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Publications

This list of publications is generated automatically from my bibtex file. It should therefore be up-to-date and should contain all relevant data. If something is missing, please do not hesitate to contact me. For most of the conference papers, I have also given the presentations, and you can find my associated slides here.

List of publications

Refereed journal articles

[1] R. Mayrhofer and R. Gostner, “Using a spatial context authentication proxy for establishing secure wireless connections,” Journal of Mobile Multimedia, vol. 3, pp. 198-217, March 2007. [ bib | .pdf | Abstract ]
[2] A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, M. dos Santos Rocha, R. Mayrhofer, A. Zeidler, A. Riener, and M. Franz, “Building flexible manufacturing systems based on peer-its,” EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems, 2007. to appear. [ bib ]
[3] R. Mayrhofer, H. Radi, and A. Ferscha, “Recognizing and predicting context by learning from user behavior,” Radiomatics: Journal of Communication Engineering, special issue on Advances in Mobile Multimedia, vol. 1, pp. 30-42, May 2004. extended version of [?]. [ bib | .pdf | Abstract ]
[4] A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, R. Mayrhofer, and R. Oberhauser, “A peer-to-peer light-weight component model for context-aware smart space applications,” International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), special issue on Mobile Distributed Computing, 2004. extended version of [?]. [ bib | .pdf | Abstract ]

Refereed papers

[1] R. Mayrhofer, H. Gellersen, and M. Hazas, “Security by spatial reference: Using relative positioning to authenticate devices for spontaneous interaction,” in Proc. Ubicomp 2007: 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 4717 of LNCS, pp. 199-216, Springer-Verlag, September 2007. to appear. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[2] R. Mayrhofer and H. Gellersen, “Shake well before use: two implementations for implicit context authentication,” in Adjunct Proc. Ubicomp 2007, September 2007. to appear. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[3] R. Mayrhofer, “The candidate key protocol for generating secret shared keys from similar sensor data streams,” in Proc. ESAS 2007: 4th European Workshop on Security and Privacy in Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, vol. 4572 of LNCS, pp. 1-15, Springer-Verlag, July 2007. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[4] R. Mayrhofer and H. Gellersen, “Shake well before use: Authentication based on accelerometer data,” in Proc. Pervasive 2007: 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, vol. 4480 of LNCS, pp. 144-161, Springer-Verlag, May 2007. awarded best Pervasive 2007 paper. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[5] R. Mayrhofer and M. Welch, “A human-verifiable authentication protocol using visible laser light,” in Proc. ARES 2007: 2nd International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, pp. 1143-1147, IEEE CS Press, April 2007. Track WAIS 2007: 1st International Workshop on Advances in Information Security. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[6] R. Mayrhofer, “Towards an open source toolkit for ubiquitous device authentication,” in Workshops Proc. PerCom 2007: 5th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, pp. 247-252, IEEE CS Press, March 2007. Track PerSec 2007: 4th IEEE International Workshop on Pervasive Computing and Communication Security. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[7] R. Mayrhofer and H. Gellersen, “On the security of ultrasound as out-of-band channel,” in Proc. IPDPS 2007: 21st IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, p. 321, IEEE CS Press, March 2007. Track SSN 2007: 3rd International Workshop on Security in Systems and Networks. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[8] R. Mayrhofer, “Extending the growing neural gas classifier for context recognition,” LNCS, Springer-Verlag, February 2007. accepted for publication at the Workshop for Heuristic Problem Solving at EUROCAST 2007. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[9] R. Mayrhofer, “A context authentication proxy for IPSec using spatial reference,” in Proc. TwUC 2006: 1st International Workshop on Trustworthy Ubiquitous Computing, pp. 449-462, Austrian Computer Society (OCG), December 2006. awarded best iiWAS/MoMM 2007 workshop paper. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[10] R. Mayrhofer, “Technische Hintergründe für das rechtliche Handeln im Internet,” in Aktuelles zum Internet-Recht, pp. 1-16, proLibris.at, December 2005. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[11] A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, R. Mayrhofer, E. Chtcherbina, M. Franz, M. dos Santos Rocha, and A. Zeidler, “Bridging the gap with P2P patterns,” in Proceedings of the Workshop on Smart Object Systems, September 2005. in conjunction with the Seventh International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2005), available at http://ubicomp.lancs.ac.uk/workshops/sobs05/papers/04-Ferscha,Alois.pdf. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[12] R. Mayrhofer, “Eine Architektur zur Kontextvorhersage,” in Ausgezeichnete Informatikdissertationen 2004, vol. D-5 of Series of the German Informatics society (GI), pp. 125-134, Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), May 2005. [ bib | .pdf | Abstract ]
[13] R. Mayrhofer, “Context prediction based on context histories: Expected benefits, issues and current state-of-the-art,” in Proc. ECHISE 2005: 1st International Workshop on Exploiting Context Histories in Smart Environments (T. Prante, B. Meyers, G. Fitzpatrick, and L. D. Harvel, eds.), May 2005. part of the Third International Conference on Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE 2005). [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[14] R. Mayrhofer, “An architecture for context prediction,” in Advances in Pervasive Computing (A. Ferscha, H. Hörtner, and G. Kotsis, eds.), vol. 176, pp. 65-72, Austrian Computer Society (OCG), April 2004. part of the Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE 2004). [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[15] R. Mayrhofer, H. Radi, and A. Ferscha, “A context prediction code and data base,” in Proceedings of the Benchmarks and a Database for Context Recognition Workshop (H. Junker, P. Lukowicz, and J. Mäntyjarvi, eds.), pp. 20-26, ETH Zurich, April 2004. part of the Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE 2004). [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[16] H. Radi, R. Mayrhofer, and A. Ferscha, “A notebook sensory data set for context recognition,” in Proceedings of the Benchmarks and a Database for Context Recognition Workshop (H. Junker, P. Lukowicz, and J. Mäntyjarvi, eds.), pp. 17-19, ETH Zurich, April 2004. part of the Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE 2004). [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[17] A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, R. Mayrhofer, M. dos Santos Rocha, M. Franz, and R. Oberhauser, “Digital Aura,” in Advances in Pervasive Computing (A. Ferscha, H. Hörtner, and G. Kotsis, eds.), vol. 176, pp. 405-410, Austrian Computer Society (OCG), April 2004. part of the Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2004). [ bib | conference link | video | .pdf | Abstract ]
[18] A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, R. Mayrhofer, and R. Oberhauser, “A light-weight component model for peer-to-peer applications,” in Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Distributed Computing (MDC04), pp. 520-527, IEEE Computer Society Press, March 2004. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[19] R. Mayrhofer, H. Radi, and A. Ferscha, “Feature extraction in wireless personal and local area networks,” in Proc. MWCN 2003: 5th International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks, pp. 195-198, World Scientific, October 2003. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[20] R. Mayrhofer, H. Radi, and A. Ferscha, “Recognizing and predicting context by learning from user behavior,” in Proc. MoMM 2003: 1st International Conference On Advances in Mobile Multimedia (W. S. G. Kotsis, A. Ferscha and K. Ibrahim, eds.), vol. 171, pp. 25-35, Austrian Computer Society (OCG), September 2003. [ bib | conference link | http | .pdf | Abstract ]
[21] R. Mayrhofer, F. Ortner, A. Ferscha, and M. Hechinger, “Securing passive objects in mobile ad-hoc peer-to-peer networks,” in Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (R. Focardi and G. Zavattaro, eds.), vol. 85.3, Elsevier Science, June 2003. [ bib | conference link | .pdf | Abstract ]
[22] R. Mayrhofer, M. Affenzeller, H. Prähofer, G. Höfer, and A. Fried, “DEVS simulation of spiking neural networks,” in Cybernetics and Systems: Proc. EMCSR 2002: 16th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research (R. Trappl, ed.), vol. 2, pp. 573-578, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, April 2002. [ bib | conference link | .ps | Abstract ]
[23] M. Affenzeller and R. Mayrhofer, “Generic heuristics for combinatorial optimization problems,” in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Operational Research (KOI2002), pp. 83-92, 2002. [ bib | .ps ]

