Taha Albakour
- Address
- Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
Saarland Informatics Campus
Campus E1 4
66123 Saarbrücken - Location
- E1 4 - 506
- Phone
- +49 681 9325 3542
- Fax
- +49 681 9325 3599
- Get email via email
Taha Albakour
Personal Information
I am a researcher at Internet Architecture (INET) group at Max Planck Institute for Informatics. Before that, I was a research assistant at TU Berlin. My research focuses on Internet measurement and security.
Publications
2026
Hilal, F., Albakour, T., Gasser, O., & Vermeulen, K. (2026). Unpacking Internet Ossification: A Large-Scale Study of Path-Impairing Middleboxes Across IPv4 and IPv6. In Passive and Active Measurement (PAM 2026). Virtual Event: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-18268-5_5
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{Hilal_PAM2026,
TITLE = {Unpacking Internet Ossification: {A} Large-Scale Study of Path-Impairing Middleboxes Across {IPv4} and {IPv6}},
AUTHOR = {Hilal, Fahad and Albakour, Taha and Gasser, Oliver and Vermeulen, Kevin},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
ISBN = {978-3-032-18267-8},
DOI = {10.1007/978-3-032-18268-5_5},
PUBLISHER = {Springer},
YEAR = {2026},
DATE = {2026},
BOOKTITLE = {Passive and Active Measurement (PAM 2026)},
EDITOR = {Ferlin-Reiter, Simone and Fontugne, Romain and Ullrich, Johanna},
PAGES = {103--134},
SERIES = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
VOLUME = {16477},
ADDRESS = {Virtual Event},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Hilal, Fahad
%A Albakour, Taha
%A Gasser, Oliver
%A Vermeulen, Kevin
%+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
External Organizations
External Organizations
%T Unpacking Internet Ossification: A Large-Scale Study of Path-Impairing Middleboxes Across IPv4 and IPv6 :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0013-3F4A-3
%R 10.1007/978-3-032-18268-5_5
%D 2026
%B 27th Annual Passive and Active Measurement Conference
%Z date of event: 2026-03-23 - 2026-03-25
%C Virtual Event
%B Passive and Active Measurement
%E Ferlin-Reiter, Simone; Fontugne, Romain; Ullrich, Johanna
%P 103 - 134
%I Springer
%@ 978-3-032-18267-8
%B Lecture Notes in Computer Science
%N 16477
%U https://rdcu.be/fsd1E
Yazdani, Z., Hilal, F., Vermeulen, K., Testart, C., Dainotti, A., Heinrich, T., & Albakour, T. (n.d.). Endless Cookies: Exploring TCP Fast Open on the Internet. In IMC ’26, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. Karlsruhe, Germany: ACM. doi:10.1145/3777912.3839828
(Accepted/in press) Export
BibTeX
@inproceedings{Yazdani_IMC26,
TITLE = {Endless Cookies: {E}xploring {TCP} Fast Open on the Internet},
AUTHOR = {Yazdani, Zahra and Hilal, Fahad and Vermeulen, Kevin and Testart, Cecilia and Dainotti, Alberto and Heinrich, Tiago and Albakour, Taha},
DOI = {10.1145/3777912.3839828},
PUBLISHER = {ACM},
YEAR = {2026},
PUBLREMARK = {Accepted},
BOOKTITLE = {IMC '26, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference},
ADDRESS = {Karlsruhe, Germany},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Yazdani, Zahra
%A Hilal, Fahad
%A Vermeulen, Kevin
%A Testart, Cecilia
%A Dainotti, Alberto
%A Heinrich, Tiago
%A Albakour, Taha
%+ External Organizations
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
External Organizations
External Organizations
External Organizations
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
%T Endless Cookies: Exploring TCP Fast Open on the Internet :
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0013-8201-6
%R 10.1145/3777912.3839828
%D 2026
%B ACM on Internet Measurement Conference
%Z date of event: 2026-10-12 - 2026-10-16
%C Karlsruhe, Germany
%B IMC '26
%I ACM
2025
Rostami, S., Albakour, T., & Heinrich, T. (2025). State of UDP Scanners on the Internet. In Proceedings of the 9th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA 2025). Copenhagen, Denmark: IEEE. doi:10.23919/TMA66427.2025.11097012
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{Rostami_TMA25,
TITLE = {State of {UDP} Scanners on the Internet},
