Long Conference Papers and Journal Articles
’‘*’’ indicates that I am the corresponding author.
[SIGMETRICS26] A. Septiadi, M. Lyu*, H. Habibi Gharakheili and V. Sivaraman. Assessing Resilience in Authoritative DNS Infrastructure Supporting Government Services at Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Jun 2026. (Accpetance Rate: 15% = 32/211) (preprint version)
[ComNet26] M. Lyu*, Y. Wang, and V. Sivaraman. Systematic Assessment of Cloud Game Adaptability for Network Conditions and User Experience at (Elsevier) Computer Networks, Early Access, 2026.
[TON25] M. Lyu* and V. Sivaraman. A Large-Scale Network Measurement Study of NVIDIA GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming in the Wild at IEEE Transactions on Networking, Oct 2025. (preprint version)
[IMC25] Y. Wang, M. Lyu* and V. Sivaraman. Games Are Not Equal: Classifying Cloud Gaming Contexts for Effective User Experience Measurement at ACM Internet Measurement Conference, Madison, WI, USA, Oct 2025. (preprint version)
[SIGMETRICS25] R. J. Babaria, M. Lyu*, G. Batista and V. Sivaraman. FastFlow: Early Yet Robust Network Flow Classification using the Minimal Number of Time-Series Packets at Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, New York, USA, Jun 2025. (Accpetance Rate: 17% = 66/381) (preprint version)
[IMC24] Y. Wang, M. Lyu* and V. Sivaraman. Characterizing User Platforms for Video Streaming in Broadband Networks at ACM Internet Measurement Conference, Madrid, Spain, Nov 2024. (Long Paper Acceptance Rate: 19% = 30/160) (preprint version)
[SIGMETRICS24] M. Lyu*, R. D. Tripathi and V. Sivaraman. MetaVRadar: Measuring Metaverse Virtual Reality Network Activity at Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, Venice, Italy, Jun 2024. (Accpetance Rate: 15% = 52/331) (preprint version)
[PAM24] M. Lyu*, S. C. Madanapalli, A. Vishwanath and V. Sivaraman. Network Anatomy and Real-Time Measurement of Nvidia GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming at International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement, Virtual Event, USA, Mar 2024. (preprint version)
[Access24] M. Lyu*, H. Habibi Gharakheili, and V. Sivaraman, A Survey on Enterprise Network Security: Asset Behavioral Monitoring and Distributed Attack Detection, IEEE Access, Jan 2024.
[JMIR24] X. He, F. Cui, M. Lyu, D. Sun, X. Zhang, J. Shi, Y. Zhang, S. Jiang and J. Zhao. Key Factors Influencing the Operationalization and Effectiveness of Telemedicine Services in Henan Province, China: Cross-Sectional Analysis at Journal of Medical Internet Research, Jan 2024.
[ComNet23] M. Lyu*, H. Habibi Gharakheili, and V. Sivaraman. PEDDA: Practical and Effective Detection of Distributed Attacks on Enterprise Networks via Progressive Multi-Stage Inference at (Elsevier) Computer Networks, Sep 2023. (preprint version)
[CSUR23] M. Lyu*, H. Habibi Gharakheili, and V. Sivaraman. A Survey on DNS Encryption: Current Development, Malware Misuse, and Inference Techniques at ACM Computing Surveys, Aug 2023. (preprint version)
[ComNet22] M. Lyu*, H. Habibi Gharakheili, and V. Sivaraman. Classifying and Tracking Enterprise Assets via Dual-Grained Network Behavioral Analysis at (Elsevier) Computer Networks, Dec 2022. (preprint version)
[TNSM22] M. Lyu*, H. Habibi Gharakheili, C. Russell and V. Sivaraman. Enterprise DNS Asset Mapping and Cyber-Health Tracking via Passive Traffic Analysis at IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Nov 2022. (preprint version)
[JMIR21] F. Cui, X. He, Y. Zhai, M. Lyu, J. Shi, D. Sun, S. Juang, C. Li, and J. Zhao. Application of Telemedicine Services Based on a Regional Telemedicine Platform in China from 2014 to 2020: Longitudinal Trend Anaylsis at Journal of Medical Internet Research, Jul 2021.
[IoTJ21] B. Chen, S. Qiao, J. Zhao, D. Liu, X. Shi, M. Lyu, H. Chen, H. Lu, and Y. Zhai. A Security Awareness & Protection System For 5G Smart Healthcare Based on Zero-Trust Architecture at IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Jul 2021.
