Northeastern University Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems Lab
Clifton Paul Robinson

Clifton Paul Robinson

Research Associate

Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems Laboratory
Northeastern University

Office: 670 EXP, 805 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120
Mail: 409 Dana Research Center, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115

Email: cl.robinson@northeastern.edu






Biography

Clifton recently earned his Ph.D. in Cybersecurity in December 2024 from Northeastern University, where he is now a Research Associate at the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things under Professor Tommaso Melodia. He received his B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, magna cum laude, from Bridgewater State University in 2018, and completed his M.S. in Cybersecurity at Northeastern in 2020. His research spans wireless network security, deep learning-based security solutions, AI-driven spectrum sensing, and digital twins for the wireless spectrum.

Research

  • Network Security

  • Spectrum Sensing

  • Digital Twins

Publications

  • C. Robinson, A. Lacava, P. Johari, F. Cuomo, T. Melodia, "TwiNet: Connecting Real World Networks to their Digital Twins Through a Live Bidirectional Link,", in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Cape Town, South Africa, December 2024. Best Paper Award [pdf] [bibtex]

  • M. Polese, L. Bonati, S. D’Oro, P. Johari, D. Villa, S. Velumani, R. Gangula, M. Tsampazi, C. P. Robinson, G. Gemmi, A. Lacava, S. Maxenti, H. Cheng, and T. Melodia, "Colosseum: The Open RAN Digital Twin," IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, pp. 1-13, August 2024. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • D. Villa, M. Tehrani-Moayyed, C.P. Robinson, L. Bonati, P. Johari, M. Polese, T. Melodia, "Colosseum as a Digital Twin: Bridging Real-World Experimentation and Wireless Network Emulation," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 10, October 2024. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • C. P. Robinson, P. Johari, and T. Melodia, "DEMO: Creating Large-Scale Digital Twins for the Wireless Spectrum Through a Communication Link," IEEE 30th International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), Boston, MA, USA, August 2024. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • C. Robinson, D. Uvaydov, S. D'Oro, T. Melodia, "DeepSweep: Parallel and Scalable Spectrum Sensing via Convolutional Neural Networks,", Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking (ICMLCN), Stockholm, Sweden, September 2024. [pdf]

  • D. Uvaydov, M. Zhang, C. Robinson, S. D'Oro, T. Melodia and F. Restuccia, "Stitching the Spectrum: Semantic Spectrum Segmentation with Wideband Signal Stitching," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2024. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • C. Robinson, D. Uvaydov, S. D'Oro, and T. Melodia, "Narrowband Interference detection via Deep Learning," in ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Rome, Italy, May 2023. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • C. Robinson, L. Bonati, T. van Nieuwstadt, T. Reiss, P. Johari, M. Polese, H. Nguyen, C. Wat- son, T. Melodia, "eSWORD: Implementation of Wireless Jamming Attacks in a Real-World Emulated Network", IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Glasgow, Scotland, March 2023. [pdf] [bibtex]

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