Books

[1] R. Mayrhofer and K. Nyberg, eds., Proc. IWSSI 2007: First International Workshop on Security for Spontaneous Interaction (part of Adjunct Proc. Ubicomp 2007), September 2007. available online at http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/iwssi2007/. [ bib | conference link ]
[2] A. Ferscha, R. Mayrhofer, T. Strang, B. Linnhoff-Popien, A. Dey, and A. Butz, eds., Advances in Pervasive Computing: Adjunct Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing, vol. 191, Austrian Computer Society (OCG), May 2005. available online at http://www.pervasive.ifi.lmu.de/. [ bib | conference link ]
[3] R. Mayrhofer, An Architecture for Context Prediction, vol. C 45 of Schriften der Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz. Trauner Verlag, April 2005. revised version of [?]. [ bib ]

Theses

[1] R. Mayrhofer, An Architecture for Context Prediction. PhD thesis, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria, October 2004. [ bib | .pdf | Abstract ]
[2] R. Mayrhofer, “A new approach to a fast simulation of spiking neural networks,” Master's thesis, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria, July 2002. [ bib | .pdf | Abstract ]

Other (not refereed)

[1] R. Mayrhofer, H. Gellersen, and M. Hazas, “An authentication protocol using ultrasonic ranging,” Tech. Rep. COMP-002-2006, Lancaster University, October 2006. [ bib | http | .pdf | Abstract ]
[2] A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, and R. Mayrhofer, “The peer-to-peer coordination framework - architecture reference,” tech. rep., Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institut für Pervasive Computing, 2004. [ bib ]
[3] R. Mayrhofer, “Spikende Neuronale Netze - Theorie und Simulation,” February 2001. Project report, in German. [ bib | .pdf ]
[4] R. Mayrhofer, A. Stieglecker, K. Prückl, W. Pühringer, and F. Reithuber, “Orbit Sound Designer,” March 1998. Project report, HTBLA Steyr, in German, submitted to “Jugend Innovativ 1998” awards. [ bib | .pdf ]