Marija Furdek Prekratic

Associate Professor at Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Marija works in the research unit Optical Networks. Her expertise lies in optical network design and optimization, with an emphasis on physical-layer security and resilience. She strives to develop secure, cognitive and autonomous communication networks. As (co)PI and WP/task leader, Marija participated in several Swedish and international scientific projects with collaborators from industry and academia. She co-authored 100+ scientific publications in international journals and conferences, 5 of which received best paper awards. She is a Senior Member of IEEE and Optica (formerly OSA).

Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/marija-furdek/home

Source: chalmers.se
Image of Marija Furdek Prekratic

Showing 60 publications

2024

Programmable Filterless Optical Networks: Architecture, Design and Resource Allocation

Ehsan Etezadi, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Christine Tremblay et al
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. Vol. 32 (2), p. 1096-1109
Journal article
2024

Joint Fragmentation- and QoT-Aware RBMSA in Dynamic Multi-Band Elastic Optical Networks

Ehsan Etezadi, Farhad Arpanaei, Carlos Natalino Da Silva et al
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. Vol. 2024-July
Paper in proceeding
2024

Machine Learning-Based Polarization Signature Analysis for Detection and Categorization of Eavesdropping and Harmful Events

Leyla Sadighi, Stefan Karlsson, Carlos Natalino Da Silva et al
2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2024 - Proceedings
Paper in proceeding
2024

Detection and Classification of Eavesdropping and Mechanical Vibrations in Fiber Optical Networks by Analyzing Polarization Signatures Over a Noisy Environment

Leyla Sadighi, Stefan Karlsson, Carlos Natalino Da Silva et al
European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC
Paper in proceeding
2024

Machine Learning Analysis of Polarization Signatures for Distinguishing Harmful from Non-harmful Fiber Events

Leyla Sadighi, Stefan Karlsson, Lena Wosinska et al
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Paper in proceeding
2023

Cost- and energy-efficient filterless architectures for metropolitan networks

Christine Tremblay, Emile Archambault, Rodney G. Wilson et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 15 (9), p. D47-D55
Journal article
2023

Survivability Assessment of 5G Network Slicing During Massive Outages

Marija Gajic, Stanislav Lange, Trond Vatten et al
Proceedings of 2023 13th International Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling, RNDM 2023
Paper in proceeding
2023

Scalable and Efficient Pipeline for ML-based Optical Network Monitoring

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Lluis Gifre, Raul Munoz et al
2023 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2023 - Proceedings
Paper in proceeding
2023

Deep reinforcement learning for proactive spectrum defragmentation in elastic optical networks [Invited]

Ehsan Etezadi, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Renzo Diaz et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 15 (10), p. E86-E96
Journal article
2023

Demonstration of DRL-based intelligent spectrum management over a T-API-enabled optical network digital twin

Ehsan Etezadi, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Vignesh Karunakaran et al
IET Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2023 (34), p. 1730-1733
Journal article
2023

Proactive Spectrum Defragmentation Leveraging Spectrum Occupancy State Information

Ehsan Etezadi, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Renzo Diaz et al
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. Vol. 2023-July
Paper in proceeding
2023

A Flexible and Scalable ML-Based Diagnosis Module for Optical Networks: A Security Use Case

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Lluis Gifre, Francisco-Javier Moreno-Muro et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 15 (8), p. C155-C165
Journal article
2022

Agile Metropolitan Filterless Optical Networking

Christine Tremblay, Emile Archambault, Rodney G. Wilson et al
Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, FNWF 2022, p. 113-116
Paper in proceeding
2022

Root Cause Analysis for Autonomous Optical Network Security Management

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Marco Schiano, Andrea Di Giglio et al
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. Vol. 19 (3), p. 2702-2713
Journal article
2022

Machine learning for network security management, attacks, and intrusions detection

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva
Machine Learning for Future Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, p. 317-336
Book chapter
2022

Microservice-Based Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Loop for Optical Networks

