Adnan Ashraf Research Associate, Information Technology common Email: adnan.ashraf@abo.fi ORCID ID

Peer-reviewed publications

A4 Conference proceedings Exhaustive Simulation and Test Generation Using fUML Activity Diagrams (2019) Iqbal Junaid, Ashraf Adnan, Truscan Dragos, Porres Ivan Springer, Cham View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Exploratory Performance Testing Using Reinforcement Learning: (2019) Tanwir Ahmad, Adnan Ashraf, Dragos Truscan, Ivan Porres IEEE View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings MATERA2-AlfTester: An Exhaustive Simulation and Test Generation Tool for fUML Models: (2019) Iqbal Junaid, Ashraf Adnan, Truscan Dragos, Porres Ivan. IEEE View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings MegaM@Rt2 Project: Mega-Modelling at Runtime - Intermediate Results and Research Challenges (2019) Sadovykh A, Truscan D, Afzal W, Bruneliere H, Ashraf A, Gómez A, Espinosa A, Widforss G, Pierini P, Fourneret E, Bagnato A Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer View on publisher's site

A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review Model-based testing using UML activity diagrams: A systematic mapping study (2019) Ahmad Tanwir, Iqbal Junaid, Ashraf Adnan,Truscan Dragos, Porres Ivan Computer Science Review View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings On the Use of Hackathons to Enhance Collaboration in Large Collaborative Projects: A Preliminary Case Study of the MegaM@Rt2 EU Project (2019) Andrey Sadovykh, Dragos Truscan, Pierluigi Pierini, Gunnar Widforss, Adnan Ashraf, Hugo Bruneliere, Pavel Smrz, Alessandra Bagnato, Wasif Afzal, Alexandra Espinosa Hortelano

A4 Conference proceedings On the Use of Hackathons to Enhance Collaboration in Large Collaborative Projects (2019) Sadovykh Andrey, Truscan Dragos, Pierini Pierluigi, Widforss Gunnar, Ashraf Adnan, Bruneliere Hugo, Smrz Pavel, Bagnato Alessandra, Afzal Wasif, Espinosa Hortelano Alexandra

A4 Conference proceedings A Systematic Mapping Study on API Documentation Generation Approaches (2018) Kristian Nybom, Adnan Ashraf, Ivan Porres IEEE View on publisher's site

A1 Journal article (refereed) Distributed virtual machine consolidation: A systematic mapping study (2018) Adnan Ashraf, Benjamin Byholm, Ivan Porres Computer Science Review View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Integrating Learning, Optimization, and Prediction for Efficient Navigation of Swarms of Drones (2018) Amin Majd, Adnan Ashraf, Elena Troubitsyna, Masoud Daneshtalab IEEE View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Model-Based System Engineering in Practice: Document Generation - MegaM@Rt2 Project Experience (2018) Andrey Sadovykh, Adnan Ashraf, Alessandra Bagnato, Dragos Truscan, Pierluigi Pierini, Hugo Bruneliere, Orlando Avila-Carcia, Wasif Afzal ACM View on publisher's site

A1 Journal article (refereed) Multi-Objective Dynamic Virtual Machine Consolidation in the Cloud Using Ant Colony System (2018) Adnan Ashraf, Ivan Porres International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Using Optimization, Learning, and Drone Reflexes to Maximize Safety of Swarms of Drones (2018) Amin Majd, Adnan Ashraf, Elena Troubitsyna, Masoud Daneshtalab IEEE View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Towards a Realtime, Collision-Free Motion Coordination and Navigation System for a UAV Fleet (2017) Adnan Ashraf, Amin Majd, Elena Troubitsyna ACM View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings On Optimization of Test Parallelization with Constraints (2016) Masoumeh Parsa, Adnan Ashraf, Dragos Truscan, Ivan Porres CEUR Workshop Proceedings CEUR-WS.org

A1 Journal article (refereed) Prediction-Based VM Provisioning and Admission Control for Multi-Tier Web Applications (2016) Adnan Ashraf, Benjamin Byholm, Ivan Porres Journal of Cloud Computing View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings A Multi-Objective ACS Algorithm to Optimize Cost, Performance, and Reliability in the Cloud (2015) Adnan Ashraf, Benjamin Byholm, Ivan Porres ACM View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Cost-Efficient, Utility-Based Caching of Expensive Computations in the Cloud (2015) Benjamin Byholm, Fareed Jokhio, Adnan Ashraf, Sébastien Lafond, Johan Lilius, Ivan Porres IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (CPS) View on publisher's site

A1 Journal article (refereed) Using Ant Colony System to Consolidate VMs for Green Cloud Computing (2015) Fahimeh Farahnakian, Adnan Ashraf, Tapio Pahikkala, Pasi Liljeberg, Juha Plosila, Ivan Porres, Hannu Tenhunen IEEE Transactions on Services Computing View on publisher's site

