Eder John Scheid

Eder John Scheid holds a PhD by the University of Zurich (UZH). His PhD thesis was entitled "An Intent-based Blockchain-agnostic Interaction Environment". He is a Research Assistant at the Communication Systems Group (CSG) since December 2017. Further, Eder holds an MSc. Degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of the Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), which he obtained in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville. His master's thesis was entitled "INSpIRE: an Integrated NFV-baSed. Intent Refinement Environment".  

Please check here to see list of open thesis (BA,MA,MP,... ). If you are interested to work on a project in the list mentioned above or any other project related to my research area feel free to contact me.

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
Policy-based Network Management (PBNM)
Intent-based Networking (IBN)
Blockchain / Smart Contracts

HS 22

• 3665/3666 - Seminar: Internet Economics

FS 22

• BINF4240 - Computer Engineering and Software Systems (CESS)
• BINFS128/MINFS528 - Seminar: Communication Systems

HS 21

• 2740/2741 - Seminar: Internet Economics

FS 21

• 3041 - Blockchains and Overlay Networks
• 3114/3064 - Seminar: Communication Systems

HS 20

• 0518 - Computer Engineering and Communication Networks (CECN)
• 2740/2741 - Seminar: Internet Economics

FS 20

• 534 - Blockchains and Overlay Networks
• 3027/3028 - Seminar: Communication Systems

HS 19

• 0758 - Computer Engineering and Communication Networks (CECN)
• 3395/3396 - Seminar: Internet Economics

FS 19

• 1312 - Blockchains and Overlay Networks
• 3378/3379 - Seminar: Communication Systems

HS 18

• 3829 - Computer Engineering and Communication Networks (CECN)

FS 18

• 1237 - Blockchains and Overlay Networks
• 3206/3207 - Seminar: Communication Systems

