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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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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
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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
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Sustainable and programmatic assessment in science and engineering
1/01/16 → 30/06/17
Project: Teaching
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A blockchain-based trust management framework with verifiable interactions
Pal, S., Hill, A., Rabehaja, T. & Hitchens, M., 9 Dec 2021, In: Computer Networks. 200, p. 1-18 18 p., 108506.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A graph-based fault-tolerant approach to modeling QoS for IoT-based surveillance applications
Thomas, D., Orgun, M., Hitchens, M., Shankaran, R., Mukhopadhyay, S. C. & Ni, W., 1 Mar 2021, In: IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 8, 5, p. 3587-3604 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Controlling resource allocation using blockchain-based delegation
Pal, S., Hill, A., Rabehaja, T. & Hitchens, M., 2021, 2021 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2021 - Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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Digital media impacts multiple aspects of self-representation: an investigation of flow, agency, presence, character identification, and time perception
Polito, V. & Hitchens, M., Jul 2021, In: Psychology of Popular Media Culture. 10, 3, p. 303-318 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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QoS-aware energy management and node scheduling schemes for sensor network-based surveillance applications
Thomas, D., Shankaran, R., Sheng, Q. Z., Orgun, M. A., Hitchens, M., Masud, M., Ni, W., Mukhopadhyay, S. & Piran, M. J., 2021, In: IEEE Access. 9, p. 3065-3096 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Citations (Scopus)45 Downloads (Pure)