Olaf Maennel - short bio

Olaf M. Maennel

address

Department of Computer Science - ITC-420
Tallinn University of Technology
Akadeemia tee 15a
12618 Tallinn
Estonia

education

01.04.1997 - 08.05.2002
Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany
08.05.2002, Diplom (MSc) · Major: computer science · Minor: psychology

09.05.2002 - 31.07.2002
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (PhD student)
Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany

01.08.2002 - 31.10.2005
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (PhD student)
Technische Universität München, Germany

24.10.2005

Dr. rer. nat. (PhD)

Technische Universität München, Germany

Thesis: Handling the complexity of BGP — via characterization, testing and configuration management

Advisor: Prof. Anja Feldmann, Ph.D.

Committee: Reader Timothy G. Griffin, Ph.D. and Prof. Bernd Brügge, Ph.D.

Grade: summa cum laude

professional experience

1.11.2005 - 30.04.2008
Senior Research Associate (Post-Doc)
School of Mathematical Science, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Affiliated with the Teletraffic Research Centre (TRC), and Centre for Defence Communications and Information Networking (CDCIN).

26.05.2008 - 31.08.2009
Senior Research Associate (Post-Doc)
T-Labs & TU-Berlin, Germany
I was a visiting researcher at IIJ Innovation Institute in Tokyo from May until August 2009.

01.09.2009 - 30.06.2014
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Loughborough University, UK

01.07.2014 - 31.01.2023
Full Professor for Cyber Security
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Since 01.02.2023
Professor for Computer Science
The University of Adelaide, School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Australia

I was probation advisor to Peter Bull (2013/14), and postgraduate admissions tutor at Loughborough (2013/14). Furthermore, I am now responsible for international admissions at Tallinn University of Technology (2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19). For the Cyber Security MSc program at TTU we typically have about 250-300 suitable applications each year. Unfortunately, we can only offer 40 places to international students. We are conducting Skype Interviews with suitable candidates before admissions.

2002-2005 MSc students @ TUM (responsible examiner Anja Feldmann)

Sara Bürkle (BGP convergence analysis)
Andreas Hartl (Examining BGP update dynamics using network simulation)
Wolfgang Mülhbauer (Towards Reproducing Inter-Domain AS Paths)
Andreas Merkel (Analysis and Simulation of Network Anomalies)
... and assisted in the supervision of others.

2009/10 MSc students @ Loughborough

01. Roshan HareendraBabu (The A+P Approach to IPv4 Addressing Extension- Evaluation Methodologies)
02. Nurudeen K. Abdulsalam (BGP Security)
03. Fatma Al-Moqbali (Feasibility of IP identifier as an alarm system for network operator)
04. Ali H. AlKhamis (Compare performance of IPv6 and IPv4)
05. Oluwole Samuel Shoyinka (Detecting IPv6 issues in operational networks)
06. Askar Jaboldinov (Internet Measurements - a question of visibility?)
07. Adedayo Bakenne (Route Flap Damping and the slow Internet)

2010/11 MSc students @ Loughborough

08. Aidos Tauanov (Evaluating BGP Add-Path in Virtual Networks)
09. Hao Fang (Large-scale Network Emulation)
10. Jozef Woods (Analysis of IPv4-to-IPv6 Transition Mechanisms)
11. Sujin Christudas-Santhakumari (Setup large emulated networks)
12. Sohaib Imran (Routing analysis of exchange points)
13. Rongzheng Wang (Answering what-if-questions with AutoNetKit in virtualized and emulated network environments)
14. Wen-Chi Huang (BGP security)
15. Saurabh Jha (Detecting IPv6 issues in operational networks)

2011/12 MSc students @ Loughborough

16. Konstantinos Stamou (Evaluation of Data Link Layer Attacks in Virtualized Environment)
17. Hussein Habibu Mbaruku (Analysis of IXPs Inter-domain Routing)
18. Ilias Pallikarakis (A Study in TCP/BGP Session Security)
19. Mehdi Mousavi (Internet Modelling from a Stub Autonomous System’s point of view through a virtual model)