• 2022
  • [Full Paper] Scheid, E. J., Franco, M. F., Kuffer, F., Kubler, N., Kiechl, F., Stiller, B.: VeNiCE: Enabling Automatic VNF Management based on Smart Contract Events; 47th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2022), Edmonton, Canada, September 2022, pp 98–105. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9843597
  • [Journal] Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Willems, J., Tornow, M., Müller, K. O. E., Stiller, B., FusIon Data Tracking System (FITS), IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9852970
  • [Journal] Killer, C., Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Franco, M. F, Stiller, B.; Blockchain-based Voting Considered Harmful?, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2022  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9790326/
  • [Journal] Ribeiro, R. H.; Jacobs, A. S.; Zembruzki, L.; Parizotto, R.; Scheid, E. J.; Schaeffer-Filho, A. E.; Granville, L. Zambenedetti; Stiller, B. A Deterministic Approach for Extracting Network Security Intents. Elsevier Computer Networks. Vol. 214. 2022. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389128622002389
  • [Full Paper] von der Assen, J., Franco, M. Killer, C., Scheid, E. J., Stiller, B.: CoReTM: An Approach Enabling Cross-Functional Collaborative Threat Modeling; IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience, Virtually, Europe, July 2022, pp 1–8. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9850283
  • [Full Paper] Franco, M., Sula, E., Huertas, A., Scheid, E. J.,  Granville, L. Z., Stiller, B.: SecRiskAI: a Machine Learning-based Approach for Cybersecurity Risk Prediction in Businesses; 24th IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2022, pp 1–10.
  • [Short Paper] Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Willems, J., Stiller, B., PMD-Track: Portable Medical Devices’ Real-time Inventory and Tracking, 2022 17th Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services Conference (WONS), Oppdal, Norway, March 2022, pp. 1-4. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9764549
• 2021
  • [Journal] Scheid, E. J., Rodrigues, B., Stiller, B.: Policy-based Blockchain Selection; IEEE, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 59, No. 10, November 2021, pp 48–54. URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9627823.
  • [Full Paper] Franco, M., von der Assen, J., Boillat, L., Killer, C., Rodrigues, B., Scheid E. J., Granville, L., Stiller, B.: SecGrid: A Visual System for the Analysis and ML-Based Classification of Cyberattack Traffic; IEEE 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2021), Virtually, Edmonton, Canada, October 2021, pp. 1–8. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9524932
  • [Journal] Franco, M., Rodrigues, B., Killer, C., Scheid, E. J., De Carli, A., Gassmann, A., Schoenbaechler, D., Stiller, B.: WeTrace: a Privacy-preserving Tracing Approach; KICKS and IEEE ComSoc, Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), Special Issue on Communications and Networking Approaches for Combatting COVID-19, October 2021, pp. 1–16 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9519581
  • [Short Paper] Mueller, L., Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Franco, M, Killer, C., Stiller, B.: LaFlector: A Privacy-Preserving LiDAR-Based Approach for Accurate Indoor Tracking; IEEE 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2021), Virtually, Edmonton, Canada, October 2021, pp. 1–4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389128622002389
  • [Full Paper] Scheid, E. J., Kiechl, P., Franco, M., Rodrigues B., Killer C., Stiller, B.: Security and Standardization of a Notary-based Blockchain Interoperability API; International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2021), November 2021, Tartu, Estonia. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9656961
  • [Book Chapter] Scheid, E. J., Rodrigues B., Killer, C., Franco, M., Rafati, S., Stiller, B.: Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers Uncovered: Clarifications, Achievements, and Open Issues; in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology book series (IFIP AICT), Vol 600. Cham, Switzerland, August 2021, ISBN 978-3-030-81701-5, pp. 289-317. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-81701-5_12
  • [Poster] Franco, M., von der Assen, J., Boillta, L., Killer, C., Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Granville, L., Stiller, B.: Poster: DDoSGrid: a Platform for the Post-mortem Analysis and Visualization of DDoS Attacks ; IFIP Networking 2021, June 2021, Espoo, Finland https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9472850
  • [Poster] Ribeiro, R., Rodrigues, B., Killer, C., Baumann, L., Franco M., Scheid, E. J., Stiller B.: ASIMOV: A Fully Passive WiFi Device Tracking; IFIP Networking 2021, June 2021, Espoo, Finland https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9472786
  • [Full Paper] Scheid, E. J., Knecht, A., Strasser, T., Killer C., Franco, M., Rodrigues B., Stiller, B.: Edge2BC: a Practical Approach for Edge-to-Blockchain IoT Transactions; IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2021), May 2021, Darlinghurst, Australia. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9461150
  • [Full Paper] Killer, C., Knecht, M., Müller, C., Rodrigues B., Scheid, E. J., Franco M., Stiller B.: Æternum: A Decentralized Voting System with Unconditional Privacy; IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2021),  May 2021, Darlinghurst, Australia https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9461101
