Marco Mellia

ERC sectors

SDG

• BEST PAPER AWARD conferred by IEEE P2P 2012, United States (2012)
• ACM CoNEXT Best Short Paper Award conferred by ACM CoNEXT - International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies, United States (2013)
• Applied Networking Research Prize conferred by Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), United States (2013)
• Best Paper Award IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems conferred by IEEE, United States (2015)

• Fellow - IEEE, Stati Uniti (2020-2100)
  IEEE Fellow

• THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACM ON NETWORKING (2023), Director
• COMPUTER NETWORKS (2019-2023), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
• IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING (2014-2018), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT (2014-2023), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
• COMPUTER COMMUNICATION REVIEW (2012-2018), Director

• Politecnico di TORINO - Politecnico di TORINO (2017-), Coordinatore del centro Interdipartimentale SmartData@PoliTO

• Performance 2021, Participation to the organizing committee
• Performance 2020, Participation to the organizing committee
• ACM SIGCOMM 2020 Workshop on Network Meets AI & ML (NetAI 2020), Program committee
• ACM CoNEXT, Steering commitee
• ACM SIGCOMM 2018 Workshop on Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning for Data Communication Networks (Big-DAMA 2018), Program chair
• IEEE Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA 2017), Program chair
• ACM SIGCOMM 2017 Workshop on Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning for Data Communication Networks (Big-DAMA 2017), Program chair
• ACM CoNEXT (1/1/2017-15/12/2017), Program chair
• IEEE Infocom - Demo and Poster Chair, Program chair

• Visiting Researcher, presso Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (15/6/2019-31/7/2019)
• Visiting Researcher, presso Narus, Inc. (14/6/2012-15/8/2014)
• Visiting Researcher, presso Narus, Inc. (7/7/2011-8/9/2011)

• Accordo attuativo dell'Accordo quadro di cooperazione strategica tra il Politecnico di Torino e la Fondazione Links "Piattaforma Digital Revolution", (2022-2024) - Responsabile contrattuale
  Non-commercial collaboration agreements
• Accordo Attuativo tra il Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni DET e il Consortium GARR, (2021-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Non-commercial collaboration agreements

• INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2021/2022 (37. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2020/2021 (36. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2019/2020 (35. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2018/2019 (34. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2017/2018 (33. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2016/2017 (32. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2015/2016 (31. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2014/2015 (30. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA, 2013/2014 (29. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO

• Collegio di Ingegneria Informatica, del Cinema e Meccatronica. Componente

PhD

• On the convergence of Social Computing, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Information Retrieval (insegnamento su invito). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher

Master of Science

• Hardware & Wireless Security (modulo di Wireless and device-to-device communication Security). A.A. 2025/26, CYBERSECURITY ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
• Internet Performance and Troubleshooting Lab. A.A. 2025/26, COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
• Hardware & Wireless Security (modulo di Wireless and device-to-device communication Security). A.A. 2024/25, CYBERSECURITY. Titolare del corso
• Internet Performance and Troubleshooting Lab. A.A. 2024/25, COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
• ICT for smart mobility. A.A. 2023/24, ICT FOR SMART SOCIETIES (ICT PER LA SOCIETA' DEL FUTURO). Collaboratore del corso
• Hardware & Wireless Security (modulo di Wireless and device-to-device communication Security). A.A. 2023/24, CYBERSECURITY. Titolare del corso
• Internet Performance and Troubleshooting Lab. A.A. 2023/24, COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
• Interdisciplinary projects. A.A. 2023/24, ICT FOR SMART SOCIETIES (ICT PER LA SOCIETA' DEL FUTURO). Collaboratore del corso
• ICT for smart mobility. A.A. 2022/23, ICT FOR SMART SOCIETIES (ICT PER LA SOCIETA' DEL FUTURO). Collaboratore del corso
• Network measurement laboratory. A.A. 2022/23, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
• Network measurement laboratory. A.A. 2021/22, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
• ICT in transport systems. A.A. 2021/22, ICT FOR SMART SOCIETIES (ICT PER LA SOCIETA' DEL FUTURO). Collaboratore del corso
• Network measurement laboratory. A.A. 2020/21, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
• ICT in transport systems. A.A. 2020/21, ICT FOR SMART SOCIETIES (ICT PER LA SOCIETA' DEL FUTURO). Titolare del corso
• ICT in transport systems. A.A. 2019/20, ICT FOR SMART SOCIETIES (ICT PER LA SOCIETA' DEL FUTURO). Titolare del corso
• Network measurement laboratory. A.A. 2019/20, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso

