About
I am a PhD student in the ECE department at UCLA, affiliated with the Security and Networking (ScaN) Lab advised by Liz Izhikevich.
My research focuses on creating a more secure and performant Internet. I am broadly interested in Internet measurement, network security, and understanding global performance over modern network infrastructures.
Publications
- M. Lyu, R.D. Tripathi, V. Sivaraman. Metavradar: Measuring metaverse virtual reality network activity. In Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, 2023.
- R.D. Tripathi, M. Lyu, V. Sivaraman. Assessing the impact of network quality-of-service on metaverse virtual reality user experience. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking, and Applications (MetaCom).
Patents
- “A Metaverse Monitoring Apparatus and Process”, M. Lyu, R. Tripathi, V. Sivaraman, International PCT Patent Application No. PCT/AU2024/050548, filed May 2024. (from Australian Provisional Patent Application No.2023901715 filed May 2023 )
Lab Affiliations
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Security and Networking (ScaN) Lab at UCLA [2025 - present]
The ScaN Lab takes a data-driven approach to understanding the Internet's performance and security. We build data collection systems that rigorously account for the Internet's complexities to reveal in near-real time previously-unseen critical operational challenges and threats. - Northwestern Aqualab Group with Prof. Fabian Bustamante [Sept 2024 - Dec 2024]
- UNSW SDNCI Research Group with Prof. Vijay Sivaraman [Jan 2022 - Dec 2023]
Teaching
- UNSW COMP3141 (Software System Design), Head Tutor / Course Admin, 23T2
- UNSW COMP3161/9164 (Concepts of Programming Languages), Tutor, 23T3
- UNSW COMP3121/9101 (Algorithms and Programming Techniques), Tutor, 23T3
- UNSW COMP1531 (Software Engineering Fundamentals), Tutor, 23T1, 22T3
- UNSW COMP2041/9041 (Software Construction: Techniques and Tools), Tutor, 22T2
Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
- UNSW Taste of Research Scholarship
- UNSW SENG3011 Optiver Prize for best performance in the course presented by Optiver Trading
- UNSW Thesis Showcase Award for outstanding undergraduate research thesis
- SIGMETRICS Student Travel Grant
- Northwestern Cabell Fellowship
- UCLA Deans Scholarship Award
- Graduated with dual First Class Honours from UNSW