AUTHOR = {Rostami, Sina and Albakour, Taha and Heinrich, Tiago},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
ISBN = {978-3-903176-74-4},
DOI = {10.23919/TMA66427.2025.11097012},
PUBLISHER = {IEEE},
YEAR = {2025},
MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$},
DATE = {2025},
BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of the 9th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA 2025)},
PAGES = {1--11},
ADDRESS = {Copenhagen, Denmark},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Rostami, Sina
%A Albakour, Taha
%A Heinrich, Tiago
%+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
%T State of UDP Scanners on the Internet :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0013-478B-F
%R 10.23919/TMA66427.2025.11097012
%D 2025
%B 9th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference
%Z date of event: 2025-06-10 - 2025-06-13
%C Copenhagen, Denmark
%B Proceedings of the 9th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference
%P 1 - 11
%I IEEE
%@ 978-3-903176-74-4
Yazdani, Z., Hilal, F., Testart, C., Dainotti, A., Vermeulen, K., Heinrich, T., & Albakour, T. (2025). Poster: Investigating the Survivability of the Experimental TCP Option. In IMC ’25, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. Madison, WI, USA: ACM. doi:10.1145/3730567.3768588
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{Yazdani_IMC25,
TITLE = {Poster: {I}nvestigating the Survivability of the Experimental {TCP} Option},
AUTHOR = {Yazdani, Zahra and Hilal, Fahad and Testart, Cecilia and Dainotti, Alberto and Vermeulen, Kevin and Heinrich, Tiago and Albakour, Taha},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
ISBN = {979-8-4007-1860-1},
DOI = {10.1145/3730567.3768588},
PUBLISHER = {ACM},
YEAR = {2025},
MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$},
DATE = {2025},
BOOKTITLE = {IMC '25, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference},
EDITOR = {Barford, Paul and Balasubramanian, Aruna and Dainotti, Alberto},
PAGES = {1080--1081},
ADDRESS = {Madison, WI, USA},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Yazdani, Zahra
%A Hilal, Fahad
%A Testart, Cecilia
%A Dainotti, Alberto
%A Vermeulen, Kevin
%A Heinrich, Tiago
%A Albakour, Taha
%+ External Organizations
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
External Organizations
External Organizations
External Organizations
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
%T Poster: Investigating the Survivability of the Experimental TCP Option :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0013-6AF0-5
%R 10.1145/3730567.3768588
%D 2025
%B ACM on Internet Measurement Conference
%Z date of event: 2025-10-28 - 2025-10-31
%C Madison, WI, USA
%B IMC '25
%E Barford, Paul; Balasubramanian, Aruna; Dainotti, Alberto
%P 1080 - 1081
%I ACM
%@ 979-8-4007-1860-1
2024
Rostami, S., Heinrich, T., & Albakour, T. (2024). Poster: An Investigation into Internet-facing Router Services. In IMC ’24, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. Madrid, Spain: ACM. doi:10.1145/3646547.3689674
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{Rostami_IMC24,
TITLE = {Poster: {A}n Investigation into Internet-facing Router Services},
AUTHOR = {Rostami, Sina and Heinrich, Tiago and Albakour, Taha},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
ISBN = {979-8-4007-0592-2},
DOI = {10.1145/3646547.3689674},
PUBLISHER = {ACM},
YEAR = {2024},
MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$},
DATE = {2024},
BOOKTITLE = {IMC '24, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference},
EDITOR = {Vallina-Rodr{\'i}guez, Narseo and Suarez-T{\'a}ngil, Guillermo and Levin, Dave and Pelsser, Cristal and Pastrana, Sergio and Sun, Yixin},
PAGES = {775--776},
ADDRESS = {Madrid, Spain},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Rostami, Sina
%A Heinrich, Tiago
%A Albakour, Taha
%+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
%T Poster: An Investigation into Internet-facing Router Services :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-4416-9