  • [Tutorial] Killer, C., Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Franco, M., Stiller, B.: Blockchain-based Remote Electronic Voting from Theory to Practice; IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2021), May 2021, Virtually, Bordeaux, France, Bordeoux, France.
  • [Full Paper] Rodrigues, B., Halter C., Franco, M., Scheid, E. J.,  Killer, C., Stiller, B.: BluePIL: a Bluetooth-based Passive Indoor Localization Method; IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2021), May 2021, Virtually, Bordeaux, France https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9463990
• 2020
  • [Full Paper] Scheid, E. J, Widmer P., Rodrigues B., Franco M., Stiller B. A Controlled Natural Language to Support Intent-based Blockchain Selection; IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2020), 3-6 May 2020, Toronto, Canada. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9169473
  • [Full Paper] Franco, M., Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Jacobs, A., Killer, C.,  Granville, L., Stiller B.: SecBot: a Business-Driven Conversational Agent for Cybersecurity Planning and Management; 16th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM 2020), Mini Conference, Izmir, Turkey, November 2020, pp. 1–7. Link
  • [Journal] Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Killer, C., Franco, M., Stiller, B.: Blockchain Signaling System (BloSS): Cooperative Signaling of Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks; Journal of Network and Systems Management, Springer Nature, August, 2020, pp. 1-37.
  • [Poster] Rodrigues B., Trendafilov S., Scheid, E. J., Stiller. B. SC-FLARE: Cooperative DDoS Signaling based on Smart Contracts. IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2020), 3-6 May 2020, Toronto, Canada. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9169750
  • [Full Paper] Scheid, E. J., Lakic, D., Rodrigues, B., Stiller, B. PleBeuS: a Policy-based Blockchain Selection Framework. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2020). 20-24 April 2020. Budapest, Hungary. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9110386
  • [Tutorial] Rodrigues, B., Scheid E. J., Stiller B. Blockchains in the Age of Softwarization – Hands-on Experiences with Programming Smart Contracts and Their Security Pitfalls. IFIP/IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2020). 20-24 April 2020. Budapest, Hungary.
  • [Full Paper] Franco, M., Sula, E., Rodrigues, B., Scheid, E. J., Stiller, B.:  ProtectDDoS: a Platform for Trustworthy Offering and Recommendation of Protections; International Conference on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Software and Services (GECON 2020), Izola, Slovenia, September 15-17, 2020.
  • [Full Paper] Franco M., Bucher, M., Scheid, E. J., Granville, L., Stiller, B.: GENEVIZ: A Visual Tool for Construction and Blockchain-based Validation of SFC; 16th International Conference on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services (GECON 2019), Leeds, UK, September 17-19, 2019, pp. 15-28. Link
  • [Full Paper] Killer C., Rodrigues B., Matile R., Scheid E. J., Stiller B. Design and Implementation of Cast-as-Intended Verifiability for a Blockchain-based Voting System. The 35th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC). March 30th to April 3rd, 2020. Brno, Czech Republic. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3341105.3373884
  • [Book Chapter] Rodrigues, B., Franco M., Scheid E. J., Stiller B., Kanhere S.: A Technology-driven Overview on Blockchain-based Academic Certificate Handling; in: Ramesh Sharma, Hakan Yildirim, Gulsun Meric (Edt.), "Blockchain Technology Applications in Education", IGI Global, Pensilvania, U.S.A, January 2020, ISBN 978-1-522-59478-9, pp 1–290. https://www.igi-global.com/book/blockchain-technology-applications-education/221313
• 2019
  • [Full Paper] Scheid, E. J., Hegnauer T., Rodrigues, B., Stiller, B. Bifröst: a Modular Blockchain Interoperability API. 44th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019). October 14-17. Osnabrück, Germany. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8990860
  • [WiP Paper]  Scheid, E. J.,  Keller, M., Franco, M. F., Stiller B., BUNKER: A Blockchain-based trUsted VNF pacKagE Repository. 16th International Conference on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services (GECON 2019), 17-19 September. Leeds, UK. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-36027-6_16
  • [Full paper] Scheid, E. J., Rodrigues, B., Granville, L., Stiller, B. Enabling Dynamic SLA Compensation Using Blockchain-based Smart Contracts. 16th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2019). 8-12 April. Washington DC, USA . https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8717859
  • [Short paper] Scheid, E. J., Rodrigues, B., Stiller, B. Toward a Policy-based Blockchain Agnostic Framework. 16th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2019). 8-12 April. Washington DC, USA . https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8717826
  • [Experience paper] Rodrigues, B., Eisenring, L., Scheid E., Bocek, T., Stiller, B. Evaluating a Blockchain-based Cooperative Defense. 16th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2019). 8-12 April. Washington DC, USA . https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8717792
  • [Full Paper] Franco, M., Scheid, E. J., Granville, L., Stiller, B.: BRAIN: Blockchain-based Reverse Auction for Infrastructure Supply in Virtual Network Functions-as-a-Service; IFIP Networking 2019, Warshaw, Poland, May 20-22, pp. 1-9. Link
