Development of the EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Data Centres, Server Rooms and Cloud Services, Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Commission, June 2020. Link
Circulaire Dataservers (in Dutch), Amsterdam Economic Board, Netherlands, June 2018. Link
Research and innovation activities (2020-2030) concerning Green ICT - specifically in relation to data centres and telecommunications networks, European Commission, February 2018. Link
Is Staying Online Costing the Earth?, All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change, PolicyConnect, February 2018. Link
Deployment Challenges and EU level Intervention (2020-2030) concerning Green ICT, European Commission, January 2018. Link
Scientific Publications
Cloud Computing and Energy Efficiency
Nour Rteil, Rabih Bashroush, Rich Kenny, Astrid Wynne. Interact: IT infrastructure energy and cost analyzer tool for data centers, Elsevier Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 33: 100618 (2022).
Rabih Bashroush, Nour Rteil, Rich Kenny, Astrid Wynne. Optimizing server refresh cycles: The case for circular economy with an aging Moore's Law, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, 7(1): 189-200 (2022).
Rabih Bashroush, Joseph Doyle. Case Studies for achieving a Return on Investment with a Hardware Refresh in Organizations with Small Data Centers, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, 6(4): 599-611 (2021).
Sheraz Syed, Asad Arfeen, Riaz Uddin, Umaima Haider. An Analysis of Renewable Energy Usage by Mobile Data Network Operators, Sustainability, 13(4) (2021).
Irene Kilanioti, Alejandro Fernández-Montes, Damián Fernández-Cerero, Christos Mettouris, Valentina Nejkovic, Rabih Bashroush, George A.Papadopoulos. A survey on cost-effective context-aware distribution of social data streams over energy-efficient data centres, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 93: 42-64 (2019).
Rabih Bashroush. A Comprehensive Reasoning Framework for Hardware Refresh in Data Centres, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing 3(4): 209-220 (2018).
Nigar Jebraeil, Adel Noureddine, Joseph Doyle, Syed Islam, Rabih Bashroush. gUML: Reasoning about Energy at Design Time by Extending UML Deployment Diagrams with Data Centre Contextual Information, IEEE Services 2017: 59-66.
Joseph Doyle, Syed Islam, Rabih Bashroush, Donal O'Mahony. Cloud Strife: Expanding the Horizons of Cloud Gaming Services, IEEE Services 2017: 9-16.
Adel Noureddine, Syed Islam, Rabih Bashroush. Jolinar: analysing the energy footprint of software applications (demo), International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA) 2016: 445-448.
Syed Islam, Adel Noureddine, Rabih Bashroush. Measuring energy footprint of software features, International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC) 2016: 1-4.
Rabih Bashroush, Eoin Woods, Adel Noureddine. Data Center Energy Demand: What Got Us Here Won't Get Us There, IEEE Software 33(2): 18-21 (2016).
Rabih Bashroush, Moustafa Noureddine. A cost effective cloud data centre capacity planning method based on modality cost analysis, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS) 11(3): 250-261 (2013).
Moustafa Noureddine, Rabih Bashroush. An authentication model towards cloud federation in the enterprise, Journal of Systems and Software 86(9): 2269-2275 (2013).
Moustafa Noureddine and Rabih Bashroush. Modality cost analysis based methodology for cost effective datacenter capacity planning in the cloud, Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Journal (special issue), 2011.
Moustafa Noureddine and Rabih Bashroush. Modality Cost Analysis: A Methodology for Cost Effective Datacenter Capacity Planning in the Cloud, International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), 2011.
Software Engineering
Eoin Woods, Rabih Bashroush. How Software Architects Focus Their Attention, European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) 2021: 312-326.
Umaima Haider, John D. McGregor, Rabih Bashroush. The ALI Architecture Description Language, ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes 43(4) (October 2018).
Umaima Haider, Eoin Woods, Rabih Bashroush. Representing Variability in Software Architecture: A Systematic Literature Review, International Journal of Software Engineering and Computer Systems (IJSECS) ISSN: 2289-8522, 4(2): 19-37 (August 2018).
Eoin Woods, Rabih Bashroush. A Model for Prioritization of Software Architecture Effort, European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) 2017: 183-190.
Rabih Bashroush, Muhammad Garba, Rick Rabiser, Iris Groher, Goetz Botterweck. CASE Tool Support for Variability Management in Software Product Lines, ACM Computing Survey 50(1): 14:1-14:45 (2017).
Muhammad Garba, Adel Noureddine, Rabih Bashroush. MUSA: A Scalable Multi-touch and Multi-perspective Variability Management Tool, Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA) 2016: 299-302.
Eoin Woods, Rabih Bashroush. Modelling large-scale information systems using ADLs - An industrial experience report, Journal of Systems and Software 99: 97-108 (2015).
Eoin Woods, Rabih Bashroush. Using an Architecture Description Language to Model a Large-Scale Information System - An Industrial Experience Report, Joint 10th Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture & 6th European Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA/ECSA) 2012: 239-243.