[TNSM21] M. Lyu, H. Habibi Gharakheili, C. Russell and V. Sivaraman. Hierarchical Anomaly-Based Detection of Distributed DNS Attacks on Enterprise Networks at IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Mar 2021. (preprint version)
[TNSM19] H. Habibi Gharakheili, M. Lyu, Y. Wang, H. Kumar and V. Sivaraman. iTeleScope: Softwarized Network Middle-Box for Real-Time Video Telemetry and Classification at IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Dec 2019. (preprint version)
Regular and Short Conference Papers
[MetaCom24] R. D. Tripathi, M. Lyu and V. Sivaraman. Assessing the Impact of Network Quality-of-Service on Metaverse Virtual Reality User Experience at IEEE MetaCom, Hong Kong, China, Aug 2024. (preprint version)
[AINTEC24-1] M. Lyu, Y. Wang and V. Sivaraman. Measuring GenAI Usage Patterns in a University Campus via Network Traffic Analysis at ACM SIGCOMM Asian Internet Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, Aug 2024. (preprint version)
[AINTEC24-2] M. Zumaquero Gil, Z. Hu, M. Lyu, G. Batista and H. Habibi Gharakheili. Systematic Mapping and Temporal Reasoning of IoT Cyber Risks using Structured Data at Asian Internet Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, Aug 2024. (preprint version)
[EMS24] Y. Wang, M. Lyu and V. Sivaraman. Standardizing Multimedia QoE Telemetry from Telecommunications Networks for Open Analytics at ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Emerging Multimedia Systems, Sydney, Australia, Aug 2024. (preprint version)
[Networking24] M. Lyu, Y. Wang and V. Sivaraman. Do Cloud Games Adapt to Client Settings and Network Conditions? at IFIP Networking, Thessaloniki, Greece, Jun 2024. (preprint version)
[NOMS24] S. Guo, M. Lyu and H. Habibi Gharakheili. Realizing Open and Decentralized Marketplace for Exchanging Data of Expected IoT Behaviors at IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, Seoul, South Korea, May 2024. (preprint version)
[AINTEC22] J. Han, M. Lyu and V. Sivaraman. On the Validity of Internet Speed Test Tools and Broadband Measurement Programs at ACM SIGCOMM Asian Internet Engineering Conference, Hiroshima, Japan, Dec 2022. (preprint version)
[PAM19] M. Lyu, H. Habibi Gharakheili, C. Russell and V. Sivaraman. Mapping an Enterprise Network by Analyzing DNS Traffic at International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement, Puerto Varas, Chile, Mar 2019. (preprint version) (Acceptance Rate: 26%)
[NOMS18] S. C. Madanapalli, M. Lyu, H. Kumar, H. Habibi Gharakheili and V. Sivaraman. Real-time detection, isolation and monitoring of elephant flows using commodity SDN system at IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Mar 2018. (preprint version)
[WiSec17] M. Lyu, D. Sherratt, A. Sivanathan, H. Habibi Gharakheili, A. Radford and V. Sivaraman. Quantifying the Reflective DDoS Attack Capability of Household IoT Devices at ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, Boston, MA, USA, Jul 2017. (preprint version)
Conference Abstracts and Posters
[SIGMETRICS Abstracts 25] R. J. Babaria, M. Lyu, G. Batista and V. Sivaraman. FastFlow: Early Yet Robust Network Flow Classification using the Minimal Number of Time-Series Packets at Abstracts of the 2025 ACM SIGMETRICS International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, New York, USA, June 2025.
[SIGMETRICS Abstracts 24] M. Lyu, R. D. Tripathi and V. Sivaraman. MetaVRadar: Measuring Metaverse Virtual Reality Network Activity at Abstracts of the 2024 ACM SIGMETRICS/IFIP PERFORMANCE Joint International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, Venice, Italy, Jun 2024.
Patents
“Apparatus And Process For Classifying Network Flows Of an ISP In Real-Time”, R. J. Babaria, M. Lyu, G. Batista, V. Sivaraman, Australian Provisional Patent Application No. 2025900984 filed Mar 2025.
“Video Streaming User Platform Identification”, Y. Wang, M. Lyu, V. Sivaraman, International PCT Patent Application No. PCT/AU2024/051267, filed Nov 2024. (from Australian Provisional Patent Application No. 2023903896 filed Dec 2023)
“Cloud Gaming Monitoring Apparatus and Process”, M. Lyu, S. C. Madanapalli, A. Vishwanath, V. Sivaraman, International PCT Patent Application No. PCT/AU2024/050996, filed Sep 2024. (from Australian Provisional Patent Application No.2023903009 filed Sep 2023)
“A Metaverse Monitoring Apparatus and Process”, M. Lyu, R. Tripathi, V. Sivaraman, International PCT Patent Application No. PCT/AU2024/050548, filed May 2024. (from Australian Provisional Patent Application No.2023901715 filed May 2023)