Professor Marius Portmann
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Marius Portmann

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Background

Prof Portmann is the UQ-Cisco Chair of Network Security at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at The University of Queensland (UQ).

He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich in 2003. His research interests include Computer Networks, Cybersecurity, IoT (Internet of Things) and applied AI.

Availability

Professor Marius Portmann is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Communications engineering Distributed computing and systems software Engineering

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich

Research interests

  • Cyber Security

    Machine Learning based Intrusion Detection

  • Computer Networks

    IoT Networks, Software Defined Networking (SDN)

  • Blockchain Technology

Search Professor Marius Portmann’s works on UQ eSpace

183 works between 2002 and 2025
All (183) Journal Article (58) Book Chapter (7) Conference Publication (100) Book (1) Other Outputs (17)

61 - 80 of 183 works

2021

Conference Publication

SolAR: energy positive human activity recognition using solar cells

Sandhu, Muhammad Moid, Khalifa, Sara, Geissdoerfer, Kai, Jurdak, Raja and Portmann, Marius (2021). SolAR: energy positive human activity recognition using solar cells. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), Kassel, Germany, 22-26 March 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/PERCOM50583.2021.9439128

SolAR: energy positive human activity recognition using solar cells

2021

Conference Publication

Scaling Spectrogram Data Representation for Deep Learning on Edge TPU

Hosseininoorbin, Seyedehfaezeh, Layeghy, Siamak, Kusy, Brano, Jurdak, Raja and Portmann, Marius (2021). Scaling Spectrogram Data Representation for Deep Learning on Edge TPU. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops), Kassel, Germany, 22-26 March 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/PerComWorkshops51409.2021.9431041

Scaling Spectrogram Data Representation for Deep Learning on Edge TPU

2021

Conference Publication

NetFlow datasets for machine learning-based network intrusion detection systems

Sarhan, Mohanad, Layeghy, Siamak, Moustafa, Nour and Portmann, Marius (2021). NetFlow datasets for machine learning-based network intrusion detection systems. 10th EAI International Conference, BDTA 2020 and 13th EAI International Conference on Wireless Internet, WiCON 2020, Virtual Event, 11 December 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-72802-1_9

NetFlow datasets for machine learning-based network intrusion detection systems

2020

Journal Article

P-SCOR: integration of constraint programming orchestration and programmable data plane

Melis, Andrea, Layeghy, Siamak, Berardi, Davide, Portmann, Marius, Prandini, Marco and Callegati, Franco (2020). P-SCOR: integration of constraint programming orchestration and programmable data plane. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 18 (1) 9311177, 1-1. doi: 10.1109/tnsm.2020.3048277

P-SCOR: integration of constraint programming orchestration and programmable data plane

2020

Journal Article

Network traffic control for multi-homed end-hosts via SDN

Al-Najjar, Anees, Khan, Furqan Hameed and Portmann, Marius (2020). Network traffic control for multi-homed end-hosts via SDN. IET Communications, 14 (19), 3312-3323. doi: 10.1049/iet-com.2020.0335

Network traffic control for multi-homed end-hosts via SDN

2020

Conference Publication

Towards optimal kinetic energy harvesting for the batteryless IoT

Sandhu, Muhammad Moid, Geissdoerfer, Kai, Khalifa, Sara, Jurdak, Raja, Portmann, Marius and Kusy, Brano (2020). Towards optimal kinetic energy harvesting for the batteryless IoT. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, Austin, TX, United States, 23-27 March 2020. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/PerComWorkshops48775.2020.9156195

Towards optimal kinetic energy harvesting for the batteryless IoT

2020

Conference Publication

Towards energy positive sensing using kinetic energy harvesters

Sandhu, Muhammad Moid, Geissdoerfer, Kai, Khalifa, Sara, Jurdak, Raja, Portmann, Marius and Kusy, Brano (2020). Towards energy positive sensing using kinetic energy harvesters. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, Austin, TX, United States, 23 - 27 March 2020. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/PerCom45495.2020.9127356

Towards energy positive sensing using kinetic energy harvesters

2020

Journal Article

Joint QoS-control and handover optimization in backhaul aware SDN-based LTE networks

Khan, Furqan Hameed and Portmann, Marius (2020). Joint QoS-control and handover optimization in backhaul aware SDN-based LTE networks. Wireless Networks, 26 (4), 2707-2729. doi: 10.1007/s11276-019-02021-7

Joint QoS-control and handover optimization in backhaul aware SDN-based LTE networks

2020

Journal Article

MAC-layer rate control for 802.11 networks: a survey

Yin, Wei, Hu, Peizhao, Indulska, Jadwiga, Portmann, Marius and Mao, Ying (2020). MAC-layer rate control for 802.11 networks: a survey. Wireless Networks, 26 (5), 3793-3830. doi: 10.1007/s11276-020-02295-2

MAC-layer rate control for 802.11 networks: a survey

2019

Conference Publication

Enhancing quality of experience of VoIP traffic in SDN based end-hosts

Al-Najjar, Anees, Layeghy, Siamak, Portmann, Marius and Indulska, Jadwiga (2019). Enhancing quality of experience of VoIP traffic in SDN based end-hosts. 28th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, ITNAC 2018, Sydney, NSW Australia, 21-23 November 2018. New York, NY USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ATNAC.2018.8615286