G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) Cost-Efficient Virtual Machine Management: Provisioning, Admission Control, and Consolidation (2014) Adnan Ashraf

A4 Conference proceedings Energy-Aware Dynamic VM Consolidation in Cloud Data Centers Using Ant Colony System (2014) Farahnakian F, Ashraf A, Liljeberg P, Pahikkala T, Plosila J, Porres I, Tenhunen H IEEE View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Using Ant Colony System to Consolidate Multiple Web Applications in a Cloud Environment (2014) Adnan Ashraf, Ivan Porres IEEE computer society press

A4 Conference proceedings A Computation and Storage Trade-Off Strategy for Cost-Efficient Video Transcoding in the Cloud (2013) Fareed Jokhio, Adnan Ashraf, Sébastien Lafond, Johan Lilius IEEE View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Cost-Efficient Virtual Machine Provisioning for Multi-tier Web Applications and Video Transcoding (2013) Adnan Ashraf IEEE View on publisher's site

C2 Edited book Developing Cloud Software: Algorithms, Applications, and Tools (2013) Ivan Porres, Tommi Mikkonen, Adnan Ashraf TUCS general publications

A3 Book section, Chapters in research books Introduction to Cloud Computing Technologies (2013) Adnan Ashraf, Mikko Hartikainen, Usman Hassan, Keijo Heljanko, Johan Lilius, Tommi Mikkonen, Ivan Porres, Mahbubul Syeed, Sasu Tarkoma TUCS general publications

A4 Conference proceedings Prediction-Based Dynamic Resource Allocation for Video Transcoding in Cloud Computing (2013) Fareed Jokhio, Adnan Ashraf, Sébastien Lafond, Ivan Porres, Johan Lilius Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing IEEE View on publisher's site

A3 Book section, Chapters in research books Prediction-Based Virtual Machine Provisioning and Admission Control for Multi-Tier Web Applications (2013) Adnan Ashraf, Benjamin Byholm, Ivan Porres TUCS general publications

A3 Book section, Chapters in research books Proactive Virtual Machine Allocation for Video Transcoding in the Cloud (2013) Fareed Jokhio, Adnan Ashraf, Tewodros Deneke, Sebastien Lafond, Ivan Porres, Johan Lilius TUCS general publications

A4 Conference proceedings Stream-Based Admission Control and Scheduling for Video Transcoding in Cloud Computing (2013) Adnan Ashraf, Fareed Jokhio, Tewodros Deneke, Sébastien Lafond, Ivan Porres, Johan Lilius IEEE View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings A Session-Based Adaptive Admission Control Approach for Virtualized Application Servers (2012) Ashraf A, Byholm B, Porres I IEEE Computer Society

A4 Conference proceedings Cost-Efficient Resource Allocation for Multi-Tier Web Applications in a Cloud Environment (2012) Adnan Ashraf Institute for Systems Engineering and Automation, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

A4 Conference proceedings CRAMP: Cost-Efficient Resource Allocation for Multiple Web Applications with Proactive Scaling (2012) Ashraf A, Byholm B, Porres I IEEE View on publisher's site

A4 Conference proceedings Feedback Control Algorithms to Deploy and Scale Multiple Web Applications per Virtual Machine (2012) Ashraf A, Byholm B, Lehtinen J, Porres I IEEE View on publisher's site

A1 Journal article (refereed) Designing IDE as a Service (2011) Timo Aho, Adnan Ashraf, Marc Englund, Joni Katajamäki, Johannes Koskinen, Janne Lautamäki, Antti Nieminen, Ivan Porres, Ilkka Turunen Communications of the Cloud Software

A4 Conference proceedings Towards Automatic Performance and Scalability Testing of Rich Internet Applications in the Cloud (2011) Niclas Snellman, Adnan Ashraf, Ivan Porres IEEE View on publisher's site

Other publications

D4 Published development or research report or study A Systematic Mapping Study on Tools for API Documentation Generation (2017) Kristian Nybom, Adnan Ashraf, Ivan Porres View on publisher's site

D4 Published development or research report or study Distributed Virtual Machine Consolidation: A Systematic Mapping Study (2016) Adnan Ashraf, Benjamin Byholm, Ivan Porres

D4 Published development or research report or study Towards a Multi-Objective ACS Algorithm to Optimize Cost, Performance, and Reliability in the Cloud (2015) Adnan Ashraf, Benjamin Byholm, Ivan Porres

D4 Published development or research report or study Cost-Efficient, Utility-Based Caching of Expensive Computations in the Cloud (2014) Benjamin Byholm, Fareed Jokhio, Adnan Ashraf, Sébastien Lafond, Johan Lilius, Ivan Porres

D4 Published development or research report or study Cost-Efficient Dynamically Scalable Video Transcoding in Cloud Computing (2013) Fareed Jokhio, Adnan Ashraf, Sébastien Lafond, Ivan Porres, Johan Lilius