Dr Michael Mackay
School of Computer Science and Mathematics
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: M.I.Mackay@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2276
ORCID
Michael is a Reader in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and leads the Networking and Distributed Systems
research group. Michael received a BSc (hons) in Computer Science from Lancaster University in 2000 and a PhD in IPv6 transitioning from the same institution in 2005. Since moving to LJMU in 2010 he has taught on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in addition to pursuing his research interests.
Michael has been involved in a number of EU, EPSRC, and UK-funded research projects including 6NET, EC-GIN, and Wi-5, and is currently leading the LJMU team on the Liverpool 5G project. Dr Mackay is also widely published in a range of research areas focussed around networking technologies including IPv6, IP mobility, QoS and CDNs, Cloud Computing and edge networking, and more recently wireless network optimisation and management for Beyond 5G / 6G networks.
Journal article
Bouhafs F, Raschella A, MacKay M, Hashem Eiza M, Hartog FD. 2024. Optimizing Radio Access for Massive IoT in 6G Through Highly Dynamic Cooperative Software-Defined Sharing of Network Resources Future Internet, 16 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Raschella A, Hashem Eiza M, MacKay M, Shi Q, Banton M. 2023. A Trust-based Cooperative System for Efficient Wi-Fi Radio Access Networks Banton M. IEEE Access, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Gheyas I, Raschella A, Mackay M. 2023. Optimal Meshing Degree Performance Analysis in a mmWave FWA 5G Network Deployment Future Internet, 15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bouhafs F, Raschella A, Mackay M, den Hartog F. 2022. A Spectrum Management Platform Architecture to Enable a Sharing Economy in 6G Future Internet, 14 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Mackay M, Raschella A, Toma O. 2022. Modelling and Analysis of Performance Characteristics in a 60 Ghz 802.11ad Wireless Mesh Backhaul Network for an Urban 5G Deployment Future Internet, 14 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Aldhaibani OA, Raschella A, Mohi-Ud-din G, MacKay M. 2021. A User Prioritisation Algorithm for Horizontal Handover in Dense WLANs International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Raschella A, Aldhaibani OA, Pizzi S, MacKay M, Bouhafs F, Araniti G, Shi Q, Lucas-Estañ MDC. 2021. A Centralized Win-Win Cooperative Framework for Wi-Fi and 5G Radio Access Networks Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2021 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Raschella A, Bouhafs F, MacKay M, Shi Q, Ortín J, Gállego JR, Canales M. 2019. A Dynamic Access Point Allocation Algorithm for Dense Wireless LANs Using Potential Game Computer Networks, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
G C D, Bouhafs F, Raschella A, MacKay M, Shi Q. 2019. Radio Resource Management Framework for Energy-Efficient Communications in the Internet-of-Things Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 30 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Boddy A, Hurst W, MacKay M, El Rhalibi A. 2019. Density-Based Outlier Detection for Safeguarding Electronic Patient Record Systems IEEE Access, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bouhafs F, Seyedebrahimi M, Raschella A, MacKay M, Shi Q. 2019. Per-Flow Radio Resource Management to Mitigate Interference in Dense IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Truong NB, Lee GM, Um TW, MacKay M. 2019. Trust Evaluation Mechanism for User Recruitment in Mobile Crowd-Sensing in the Internet of Things IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 14 :2705-2719 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chalmers C, Hurst W, MacKay M, Fergus P. 2019. Identifying Behavioural Changes for Health Monitoring Applications using the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Behaviour and Information Technology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Boddy A, Hurst W, MacKay M, El Rhalibi A, Baker T, Curbelo Montañez CA. 2019. An Investigation into Healthcare-Data Patterns Future Internet, 11 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bouhafs F, MacKay M, Raschella A, Shi Q, den Hartog F, Saldana J, Munilla R, Ruiz-Mas J, Fernández-Navajas J, Almodovar J, van Adrichem N. 2018. Wi-5: A Programming Architecture for Unlicensed Frequency Bands IEEE Communications Magazine, 56 :178-185 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Raschella A, Bouhafs F, Deepak GC, MacKay M. 2017. QoS Aware Radio Access Technology Selection Framework in Heterogeneous Networks using SDN Journal of Communications Networks, 19 :577-586 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Raschella A, Bouhafs F, Seyedebrahimi M, MacKay M, Shi Q. 2017. Quality of Service Oriented Access Point Selection Framework for Large Wi-Fi Networks IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 14 :441-455 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Umeh FK, MacKay M, Mulhearn C. 2016. Information and Communication Technology, Well-being, and Ethnicity CyberPsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chalmers C, Mackay M, MacDermott A. 2016. Securing the smart grid: threats and remediation International Journal of Smart Grid and Green Communications, 1 :166-166 DOI Publisher Url