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Carlos Manso, Lluis Gifre et al
2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2022 - Proceedings
Paper in proceeding
2022

Linear Regression vs. Deep Learning for Signal Quality Monitoring in Coherent Optical Systems

Yuchuan Fan, Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs et al
IEEE Photonics Journal. Vol. 14 (4)
Journal article
2022

Design and Reliability Performance of Wireless Backhaul Networks Under Weather-Induced Correlated Failures

Forough Yaghoubi, Marija Furdek Prekratic, Ahmad Rostami et al
IEEE Transactions on Reliability. Vol. 71 (2), p. 616-629
Journal article
2022

Feedforward Neural Network-Based EVM Estimation: Impairment Tolerance in Coherent Optical Systems

Yuchuan Fan, Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs et al
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. Vol. 28 (4)
Journal article
2022

Editorial Introduction to JSTQE Special Issue on Machine Learning in Photonic Communication and Measurement Systems

D. Zibar, Sergei Turitsyn, Bahram Jalali et al
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. Vol. 28 (4)
Other text in scientific journal
2022

DeepDefrag: A deep reinforcement learning framework for spectrum defragmentation

Ehsan Etezadi, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Renzo Diaz et al
2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2022 - Proceedings, p. 3694-3699
Paper in proceeding
2022

EVM Estimation for Performance Monitoring in Coherent Optical Systems: An Approach of Linear Regression

Yuchuan Fan, Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs et al
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Paper in proceeding
2022

Introduction to the ONDM 2021 special issue

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Paolo Monti, Carmen Mas Machuca et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 14 (5), p. ONDM1-ONDM2
Other text in scientific journal
2022

A Comparison of Linear Regression and Deep Learning Model for EVM Estimation in Coherent Optical Systems

Yuchuan Fan, Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs et al
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Paper in proceeding
2021

Deep Learning Assisted Pre-Carrier Phase Recovery EVM Estimation for Coherent Transmission Systems

Yuchuan Fan, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Xiaodan Pang et al
2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Proceedings
Paper in proceeding
2021

Laser Linewidth Tolerant EVM Estimation Approach for Intelligent Signal Quality Monitoring Relying on Feedforward Neural Networks

Yuchuan Fan, Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs et al
European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC
Paper in proceeding
2021

Experimental validation of CNNs versus FFNNs for time- And energy-efficient EVM estimation in coherent optical systems

Yuchuan Fan, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Carlos Natalino Da Silva et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 13 (10), p. E63-E71
Journal article
2021

Optical Network Security Management: Requirements, Architecture and Efficient Machine Learning Models for Detection of Evolving Threats [Invited]

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Andrea Di Giglio et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 13 (2), p. A144-A155
Journal article
2021

Fast signal quality monitoring for coherent communications enabled by CNN-based EVM estimation

Yuchuan Fan, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Xiaodan Pang et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 13 (4), p. B12-B20
Journal article
2021

Spectrum Anomaly Detection for Optical Network Monitoring using Deep Unsupervised Learning

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Lena Wosinska et al
IEEE Communications Letters. Vol. 25 (5), p. 1583-1586
Journal article
2021

Introduction to the ONDM2020 special issue

Ramon Casellas, Raul Munoz, Marija Furdek Prekratic et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 13 (6), p. ONDM1-ONDM2
Other text in scientific journal
2021

Scalable Physical Layer Security Components for Microservice-Based Optical SDN Controllers

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Carlos Manso, Ricard Vilalta et al
European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC. Vol. 2021
Paper in proceeding
2021

Privacy-Preserving Wireless Federated Learning Exploiting Inherent Hardware Impairments

Sina Rezaei Aghdam, Ehsan Amid, Marija Furdek Prekratic et al
IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD. Vol. 2021-October
Paper in proceeding
2021

Rethinking of Optical Transport Network Design for 5G/6G Mobile Communication

Chathurika Ranaweera, Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Elaine Wong et al
IEEE Future Networks Tech Focus (12)
Journal article
2021

