Matthew Roughan

8.8k citations

139 papers · 5.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

Impact in

Computational Mathematics top 0.5%
Computer Networks and Communications top 0.1%
- Network Traffic and Congestion Control
- Software-Defined Networks and 5G
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- Caching and Content Delivery

Papers in

Computer Networks and Communications 103
- Network Traffic and Congestion Control 64
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection 27
- Software-Defined Networks and 5G 25
- Wireless Networks and Protocols 13
- Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies 11
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 21
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques 20

Co-authors: Hung Nguyen Yin Zhang⋆Walter Willinger Rhys Bowden Albert Greenberg Nickolas Falkner Simon Knight Nick Duffield
Journals: ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (10 papers)ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review (7 papers)IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (5 papers)IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (3 papers)SoftwareX (2 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Matthew Roughan

134 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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The Internet Topology Zoo 2011 · 1.2k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Performance Analysis: Discovering Semi-Markov Models From Event Logs IEEE Access ·Anna Kalenkova, Lewis Mitchell, Matthew Roughan	2025	0
2	Optimal proposal particle filters for detecting anomalies and manoeuvres from two line element data Acta Astronautica ·David Shorten, Melissa Humphries, John Maclean, Yang Yang, Matthew Roughan	2024	0
3	Surreal Birthdays and Their Arithmetic Mathematics Magazine ·Matthew Roughan	2023	1
4	Likelihood-Based Inference for Modelling Packet Transit From Thinned Flow Summaries IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks ·Prosha A. Rahman, Boris Béranger, Scott A. Sisson, Matthew Roughan	2022	0
5	A Review of Shannon and Differential Entropy Rate Estimation Entropy ·Andrew Feutrill, Matthew Roughan	2021	42
6	Verifiable Policy-Defined Networking Using Metagraphs IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing ·Dinesha Ranathunga, Matthew Roughan, Hung Nguyen	2020	7
7	MGtoolkit: A python package for implementing metagraphs SoftwareX ·Dinesha Ranathunga, Hung Nguyen, Matthew Roughan	2017	3
8	Case Studies of SCADA Firewall Configurations and the Implications for Best Practices IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management ·Dinesha Ranathunga, Matthew Roughan, Hung Nguyen, Phil Kernick, Nickolas Falkner	2016	14
9	Planarity of data networks Rhys Bowden, Hung Nguyen, Nickolas Falkner, Simon Knight, Matthew Roughan	2011	5
10	Efficient network-wide flow record generation Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·Joel Sommers, Rhys Bowden, Brian Eriksson, Paul Barford, Matthew Roughan, Nick Duffield	2011	33
11	Node Localisation in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·Jon Arnold, Nigel Bean, M. Kraetzl, Matthew Roughan	2007	5
12	Building an AS-topology model that captures route diversity Wolfgang Mühlbauer, Anja Feldmann, Olaf Maennel, Matthew Roughan, Steve Uhlig	2006	58
13	Is BGP update storm a sign of trouble: Observing the internet control and data planes during internet worms Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·Matthew Roughan, Jun Li, Randy Bush, Z. Morley Mao, Timothy G. Griffin	2006	1
14	The many facets of internet topology and traffic Networks and Heterogeneous Media ·David Alderson, Hyunseok Chang, Matthew Roughan, Steve Uhlig, Walter Willinger	2006	49
15	Public review for the devil and packet trace anonymization ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review ·Matthew Roughan	2006	2
16	The “robust yet fragile” nature of the Internet Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·John C. Doyle, David Alderson, Lun Li, Steven H. Low, Matthew Roughan, Stanislav Shalunov, Reiko Tanaka, Walter Willinger	2005	304
17	Network anomography Yin Zhang⋆, Zihui Ge, Albert Greenberg, Matthew Roughan	2005	152
18	P2P the gorilla in the cable Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·Alexandre Gerber, Joseph D. Houle, Nguyen Huu Thanh, Matthew Roughan, Subhabrata Sen	2003	53
19	An information-theoretic approach to traffic matrix estimation Yin Zhang, Matthew Roughan, Carsten Lund, David L. Donoho	2003	215
20	A case study of OSPF behavior in a large enterprise network Aman Shaikh, Chris Isett, Albert Greenberg, Matthew Roughan, Joel Gottlieb	2002	5

About Matthew Roughan

Matthew Roughan is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Hardware and Architecture, having authored 139 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Network Traffic and Congestion Control (64 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (35 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (27 papers), Software-Defined Networks and 5G (25 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (20 papers), Advanced Optical Network Technologies (19 papers), Wireless Networks and Protocols (13 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computational Mathematics (151 citations), Computer Networks and Communications (4.5k citations), Artificial Intelligence (1.9k citations), Hardware and Architecture (349 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (617 citations). Matthew Roughan has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Hung Nguyen, Yin Zhang⋆, Walter Willinger, Rhys Bowden, Albert Greenberg, Nickolas Falkner, Simon Knight, Nick Duffield, Yin Zhang and Lili Qiu. Their work appears in journals such as ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and SoftwareX.

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