2012/13 MSc students @ Loughborough

20. Ahmed Alghamdi (Cyber Defence Exercises setups) best MSc student in 2012/13
21. Zahra Al-Siyabi (CDX setups)
22. Osariase Idubor (Intrusion Detection Systems)
23. Alexandros Poullidis (IPv6)
24. Oliver Fletcher (webRTC)
25. Bowen Liu (BGPsec for C-BGP)

2013/14 MSc students @ Loughborough

26. Udoka Ezealor (Setting up a malware lab)
27. Jaina Prajapati (Network Debugging)
28. Abrar Mohamed (IPv4 transition / Nejc's AP64)
29. Nawal Al Balushi (Evaluating Network Design)
30. Ogechukwu Egonu (Scoring with VIRL)
31. Fiona Hughes (Investigating the Balance Between Privacy and Security)

2014/15 MSc students (June defenses) @ TalTech

32. Ragnar Kreis (Smart Contracts)

2015/16 MSc students (January defenses) @ TalTech

33. Panagiotis Marzelas (A Social Media Honeypot Method To Detect Spearphishing)

2015/16 MSc students (June defenses) @ TalTech

34. Camilo Andres Pantoja Viveros (Analysis of the Cyber Attacks against ADS-B Perspective of Aviation Experts)

35. Ferenc Szalai (Does Cyber Security Exercise Information Sharing Work?

36. Florian Gasteiger (R3AD - An architecture to include UAVs in national Airspace)

37. Luis Carlos Herrera Velasquez (A Comprehensive Instrument for Identifying Critical Information Infrastructure Services) - best ICT thesis award!

38. Morteza Fakoorrad (Application Layer of Software Defined Networking: pros and cons in terms of security)

39. Santiago Andres Sarmiento Bernal (Detection solution analysis for simplistic spoofing attacks in commercial mini and micro UAVs)

40. Sho Yano (Security Analysis on Healthcare IoT Project)

2016/17 MSc students (January defenses) @ TalTech

41. Jens Getreu (Forensic-Tool Development with Rust)
42. Kaspar Prei (Measuring Personnel Cyber Security Awareness Level Through Phishing Assessment)
43. Wael AbuSeada (Alternative approach to automate detection of DOM-XSS vulnerabilities)

2016/17 MSc students (June defenses) @ TalTech

44. Neslisah Celik (Anomaly Detection Using Locked Shields Logs)
45. Ahmed Nafies Okasha Mohamed (A New Heuristic Based Phishing Detection Approach Utilizing Selenium Web-driver)

2017/18 MSc students (January defenses) @ TalTech

46. Tiiu Mamers (The Art and Science of Information Security Investments for small Firms)
47. Silvia Väli (Analysis of Electron-based Applications to Identify XSS Flaws to RCE in Open-Source Applications)

2017/18 MSc students (June defenses) @ TalTech

48. Amirhossein Akbari (A Novel Approach for Securing HTML5 Client-Side Database IndexedDB)
49. Andres Rauschecker (User-Oriented Privacy EnHancements for Web-Browsers)
50. Karl Mendelman (Fingerprinting a Organization Using Metadata of Public Documents)
51. Kaspar Jüristo (How to Conduct Email Phishing Experiments) (co-supervised with Sten Mäses)
52. Lejla Islami (Assessing generational differences in susceptibility to Social Engineering attacks. A comparison between Millennial and Baby Boomer generations)
53. Moira Gabriella Nguegaum (A Structured Approach to the Identification of IPv6 Vulnerabilities in IPv4-Only Local Area Networks)
54. Romet Saaliste (Estonian Government Related Challenges in Protection of Personal Data)
55. Stefano Panarese (Nessuno: A Friend-To-Friend Anonymous Communication Protocol)

2018/19 MSc students (Januar defenses) @ TalTech

56. Mikk Romulus (Security Testing Estonian Contactless Bank Cards)

2018/19 MSc students (June defenses) @ TalTech

57. Kristine Hovhannisyan (Applying Confidence-Building Measures to Cyber Conflict: Computer Emergency Response Cooperation and Cyber Espionage)
58. Krishna Vaishnav (How Indian Political Parties are Using Facebook and Twitter to Reach Voters' WhatsApp Accounts)
59. Alberto Zorrilla Garza (BEACONLEAK: Use and Detection of 802.11 Beacon Stuffing as a Covert Channels)