Rabih Bashroush, Ameer Al-Nemrat and Mohammed Bachrouch. Case Study: Using ADLARS to Design and Develop a Real-Time Network Emulator, International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), 2011.
Rabih Bashroush. A NUI Based Multiple Perspective Variability Modeling CASE Tool, European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) 2010: 523-526.
Rabih Bashroush. A Scalable Multiple Perspective Variability Management CASE Tool, International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC) 2010: 295.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, T. John Brown, Wasif Gilani, Mathias Fritzsche. ALI: An Extensible Architecture Description Language for Industrial Applications, 15th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS) 2008: 297-304.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence. An Extensible ADL for Service-Oriented Architectures, Information Systems Development (ISD) 2008: 227-237.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, Thomas Brown, Charles Gillan. A Multiple Views Model for Variability Management in Software Product Lines, International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS) 2008: 101-110.
Mathias Fritzsche, Wasif Gilani, Ivor T. A. Spence, T. John Brown, Peter Kilpatrick, Rabih Bashroush. Towards Performance Related Decision Support for Model Driven Engineering of Enterprise SOA Applications, 15th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS) 2008: 57-65.
T. John Brown, Rachel Gawley, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, Charles Gillan, Rabih Bashroush. Requirements Modelling and Design Notations for Software Product Lines, International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS) 2007: 27-35.
Charles Gillan, Peter Kilpatrick, Ivor T. A. Spence, T. John Brown, Rabih Bashroush, Rachel Gawley. Challenges in the Application of Feature Modelling in Fixed Line Telecommunications, International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS) 2007: 141-148.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, T. John Brown. Towards More Flexible Architecture Description Languages for Industrial Applications, European Workshop on Software Architecture (EWSA) 2006: 212-219.
T. John Brown, Rachel Gawley, Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, Charles Gillan. Weaving Behavior into Feature Models for Embedded System Families, International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC) 2006: 52-64.
Rabih Bashroush and Ronald Perrott. Using a Software Product Line Approach in Designing Grid Services, 4th UK e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM), 2005.
Rabih Bashroush, T. John Brown, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick. ADLARS: An Architecture Description Language for Software Product Lines, 9th Annual IEEE/NASA Software Engineering Workshop (SEW) 2005: 163-173.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, T. John Brown. A generic reference software architecture for load balancing over mirrored Web servers: NaSr case study, The 3rd ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA) 2005: 132 - 135.
T. John Brown, Rabih Bashroush, Charles Gillan, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick. Feature-Guided Architecture Development for Embedded System Families, Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA) 2005: 223-226.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor Spence, Peter Kilpatrick and T.J. Brown. Deriving Product Architectures from an ADLARS Described Reference Architecture using Leopard, ACM/SIGSOFT Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE), Poster Presentation, 2004.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, T. John Brown. Towards an automated evaluation process for software architectures, IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering 2004: 54-58.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, T. John Brown. Using the NaSr architectural style to solve the broken hyperlink problem, IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications 2004: 139-143.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor T. A. Spence, Peter Kilpatrick, T. John Brown. A Network Architectural Style for Real-time Systems: NaSr, Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA) 2004: 321-324.
Rabih Bashroush, Ivor Spence, Peter Kilpatrick and T.J. Brown. A Real-time Network Emulator: ADLARS Case Study, 3rd Asia Pacific International Symposium on Information Technology, 2004.
Information Security
Daniel Schatz and Rabih Bashroush. Security predictions—A way to reduce uncertainty, Journal of Information Security and Applications, 45, 107-116 (2019).
Daniel Schatz and Rabih Bashroush. A Structural Model Approach for Assessing Information Security Value in Organizations, International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences (IJSDS), 9(4), 47-69 (2018).
Daniel Schatz and Rabih Bashroush. Corporate Information Security Investment Decisions: A Qualitative Data Analysis Approach, International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems (IJEIS), 14(2), 1-20 (2018).
Daniel Schatz, Rabih Bashroush, Julie Wall. Towards a More Representative Definition of Cyber Security, Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 12(2), Article 8 (2017).
Daniel Schatz, Rabih Bashroush. Economic valuation for information security investment: a systematic literature review, Information Systems Frontiers 19(5): 1205-1228 (2017).
Daniel Schatz, Rabih Bashroush. The impact of repeated data breach events on organisations' market value, Information & Computer Security, Vol. 24 Issue: 1, pp.73-92 (2016).
Moustafa Noureddine and Rabih Bashroush. A Provisioning Model towards OAuth 2.0 Optimization, IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems, 2011.
Moustafa Noureddine and Rabih Bashroush. A Performance Optimization Model towards OAuth 2.0 Adoption in the Enterprise, International Conference on Global Security, Safety & Sustainability (ICGS3/e-Democracy) 2011.
Nurdeen M. Ibrahim, Ameer Al-Nemrat, Hamid Jahankhani, Rabih Bashroush. Sufficiency of Windows Event Log as Evidence in Digital Forensics, International Conference on Global Security, Safety & Sustainability (ICGS3/e-Democracy) 2011: 253-262.