Experimental Validation of CNN vs. FFNN for Time- and Energy-Efficient EVM Estimation in Coherent Optical Systems

Yuchuan Fan, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Carlos Natalino Da Silva et al
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 13 (10), p. E63-E71
Journal article
2021

Autonomous Security Management in Optical Networks

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Andrea Di Giglio, Marco Schiano et al
2021 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2021 - Proceedings
Paper in proceeding
2020

How to Survive Targeted Fiber Cuts: A Game Theoretic Approach for Resilient SDON Control Plane Design

Jing Zhu, Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 11616 LNCS, p. 168-180
Paper in proceeding
2020

Machine Learning for Optical Network Security Management

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva
Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series. Vol. Part F174-OFC 2020
Paper in proceeding
2020

Structural Methods to Improve the Robustness of Anycast Communications to Large-Scale Failures

Amaro de Sousa, Dorabella Santo, Carlos Natalino Da Silva et al
Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks, p. 401-425
Book chapter
2020

Machine Learning for Cognitive Optical Network Security Management

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Vol. Part F185-NETWORKS 2020
Paper in proceeding
2020

Resilient SDN-Based Routing Against Rain Disruptions for Wireless Networks

Forough Yaghoubi, Marija Furdek Prekratic, Ahmad Rostami et al
Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks; Rak, J., Hutchison, D. (eds), p. 507-522
Book chapter
2020

Network Slicing Automation: Challenges and Benefits

Federico Tonini, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Marija Furdek Prekratic et al
2020 24th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM 2020
Paper in proceeding
2020

Design of Programmable Filterless Optical Networks

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Lena Wosinska et al
2020 Photonics North, PN 2020
Paper in proceeding
2020

Content placement in 5G-enabled edge/core data center networks resilient to link cut attacks

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Amaro de Sousa, Lena Wosinska et al
Networks. Vol. 75 (4), p. 392-404
Journal article
2020

Introduction to the Photonic Networks and Devices (NETWORKS) Special Issue

Marija Furdek Prekratic, David Caplan, Marco Fiorentino
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 12 (4), p. NET1-NET2
Journal article
2020

A Framework for Spatial and Temporal Evaluation of Network Disaster Recovery

Marija Gajic, Marija Furdek Prekratic, Poul Heegaard
Proceedings of the 32nd International Teletraffic Congress, ITC 2020, p. 37-45
Paper in proceeding
2020

Root Cause Analysis for Autonomous Optical Networks: A Physical Layer Security Use Case

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Andrea Di Giglio, Marco Schiano et al
2020 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2020
Paper in proceeding
2020

Machine Learning for Optical Network Security Monitoring: A Practical Perspective

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Fabian Lipp et al
Journal of Lightwave Technology. Vol. 38 (11), p. 2860-2871
Review article
2020

Content placement in 5G‐enabled edge/core datacenter networks resilient to link cut attacks

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Amaro de Sousa, Lena Wosinska et al
Networks. Vol. 75 (4), p. 392-392
Journal article
2020

Network-wide localization of optical-layer attacks

Vincent Chan, Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 11616 LNCS, p. 310-322
Paper in proceeding
2020

Functional Metrics to Evaluate Network Vulnerability to Disasters

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Sasko Ristov, Lena Wosinska et al
Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks; Rak, J., Hutchison, D. (eds) , p. 47-62
Book chapter
2019

Experimental Study of Machine-Learning-Based Detection and Identification of Physical-Layer Attacks in Optical Networks

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Marco Schiano, Andrea Di Giglio et al
Journal of Lightwave Technology. Vol. 37 (16), p. 4173-4182
Journal article
2019

Enhancing optical network security with machine learning

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. Vol. 2019-July
Paper in proceeding
2019

Guest Editorial Photonic Networks and Devices

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Werner Klaus et al
Journal of Lightwave Technology. Vol. 37 (16), p. 3872-3874
Other text in scientific journal
2019

