M. T. Thai, T. N. Dinh, and Y. Shen, Hardness and Approximation of Network Vulnerability, Handbook of Combinatorial Optimization, (P. Pardalos, D.-Z. Du, and R. Graham eds), Springer Publisher
T. N. Dinh, D. T. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai A Unified Approach for Domination Problems on Different Network Topologies, Handbook of Combinatorial Optimization, (P. Pardalos, D.-Z. Du, and R. Graham eds), Springer Publisher
Y. Shen, D. T. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai, Hardness Complexity of Optimal Substructure Problems on Power-Law Graphs, Handbook of Optimization in Complex Networks: Theory and Applications, (M. T. Thai and P. Pardalos eds), Springer Publisher, 2011
N. P. Nguyen, Y. Xuan, and M. T. Thai, On Detection of Community Structure in Dynamic Social Networks, Handbook of Optimization in Complex Networks: Communication and Social Networks, (M. T. Thai and P. Pardalos eds), Springer Publisher, 2011
T. N. Dinh, I. Shin, N. K. Thai, M. T. Thai, and T. Znati, A General Approach for Modules Identification in Evolving Networks, Dynamics of Information Systems: Theory and Applications, (M. Hirsh, P. Pardalos, and R. Murphey eds), Springer Publisher, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-4419-5688-0
R. Tiwari and M. T. Thai, On Enhancing Fault Tolerance of Virtual Backbone in Wireless Sensor Networks with Unidirectional Links, Sensors: Theory, Algorithm, and Applications, (V. Boginski and P. Pardalos eds), Springer Publisher, 2010