Bachelor of Science

• Dati, algoritmi e le frontiere dell'informatica - Intraprendenti. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Dati, algoritmi e le frontiere dell'informatica - Intraprendenti. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
• Dati, algoritmi e le frontiere dell'informatica - Intraprendenti. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
• Laboratorio di Internet. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA. Collaboratore del corso
• Laboratorio di Internet. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA. Collaboratore del corso
• Laboratorio di Internet. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA. Titolare del corso
• Laboratorio di Internet. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA. Titolare del corso

• Artificial Intelligence for Network Security (DET)
• Machine Learning for Network measurement and management (DET)
• Performance of network protocols and services (DET)

• DBDM - Database and Data Mining Group (DAUIN)
• TNG (DET)

Projects funded by competitive calls

• AI4CTI - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE, (2025-2028) - Responsabile Scientifico
  National Research
• XInternet (eXplainable Internet), (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Nationally funded research - PRIN
• MANAGE5.0 - MANAGE 5.0 - MANufacturing Automotive Green Evolution 5.0, (2022-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
  PNRR – Complementary Plan
• Reading&Machine - Reading (&) Machine. La promozione della lettura verso il futuro, (2022-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Corporate-funded and donor-funded research
• PIMCITY - ICT-13-2018-2019, (2019-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
  UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - ICT
• HPC4AI - Centro di Competenza Calcolo ad Alte Prestazioni e Intelligenza Artificiale Torino, (2018-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Regionally funded research
• MONROE - ICT 11 – 2014, (2015-2018) - Responsabile Scientifico
  UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - ICT
• mPlane - MPLANE-AN INTELLIGENT MEASUREMENTE PLANE FOR FUTURE NETWORK AND APPLICATION MANAGMENT, (2012-2015) - Responsabile Scientifico
  UE-funded research - VII PQ - COOPERATION - ICT
• Caratterizzazione di traffico a livello trasporto: analisi e modelli di flussi dati e real time, (2006-2008) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Nationally funded research - PRIN

Projects funded by commercial contracts

• MAD - Digital Banking, (2025-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• AISN – AI Secured Networks, (2024-2025) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
  Commercial Research
• Framework Agreement tra Polito e HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES , (2021-2031) - Personale interno di riferimento
  Partnership Agreements
• Accordo di collaborazione tra il Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN e Anti Financial Crime Digital Hub S.c.a.r.l. per l’analisi dei dati e dei risultati del progetto “MAD – Multicriteria Anomaly Detection” per la redazione e pubblicazione di articoli scientifici., (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Departmental agreements
• Contratto di ricerca tra il Politecnico – Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica (DAUIN) e la società NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH, per la realizzazione del Progetto di Ricerca “Cyberagent”, (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Applicazione di algoritmi di machine learning per il monitoraggio della qualità del servizio della rete, (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Consulting
• Enhancements of Analytics Models for Characterization of Quality of Expericence in Mobile Networks, (2023-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• ImEDA - Improving Efficiency in Detection Analysis, (2023-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Consulting
• Contratto di ricerca tra il Politecnico (DAUIN) e ANTI FINANCIAL CRIME DIGITAL HUB S.c.a.r.l. per la realizzazione del Progetto di Ricerca “MAD- Multicriteria Anomaly Detection” , (2023-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Characterization of Quality of Experience in Mobile Networks, (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Network Performance & Video, (2021-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Attività di supporto all’implementazione del piano di Compagnia di San Paolo Sistema Torino scrl di aggiornamento delle infrastrutture IT, (2020-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Consulting
• AI-Assisted Network Security, (2020-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Progressing WP3 CARS Urban Mobility management and new concepts, (2019-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Rinnovo Convenzione dipartimentale DET per la creazione della Monroe Alliance, (2019-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Departmental agreements
• MODELLI STATISTICI, DATA ANALYTICS E MACHINE LEARNING”, “FOG COMPUTING E OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORKING” e “DESIGN E IMPLEMENTAZIONE DI FUNZIONALITÀ FIRMWARE AVANZATE”, (2019-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Convenzione dipartimentale Politecnico di Torino DET per la creazione della Monroe Alliance , (2019-2019) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Departmental agreements
• WP3 CARS Urban Mobility management and new concepts, (2018-2019) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• MODELLI STATISTICI, DATA ANALYTICS E MACHINE LEARNING - FOG COMPUTING E OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORKING, (2018-2019) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Progetto N. 4 - Recurrent Neural Networks Applied to network and service data, (2017-2017) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research

