Katina Kralevska

Associate Professor

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

katinak@ntnu.no +47 73412861 +47 73592670

Elektro A, A271, Gløshaugen, O. S. Bragstads plass 2

Katina is an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology since January 2018. She was the Deputy Head of Department for 2 years, in the period 2019-2020. She received the MSc. degree in wireless and mobile communications from the Institute of Telecommunications, Ss. Cyril and Methodis University - Skopje, Macedonia, in 2012 and the Ph.D. degree from Department of Telematics, NTNU - Trondheim, Norway, in 2016.

She was a visitor in the ISN research group at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College - London, UK during autumn semester 2017.

Katina is one of the key scientists in the Digital Transformation project - Trust and Transparency in Digital Society Through Blockchain Technology, and a moderator of the monthly webinars.

She is a co-founder at MemoScale AS. MemoScale is a provider of software solutions for data protection and compression in storage systems.

Supervision of PhD students

Kashif Mehmood (supervisor), Topic: Autonomous intent-driven SLA assurance and decomposition for next generation verticals and networks
Ali Esmaeily (supervisor), Topic: Network slicing in 5G
Sahana Sridhar (co-supervisor), Topic: Codes for low-latency communication in B5G
H. V. Kalpanie Mendis (co-supervisor), Topic: 5G Network Slicing for Smart Distribution Grids
Aida Akbarzadeh (co-supervisor), Topic: Dependency based risk analysis in Cyber Physical Systems
Anton Hasselgren (co-supervisor), Topic: Building and maintaining trust in virtual care environments with blockchain
Mayank Raikwar (co-supervisor), Topic: Innovative cryptography for innovative blockchain services

Supervision of Master students

Aleksandar Nedaković, "Analysis and improvements of VerifyMed — the blockchain solution for virtualized healthcare trust relations", 2022
Sondre Sørensen Kielland, "Secure Communication with WireGuard - VPN-as-a-Service in Beyond 5G", 2022
Simen Haga, "Towards 5G network slice isolation with WireGuard and Open Source MANO", 2020
Jens-Andreas Hanssen Rensaa, "VerifyMed - Application of blockchain technology to improve trust in virtualized healthcare services", 2020
Shamim Biswas, "Enhancing the Privacy of Decentralized Identifiers with Ring Signatures", 2020
Mathias Kjølleberg Førland, "SDN - a crucial security component towards 5G", 2019
Krishna Shingala, "An alternative to the Public Key Infrastructure for the Internet of Things", 2019
Ingvild Hovdelien Midthaug, "Hadoop, and its mechanisms for reliable storage", 2018
Tewelde Degefa Assefa, "QoS performance of LTE networks with network coding", 2015

Teaching

TTM4180 Applied Networking

Fundings

H2020 EIC SME INSTRUMENT-2-2018-2020
Innovation Norway, 2016
Research Council of Norway, Program on Commercializing R&D Results (FORNY 2020), 2015
Research Council of Norway, Program on Commercializing R&D Results (FORNY 2020), 2014
NTNU Discovery, 2013
Brukerstyrt Regional Innovasjonsarena (BRIA), 2013