Fawzi Fawzi, Rabih Bashroush, Hamid Jahankhani. GSi Compliant RAS for Public Private Sector Partnership, International Conference on Global Security, Safety & Sustainability (ICGS3/e-Democracy) 2011: 67-71.
Al-Nemrat, H. Jahankhani and R. Bashroush. The Impact of Awareness of Cybercrime Law in Reducing Cybercrime, International Conference on Cybercrime, Security & Digital Forensics, 2011.
Miscellaneous
Usman Naeem, Rabih Bashroush, Richard Anthony, Muhammad Awais Azam, Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, Sin Wee Lee, Dennis Mou-Ling. Activities of daily life recognition using process representation modelling to support intention analysis, International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications 11(3): 347-371 (2015).
Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, Adel Taweel, Usman Naeem, Matthew Montebello, Rabih Bashroush, Ameer Al-Nemrat. Integration operators for generating RDF/OWL-based user defined mediator views in a grid environment, Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 43(1), 1-32 (2014).
Kingsley Okoye, Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, Usman Naeem, Rabih Bashroush, Elyes Lamine. A Semantic Rule-Based Approach Towards Process Mining for Personalised Adaptive Learning, IEEE High Performance Computing and Communications Conference (HPCC) 2014: 929-936.
Usman Naeem, Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, Rabih Bashroush, Ameer Al-Nemrat. Achieving Model Completeness for Hierarchally Structured Activities of Daily Life, International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems (PECCS) 2012: 51-57.
D. Ong, S. Khaddaj and R. Bashroush. Logical Reasoning and Decision Making, IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems, 2011.
Articles
Umaima Haider. Why future-proofing infrastructure is more important than ever, Techerati, 17 April 2020. Link
Umaima Haider. Conspicuous cloud consumption in the digital era, Techerati, 3 October 2019. Link
Umaima Haider. 2018: EU EURECA Project Achievements, Digitalisation World Magazine, December 2018. Link
Umaima Haider. Building the Capacities and Skills of Stakeholders in the Data Centre Industry, DataCentre Solutions (DCS) Europe Magazine, July 2018. Link
Rabih Bashroush. Is ageing infrastructure costing the public sector?, Mission Critical Power Magazine, Issue 16, Page 8-9, April 2018.
Rabih Bashroush. Leading Data Centre Expert contributes to new Parliamentary Report on the Future of Energy, Energy Management Magazine, Page 8, March 2018.
Rabih Bashroush. Lessons we can learn: what we can understand from the EURECA project three years since its inception, Data Centre Management (DCM) Winter Edition Magazine, Page 19, 2017.
Rabih Bashroush. Education, training and awareness: what does it really mean?, Data Centre Management (DCM) Summer Edition Magazine, Page 16-17, 2015.
Media Appearances
Emissions possible: Streaming music swells carbon footprints, AlJazeera, 28 February 2020. Link
Data centre industry needs to raise its profile to address skills gaps, says panel, Computer Weekly, 13 March 2019. Link
UEL academic honoured at computing awards, UEL News, 10 December 2018. Link
University of East London named in top 100 Breakthrough list, UEL News, 6 December 2018. Link
Helping to increase energy efficiency, MadeAtUni campaign, UK Universities, 6 December 2018. Link
Hvis Netflix var et køleskab, skulle det have energimærke D (in Danish), Politiken Newspaper, Denmark, 5 December 2018. Link
Climate change: Is your Netflix habit bad for the environment?, BBC, 12 October 2018. Link
Dividing lines: EU bid to curb server energy use has the European datacentre community split, Computer Weekly, 21 September 2018. Link
EU-backed bid to cap idle energy use by datacentre servers moves closer, Computer Weekly, 19 September 2018. Link
Wiederaufbereitung - wachsender Trend im Rechenzentrum, Colo.Community, June 2018. Link
Data Centres, GPP News Alert, Issue 70, March 2018. Link
Is ageing infrastructure costing the public sector?, Mission Critical Power, 28 March 2018. Link
Dr Rabih Bashroush is working to create a more energy efficient society, UEL News, 19 March 2018. Link
Leading data centre expert contributes to parliamentary report on the future of energy, DataCentre Solutions (DCS) Europe, 22 February 2018. Link
UEL Computing and energy expert contributes to parliamentary report on energy, UEL Research News, 21 February 2018. Link
The EURECA moment: Counting the cost of running the UK's public sector datacentres, Computer Weekly, 20 February 2018. Link
Interview about the EURECA Project, Green Digital Charter (GDC), 23 January 2018. Link
Data Centre Summit to debate key industry issues, Mission Critical Power, 30 January 2018. Link
There's a lot going on at DataCentres Ireland 2017, Electrical Review, 2 November 2017. Link
UEL's EURECA moment, edquarter, 15 July 2015. Link
IT Architects deserve the same respect as other professions, Irish Computer Society, 13 June 2014. Link