Enhancing quality of experience of VoIP traffic in SDN based end-hosts

2019

Conference Publication

A model for reliable uplink transmissions in LoRaWAN

Khan, Furqan Hameed, Jurdak, Raja and Portmann, Marius (2019). A model for reliable uplink transmissions in LoRaWAN. 15th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2019), Santorini Island, Greece, 29-31 May 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/DCOSS.2019.00042

A model for reliable uplink transmissions in LoRaWAN

2019

Conference Publication

Experimental evaluation of LoRaWAN in NS-3

Khan, Furqan Hameed and Portmann, Marius (2019). Experimental evaluation of LoRaWAN in NS-3. 28th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, ITNAC 2018, Sydney, NSW, 21-23 November 2018. New York, NY USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ATNAC.2018.8615313

Experimental evaluation of LoRaWAN in NS-3

2019

Journal Article

The (In)Security of Virtualization in Software Defined Networks

Alharbi, Talal and Portmann, Marius (2019). The (In)Security of Virtualization in Software Defined Networks. IEEE Access, 7 8718586, 66584-66594. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2918101

The (In)Security of Virtualization in Software Defined Networks

2019

Conference Publication

R2Lab testbed evaluation for wireless mesh network experiments

Pakzad, Farzaneh, Portmann, Marius, Turletti, Thierry, Parmentelat, Thierry, Mahfoudi, Mohamed Naoufal and Dabbous, Walid (2019). R2Lab testbed evaluation for wireless mesh network experiments. 28th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, ITNAC 2018, Sydney, NSW Australia, 21-23 November 2018. New York, NY USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ATNAC.2018.8615202

R2Lab testbed evaluation for wireless mesh network experiments

2018

Journal Article

Flow-level load balancing of HTTP traffic using open flow

Al-Najjar, Anees, Layeghy, Siamak, Portmann, Marius and Indulska, Jadwiga (2018). Flow-level load balancing of HTTP traffic using open flow. Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 6 (4), 75-95. doi: 10.18080/ajtde.v6n4.166

Flow-level load balancing of HTTP traffic using open flow

2017

Journal Article

A new QoS routing northbound interface for SDN

Layeghy, Siamak, Pakzad, Farzaneh and Portmann, Marius (2017). A new QoS routing northbound interface for SDN. Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 5 (1), 92-115. doi: 10.18080/ajtde.v5n1.91

A new QoS routing northbound interface for SDN

2017

Conference Publication

Link capacity estimation in SDN-based end-hosts

Al-Najjar, Anees, Pakzad, Farzaneh, Layeghy, Siamak and Portmann, Marius (2017). Link capacity estimation in SDN-based end-hosts. 10th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, ICSPCS 2016, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia, 19 - 21 December 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ICSPCS.2016.7843372

Link capacity estimation in SDN-based end-hosts

2017

Conference Publication

Experimental evaluation of the impact of DoS attacks in SDN

Alharbi, Talal, Layeghy, Siamak and Portmann, Marius (2017). Experimental evaluation of the impact of DoS attacks in SDN. 27th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC), Melbourne, Australia, 22-24 November 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE.

Experimental evaluation of the impact of DoS attacks in SDN

2017

Conference Publication

Evaluation of Mininet-WiFi integration via ns-3

Pakzad, Farzaneh, Layeghy, Siamak and Portmann, Marius (2017). Evaluation of Mininet-WiFi integration via ns-3. 26th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, ITNAC 2016, Dunedin, New Zealand, 7 - 9 December 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ATNAC.2016.7878816

Evaluation of Mininet-WiFi integration via ns-3

2017

Conference Publication

Flow-based load balancing of web traffic using OpenFlow

Al-Najjar, Anees, Teed, Samuel, Indulska, Jadwiga and Portmann, Marius (2017). Flow-based load balancing of web traffic using OpenFlow. 27th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC), Melbourne, Australia, 22-14 November 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ATNAC.2017.8215411

Flow-based load balancing of web traffic using OpenFlow

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2028
    Mechanisms of Behaviour Change Theory
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Customer electricity usage segmentation based on smart meter data
    Energy Queensland Limited
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2023
    Blockchain-based Event Ticketing System
    Innovation Connections
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2024
    Reducing plate waste in hotels - which interventions are most effective?
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Machine Learning for Automated Network Anomaly Detection, Cyber Security and Analysis - Phase II
    Innovation Connections
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Machine Learning for Automated Network Anomaly detection and Analysis
    Innovation Connections
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Smart Lending
    Commonwealth Bank of Australia
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Software Defined Networking for the Internet of Things
    Data 61 - University Collaboration Agreement (DUCA)
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Test bed for wide-area software defined networking research (ARC LIEF project administered by The University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Generic Platform for Peer-to-peer Networks and Applications
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Marius Portmann is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Low-energy LoRaWAN-based automatic and continuous measurement of organisational environmental performance.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Siamak Layeghy, Professor Sara Dolnicar

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Practical Machine Learning Based Network Intrusion Detection

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Marcus Gallagher, Dr Siamak Layeghy

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring the Capabilities of LoRaWAN IoT Technology for Multisensor Data Collection and Analysis

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Siamak Layeghy, Professor Sara Dolnicar

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Machine Learning for Improving Services and Management of Software Defined Networks

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Siamak Layeghy

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enhancing the Privacy-Preserving ML techniques with Functional Encryption approach

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Siamak Layeghy

Completed supervision

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