Publications

S. Kielland, A. Esmaeily, K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, "Secure Service Implementation with Slice Isolation and WireGuard" in Proceedings of IEEE MeditCom 2022
K. Mehmood, D. Palma, K. Kralevska, "Mission-Critical Public Safety Networking: An Intent-Driven Service Orchestration Perspective," WIN 2022 - IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2022
A. Esmaeily, K. Kralevska, T. Mahmoodi, "Slicing Scheduling for Supporting Critical Traffic in Beyond 5G," in Proceedings of IEEE CCNC 2022
A. Esmaeily, K. Kralevska, "Small-Scale 5G Testbeds for Network Slicing Deployment: A Systematic Review," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2021
K. Mehmood, H. V. K. Mendis, K. Kralevska, P. E. Heegaard, "Intent-based Network Management and Orchestration for Smart Distribution Grids," 28th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 21)
A. Hasselgren, J. H. Rensaa, K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, A. Faxvaag, "Blockchain for increased trust in virtual health care: Proof-of-concept study," Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021; 23(7):e28496
K. Mehmood, K. Kralevska, D. Palma, "Intent-driven Autonomous Network and Service Management in Future Networks: A Structured Literature Review," under review
H. V. K. Mendis, P. E. Heegaard, V. C. Giner, F. Y. Li, K. Kralevska, "Transient Performance Modelling of 5G Slicing with Mixed Numerologies for Smart Grid Traffic," in Proc. of IEEE CAMAD 2021
N. Mital, K. Kralevska, C. Ling, and D. Gündüz, "Functional Broadcast Repair of Multiple Partial Failures in Wireless Distributed Storage Systems", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory (JSAIT)
A. Hasselgren, K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, A. Faxvaag, "Medical students’ perceptions of a blockchain-based decentralized work history and credentials portfolio: Qualitative feasibility study," JMIR Formative Research. 2021 Oct 22;5(10):e33113
S. Haga, A. Esmaeily, K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, "5G Network Slice Isolation with WireGuard and Open Source MANO: A VPNaaS Proof-of-Concept," in Proc. IEEE NFV-SDN 2020
A. Hasselgren, P. K. Wan, M. Horn, K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, A. Faxvaag, "GDPR Compliance for Blockchain Applications in Healthcare," International Conference on Big Data, IOT and Blockchain (BIBC 2020)
A. Esmaeily, K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, "A Cloud-based SDN/NFV Testbed for End-to-End Network Slicing in 4G/5G," 6th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2020.
J. H. Rensaa, D. Gligoroski, K. Kralevska, A. Hasselgren, A. Faxvaag, “VerifyMed - A blockchain platform for transparent trust in virtualized healthcare: Proof-of-concept,” in Proc. of the 2nd International Electronics Communication Conference, pp. 73-80. 2020.
D. J. Vergados, K. Kralevska, Y. Jiang, and A. Michalas, "Local Voting: A New Distributed Bandwidth Reservation Algorithm for 6TiSCH Networks," Computer Networks, vol.180, pp. 107384, 2020
A. Hasselgren, K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, A. Faxvaag, "GDPR Compliant Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Health Sector," Studies in health technology and informatics, vol. 270, pp. 1293-1294, 2020
A. Hasselgren, K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, S. A. Pedersen, A. Faxvaag, "Blockchain in healthcare and health sciences – a scoping review," International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol.134, p.104040, 2020
M. Raikwar, D. Gligoroski, and K. Kralevska, "SoK of Used Cryptography in Blockchain," IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 148 550–148 575, 2019
M. Førland, K.Kralevska, M. Garau, D. Gligoroski, "Preventing DDoS with SDN in 5G," IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop on 5G Wireless Security (IEEE 5G-Security), 2019
K. Kralevska, M. Garau, M. Førland, D. Gligoroski, "Towards 5G Intrusion Detection Scenarios with OMNeT++," in Proceedings of 6th International OMNeT++ Community Summit, ser. EPiC Series in Computing, vol. 66. EasyChair, pp. 44–51, 2019
D. Gligoroski and K. Kralevska, "Expanded Combinatorial Designs as Tool to Model Network Slicing in 5G," IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 54879–54887, 2019
K. Mendis, P. Heegaard, and K. Kralevska, "5G Network Slicing for Smart Distribution Grid Operations,” 25th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2019)
N. Mital, K. Kralevska, C. Ling, and D. Gündüz, "Practical Functional Regenerating Codes for Broadcast Repair of Multiple Nodes," IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2019)
K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, R. E. Jensen, and H. Øverby, "HashTag Erasure Codes: From Theory to Practice," IEEE Transactions on Big Data, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 516-529, Dec. 2018