  • [Tutorial] Rodrigues,  Scheid E., Stiller, B. Information Management in the Blockchain Era Challenges and Opportunities. 16th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2019). 8-12 April. Washington DC, USA .
  • [Tutorial] Rodrigues. B., Scheid, E., Blum, R., Bocek, T., Stiller, B., Blockchain and Smart Contracts – From Theory to Practice. IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 19). 14-17 May. Seul, South Korea. Link
  • [Book chapter] Rodrigues. B., Franco, M., Scheid, E., Kanhere, S. S., Stiller, B. A Technology-driven Overview on Blockchain-based Academic Certificate Handling. IGI Global. 2019. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/a-technology-driven-overview-on-blockchain-based-academic-certificate-handling/249892
  • [Article] L. Bondan, M. F. Franco, L. Marcuzzo, G. Venancio, R. L. Santos, R. J. Pfitscher, E. J. Scheid, B. Stiller, F. De Turck, E. P. Duarte, A. E. Schaeffer-Filho, C. R. P.d. Santos, and L. Z. Granville. FENDE: Marketplace-Based Distribution, Execution, and Life Cycle Management of VNFs. IEEE Communications Magazine, 57(1):13-19, January 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.1800507
• 2018
  • [PhD Track] Scheid, E. J., & Stiller, B. (2018). Leveraging Smart Contracts for Automatic SLA Compensation–The Case of NFV Environments. In Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS 2018), IFIP International Conference on (pp. 70-75). http://www.aims-conference.org/2018/AIMS-2018-Proceedings.pdf
  • [Full Paper] Pfitscher, R. J., Jacobs, A. S., Scheid, E. J., Franco, M. F., dos Santos, R. L., Schaeffer-Filho, A. E., & Granville, L. Z. (2018, April). A model for quantifying performance degradation in virtual network function service chains. In NOMS 2018-2018 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.2018.8406268
  • [Full Paper] Jacobs, A. S., Pfitscher, R. J., dos Santos, R. L., Franco, M. F., Scheid, E. J., & Granville, L. Z. (2018, April). Artificial neural network model to predict affinity for virtual network functions. In NOMS 2018-2018 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium. IEEE.  https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.2018.8406253
  • [Workshop Paper] Gresch J., Rodrigues B., Scheid E.,  Kenhere S. S., Stiller B.  The Proposal of a Blockchain-based Architecture for Transparent Certificate Handling. BSCT 2018: 1st Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contract Technologies. Berlin, Germany, July 18, 2018. To appear.
  • [Short Paper] Mannhart S., Rodrigues B., Scheid E., Kanhere S. S., Stiller B. Towards Mitigation-as-a-Service in Cooperative Network Defenses. The 3rd IEEE Cyber-Science and Technology Congress. To appear.
• 2017
  • [Full Paper] Scheid, E. J., Machado, C. C., Franco, M. F., dos Santos, R. L., Pfitscher, R. P., Schaeffer-Filho, A. E., & Granville, L. Z. (2017, May). INSpIRE: Integrated NFV-baSed Intent Refinement Environment. In Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on (pp. 186-194). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/INM.2017.7987279
  • [Full Paper] Jacobs, A. S., do Santos, R. L., Franco, M. F., Scheid, E. J., Pfitscher, R. J., & Granville, L. Z. (2017, May). Affinity measurement for NFV-enabled networks: A criteria-based approach. In Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on (pp. 125-133). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/INM.2017.7987272
  • [Demo] Jacobs, A. S., do Santos, R. L., Franco, M. F., Scheid, E. J., Pfitscher, R. J., & Granville, L. Z. (2017, May). AMNESiA: Affinity measurement platform for NFV-enabled networks. In Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on (pp. 899-900). IEEE.
  • [Full Paper] Franco, M. F., dos Santos, R. L., Cava, R., Scheid, E. J., Pfitscher, R. J., Freitas, C. D. S., & Granville, L. Z. (2017, March). Interactive visualizations for planning and strategic business decisions in nfv-enabled networks. In Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2017 IEEE 31st International Conference on (pp. 492-499). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/aina.2017.103
  • [Full Paper] dos Santos, R. L., Franco, M. F., Scheid, E. J., Pfitscher, R. J., Granville, L. Z., & Tarouco, L. M. R. (2017, March). iMPROVE: Enhancing the Introduction of Services on Programmable Virtual Networks. In Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2017 IEEE 31st International Conference on (pp. 500-507). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/aina.2017.113
• 2016
  • [Full Paper] Scheid, E. J., Machado, C. C., dos Santos, R. L., Schaeffer-Filho, A. E., & Granville, L. Z. (2016, June). Policy-based dynamic service chaining in Network Functions Virtualization. In Computers and Communication (ISCC), 2016 IEEE Symposium on (pp. 340-345). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISCC.2016.7543763
  • [Full Paper] Pfitscher, R. J., Scheid, E. J., dos Santos, R. L., Obelheiro, R. R., Pillon, M. A., Schaeffer-Filho, A. E., & Granville, L. Z. (2016, June). DReAM-a distributed result-aware monitor for Network Functions Virtualization. In 2016 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication (ISCC) (pp. 663-668). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISCC.2016.7543813
• 2012
  • [Journal Article] Scheid, E. J., Minato, L. H., de Oliveira Stein, B., & Charão, A. S. (2012). Cloud computing with Google Apps for education: An experience report. Journal of Applied Computing Research, 2(2), 60-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.4013/jacr.2012.22.01