anguilla, British West Indies, Vol. 4107, ISBN: 978-3-540-46255-2, pp. 36-51.

• Zhang, N.; Shi, Q.; Merabti, M.; and Askwith, R.; “Practical and Efficient Fair Document Exchange over Networks”, the Journal of Network and Computer Applications, the Elsevier Science Publisher, Vol. 29, No. 1, January 2006, pp.46-61, ISSN 10848045.

• Nenadic, A.; Zhang, N.; and Shi, Q.; "RSA-based Verifiable and Recoverable Encryption of Signatures and its Application in Certified E-mail", Journal of Computer Security, 13(5): 757-777, IOS Press, 2005.

• J. Chin, M. Parkins, N. Zhang, A. Nenadic, and J. M. Brooke, “GridFAME: Flexible Authentication Middleware Extension for Grids”, 2nd Workshop on Grid Computing & Applications, Biopolis, Singapore (GCA 2005), 5th May 2005, pp. 17–26.

• N. Zhang, L. Yao, J. Chin, Q. Shia, A. Nenadic, A. McNabb, A. Rector and C. Goble, "Plugging a Scalable Authentication Framework into Shibboleth", 14th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE 2005), 13-15 June 2005 in Linkoping, Sweden.

• N. Zhang, Q. Shi, A. Nenadic, M. Merabti, and R. Askwith, "Efficient Fair Exchange Based on Misbehaviour Penalisation", IEE Proceedings – Communications, Vol. 152, No. 3, June 2005, pp.257-261

• Nenadic, A., Zhang, N., Cheetham, B., Goble, C., "RSA-based Certified Delivery of E-Goods Using Verifiable and Recoverable Signature Encryption", Volume 11, Issue 1, 2005, the Journal of Universal Computer Science, published by Springer-Verlag, http://www.jucs.org/jucs_11_1/rsa_based_certified_delivery.

• N. Zhang, I. Buchan, A. Rector, C. Goble, Q. Shi, D. Kalra, D. Ingram, P. Singleton, “A Linkable Identity Privacy Algorithm for HealthGrid”, the 3rd European HealthGrid Conference, 7-9, April, 2005, Oxford, UK, by IOS Press.

• O. Bamasak and N. Zhang, “A Distributed Reputation Management Scheme for Mobile Agent based E-Commerce Applications”, the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce and e-Service, 29 March – 1 April, 2005, Hong Kong, pp.270-275.

• A. Nenadic, N. Zhang, Q. Shi, and C. Goble, “DSA-based Verifiable and Recoverable Encryption of Signatures and its Application in Certified E-Goods Delivery”, the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce and e-Service, 29 March – 1 April, 2005, Hong Kong, pp.94-99.

• O. Bamasak, N. Zhang, and D. Edwards, “DiSigncryption: An Integration of Agent-based Signature Delegation with Distributed Reputation Management Scheme”, the Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Security in Systems and Networks (SNS2005) held in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS2005, April 4-8 2005, Denver, Colorado, USA, pp. 293-300.

• A. Nenadic, N. Zhang, Q. Shi, and C. Goble, “Certified E-Mail Delivery with DSA Receipts”, the Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Security in Systems and Networks (SNS2005) held in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS2005, April 4-8 2005, Denver, Colorado, USA, pp. 288-296.

• N. Zhang, Q. Shi, and M. Merabti, "Revocation of Privacy-enhanced Public-Key Certificates", the Journal of Systems and Software, the Elsevier Science Publisher, Volume 75, Issues 1-2, 15 February 2005, pp. 205-214 (the pdf copy).

• Ning Zhang, Qi Shi, Madjid Merabti and Robert Askwith, "Autonomous Mobile Agent Based Fair Exchange", Computer Networks, the Elsevier Science Publisher, Vol. 46, No. 6, December 2004, pp. 751-770.

• N. Zhang, J. Chin, A. Rector, C. Goble, and Y. Li, “Towards an Authentication Middleware to Support Ubiquitous Web Access”, The Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference (COMPSAC 2004), Volume: 2, IEEE Computer Society, Hong Kong, September 28 – 30, 2004, pp. 36-38.

• D. Critchlow and N. Zhang, "Security Enhanced Anonymous PKI Certificates for M-commerce", 45 (2004), Computer Networks Journal, the Elsevier Science Publisher, pp 483-503.

• N. Zhang, Q. Shi and M. Merabti, "A Unified Approach to a Fair Document Exchange System", Vol. 72, No. 1, June 2004, Journal of Systems and Software, the Elsevier Science Publisher, pp 83-96.
• O. Bamasak and N. Zhang, "A Secure Proxy Signature Protocol for Agent-Based M-Commerce Applications", the 9th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'2004), Alexandria, Egypt June 29-July 1, 2004, Vol. 1, pp. 399-406. The paper has Won the Best Paper Award.

• D. Critchlow and N. Zhang, "Revocation Invocation for Accountable Anonymous PKI Certificate Trees", the 9th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'2004), Alexandria, Egypt June 29-July 1, 2004, Vol. 1, pp. 386-392.

• A. Nenadic, N. Zhang, and S. K. Barton, "A Secure and Fair DSA-based Signature Exchange Protocol ", the 9th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'2004), Alexandria, Egypt June 29-July 1, 2004, pp. 412-417.

• C. Corzo, N. Zhang, "Towards a Real-time Solution to the Concealment of Unauthorised E-trading by Authorised Users ", the 3rd European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, June 2004, London.

• A. Nenadic, N. Zhang, and S. K. Barton, "FIDES - A Middleware E-Commerce Security Solution", the 3rd European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, June 2004, London, pp. 295-304.