D. J. Vergados, K. Kralevska, A. Michalas, and D. D. Vergados, "Evaluation of HTTP/DASH Adaptation Algorithms on Vehicular Networks," Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS 2018)
N. Mital, K. Kralevska, D. Gündüz, and C. Ling, "Storage-Repair Bandwidth Trade-off for Wireless Caching with Partial Failure and Broadcast Repair," IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2018)
L. Jaccheri, S. Khodambashi, K. De Moor, O. Ozgobek, and K. Kralevska, "Who Will Be the Leaders in Top Academic Positions in Entertainment Computing?,” International Conference on Entertainment Computing Workshop (IFIP-ICEC’18)
D. Gligoroski, K. Kralevska, R. E. Jensen, and P. Simonsen, "Network Traffic Driven Storage Repair," International Journal of Big Data Intelligence, 2018
K. Kralevska and D. Gligoroski, "An Explicit Construction of Systematic MDS Codes with Small Sub-packetization for All-Node Repair," IEEE DataCom 2018
K. Kralevska, D. J. Vergados, Y. Jiang, and A. Michalas, "A Load Balancing Algorithm for Resource Allocation in IEEE 802.15.4e Networks," IEEE PerCom 2018
D. J. Vergados, N. Amelina, Y. Jiang, K. Kralevska, and O. Granichin, "Towards Optimal Distributed Node Scheduling in a Multihop Wireless Network through Local Voting," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 400-414, Jan. 2018
D. J. Vergados, N. Amelina, Y. Jiang, K. Kralevska, and O. Granichin, "Local Voting : Optimal Distributed Node Scheduling Algorithm for Multihop Wireless Networks," In IEEE Conf. on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), pp. 1014–1015, 2017
D. Gligoroski, K. Kralevska, R. E. Jensen, and P. Simonsen "Repair Duality with Locally Repairable and Locally Regenerating Codes ," IEEE DataCom 2017
K. Kralevska, "Applied Erasure Coding in Networks and Distributed Storage," Ph.D. thesis, Dec. 2016
K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, and H. Øverby, "Balanced Locally Repairable Codes," In Proceedings of 9th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing (ISTC), pp. 280-284, Sept. 2016
K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, and H. Øverby, "General Sub-packetized Access Optimal Regenerating Codes," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 1281-1284, July 2016
T. D. Assefa, K. Kralevska, and Y. Jiang, "Performance Analysis of LTE Networks with Random Network Coding," In Proceedings of 39th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), pp. 601-606, May 2016
G. Biczók, Y. Chen, K. Kralevska, and H. Øverby, "Combining Forward Error Correction and Network Coding in Bufferless Networks: a Case Study for Optical Packet Switching," IEEE 17th International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), 2016
K. Kralevska, H. Øverby, and D. Gligoroski, "Coded Packet Transport for Optical Packet/Burst Switched Networks," In Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), pp. 1 - 6, Dec. 2015
D. Gligoroski, K. Kralevska, and H. Øverby, "Minimal Header Overhead for Random Linear Network Coding," In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communication Workshop (ICCW), pp. 680 - 685, June 2015
K. Kralevska, H. Øverby, and D. Gligoroski, "Joint Balanced Source and Network Coding," 22nd Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), Telecommunication Society 2014, ISBN 978-1-4799-6190-0, pp. 589-592
D. Gligoroski and K. Kralevska, "Families of Optimal Binary Non-MDS Erasure Codes," IEEE Proceedings on International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), ISBN 978-1-4799-5186-4, pp. 3150-3154, 2014
K. Kralevska, Z. Hadzi-Velkov, and H. Øverby, "Asymptotic Performance of Bidirectional Dual-Hop Amplify-and-Forward Systems," Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 231, pp. 283-289, 2014
K. Kralevska, D. Gligoroski, and H. Øverby, "Balanced XOR-ed Coding," Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8115, pp. 161-172, 2013
K. Kralevska and Z. Hadzi-Velkov, "Asymptotic Performance of Amplify-and-Forward Relay Systems with On-off Relaying," Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol. 150, pp. 119-127, 2012

Patents

Systematic coding technique for erasure correction, US Patent App. 16/065,478 (granted)
Systematic coding technique, GB Patent 2,538,110 B (granted)
Systematic coding technique for distributed storage systems, WO Patent 2016180727A1 (granted)
Network coding over gf (2), US Patent App. 14/902,251 (granted)
Systematic coding technique, US Patent 9,430,443 (granted)
Coding in galois fields with reduced complexity, US Patent WO2015197413A1 (granted)
Network coding over gf (2), US Patent App. 20160373210A1 (granted)
Locally Repairable Erasure Codes, Application No. GB1608441.0 (pending)
Regenerating - Locally Repairable Codes, Application No. GB1613575.8 (pending)
Regenerating - Locally Repairable Codes, Application No. GB1616704.1 (pending)