• Andrea Sordello. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (40^th cycle, 2024-in progress)
  Research subject: Protect-IT – Distributed platform for cybersecurity data collection and analysis
  
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
  Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
  Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing
• Alberto Verna. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (40^th cycle, 2024-in progress)
  Research subject: Privacy on the Internet: measurements and novel approaches
  
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
• Yuqi Zhao. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (40^th cycle, 2024-in progress)
  Research subject: Continuous Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
  
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
• Kai Huang. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (39^th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  Research subject: Automatic identification of cyberthreats via distributed darknets and honeypots
  
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
• Giordano Paoletti. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (39^th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  Research subject: Analyzing Online Social Networks: Implications for Cybersecurity and Misinformation
  
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
  Cybersecurity
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
• Francesco De Santis. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (38^th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  Research subject: The decision-making process followed by machine learning models is often unobservable. For this reason, it is essential to develop methodologies that make this process more transparent.
  
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
  Data science, Computer vision and AI
• Tailai Song. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (38^th cycle, 2022-in progress)
  Research subject: Machine learning for real-time communication.
  
  Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
  Communication and Computer Networks
  Modeling, simulation and CAD
  Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
  Communication and Computer Networks
  Modeling, simulation and CAD
• Matteo Boffa. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (37^th cycle, 2021-2025)
  Thesis: Language Models and Cybersecurity - Applications and Current Limits
• Luca Gioacchini. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (37^th cycle, 2021-2025)
  Thesis: Unleashing the Power of AI to Automate Cybersecurity
• Nikhil Jha. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (36^th cycle, 2020-2024)
  Thesis: Privacy on the Web: Algorithms, Tools and Measurements
  
  Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
  Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
• Rodolfo Vieira Valentim. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (36^th cycle, 2020-2024)
  Thesis: Generative Approaches to Sound-Squatting: AI Tools and Validation
  
  Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
  Communication and Computer Networks
  Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
  Communication and Computer Networks
• Thomas Favale. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (35^th cycle, 2019-2023)
  Thesis: Strengthening Privacy and Cybersecurity through Anonymization and Big Data
  
  Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
  Communication and Computer Networks
  Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
  Communication and Computer Networks

