SPIROS BAKIRAS (PhD EE, USC)
Assistant Professor
Book chapters

N. Mamoulis, S. Bakiras, and P. Kalnis, “Top-k OLAP queries using augmented spatial access methods,” in Encyclopedia of GIS, Springer, pp. 1156-1161, 2008.


Journal papers

S. Bakiras, F. Wang, D. Papadias, and M. Hamdi, “ Vertical dimensioning: A novel DRR implementation for efficient fair queueing,” in Computer Communications, 31(14):3476-3484, September 2008.

M. L. Yiu, N. Mamoulis, and S. Bakiras, “Retrieval of spatial join pattern instances from sensor networks,” in GeoInformatica, to appear.

Z. Zhu, P. Kalnis, and S. Bakiras, “DCMP: A distributed cycle minimization protocol for peer-to-peer networks,” in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 19(3):363-377, March 2008.

K. Mouratidis, D. Papadias, S. Bakiras, and Y. Tao, “A threshold-based algorithm for continuous monitoring of k nearest neighbors,” in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), 17(11):1451-1464, November 2005.

S. Bakiras, T. Loukopoulos, D. Papadias, and I. Ahmad, “Adaptive schemes for distributed web caching,” in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), 65(12):1483-1496, December 2005.

S. Bakiras and T. Loukopoulos, “Combining replica placement and caching techniques in content distribution networks,” in Computer Communications, 28(9):1062-1073, June 2005.

S. Bakiras and V. O. K. Li, “A scalable architecture for end-to-end QoS provisioning,” in Computer Communications, 27(13):1330-1340, August 2004.

S. Bakiras and V. O. K. Li, “Maximizing the number of users in an interactive video-on-demand system,” in IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 48(4):281-292, December 2002.


Conference proceedings

N. Vyahhi, S. Bakiras, P. Kalnis, and G. Ghinita, “Tracking moving objects in anonymized trajectories,” in Proc. International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA), September 2008.

M. L. Yiu, N. Mamoulis, and S. Bakiras, “Retrieval of spatial join pattern instances from sensor networks,” in Proc. International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM), July 2007.

K. Mouratidis, S. Bakiras, and D. Papadias, “Continuous monitoring of top-k queries over sliding windows,” in Proc. ACM International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD), pp. 635-646, June 2006.

P. Kalnis, N. Mamoulis, S. Bakiras, and X. Li, “Ad-hoc distributed spatial joins on mobile devices,” in Proc. IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 2006.

N. Mamoulis, S. Bakiras, and P. Kalnis, “Evaluation of top-k OLAP queries using aggregate R-trees,” in Proc. International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases (SSTD), pp. 236-253, August 2005.

P. Kalnis, N. Mamoulis, and S. Bakiras, “On discovering moving clusters in spatio-temporal data,” in Proc. International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases (SSTD), pp. 364-381, August 2005.

M. Terrovitis, S. Bakiras, D. Papadias, and K. Mouratidis, “Constrained shortest path computation,” in Proc. International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases (SSTD), pp. 181-199, August 2005.

S. Bakiras, “Approximate server selection algorithms in content distribution networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 1490-1494, May 2005.

S. T. Goh, P. Kalnis, S. Bakiras, and K. L. Tan, “Real datasets for file-sharing peer-to-peer systems,” in Proc. International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA), pp. 201-213, April 2005.

S. Bakiras and T. Loukopoulos, “Increasing the performance of CDNs using replication and caching: A hybrid approach, ” in Proc. IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 2005.

P. K. C. Tse, S. Bakiras, and K. K. Wong, “On providing QoS guarantees for real-time multimedia streams,” in Proc. International Conference on Advances in Mobile Multimedia, September 2004.

N. Mamoulis, P. Kalnis, S. Bakiras, and X. Li, “Optimization of spatial joins on mobile devices,” in Proc. International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases (SSTD), pp. 233-251, July 2003.

S. Bakiras, T. Loukopoulos, and I. Ahmad, “Dynamic organization schemes for cooperative proxy caching,” in Proc. IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), pp. 48-55, April 2003.

S. Bakiras, P. Kalnis, T. Loukopoulos, and W. S. Ng, “A general framework for searching in distributed data repositories,” in Proc. IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), pp. 34-41, April 2003.

S. Bakiras and V. O. K. Li, “Efficient resource management for end-to-end QoS guarantees in DiffServ networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 1220-1224, April 2002.

S. Bakiras and V. O. K. Li, “Quality of service support in differentiated services packet networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 2370-2374, June 2001.

S. Bakiras and V. O. K. Li, “Maximizing Network Utilization for Streaming Video,” in Proc. Asia Pacific Conference on Multimedia Technology and Applications, pp. 27-35, December 2000.

S. Bakiras and V. O. K. Li, “Smoothing and prefetching video from distributed servers,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), pp. 311-318, October 1999.