Umeh K, MacKay M, Le-Brun SD. 2015. Ethnic differences in diabetes prevalence and ICT use. British Journal of Nursing, 24 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Baker T, MacKay M, Randles M, Taleb-Bendiab A. 2013. Intention-oriented programming support for runtime adaptive autonomic cloud-based applications Computers and Electrical Engineering, 39 :2400-2412 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
MacKay M, Baker T, Al-Yasiri A. 2012. Security-oriented cloud computing platform for critical infrastructures Computer Law and Security Review, 28 :679-686 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2011. Links to the Future IEEE POWER & ENERGY MAGAZINE, 10 :24-32 DOI Author Url
Editorial/letter to the editor
Raschella A, Mackay M. 2024. Editorial for the Special Issue on Moving Towards 6G Wireless Technologies Future Internet, 16 DOI Publisher Url
Mackay M. Editorial for the Special Issue on 5G-Enabling Technologies and Wireless Networking Future Internet, 14 :342-342 DOI Publisher Url
Conference publication
Hashem Eiza M, Raschella A, MacKay M, Shi Q, Bouhafs F. 2023. Towards Trusted and Accountable Win-Win SDWN Platform for Trading Wi-Fi Network Access 2023 IEEE 20th Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bouhafs F, den Hartog F, Raschella A, Mackay M, Shi Q, Sinanovic S. 2020. Realizing Physical Layer Security in Large Wireless Networks using Spectrum Programmability 2020 IEEE GLOBECOM WORKSHOPS (GC WKSHPS), IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) on Advanced Technology for 5G Plus DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Raschella A, MacKay M, Bouhafs F, Ivar Teigen B. 2019. Evaluation of Channel Assignment Algorithms in a Dense Real World WLAN 2019 4th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Security (ICCCS), IEEE International Conference on Computing Communication and Security (ICCCS 2019) DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Boddy A, Hurst W, MacKay M, El Rhalibi A. 2019. A Hybrid Density-Based Outlier Detection Model for Privacy in Electronic Patient Record System ICIM 2019 Conference Proceedings, The 5th IEEE International Conference on Information Management (ICIM2019) DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chalmers C, Hurst W, Mackay M, Fergus P, Al-Jumeily D, Kendall B. 2019. Intelligent Health Monitoring Using Smart Meters Arai K, Kapoor S, Bhatia R. INTELLIGENT COMPUTING, VOL 1, Computing Conference 858 :1104-1113 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Aldhaibani O, AL-Jumaili MH, Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Raschella A, Alfoudi A, Dighriri M. 2018. An SDWN based Architecture for Enormously Dense Wireless Networks to optimize the Handover performance in WLAN International Conference on Interactive Digital Media (ICIDM)
Avramidis I, Mackay M, Tso FP, Fukai T, Shinagawa T. 2018. Live Migration on ARM-based Micro-datacentres 2018 15TH IEEE ANNUAL CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS & NETWORKING CONFERENCE (CCNC), 15th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Raschella A, Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Zachariou K, Pilavakis V, Georgiades M. 2018. Smart Access Point Selection for Dense WLANs: A Use-Case 2018 IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE (WCNC), IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Raschella A, Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Shi Q, Ortin J, Gallego JR, Canales M. 2018. AP Selection Algorithm Based on a Potential Game for Large IEEE 802.11 WLANs NOMS 2018 - 2018 IEEE/IFIP NETWORK OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM, IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Boddy A, Hurst W, MacKay M, El Rhalibi A. 2017. A study into data analysis and visualisation to increase the cyber-resilience of healthcare infrastructures ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, ACM 1st International Conference on Internet of Things and Machine Learning DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Alobaidan I, Mackay M, Tso P. 2017. Build Trust in the Cloud Computing - Isolation in Container Based Virtualisation Proceedings - 2016 9th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2016, :143-148 DOI Publisher Url
Seyedebrahimi M, Bouhafs F, Raschella A, MacKay M, Shi Q. 2017. Fine-Grained Radio Resource Management to Control Interference in Dense Wi-Fi Networks IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Seyedebrahimi M, Raschella A, Bouhafs F, MacKay M, Shi Q, Eiza MH. 2016. A Centralised Wi-Fi Management Framework for D2D Communications in Dense Wi-Fi Networks 2016 IEEE CONFERENCE ON STANDARDS FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING (CSCN), IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN) DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chalmers C, Hurst W, MacKay M, Fergus P. 2016. Smart Monitoring: An Intelligent System to Facilitate Health Care across an Ageing Population EMERGING 2016: The Eighth International Conference on Emerging Networks and Systems Intelligence, The Eighth International Conference on Emerging Networks and Systems Intelligence :34-39 Publisher Url Public Url