Journal Articles

T. N. Dinh, Y. Shen, D. T. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai, On the Approximability of Positive In?uence Dominating Set in Social Networks, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization (JOCO), to appear, 2012
Y. Shen, N. P. Nguyen, Y. Xuan, and M. T. Thai, On the Discovery of Critical Nodes and Links for Assessing Network Vulnerability, IEEE Transactions on Networking (ToN), 2012, accepted with revision
Y. Xuan, Y. Shen, and N. P. Nguyen, Efficient Multi-Link Failure Localization in All-Optical Networks, IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), 2012, accepted with revision
R. Tiwari, T. N. Dinh, and M. T. Thai, On Centralized and Localized Approximation Algorithms for Interference-Aware Broadcast Scheduling, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2011, DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.270
Y. Shen, D. T. Nguyen, Y. Xuan, and M. T. Thai, New Techniques for Approximating Optimal Substructure Problems in Power-Law Graphs, Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), 2011, DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2011.10.023
D. T. Nguyen, N. P. Nguyen, M. T. Thai, and S. Hela, Optimal and Distributed Algorithms for Coverage Hole Healing in Hybrid Sensor Networks, International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), vol. 11, no. 4, 2012
T. N. Dinh, Y. Xuan, M. T. Thai, P. Pardalos, and T. Znati, On New Approaches of Assessing Network Vulnerability: Hardness and Approximation, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 2011, DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2011.2170849
Y. Xuan, Y. Shen, N. P. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai, A Trigger Identification Service for Defending Reactive Jammers in WSN, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2011, DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.86.
Y. Xuan, I. Shin, M. T. Thai, and T. Znati, Detecting Application Denial-of-Service Attacks: A Group Testing Based Approach, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 1203-1216, 2010
I. Shin, Y. Shen, and M. T. Thai, On Approximation of Dominating Tree in Wireless Sensor Networks, Optimization Letter, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 393-403,2010
I. Shin, Y. Shen, Y. Xuan, M. T. Thai, and T. Znati A Novel Approach Against Reactive Jamming Attacks, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Network, vol. 12, no. 1-2, pp. 125--149, 2011.
N. Zhang, I. Shin, F. Zou, W. Wu, and M. T. Thai, Construction of Virtual Backbone with Multiple Factors Constraints in Wireless Ad-hoc Network, Ad hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, vol. 10, pp. 27-59, 2010.
G. Thakur, R. Tiwari, M. T. Thai, S-S. Chen, and A. Dress, Detection of Local Community Structures in Complex Dynamics Networks with Random Walks, IET Systems Biology, vol. 3, Issue 4, July 2009.
C. Wang, M. T. Thai, Y. Li, F. Wang, and W. Wu, Optimization Scheme for Sensor Coverage Scheduling with Bandwidth Constraints, Optimization Letters, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 63-75, 2009.
M. T. Thai and T. Znati, On the Complexity and Approximation of Non-unique Probe Selection Using d-Disjunct Matrix, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, special issues on Data Mining in Biomedicine, vol. 17, no. 1, pp 45-53, 2009.
P. Deng, M. T. Thai, Q. Ma, and W. Wu, Efficient Non-Unique Probes Selection Algorithms for DNA Microarray, BMC Genomics, vol. 9, suppl. 1, 2008.
M. T. Thai, R. Tiwari, and D.-Z. Du, On Construction of Virtual Backbone in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Unidirectional Links, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 1-12, 2008.
M. T. Thai, N. Zhang, R. Tiwari, and X. Xu, On Approximation Algorithms of k-Connected m-Dominating Sets in Disk Graphs, Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 385, no. 1-3, pp. 49-59, 2007.
M. T. Thai, D. MacCallum, P. Deng, and W. Wu, Decoding Algorithms in Pooling Designs with Inhibitors and Fault Tolerance,International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IJBRA), vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 145-152, 2007.
M. T. Thai, F. Wang, D. Liu, S. Zhu, and D.-Z. Du, Connected Dominating Sets in Wireless Networks with Different Transmission Ranges, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 6, no. 7, July, 2007.
F. Wang, M. T. Thai, Y. Li, X. Cheng, and D.-Z. Du, Fault Tolerant Topology Control for All-to-One and One-to-All Communication in Wireless Networks, IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 322-331, 2007.
F. Wang, M. T. Thai, and D.-Z. Du, 2-Connected Virtual Backbone in Wireless Networks, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 297-302, 2009.
Y. Li, M. T. Thai, F. Wang, and D.-Z. Du, On the Construction of a Strongly Connected Broadcast Arborescence with Bounded Transmission Delay, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 1460-1470, 2006.
M. T. Thai, F. Wang, H. Du, and X. Jia, Coverage Problems in Wireless Sensor Networks: Designs and Analysis, International Journal of Sensor Networks, special issue on Coverage Problems in Sensor Networks, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 191-200, 2008.
F. Wang, K. Xu, M. T. Thai, D.-Z. Du, Fault Tolerant Topology Control for One-To-All Communications in Symmetric Wireless Networks, International Journal of Sensor Networks, special issue on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects in Sensor Networks, vol. 2, no. 3/4, pp. 163-168, 2007.
M. T. Thai, Z. Cai, and D.-Z. Du, Genetic Networks: Processing Data, Regulatory Network Modeling, and their Analysis, special issue of J. Optimization Methods and Software on Optimization and Data Mining Techniques in Biomedicine, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 169-185, Feb, 2007.
H. Gao, F.K. Hwang, M. T. Thai, W. Wu, and T. Znati, Construction of d(H)-Disjunt Matrix for Group Testing in Hypergraphs, J. of Combinatorial Optimization, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 297-301, 2006.
M. T. Thai and D.-Z. Du, Connected Dominating Sets in Disk Graphs with Bidirectional Links, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 138-140, March 2006.
Y. Li, M. T. Thai, F. Wang, C.-W. Yi, P. Wan, and D.-Z. Du, On Greedy Construction of Connected Dominating Sets in Wireless Networks, special issue of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC), vol. 5, no. 88, pp. 927-932, 2005.
Y. Li, M. T. Thai, Z. Liu, and W. Wu, Protein-Protein Interaction and Group Testing in Bipartite Graphs, International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IJBRA), vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 414-419, 2005.
L. Guo, W. Wu, F. Wang, and M. T. Thai, Approximation for Minimum Multicast Route in Optical Network with Nonsplitting Nodes, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 414-419 December 2005.
M. T. Thai, Y. Li, and D.-Z. Du, A Combination of Wireless Multicast Advantage and Hitch-hiking, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 1037-1039, December 2005.
H. Du, X. Jia, F. Wang, M. T. Thai, Y. Li, A Note on Optical Network with Nonsplitting Nodes, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 199-202, 2005
J. Li, Y. Li, M. T. Thai, and J. Li, Data Caching and Query Processing in MANETs, International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (JPCC), vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 169-178, September 2005.

