
Associate Professor Hung Nguyen
Grant-Funded Researcher (D)
School of Computer Science
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Hi, I am an associate professor and the leader of the Defence, Cyber and Space theme, the faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences (ECMS), the University of Adelaide.
I'm leading a research group on Cyber-AI with a special focus on network fragility and security at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Prospective students (2021-4-16): We are offering generous research scholarships (PhDs and Masters) and summer research scholarships (undergraduates) on applying Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Game Theory to solve problems in network (anti)fragility and security.
Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia who are acceptable as candidates for a PhD/Master by Research degree at the University of Adelaide.
Please contact me directly with your CV if interested.
Short Bio: I completed my PhD in Computer Science and Telecommunications at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL). Prior to that, I received the B.Eng. degree in Information Technology and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia and completed the Pre-Doctoral school in communication systems at EPFL.
I am interested in formal models and tools for computer networks. My research spans several areas in communication and information networking, including (but not limited to): Provable Network Security; Software-Defined Networking; Cellular and Ad Hoc Networks; Network Design, Configuration and Routing; and Network Measurement and Tomography.
My paper on network auto-configuration in 2010 started the Autonetkit software (ANK). ANK is currently being used as the auto-configuration tool for the Cisco VIRL simulation and emulation environment. See for example here.
The Internet Topology Zoo that I helped build is widely used in all areas of networking research and development worldwide and has been cited almost 1000 times.
My tomography papers were nominated for awards at major networking conferences.
Find out more about my research publications at my Google scholar page.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2021 - ongoing Associate Professor The University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Vietnamese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2004 - 2008 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland PhD -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Book Chapters
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Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2018 Tran, Q. D., Tran, N. N., Hessel, V., Shen, S., Nguyen, H., & Arjomandi, M. (2018). Guardian Satellite-based Flow-Chemistry System Producing Quantum Dots as Counter Measure to Divert Missile Attack. Poster session presented at the meeting of 18th Australian Space Research Conference.
2016 Nguyen, H., Naguleswaran, S., & Webb, M. (2016). Emergency Communication in Australia: Current Situation and Future Directions. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of The 5th Disaster and Emergency Management Conference. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. 2013 Ager, B., Balduzzi, M., Barlet-Ros, P., Carvalho, P., Casas, P., Celeda, P., . . . Xie, L. (2013). Welcome message from the WNM chairs. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN. Sydney, Australia: IEEE.
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Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2019 Britton, M., & Nguyen, H. (2019). Land C3 Communications Modelling and Simulation:
Tranche 1 Scoping Study.2019 Wang, G., Costa, A., Northcote, B., Nguyen, H., Warner, N., McMahon, J., & Mihailescu, M. (2019). TEMS™ Capacity Manager Vodafone Fiji Capacity Analysis Project Report - 2019. 2019 Wang, G., Warner, N., Costa, A., Northcote, B., Mihailescu, M., McMahon, J., & Nguyen, H. (2019). TEMS™ Capacity Manager IndoSat Capacity Analysis Project Report. 2018 Wang, G., Northcote, B., Costa, A., McMahon, J., Warner, N., Mihailescu, M., & Nguyen, H. (2018). TEMS™ Capacity Manager Vodafone Fiji Capacity Analysis Project Report. 2018 Britton, M. S., & Nguyen, H. (2018). BCS(L) NETWORK TRAFFIC MODELLING, Milestone Report #8. 2018 Britton, M. S., & Nguyen, H. (2018). BCS(L) NETWORK TRAFFIC MODELLING Milestone Report #7. 2018 Britton, M. S., & Nguyen, H. (2018). BCS(L) NETWORK TRAFFIC MODELLING Milestone Report #6. 2018 Britton, M. S., & Nguyen, H. (2018). BCS(L) NETWORK TRAFFIC MODELLING Lessons Learnt Report. 2018 Britton, M. S., & Nguyen, H. (2018). BCS(L) NETWORK TRAFFIC MODELLING Quarterly Report #2. 2018 Britton, M. S., & Nguyen, H. (2018). BCS(L) NETWORK TRAFFIC MODELLING Quarterly Report #1. 2018 Costa, A., & Hung, N. (2018). Analysis of Uniti Wireless Speed Test Data. 2016 Coyle, A. J., Nguyen, H., & Northcote, B. (2016). Tactical Radio Modelling - Overview Report. 2015 Northcote, B., Warner, N., McMahon, J. J., Coyle, A., Costa, A., Mihailescu, M., . . . Britton, M. (2015). Devil WCDMA network dimensioning 2015 workshop. Telstra. 2015 Northcote, B., Costa, A., McMahon, J. J., Nguyen, H., Oliu, C., & FitzGerald, D. (2015). TEMS™ Capacity Manager Guadalajara Capacity Analysis Project Validation Report Prepared for AT&T Mexico: TEMS™ Capacity Manager Client Capacity Analysis Project Reports. Reston, VA, USA: The University of Adelaide. 2015 Northcote, B., Costa, A., Nguyen, H., & FitzGerald, D. (2015). TEMS™ Capacity Manager Dar Es Salam Capacity Analysis Report Prepared for Airtel Tanzania: TEMS™ Capacity Manager Client Capacity Analysis Project Reports. Reston, VA, USA: The University of Adelaide. 2015 Northcote, B., Costa, A., Nguyen, H., Warner, N., & FitzGerald, D. (2015). TEMS™ Capacity Manager Mandalay Capacity Analysis Report Prepared for Ooredoo Myanmar: TEMS™ Capacity Manager Client Capacity Analysis Project Reports. Reston, VA, USA: The University of Adelaide. 2015 Northcote, B., Costa, A., Nguyen, H., Warner, N., & FitzGerald, D. (2015). TEMS™ Capacity Manager Mandalay Capacity Analysis Project Validation Report Prepared for Ooredoo Myanmar: TEMS™ Capacity Manager Client Capacity Analysis Project Reports. Reston, VA, USA: The University of Adelaide. 2015 Northcote, B., McMahon, J. J., Nguyen, H., Brooks, T., & FitzGerald, D. (2015). TEMS™ Capacity Manager Atlanta Capacity Analysis Report Prepared for AT&T USA: TEMS™ Capacity Manager Client Capacity Analysis Project Reports. Reston, VA, USA: The University of Adelaide. 2014 Nguyen, H., & Costa, A. (2014). SAPN Restoration Analysis Forecast Tool v1.0. 2014 Nguyen, H., & Webb, M. R. (2014). Wireless Mesh and Backhaul Solutions for Responder Check-in Systems. 2014 Northcote, B., Warner, N., McMahon, J. J., Coyle, A., Costa, A., Mihailescu, M., . . . Li, Y. (2014). Devil WCDMA network dimensioning 2014 workshop. Telstra. 2013 Northcote, B., Warner, N., Coyle, A., Costa, A., Mihailescu, M., Nguyen, H., . . . Li, Y. (2013). Devil WCDMA network dimensioning 2013 workshop. Telstra. 2012 Northcote, B., Warner, N., Coyle, A., Costa, A., Mihailescu, M., Nguyen, H., . . . Yates, S. (2012). Devil WCDMA network dimensioning 2012 workshop. Telstra. 2012 Britton, M., Naguleswaran, S., Nguyen, H., Coyle, A., Yates, S., & Mihailescu, M. (2012). FogNet v4.0 User Guide. 2011 Coyle, A., Nguyen, H., Naguleswaran, S., Britton, M., Porter, C., & Webb, M. R. (2011). SANLab Year 3 Report. 2010 Coyle, A., Nguyen, H., Naguleswaran, S., Britton, M., Porter, C., & Webb, M. R. (2010). SANLab Year 2 Report. -
Theses
Year Citation 2018 Nguyen, D. D. (2018). Adaptive Reinforcement Learning for Heterogeneous Network Selection. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide). 2008 Nguyen, H. (2008). User-level Internet tomography and overlay routing. (PhD Thesis, Thèse École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL). -
Working Paper
Year Citation 2016 Nguyen, D. U. O. N. G., Nguyen, H. U. N. G., & White, L. A. N. G. (2016). Distributed RAT Selection with Enhanced Reinforcement Learning. Technical Report, The University of Adelaide.