%R 10.1145/3646547.3689674
%D 2024
%B ACM on Internet Measurement Conference
%Z date of event: 2024-11-04 - 2024-11-06
%C Madrid, Spain
%B IMC '24
%E Vallina-Rodríguez, Narseo; Suarez-Tángil, Guillermo; Levin, Dave; Pelsser, Cristal; Pastrana, Sergio; Sun, Yixin
%P 775 - 776
%I ACM
%@ 979-8-4007-0592-2
2023
Albakour, T., Gasser, O., Beverly, R., & Smaragdakis, G. (2023). Illuminating Router Vendor Diversity Within Providers and Along Network Paths. In IMC ’23, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. Montreal, Canada: ACM. doi:10.1145/3618257.3624813
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{Albakour_IMC23,
TITLE = {Illuminating Router Vendor Diversity Within Providers and Along Network Paths},
AUTHOR = {Albakour, Taha and Gasser, Oliver and Beverly, Robert and Smaragdakis, Georgios},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
ISBN = {979-8-4007-0382-9},
DOI = {10.1145/3618257.3624813},
PUBLISHER = {ACM},
YEAR = {2023},
MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$},
DATE = {2023},
BOOKTITLE = {IMC '23, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference},
EDITOR = {Montpetit, Marie-Jos{\'e} and Leivadeas, Aris},
PAGES = {89--103},
ADDRESS = {Montreal, Canada},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Albakour, Taha
%A Gasser, Oliver
%A Beverly, Robert
%A Smaragdakis, Georgios
%+ External Organizations
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
External Organizations
External Organizations
%T Illuminating Router Vendor Diversity Within Providers and Along Network Paths :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-4408-9
%R 10.1145/3618257.3624813
%D 2023
%B ACM on Internet Measurement Conference
%Z date of event: 2023-10-24 - 2023-10-26
%C Montreal, Canada
%B IMC '23
%E Montpetit, Marie-José; Leivadeas, Aris
%P 89 - 103
%I ACM
%@ 979-8-4007-0382-9
Albakour, T., Gasser, O., & Smaragdakis, G. (2023). Pushing Alias Resolution to the Limit. In IMC ’23, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. Montreal, Canada: ACM. doi:10.1145/3618257.3624840
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{Albakour_IMC23a,
TITLE = {Pushing Alias Resolution to the Limit},
AUTHOR = {Albakour, Taha and Gasser, Oliver and Smaragdakis, Georgios},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
ISBN = {979-8-4007-0382-9},
DOI = {10.1145/3618257.3624840},
PUBLISHER = {ACM},
YEAR = {2023},
MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$},
DATE = {2023},
BOOKTITLE = {IMC '23, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference},
EDITOR = {Montpetit, Marie-Jos{\'e} and Leivadeas, Aris},
PAGES = {584--590},
ADDRESS = {Montreal, Canada},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Albakour, Taha
%A Gasser, Oliver
%A Smaragdakis, Georgios
%+ External Organizations
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
External Organizations
%T Pushing Alias Resolution to the Limit :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-440D-4
%R 10.1145/3618257.3624840
%D 2023
%B ACM on Internet Measurement Conference
%Z date of event: 2023-10-24 - 2023-10-26
%C Montreal, Canada
%B IMC '23
%E Montpetit, Marie-José; Leivadeas, Aris
%P 584 - 590
%I ACM
%@ 979-8-4007-0382-9
Previous publications
Research Interests
- Computer Networks
- Internet Measurement
- Network Security
Teachings
Network protocols and architecture, teaching assistant, TU Berlin (WS21/22, WS22/23)
Networked systems security seminar, co-organizer, TU Berlin (SS22, SS23)
Advanced topics in networking and distributed systems seminar, co-organizer, TU Berlin (SS23)
Recent Positions
June 2024 - Present:
Postdoctoral researcher at INET Group, Max Planck Institute for Informatics
December 2020 - April 2024:
Research assistant at INET Group, TU Berlin
Education
December 2020 - April 2024:
Ph.D. in Computer Science, TU Berlin
April 2017 - October 2020:
M.S. in Computer Science, TU Berlin
March 2012 - October 2014:
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineer, TU Sofia