Seyedebrahimi M, Bouhafs F, Raschella A, MacKay M, Shi Q. 2016. SDN-Based Channel Assignment Algorithm for Interference Management in Dense Wi-Fi Networks 2016 EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS (EUCNC), European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Boddy A, Hurst W, MacKay M, El Rhalibi A. 2016. A Study into Detecting Anomalous Behaviours within HealthCare Infrastructures IEEE DESE 2016 - Developments in eSystems Engineering DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chalmers C, Hurst W, MacKay M, Fergus P. 2016. A Smart Health Monitoring Technology Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Intelligent Computing Theories and Application, 2016 International Conference on Intelligent Computation 9771 :832-842 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Raschella A, Bouhafs F, Seyedebrahimi M, MacKay M, Shi Q. 2016. A Centralized Framework for Smart Access Point Selection based on the Fittingness Factor 2016 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS (ICT), 23rd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT) DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Boddy A, Hurst W, MacKay M, El Rhalibi A. 2016. Securing Health Care Information Systems using Visualisation Techniques Proceedings of UKAIS 2016, UKAIS 2016 : UK Academy for Information Systems 21st Annual Conference 2016 Publisher Url Public Url
Chalmers CARL, Hurst W, Fergus P, Mackay M. 2015. Smart Health Monitoring Using the Advanced Metering Infrastructure the IEEE Workshop on the Internet of Things and Big Data for Healthcare (IoTBDH-2015) DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Chalmers C, Hurst W, MacKay M, Fergus P. 2015. Profiling Users in the Smart Grid Emerging 2015: The Seventh International Conference on Emerging Neworks and Systems Intelligence, EMERGING 2015: Seventh International Conference on Emerging Networks and Systems Intelliegence Public Url
Baker T, Mackay M, Shaheed A, Aldawsari B. 2015. Security-Oriented Cloud Platform for SOA-based SCADA 15th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid), :961-970 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Baker T, Mackay M, Randles M. 2011. Eternal cloud computation application development Proceedings - 4th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2011, :392-397 DOI Publisher Url
Chalmers C, Hurst W, Fergus P, MacKay M. Smart Meter Profiling for Health Applications 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mackay MI, Edwards C. A Retrospective Analysis of QoS Deployment, Operation and Use in Enterprise and Provider Networks 27th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA) :583-588 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Boddy A, Hurst W, MacKay M, El Rhalibi A. Establishing Situational Awareness for Securing Healthcare Patient Records International Journal on Advances in Life Sciences, The Tenth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine eTELEMED 2018 Public Url
Boddy A, Hurst W, MacKay M, El Rhalibi A, Mwansa M. Data Analysis Techniques to Visualise Accesses to Patient Records in Healthcare Infrastructures The Ninth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization CLOUD COMPUTING 2018 Public Url
Report
Edmond R, Gheyas I, Raschella A, MacKay M. 2022. Network Optimisation Liverpool 5G Create, Final Report Publisher Url
Raschella A, Mackay M, Zhou B. 2022. Traffic Modelling and Security Liverpool 5G Create, Final Report
Toma O, Raschella A, MacKay M. 2021. Initial Network Modelling and Optimisation Report Liverpool 5G Create, Deliverable DB2
Raschella A, MacKay M. 2021. Draft Outline of areas for Network Optimisation Liverpool 5G Create, Deliverable DB1 Publisher Url
Newson L, Venturas C, Mackay M, Sherratt F, Forshaw M. 2018. Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group Report. A systematic review on outcome–based smoking cessation apps and PPI investigation. (Consultancy Report)
Newson LM, Venturas C, Mackay MI, Sherratt F, Forshaw M. 2018. Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group Report, 2017. A systematic review on outcome–based smoking cessation apps and PPI investigation. A systematic review on outcome–based smoking cessation apps and PPI investigation.
preprint
Truong NB, Lee GM, Um T-W, Mackay M. 2019. Trust Evaluation Mechanism for User Recruitment in Mobile Crowd-Sensing in the Internet of Things arXiv DOI
Books (authored)
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2014. Communication Challenges and Solutions in the Smart Grid Springer New York 9781493921836 DOI Publisher Url
Wang N. 2011. Recent Advances in Providing QoS and Reliability in the Future Internet Backbone Nova Science Pub Incorporated 9781617618581
Chapters
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2014. Communication for Control in Heterogeneous Power Supply SpringerBriefs in Computer Science 0 :13-23 DOI Publisher Url
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2014. Towards a Unified Smart Grid ICT Infrastructure SpringerBriefs in Computer Science 0 :83-95 DOI Publisher Url
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2014. Communication Technologies for Smart Energy Management Systems SpringerBriefs in Computer Science 0 :69-81 DOI Publisher Url
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2014. The Smart Grid in the Last Mile SpringerBriefs in Computer Science 0 :25-35 DOI Publisher Url
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2014. Communication Solutions for Backhaul and Wide Area Networks SpringerBriefs in Computer Science 0 :37-51 DOI Publisher Url
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2014. Overview of the Smart Grid SpringerBriefs in Computer Science 0 :1-12 DOI Publisher Url
Bouhafs F, Mackay M, Merabti M. 2014. Home Energy Management Systems SpringerBriefs in Computer Science 0 :53-67 DOI Publisher Url
Kifayat K, Baker T, Mackay MI, shi Q, Merabti M. Real Time Risk Management in Cloud Computation Security Engineering for Cloud Computing: Approaches and Tools DOI Publisher Url
Conference presentation:
Outcomes-Based Systematic Review on Smoking Cessation Apps, 13th UK Society for Behavioural Medicine. Working together for healthy living: Multidisciplinary behavioural medicine, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation. 2017