2009 Nguyen, H., Denisa, G., Kurant,, M., Argyraki, K., & Thiran, P. (2009). Fundamental Properties of Routing Matrices and Their Implications for Network Tomography. Technical Report, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). -
Software
Year Citation 2019 Costa, A., Northcote, B., McMahon, J., Warner, N., Nguyen, H., Mihailescu, M., & Wang, G. (2019). Telstra Devil Mobile Networks Capacity Planning Tool Release 2019 (Version 2019) [software]. 2018 Costa, A., Northcote, B., McMahon, J., Warner, N., Mihailescu, M., Nguyen, H., & Wang, G. (2018). Telstra Devil Mobile Networks Capacity Planning Tool Release 2018 (Version 2018) [software]. 2017 Costa, A., Northcote, B., Warner, N., McMahon, J. J., Nguyen, H., Mihailescu, M., & Wang, G. (2017). Telstra Devil Mobile Networks Capacity Planning Tool 2017 Release (Version 2017) [Computer Software]. 2017 Costa, A., Wang, G., Mihailescu, M., & Nguyen, H. (2017). SAPN ERT Tool - Expected Restoration Time Analytics (Version 2.0) [software]. Adelaide: TRC. 2016 Costa, A., Northcote, B., Warner, N., Mihailescu, M., McMahon, J., Nguyen, H., & Wang, G. (2016). Telstra Devil Mobile Networks Capacity Planning Tool 2016 Release (Version v2016) [software]. Adelaide: -. 2015 Northcote, B., Warner, N., Coyle, A., McMahon, J. J., Mihailescu, M., Costa, A., . . . Britton, M. (2015). TelAri Analytics v2.0 [Computer Software]. 2014 Nguyen, H., & Costa, A. (2014). SAPN Restoration Analysis Forecast Tool v1.0 [Computer Software]. 2014 Northcote, B., Warner, N., Coyle, A., Yates, S., McMahon, J. J., Mihailescu, M., . . . Li, Y. (2014). TelAri Analytics v1.2 [Computer Software]. 2013 Northcote, B., Warner, N., Coyle, A., Yates, S., Mihailescu, M., Costa, A., . . . Li, Y. (2013). TelAri Analytics v1.1 [Computer Software]. 2012 Northcote, B., Warner, N., Coyle, A., Yates, S., Mihailescu, M., Costa, A., . . . Li, Y. (2012). TelAri Analytics v1.0 [Computer Software]. 2012 Britton, M., Naguleswaran, S., Nguyen, H., Coyle, A., Yates, S., & Mihailescu, M. (2012). FogNet v4.0 [Computer Software].
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 Principal Supervisor Scalable Hypergame models and solutions for Autonomous Cyber Operations. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Quang Huy Ngo 2022 Principal Supervisor Algorithms for the Analysis of Network Robustness Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Yumeng Zhang 2022 Principal Supervisor Characterising Cyber Environments and Assets using Graph Modelling and Machine Learning Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Ben Luo 2022 Principal Supervisor Autonomous Decision Making in Time-Varying Cyber Environments Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Sunny Sharma 2021 Co-Supervisor Distributed intelligence in smart satellites Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr James John Cormack 2021 Principal Supervisor Automated cyber operations: new reinforcement learning models and attacker considerations Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Blake Edward Donnelly 2021 Co-Supervisor Algorithms and Equilibrium Computation for Defending Active Directory Style Attack Graphs Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Jialiang Li 2021 Principal Supervisor Hannan Consistent Countermeasures Against Non-Stationary Adversarial Attacks on Autonomous Cyber Operations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Nhat Dao Anh Nguyen -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2015 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Adaptive Reinforcement Learning for Heterogeneous Network Selection Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Duong Duc Nguyen 2015 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Community Detection in Complex Networks Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ba Dung Le
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2004 - ongoing Member IEEE 2004 - ongoing Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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