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Computer Science
Italy
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
13085
World Ranking
3639
National Ranking
71

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
53
Citations
10978
World Ranking
2409
National Ranking
60

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to Internet traffic analysis

Overview

Marco Mellia is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, and Information Systems. Additional subfields of study include Sociology and Political Science, as well as Signal Processing.

The main topics of their research cover various aspects of network traffic, security, and privacy technologies. These topics include:

  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Spam and Phishing Detection
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Software System Performance and Reliability
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

Marco Mellia has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Networking
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • Electronics
  • ACM Transactions on the Web

Some of their recent publications include:

  • "Campus traffic and e-Learning during COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in Computer Networks
  • "Five Years at the Edge: Watching Internet From the ISP Network" (2020), published in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • "Interpreting AI for Networking: Where We Are and Where We Are Going" (2022), published in IEEE Communications Magazine
  • "Data-driven strategies for predictive maintenance: Lesson learned from an automotive use case" (2021), published in Computers in Industry
  • "On network backbone extraction for modeling online collective behavior" (2022), published in PLoS ONE

Their research collaborations have involved frequent co-authors such as Idílio Drago, Luca Vassio, Martino Trevisan, Danilo Giordano, and Jussara M. Almeida.

In recognition of their contributions, Marco Mellia was named an IEEE Fellow in 2021 for their work in Internet traffic analysis.

Best Publications

  • Campus traffic and e-Learning during COVID-19 pandemic

    Thomas Favale;Francesca Soro;Martino Trevisan;Idilio Drago

  • Inside dropbox: understanding personal cloud storage services

    Idilio Drago;Marco Mellia;Maurizio M. Munafo;Anna Sperotto

  • Revealing skype traffic: when randomness plays with you

    Dario Bonfiglio;Marco Mellia;Michela Meo;Dario Rossi

  • Reducing Power Consumption in Backbone Networks

    L. Chiaraviglio;M. Mellia;F. Neri

  • YouTube everywhere: impact of device and infrastructure synergies on user experience

    Alessandro Finamore;Marco Mellia;Maurizio M. Munafò;Ruben Torres

  • Minimizing ISP network energy cost: formulation and solutions

    Luca Chiaraviglio;Marco Mellia;Fabio Neri

  • Energy-Aware Backbone Networks: A Case Study

    L. Chiaraviglio;M. Mellia;F. Neri

  • The Cost of the "S" in HTTPS

    David Naylor;Alessandro Finamore;Ilias Leontiadis;Yan Grunenberger

  • Experiences of Internet traffic monitoring with tstat

    A Finamore;M Mellia;M Meo;M M Munafo

  • Dissecting Video Server Selection Strategies in the YouTube CDN

    Ruben Torres;Alessandro Finamore;Jin Ryong Kim;Marco Mellia

  • KISS: stochastic packet inspection classifier for UDP traffic

    Alessandro Finamore;Marco Mellia;Michela Meo;Dario Rossi

  • Nazca: Detecting Malware Distribution in Large-Scale Networks

    Luca Invernizzi;Stanislav Miskovic;Ruben Torres;Sabyasachi Saha

  • Benchmarking personal cloud storage

    Idilio Drago;Enrico Bocchi;Marco Mellia;Herman Slatman

  • A Survey on Big Data for Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis

    Alessandro D'Alconzo;Idilio Drago;Andrea Morichetta;Marco Mellia

  • TCP model for short lived flows

    M. Mellia;H. Zhang

  • Bounds on average delays and queue size averages and variances in input-queued cell-based switches

    E. Leonardi;M. Mellia;F. Neri;M. Ajmone Marsan

  • Detailed Analysis of Skype Traffic

    D. Bonfiglio;M. Mellia;M. Meo;D. Rossi

  • On the stability of input-queued switches with speed-up

    Emilio Leonardi;Marco Mellia;Fabio Neri;Marco Ajmone Marsan

  • Reviewing traffic classification

    Silvio Valenti;Dario Rossi;Alberto Dainotti;Antonio Pescapè

  • DNS to the rescue: discerning content and services in a tangled web

    Ignacio N. Bermudez;Marco Mellia;Maurizio M. Munafo;Ram Keralapura

  • Tracking Down Skype Traffic

    D. Bonfiglio;M. Mellia;M. Meo;N. Ritacca

Frequent Co-Authors

Emilio Leonardi
Emilio Leonardi Polytechnic University of Turin
Michela Meo
Michela Meo Polytechnic University of Turin
Dario Rossi
Dario Rossi Télécom ParisTech
Marco Ajmone Marsan
Marco Ajmone Marsan Polytechnic University of Turin
Fabio Neri
Fabio Neri Polytechnic University of Turin
Claudio Casetti
Claudio Casetti Polytechnic University of Turin
Luca Chiaraviglio
Luca Chiaraviglio University of Rome Tor Vergata
Antonio Nucci
Antonio Nucci Cisco Systems (United States)
Sung-Ju Lee
Sung-Ju Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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