Francine Krief

Francine Krief is a Professor with extensive research in network management, QoS optimization, and context-aware security across cognitive radio networks, IoT, and vehicular systems. Her work integrates blockchain and fuzzy logic for secure, efficient resource allocation.

• Key Research Areas: Network Security, Cognitive Radio, IoT, Edge Computing
• Collaborations: Active partnerships with researchers like Mohamed Aymen Chalouf, Badr Benmammar, and Tidiane Sylla

Publication Trends: Over the past decade, Krief has focused on blockchain applications in IoT security (2021), energy-efficient cognitive radio (2019), and SDN-based vehicular networks (2019). Recent work (2025) addresses user-centric IoT service placement in edge infrastructures.