Alan Marshall

Professor Alan Marshall holds the chair in Communications Networks at the University of Liverpool and serves as director of the Advanced Networks Group. His roles include visiting professor in network security at the University of Nice/CNRS, France, and Adjunct Professor for Research at Sunway University Malaysia. With over 25 years of experience in Telecommunications and Defence Industries, he is a Senior Member of IEEE and Fellow of the IET.

• Affiliations:
  • University of Liverpool: Chair in Communications Networks, Director of Advanced Networks Group
  • University of Nice/CNRS: Visiting Professor (Network Security)
  • Sunway University Malaysia: Adjunct Professor for Research

Research Interests: Marshall's work focuses on Network Architectures and Protocols, Mobile and Wireless Networks, Network Security, High-speed Packet Switching, Quality of Service & Experience (QoS/QoE) Architectures, Distributed Haptics, and Multi-sensory Communications. His research has led to the formation of the spin-out company Traffic Observation & Management (TOM) Ltd, specializing in intrusion detection and prevention for wireless networks.

Scientific Contributions: While his overall research outputs include over 270 papers, the repository highlights his co-authorship on a 2016 protocol improving computational efficiency for resource-constrained devices in IEEE 802.15.6 standard. This work addresses security challenges in IoT environments, military applications, and sensor networks by unbalancing computational requirements between communication parties.

• Professional Recognitions:
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Academic Mentorship: Marshall has supervised PhD research, including Zhang Jie's 2018 thesis on Authenticated Key Exchange Protocols with Unbalanced Computational Requirements and other works on Trust and Reputation Frameworks for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and Authenticated Key Exchange for IoT.

• Teaching Roles:
  • Lecturer for Computer and Telecommunications Networks module (ELEC463)
  • Supervision of theses on topics including Mobile Communications and Security, Key Exchange Protocols, and Wireless Network Security