Conference Papers

T. N. Dinh, D. T. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai, Cheap, Easy, and Massively Effective Viral Marketing in Social Networks: Truth or Fiction?, in Proceedings of ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (Hypertext), 2012
Y. Shen, Y-S. Syu, D. T. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai, Maximizing Circle of Trust in Online Social Networks, in Proceedings of ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (Hypertext), 2012
N. P. Nguyen, G. Yan, M. T. Thai, and S. Eidenbenz, Containment of Viral Spread in Online Social Networks, in Proceedings of ACM Web Science (WebSci), 2012
Y. Xu, S. Helal, M. T. Thai, and M. Schmalz, Optimizing Push/Pull Envelops for Energy-Efficient Cloud-Sensor Systems, in Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), 2011
N. P. Nguyen, T. N Dinh, D. T. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai, Overlapping Community Structures and their Detection on Social Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom), 2011
T. N. Dinh and M. T. Thai, Finding Community Structures with Performance Guarantees in Complex Networks", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom), 2011
N. P. Nguyen, T. N. Dinh, S. Tokala, and M. T. Thai, Overlapping Communities in Dynamic Networks: Their Detection and Mobile Applications, in Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2011
T. N. Dinh and M. T. Thai, Precise Structural Vulnerability Assessment via Mathematical Programming, in Proceedings of the IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2011
Y. Shen, Y. Xuan, and M. T. Thai, On Local Approximation of Minimum-Latency Broadcast Scheduling in 3D MANETs, in Proceedings of the IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2011
Y. Shen, N. P. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai, Exploiting the Robustness on Power-Law Networks, in Proceedings of the 17th Int Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON), 2011
N. P. Nguyen, T. N. Dinh, Y. Xuan, and M. T. Thai, Adaptive Algorithms for Detecting Community Structure in Dynamic Social Networks, in Proceedings of the IEEE Communications Society (INFOCOM), 2011
D. T. Nguyen, N. P. Nguyen, M. T. Thai, and S. Helal, On Optimal Algorithm for Coverage Hole Healing in Hybrid Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of the IEEE Int Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing conference (IWCMC), 2011
Y. Shen, D. T. Nguyen, and M. T. Thai, On the Hardness and Inapproximability of Optimization Problems on Power Law Graphs, in Proceedings of the Int Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA), 2010
N. P. Nguyen, Y. Xuan, and M. T. Thai, A Novel Method for Worm Containment on Dynamic Social Networks, in Proceedings of the IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2010
R. Tiwari, M. T. Thai, and S. Helal, Localized Energy Efficient Detection and Tracking of Dynamic Phenomena, in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communication Conference, (GLOBECOM), 2010
Y. Xuan, Y. Shen, and M. T. Thai, A Graph-theoretic QoS-aware Vulnerability Assessment for Network Topologies, in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOM), 2010
F. Ay, T. N. Dinh, M. T. Thai, and T. Kahveci, Finding Dynamic Modules of Biological Regulatory Networks, in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineeing (BIBE), 2010.
T. N. Dinh, Y. Xuan, M. T. Thai, EK Park, and T. Znati, On Approximation of New Optimization Methods for Assessing Network Vulnerability, in Proceedings of the IEEE Communications Society (INFOCOM), 2010
Y. Xuan, Y. Shen, I. Shin, and M. T. Thai, On Trigger Detection Against Reactive Jamming Attacks: A Clique-Independent Set Based Approach, in Proceedings of the 28^th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2009
T. N. Dinh, Y. Xuan, and M. T. Thai, Towards Social-aware Routing in Dynamic Communication Networks, in Proceedings of the 28^thIEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2009.
R. Tiwari, T. N. Dinh, and M. T. Thai, On Approximation Algorithms for Interfence-Aware Broadcast Scheduling in 2D and 3D Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of Int. Conf. on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications (WASA), 2009.
I. Shin, Y. Shen, Y. Xuan, M. T. Thai, and T. Znati, Reactive Jamming Attacks in Multi-Radio Wireless Sensor Networks: An Efficient Mitigating Measure by Identifying Trigger Nodes, in Proceedings of ACM International Workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing (FOWANC), in conjunction with MobiHoc, 2009.
N. Zhang, I. Shin, B. Li, C. Boyaci, R. Tiwari and M. T. Thai, New Approximation for Minimum-weight Routing Backbone in Wireless Sensor Network, in Proceedings of Int. Conf. on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications (WASA) 2008.
M. T. Thai, Y. Xuan, I. Shin, and T. Znati, On Detection of Malicious Users Using Group Testing Techniques, in Proceedings of Int. Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2008.
R. Mahiourian, F. Chen, R. Tiwari, M. T. Thai, H. Zhai, and Y. Feng, An Approximation Algorithm for Conflict-Aware Broadcast Scheduling in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, in Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), 2008.
N. Zhang, I. Shin, F. Zou, W. Wu, and M. T. Thai, Trade-Off Scheme for Fault Tolerant Connected Dominating Sets on Size and Diameter, in Proceedings of ACM International Workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing (FOWANC), in conjunction with MobiHoc, 2008.
M. T. Thai, P. Deng, W. Wu, and T. Znati, Approximation Algorithms of Non-unique Probes Selection for Biological Target Identification, in Proceedings of Conference on Data Mining, Systems Analysis and Optimization in Biomedicine, 2007.
Y. Wu, F. Wang, M. T. Thai, and Y. Li, Constructing k-Connected m-Dominating Sets in Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 2007), October, 2007.
C. Wang, M. T. Thai, Y. Li, F. Wang, and W. Wu, Minimum Coverage Breach and Maximum Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2007.
P. Deng, M. T. Thai, and W. Wu, A Non-Unique Probes Selection Algorithm Using d-Disjunt Matrix, in Proceedings of Int. Conf. on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP), 2007.
R. Tiwari, T. Mishra, Y. Li, and M. T. Thai, k-Strongly Connected m-Dominating and Absorbing Set in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Unidirectional Links, International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications(WASA 2007) August, 2007.
M. Park, C. Wang, J. Willson, M. T. Thai, W. Wu, and A. Farago, A Dominating and Absorbent Set in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks with Different Transmission Range, in Proceedings of the 8^th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), 2007.
M. T. Thai, Y. Li, F. Wang, and D.-Z. Du, O(log n)-Localized Algorithms on the Coverage Problem in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of the 26^th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC 2007), April, 2007.
D.-Z. Du, M. T. Thai, Y. Li, D. Liu, and S. Zhu, Strongly Connected Dominating Sets in Wireless Sensor Networks with Unidirectional Links, in Proceedings of APWEB, LNCS, 2006.
M. Cardei, M. T. Thai, Y. Li, and W. Wu, Energy-Efficient Target Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of the 24^thconference of the IEEE Communications Society (INFOCOM 2005), March 2005.
M. T. Thai, Y. Li, C. Ai, and D.-Z. Du, On the Construction of Energy-Efficient Broadcast Tree with Hitch-hiking in Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of the 24^th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC 2005), April, 2005.