2019/20 MSc students @ TalTech

60. Kristian Kivimägi (Predicting Students' Success Using Technical Labs as Part of University Admission to a Cyber Security Program)
61. Ilja Smarjov (OWASP Secure Coding Practices Checklist and Training: Assessment of Effectiveness in a Technology Company)
62. Illia Petrash (User Behaviour During COVID-19 from the Perspective of a Telco Server)
63. Marvin Uku (Evaluation Method for Smart Home and Smart Grid Authentication Protocols)
64. Andrew James Roberts (Digital Forensic Real-Time Logging of Robotic Operating System Based Autonomous Self-Driving Vehicle Platforms)
65. Ayaka Uehara (Security Investigation of The TalTech Smart Lift)
66. Juri Kononov (Network Policy Management in Service Rich Environment)
67. Martin Chmelar (Utilizing Mitre att&ck to Create Adversary Reports of Live-fire Cybersecurity Exercises for Feedback Purposes)
68. Mykyta Zaitsev (Developing Learning Pathways for Massive Open Online Courses by the Example of the Rangeforce Cyberskills Training Platform)

2020/21 MSc students (June and August defences) @ TalTech

69. Dariana Khisteva (A Proposal of Integrating Open-Source IDS into Vessel's Bridge Network)
70. Stanislav Mekinulashvili (Sniffing Encrypted BLE Traffic After Changing Connection Parameters, Using Low-Cost Hardware that Captures Only One Channel at a Time)
71. Tino Apostolovski (Design and Implementation of a Secure Protocol for Communication between ATC and Drone Pilot)
72. Gulkhara Babayeva (Domain Ontology for Cyber Defense Exercises)

2020/21 MSc students (June and August defences) @ EAVA

73. Maria-Elizabeth Rüütel (Developing simulation exercises to counter cyber threats in controller pilot data link communications) - cosupervisor, main supervisor was Nele Tootsi

2022 MSc students (June defences) @ TalTech

74. Tomoya Tanaka (Development of Ids/ips specifically designed for etsi its-g5 v2x communication)

2023 MSc students (June defences) @ TalTech

75. Ayooluwa Samuel Ayoola (Phishing Campaigns and Security Awareness Training in a Sport Betting Company)
76. Luisa Caretta Hopp (Application of the Metagraph to the Aviation Supply Chain: A Case Study)

Ph.D. committee member for: (internal or external examiner)
I have been PhD supervisor, examiner/opponent or committee-member in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, and USA.

