About Me

I am currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia, Australia. Prior, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand from 2016 to 2018, where I also received my PhD degree in Apr 2015.

News

1. 1/SEP/2025 - Our paper titled "Enhancing Reliability in LLM-Integrated Robotic Systems: A Unified Approach to Security and Safety" has been accepted for publication at the Elsevier Journal of Systems & Software!

2. 5/AUG/2025 - Our paper titled "Advanced Privacy Protection in Federated Learning using Server-initiated Homomorphic Encryption" has been accepted for publication at CIKM 2025!

Research

My research is in cybersecurity. These include (but are not limited to):

• Security modelling and analysis of emerging computers and networks (cloud, IoT, SDN, CPS, etc.)

• Adaptive and intelligent security solutions (MTD, Deep Learning, Big Data, etc.)

• Privacy-preserving techniques and their applications (HE, HE for FL, HE for Smart Metering Systems, etc.)

A list of my publications can be found here, or have a look at my research profiles →

Current Projects

The following are my current projects.

• Quantum-Inspired Machine Learning for Cybersecurity

• Privacy-Preserving Techniques in Applications

• Secure Embodied AI Systems

• Adaptive Moving Target Defense

Join the Team

I am looking for motivated students (Honours, Masters, and PhD) and visiting scholars. If you are interested (not limited to the above research interests), please read "Prospective Students" section and follow the instruction clearly. If you are looking for your research topic, take a look at the Research page for some ideas. If you are on campus, you can come and talk to me at my office located at the Computer Science building room 1.10 (map).

Scholarships

Click this >>Link<< to view the details for PhD scholarships.

Teaching

In 2025, I will be teaching CITS2006 - Defensive Cybersecurity in semester 1 and I will be on parental leave in semester 2. My full teaching history can be found here.

Upcoming Events

Security conference deadlines  >>here<<.

Other top CS conference deadlines >>here<<.