• O. Bamasak, and N. Zhang, "Achieving Distributed Trusted Services", in the proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (ITCC 2004) - the Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2004) Track, sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, April 5-7, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 56-61.

• A. Nenadic, and N. Zhang, and S. Barton, "A Security Protocol for Certified E-Goods Delivery", in the proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (ITCC 2004) - the Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2004) Track, sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, April 5-7, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 22-28.

• A. Nenadic, N. Zhang, and S. K. Barton, "Fair Certified E-mail Delivery", in the Proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC2004) - the Security Track, 14-17 March 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus, pp. 391-396.
• O. Bamasak, N. Zhang, and D. Edwards, "A Secure Method for Signature Delegation to Mobile Agents", the Proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC2004) - the E-Commerce Track, 14-17 March 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus, pp. 813-818.
• L. He, and N. Zhang, "A New Signature Scheme: the Joint Signature", the proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC2004) - the E-Commerce Track, 14-17 March 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus, pp. 807-812.
• L. He & N. Zhang, "A New End-to-End Authentication Protocol for M-Commerce Applications", the eighth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'2003), Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, IEEE Computer Society & IEEE Communications Society, June 30-July 3, 2003, pp. 244-250.
• C. Corzo & N. Zhang, "An Analysis of Integrity drifts in E-trading Systems", the Proceeding of the 4th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PGNet 2003), Liverpool, 16-17 June 2003, pp. 60-64.
• A. Nenadic & N. Zhang, "On the Design of the Fair Integrated Data Exchange System (FIDES)", IADIS International Conference e-Society 2003, Lisbon, Portugal, 3-6 June 2003.
• O. Bamasak, and N. Zhang, "Towards a Secure Mobile Agent Based M-Commerce System", the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS2003), Angers, France, 23-26 April 2003, pp. 408-412.
• A. Nenadic & Ning Zhang, "Non-repudiation and Fairness in Electornic Data Exchange", the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS2003), Angers, France, 23-26 April 2003, pp. 55-62.
• I. Featherstone and N. Zhang, "Towards a Secure Videoconferencing System for Mobile Users", the 5th European Personal Mobile Communications Conference, 22-25 April 2003, Glasgow, Scotland, pp. 477-481.
• Shi, Q.; Zhang, N.; Merabti, M.; "Signature-based approach to fair document exchange" Communications, IEE Proceedings-, Volume: 150, Issue: 1, Feb 2003, pp. 21-27.
• N. Zhang & Q. Shi, "An Efficient Protocol for Anonymous and Fair Document Exchange", Computer Networks Journal, 41 (2003), Elsevier Science Publisher, pp19-28.
• O. Bamasak, and N Zhang, "Mobile Agent-based M-commerce: Security Analysis", Proceeding of 3rd Annual Post-Graduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PGNet 2002), Liverpool, UK, 17-18 June 2002, pp. 256-262.
• D. Critchlow, & N. Zhang, "An Insight into User Privacy and Accountable Anonymity for Mobile E-commerce Transactions", Proceedings of the IFIP/SEC2002 - Security in the Information Society: Visions and Perspectives, May 6-8, 2002, Cairo, Egypt, published by IFIP Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN: 1-4020-7030-6, pp411-422.
• Li-Sha He, N. Zhang, & Li-Rong He, "A New End-To-End Authentication Protocol for Mobile Users to Access Internet Services", Proceedings of the IFIP/SEC2002 - Security in the Information Society: Visions and Perspectives, May 6-8, 2002, Cairo, Egypt, published by IFIP Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN: 1-4020-7030-6, pp239-250.
• L. He, N. Zhang, "An Exposition of Authentication Services in Mobile Networks", 2nd Annual Post-Graduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting, Liverpool, 18-19th June 2001, pp.125-130.
• N. Zhang, Q. Shi & M. Merabti, "Anonymous Public-Key Certificates for Anonymous and Fair Document Exchange", IEE Proceedings-Communications, Vol. 147, No. 6, Dec 2000, pp 345-350.
• N. Zhang, Q. Shi & M. Merabti, "A Flexible Approach to Secure and Fair Document Exchange", The Computer Journal, published by British Computer Society, The Oxford University Press, Vol. 42, No. 7, 1999, pp569-581.
• Q. Shi & N. Zhang, "An Effective Model for Composition of Secure Systems," The Journal of Systems and Software, published by Elsevier Science, Vol. 43, 1998, pp233-244.
• N. Zhang & Q. Shi, "How to Support Secure Electronic Contract Signing", The Proceedings of 1997's Communication and Multimedia Security Conference, Chapman and Hall, September 1997, ISBN: 0-412-81770-5, pp253-264.
• N. Zhang & Q. Shi, "Security Issues in an EDI Environment," The Proceedings of the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, IEEE Computer Society Press, December 1996, ISBN: 0-8186-7606-x, pp129-136.
• N. Zhang & Q. Shi, "Achieving Non-repudiation of Receipt", The Computer Journal, published by British Computer Society, The Oxford University Press, Vol. 39, No. 10, 1996, pp844-853.
• Q. Shi & N. Zhang, "A General Approach to Secure Components Composition," The Proceedings of the IEEE High-Assurance Systems Engineering Workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, October 1996.
• Q. Shi & N. Zhang, "Applying Composable Security Properties to Assessment of Information Systems," The Proceedings of the Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, IEEE Computer Society Press, August 1996, ISBN: 0-8186-7119-x, pp396-401.
• Q. Shi & N. Zhang, "A General Approach to Evaluation of Secure Systems," The Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, IEEE Computer Society Press, August 1995.
• Q. Shi & N. Zhang, "Experience in Application of Composable Security Properties," The Proceedings of the 11th IFIP International Information Security Conference, Chapman & Hall, May 1995.