Talal Edwan (22 September 2010)
"Improved Algorithms for TCP Congestion Control"
Committee: Jon Crowcroft (external), and myself (internal)
Andreas Wundsam (15 July 2011)
"Towards Improved Control and Troubleshooting for Operational Networks"
Committee: Laurent Mathy (external), Anja Feldmann (internal), and myself (external opponent)
Lee Booi Lim (08 September 2011)
"Network Delay Control Through Adaptive Queue Management"
Committee: Irfan Awan (external), and myself (internal)
Stephen D. Strowes (11 January 2012)
"Compact Routing for the Future Internet"
Committee: Jeremy Singer (head), Lewis Mackenzie (internal), and myself (external opponent)
Laurent Vanbever (private 31 Aug 2012, public 04 Oct 2012)
"Handling network reconfiguration"
Committee: Olivier Bonaventure (supervisor), Christophe De Vleeschouwer (chair), Yves Deville (secretary), Bruno Quoitin (external), Anja Feldmann (external) and myself (external opponent)
Gregor Schaffrath (02 Nov 2012)
"Virtual Network Management"
Committee: Laurent Mathy (external), Anja Feldmann (internal), and myself (external opponent)
Debbie Perouli (18 Feb 2013)
"Methods for Safe, Flexible and Secure Policy Based Routing"
Committee: Kihong Park, Charlie Hu, Tim Griffin (external), Sonia Fahmy (advisor), and myself (advisor)
Xavier Misseri (10 Oct 2013)
"Enabling inter-domain path diversity"
Committee: Jean-Louis Rougier (advisor), Oliver Bonaventure (advisor), Chadi Barakat, Peter Reichl, Jordi Domingo-Pascual, Maurice Gagnaire, myself (external opponent)
Nejc Skoberne (Nov 2013)
"A Functional and Performance-Oriented Comparison of Transition Mechanisms for Internet Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 Protocol"
Committee: Mojca Ciglaric (advisor), Zoran Bosnic, Andrej Kos, and myself.
Andra Lutu (Oct 2014)
"A System for the Detection of Limited Visibility in BGP"
Advisor: Marcelo Bagnulo Braun. I served as "international expert" reviewer.
Rahul Hiran (Dec 2016)
"Collaborative Network Security: Targeting Wide-area Routing and Edge-network Attacks"
Advisor: Nahid Shahmehri. External opponent: myself. Committee members: Tuomas Aura, Jacob L�fvenberg, Per Gunningberg.
Andres Ojamaa (Dec 2016)
"Software Technology for Cyber Security Simulations"
Advisor: Enn T�ugu; Jaan Penjam. I was a member of the examination committee, head was Jüri Vain. Opponents: Margus Veanes, Christian Czosseck.
Markku Antikainen (Jan 2017)
"Security in Emerging Networking Technologies -- Views on Internet of Things and Software-Defined Networking"
Advisor: Tuomas Aura. External opponent: myself. Preliminary examiners: Stefan Schmid, Panos Papadimitratos.
Dinesha Ranathunga (Feb 2017)
"Auto-configuration of Critical Network Infrastructure"
Advisor: Matthew Roughan. External opponent: myself.
Antti Hakkala (autumn 2017)
"On Security and Privacy for Networked Information Society -- Observations and Solutions for Security Engineering and Trust Building in Advanced Societal Processes"
Advisor: Seppo Virtanen. opponent: myself.
Külli Sarna (15. Nov 2018)
"Aspect-Oriented Model-Based Testing"
Advisor: Jüri Vain. opponents: Juha Plosila & Artem Boyarchuk. Chair of committee: myself.
Obi Akonjang (21. Dec 2018)
"ISP Traffic Management via Flow Optimization"
Advisor: Anja Feldmann, Georgios Smaragdakis. opponent: myself.
Evelin Halling (10. May 2019)
"Scenario Oriented Model-Based Testing"
Advisor: Jüri Vain. opponents: Dragos Truscan, Anatoliy Gorbenko. Chair of committee: myself.
Gert Kanter (03. July 2020)
"Model-based Testing Framework for Autonomous Multi-Robot Systems"
Advisor: Jüri Vain. opponents: Dragos Truscan, Anatoliy Gorbenko. Chair of committee: myself.
Koen Pieter Tange (09. Feb 2022)
"Secure and Efficient Protocols for the IIoT — Adapting PTP and TLS to meet IIoT constraints and requirements"
Advisor: Nicola Dragoni and Xenofon Fafoutis. opponents: Angelo Spognardi and myself. Chair of committee: Michael Reichhardt Hansen.
Shweta Suran (26 May 2022)
"A Generic Framework for Collective Intelligence Systems"
Advisor: Dirk Draheim, Ingrid Pappel, Alexander Norta. opponents: Gerhard Schwabe (University of Zurich), Anna De Liddo (The Open University Milton Keynes). Chair of the committee: myself. Committee members: Tara Ghasempouri, Innar Liiv, Priit J�rv.
Xinhui ("Anna") Lai (17. June 2022)
"Approaches to Extra-Functional Verification of Security and Reliability Aspects in Hardware Designs"
Advisor: Maksim Jenihhin and Jaan Raik. opponents: Maria K. MICHAEL (University of Cyprus) and Zainalabedin NAVABI (University of Tehran). Chair of the committee: myself. Committee members: Alvo Aabloo, Samuel Nascimento Pagliarini, and Leonidas Tsiopoulos.
Collins Burton Mwakwata (21. June 2022)
"Scheduling in Radio Resource Management for Massive Machine-Type Communications"
Advisor: Muhammad Mahtab Alam and Yannick Le Moullec, opponents: Luca Reggiani, Qammer Abbasi. Chair of the committee: myself. Committee members: Olev M�rtens, Ivo M��rsepp, Rein Sabolotny, and Jeffrey Andrew Tuhtan.