Memberships

IEEE, ACM, Member; 2006 - present

Professional Presentations

How the Power-law Distribution Impacts on the Complex Network Vulnerability; Int’ Workshop on Complex Networks; Int’ Workshop on Complex Networks; 2012

Optimally Use of Social Networks to Manipulate Information; Department Colloquium talk; University of Texas – Dallas; 2011

Viral Marketing in Online Social Networks: Optimization Models and Approximation; Invited Talk; Xi’an Jiaotong University, the School of Management, China; 2010

Hardness and Approximation of Network Vulnerability; Invited Seminar; Vietnam National University; 2010

Other Professional Activities

TPC Co-Chair: ISSPIT 2012 (IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology) IWCMC 2012, Mobile Computing Symposium (IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference) SIMPLEX 2011 (Workshop on Simplifying Complex Networks for Practitioners) COCOON 2010 (International Computing and Combinatorics Conference) CCNet 2010 (Workshop on Complex Communication Networks) DIS 2011 (International Conference on the Dynamics of Information Systems) Associate Editor: IEEE's Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2012 - present Journal of Discrete Mathematics, 2012 - present Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, 2010 - present Journal Of Combinatorial Optimization, 2006 - present Optimization Letters, 2006 - present Guest Editor: A special issue of Ad Hoc Networks Journal on Recent Advances in Large Scale and Sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks A special issue of Algorithmica on Computing and Combinatorics Tutorial Chair: BIBE 07 Advisory Committee: Optimization in Biomed 07 Recent TPC Member: INFOCOM 13, SocialCom 12, SocialInformatics 12, ALGOSENSORS 11, MMFI 11, MoMM 11, INFOCOM 11, SEA 11, DICTAP 11, INFOCOM 10, ISAAC 09, COCOA 09, MSN 09, COCOON 09, MSN 08, HealthNet 08, WASA 08, ICDCS 08, COCOA 07, ICCCN 07, HIPC 07, ISPAN 07, ICC 07