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Michael Hitchens

Associate Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6320-9184
  • 919 Citations
  • 16 h-Index
1992 …2020

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Biography

Research Interests:  Access Control, network security, cyber security, trust and privacy in computer security, Video Games, computer games, player-avatar relationship, role-playing games.

 

Videogames are the new media of the 21st century, ranging from simple but enthralling games that can be played a few minutes at time on hand-held devices to epic adventures in virtual worlds that can take hundreds of hours to play.  Of particular interest to me is the relationship between players and their representations in virtual worlds, player experience and the study of roleplaying games.  Roleplaying games present a fascinating example of games, being large in scale, inviting players to identify deeply with their characters and challenging our notions of what a game is and how games and stories relate.

 

Within the broad area of Computer Security most of my work concentrates on authorisation/access control, trust and network security protocols. Authorisation/access control involves the policies settings that specify what a user or other entity is able to do within a system and the mechanisms that enforce these settings. Trust examines issues of how confident one entity should be in whether another will carry out an action. Network security protocols provide the structure for communication between entities.

 

Education and Work Experience:  Dr. Hitchens is an associate professor in the Department of Computing at Macquarie University.  He received his PhD in Operating Systems from the University of Newcastle in 1991.  Before joining Macquarie he has worked at Western Sydney University (1991-1995,2000) and the University of Sydney (1996-1999).

 

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Projects

Cybersecurity ethics training simulations for values-based decision-making

Richards, D., Ryan, M., Formosa, P., Hitchens, M., Dignum, V. & McEwan, M.

1/12/19 → 30/06/23

Project: Research

The science of human responsibility: An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the sense of agency

Polito, V., Klein, C., Kaplan, D. M., Langdon, R., Hitchens, M., Zopf, R., Carruthers, G. & Woody, E.

1/01/16 → …

Project: Research

    • Sustainable and programmatic assessment in science and engineering

    Downes, J. & Hitchens, M.

    1/01/16 → 30/06/17

    Project: Teaching

    Program review and design for science and engineering

    Downes, J. & Hitchens, M.

    1/01/16 → 30/06/17

    Project: Teaching

    Quantitative Business Decisions

    Hitchens, M.

    1/07/14 → 31/12/14

    Project: Research

    Research Outputs

    On the design of a flexible delegation model for the Internet of Things using blockchain

    Pal, S., Rabehaja, T., Hitchens, M., Varadharajan, V. & Hill, A., May 2020, In : IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 16, 5, p. 3521-3530 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • On the integration of blockchain to the Internet of Things for enabling access right delegation

    Pal, S., Rabehaja, T., Hill, A., Hitchens, M. & Varadharajan, V., Apr 2020, In : IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 7, 4, p. 2630-2639 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Towards a dynamic policy enhanced integrated security architecture for SDN infrastructure

    Karmakar, K. K., Varadharajan, V., Tupakula, U. & Hitchens, M., 2020, Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2020: Management in the Age of Softwarization and Artificial Intelligence, NOMS 2020. Piscataway, NY: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 9 p. (Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2020: Management in the Age of Softwarization and Artificial Intelligence, NOMS 2020).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

    • A policy based security architecture for software-defined networks

    Varadharajan, V., Karmakar, K., Tupakula, U. & Hitchens, M., Apr 2019, In : IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 14, 4, p. 897-912 16 p., 8453023.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 14 Citations (Scopus)

    Design and implementation of a secure and flexible access-right delegation for resource constrained environments

    Rabehaja, T., Pal, S. & Hitchens, M., 1 Oct 2019, In : Future Generation Computer Systems. 99, p. 593-608 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 2 Citations (Scopus)