• Paoletti, Giordano; Almeida, Jussara M.; Vassio, Luca; Gonçalves, Marcos André; Mellia, ... (2025)
  Join the Chat: How Curiosity Sparks Participation in Telegram Groups. In: International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, Copenhagen (DK), June 23–26, 2025, pp. 1493-1509. ISSN 2334-0770
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Perlo, Alessandro; Paoletti, Giordano; Jha, Nikhil; Vassio, Luca; MARQUES DE ALMEIDA ... (2025)
  Topic-wise Exploration of the Telegram Group-verse. In: 15th Temporal Web Analytics Workshop (TempWeb 2025) in conjunction with The Web Conference 2025, Sidney (AUS), 28 April - 2 May 2025, pp. 1792-1801. ISBN: 9798400713316
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Paoletti, Giordano; Gioacchini, Luca; Mellia, Marco; Vassio, Luca; Almeida, Jussara (2025)
  CoDÆN: Benchmarks and Comparison of Evolutionary Community Detection Algorithms for Dynamic Networks. In: ACM TRANSACTIONS ON THE WEB. ISSN 1559-114X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Verna, Alberto; Jha, Nikhil; Trevisan, Martino; Mellia, Marco (2024)
  A First View of Topics API Usage in the Wild. In: The 20th International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies, Los Angeles (USA), December 9 - 12, 2024, pp. 48-54. ISBN: 9798400711084
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Jha, Nikhil; Trevisan, Martino; Leonardi, Emilio; Mellia, Marco (2024)
  Re-Identification Attacks against the Topics API. In: ACM TRANSACTIONS ON THE WEB, vol. 18, pp. 1-24. ISSN 1559-1131
  Contributo su Rivista
• Gioacchini, Luca; Mellia, Marco; Drago, Idilio; Delsanto, Alexander; Siracusano, ... (2024)
  AutoPenBench: Benchmarking Generative Agents for Penetration Testing.
  Altro
• Cavallo, Andrea; Gioacchini, Luca; Mellia, Marco; Vassio, Luca (2024)
  Detecting Edge and Node Anomalies with Temporal GNNs. In: 3rd GNNet Workshop - Graph Neural Networking Workshop, Los Angeles, California (USA), December 9, 2024, pp. 7-13. ISBN: 979-8-4007-1254-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Ciravegna, G.; Galante, F.; Giordano, D.; Cerquitelli, T.; Mellia, M. (2024)
  Fault Prediction in Resistance Spot Welding: A Comparison of Machine Learning Approaches. In: ELECTRONICS, vol. 13. ISSN 2079-9292
  Contributo su Rivista
• Liu, Qiong; Zhang, Tianzhu; Hemmatpour, Masoud; Qiu, Han; Zhang, Dong; Chen, Chung Shue; ... (2024)
  Operationalizing AI/ML in Future Networks: A Bird's Eye View from the System Perspective. In: IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, pp. 1-7. ISSN 0163-6804
  Contributo su Rivista
• Huang, Kai; Gioacchini, Luca; Mellia, Marco; Vassio, Luca (2024)
  Incremental Federated Host Embeddings for Network Telescopes Traffic Analysis. In: IEEE 44th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Jersey City, NJ (USA), 23-23 July 2024, pp. 41-46. ISBN: 979-8-3503-5471-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Huang, Kai; Gioacchini, Luca; Mellia, Marco; Vassio, Luca (2024)
  Dynamic Cluster Analysis to Detect and Track Novelty in Network Telescopes. In: 2024 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW), Vienna (AUT), 08-12 July 2024, pp. 287-296. ISBN: 979-8-3503-6729-4
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Gioacchini, Luca; Santos, Welton; Lopes, Barbara; Drago, Idilio; Mellia, Marco; Almeida ... (2024)
  Explainable Stacking Models based on Complementary Traffic Embeddings. In: 2024 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW), Vienna (AUT), 08-12 July 2024, pp. 261-272. ISBN: 979-8-3503-6729-4
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Geißler, Stefan; Lutu, Andra; Wamser, Florian; Favale, Thomas; Vomhoff, Viktoria; ... (2024)
  Untangling IoT Global Connectivity: The Importance of Mobile Signaling Traffic. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, vol. 21, pp. 4435-4449. ISSN 1932-4537
  Contributo su Rivista
• VIEIRA VALENTIM, Rodolfo; Drago, Idilio; Mellia, Marco; Cerutti, Federico (2024)
  X-squatter: AI Multilingual Generation of Cross-Language Sound-squatting. In: ACM TRANSACTIONS ON PRIVACY AND SECURITY, vol. 27, pp. 1-27. ISSN 2471-2566
  Contributo su Rivista
• Mellia, Marco; Steenkiste, Peter; Qiu, Lili; Bonaventure, Olivier (2023)
  PACMNET, V1, CoNEXT3, December 2023 Editorial. In: THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACM ON NETWORKING, vol. 1, pp. 1-2. ISSN 2834-5509
  Contributo su Rivista

• Honeypot Entity And Method Of Operating The Same. international Patent
  Inventors: Idilio Drago Marco Mellia Giulia Milan Luca Vassio
• Sistema automatico per identificazione di URL generati algoritmicamente. national and international Patent
  Inventors: Marco Mellia Andrea Morichetta
• Method for unsupervised detection of web trackers. national and international Patent
  Inventors: Marco Mellia Stefano Traverso
• Metodo e apparato per rilevare flusso dati vocale e flusso dati a pacchetto. national and international Patent
  Inventors: Marco Mellia Michela Meo
• Metodo ed apparato per rilevare flussi dati in un flusso dati a pacchetti, applicazioni a identificazione di traffico vocale. national and international Patent
  Inventors: Marco Mellia Michela Meo