Centre closure

As part of a broader organisational restructure, data networking research at Swinburne University of Technology has moved from the Centre for Advanced Internet Architecture (CAIA) to the Internet For Things (I4T) Research Lab.

Although CAIA no longer exists, this website reflects CAIA's activities and outputs between March 2002 and February 2017, and is being maintained as a service to the broader data networking research community.

Dr. Warren Harrop

Tel (desk): +61 3 9214 4558
Tel (802.11b VoIP phone): sip:410@sip.room52.net
Email: wharrop@swin.edu.au

Position: Lecturer

PhD topic: Monitoring and control of data networks using unique 3D metaphors (PhD candidature supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award - APA)

Qualifications:

Completed Bachelor of Applied Science (Multimedia Technologies) / Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications and Internet Technologies) in 2003

Industry Experience:

3 month internship with Cisco Systems USA, July - September 2007

Publications: List available here.

Grants/Funding: List available here.

Research Interests:

• Network security, including research into the development and deployment of Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS)

• Investigations into the monitoring and control of IP networks through the application of immersive virtual environment metaphors

Research Community Activities:

• Program committee member for VizSec 2011

• Program committee member for VizSec 2010

• Program committee member for VizSec 2009

• Local arrangements for Netgames 2007

Research Projects:

Current

• Leveraging 3D Game Engines (L3DGE): Novel techniques for anomalous traffic detection and collaborative network control.

• Greynets: Passive Detection of Unsolicited Network Scans in Small ISP and Enterprise networks.

• Game ENvironment Internet Utilisation Study (GENIUS).

• Re-Engineering For Internet Telephony (REFIT).

Presentations:

• W. Harrop, "Using a lack of source address filtering to create 'quota-free' tunnels between collaborators," 6th Australian Network Operators Group conference (AusNOG 2012), Melbourne, September 2012

• W. Harrop, "Network Monitoring and Control Using the Open Source 'L3DGE' System," 2nd Australian Network Operators Group conference (AusNOG 02), Sydney, August 2008

• W. Harrop, "Real-Time Collaborative Network Monitoring and Control Using a 3D Game Engine for Representation and Interaction," 1st Australian Network Operators Group conference (AusNOG 01), Sydney, November 2007

Affiliations:

• Member ISOC-AU

• Member Victorian Telecommunications Museum.

Teaching:

• HET436 Broadband Multimedia Networks (Lab demonstrator 2004-2014, tutor 2009-2014, convenor/lecturer 2014).

• HET306/HIT8163 Unix for Telecommunications (Lab demonstrator 2006-2009, 2011-2013, Tutor 2013-2014).

• HET412/HET758 Networking and Online Games (Tutor and Lab demonstrator 2009-2011).

• HET317/HIT7717 Network Security and Resilience (Lab demonstrator 2011).

• HET183 Electronics and Telecommunications Systems and Projects (Lecturer and tutor 2013, Convenor 2014).

• HIT7720 Secure Networks (Lecturer and lab demonstrator 2012-2014, Convenor 2013-2014).

• HET729 Design and Management of Networks (Unit convenor 2013-2014).

Off the beaten path:

• Personal research and implementation interests include: Home networking, VoIP and IPv6 deployment

• Presentations relating to our "home network"

• Warren Harrop and Lawrence Stewart, Infinity + 1: The scope of the home network, 28th March 2007

• Warren Harrop (and Lawrence Stewart), Create the greatest home network of all time, in 3 easy steps (and 472 difficult ones), 22nd March 2006

• Warren Harrop and Lawrence Stewart, You da M.A.N. Voice, over IP, over Stuff, 23rd March 2005

• Subliminal acting



Uncredited appearance as an exchange technician in Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012). Scenes from the film were shot at the Victorian Telecommunications Museum. The movie has aired on Channel 10 in Australia and is now available on DVD.