Infrastructure upgrade framework for content delivery networks robust to targeted attacks

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Aysegul Yayimli, Lena Wosinska et al
Optical Switching and Networking. Vol. 31, p. 202-210
Journal article
2019

Demonstration of Machine-Learning-Assisted Security Monitoring in Optical Networks

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Fabian Lipp et al
Proceedings of the 45th European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2019
Paper in proceeding
2019

Optical Transport Network Design for 5G Fixed Wireless Access

Chathurika Ranaweera, Paolo Monti, Bjorn Skubic et al
Journal of Lightwave Technology. Vol. 37 (16), p. 3893-3901
Journal article
2019

Experiment-based detection of service disruption attacks in optical networks using data analytics and unsupervised learning

Marija Furdek Prekratic, Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Marco Schiano et al
Metro and Data Center Optical Networks and Short-Reach Links II; 109460D. Vol. 10946
Paper in proceeding
2019

One-Shot Learning for Modulation Format Identification in Evolving Optical Networks

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Lena Wosinska et al
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Vol. Part F131-IPRSN 2019
Paper in proceeding
2016

Microservice-Based Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Loop for Optical Networks

Carlos Natalino Da Silva, Carlos Manso, Lluis Gifre et al
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Vol. 2016
Paper in proceeding

Download publication list

You can download this list to your computer.

Filter and download publication list

As logged in user (Chalmers employee) you find more export functions in MyResearch.

You may also import these directly to Zotero or Mendeley by using a browser plugin. These are found herer:

Zotero Connector
Mendeley Web Importer

The service SwePub offers export of contents from Research in other formats, such as Harvard and Oxford in .RIS, BibTex and RefWorks format.

Showing 8 research projects

2024–2027

InfraTrust: Enabling trustworthy services over vulnerable physical network infrastructure

Marija Furdek Prekratic Optical Networks
Leyla Sadighi Optical Networks
Swedish Research Council (VR)

2 publications exist
2023–2026

5G Trusted And seCure network servICes (5G-TACTIC)

Marija Furdek Prekratic Optical Networks
Lena Wosinska Optical Networks
Leyla Sadighi Optical Networks
European Commission (EC)

2 publications exist
2021–2024

Smart optical networks enabled by performance monitoring and machine learning

Marija Furdek Prekratic Optical Networks
Lena Wosinska Optical Networks
National Research Council Canada
École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)

2021–2024

Providing Resilient & secure networks [Operating on Trusted Equipment] to CriTical infrastructures (PROTECT)

Paolo Monti Optical Networks
Ehsan Etezadi Optical Networks
Carlos Natalino Da Silva Optical Networks
Marija Furdek Prekratic Optical Networks
Rui Lin Optical Networks
Lena Wosinska Optical Networks
Leyla Sadighi Optical Networks
VINNOVA

33 publications exist
2021–2023

Secured autonomic traffic management for a Tera of SDN flows (TeraFlow)

Carlos Natalino Da Silva Optical Networks
Marija Furdek Prekratic Optical Networks
Paolo Monti Optical Networks
European Commission (EC)

11 publications exist
2020–2021

Enhanced Security and Privacy for Wireless Federated Learning (SP4WFL)

Sina Rezaei Aghdam Communication Systems
Marija Furdek Prekratic Optical Networks
Alexandre Graell I Amat Communication Systems
Chalmers AI Research Centre (CHAIR)

1 publication exists
2020–2023

Photonics Platform to Transform Mobile Fronthaul Infrastructure

Lena Wosinska Optical Networks
Marija Furdek Prekratic Optical Networks
Paolo Monti Optical Networks
Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Funding and Discovery International Award (DIA)

2 publications exist
2020–2023

Safeguarding optical communication networks from cyber-security attacks

Marija Furdek Prekratic Optical Networks
Swedish Research Council (VR)

19 publications exist
There might be more projects where Marija Furdek Prekratic participates, but you have to be logged in as a Chalmers employee to see them.