Dr Arash Shaghaghi

Broadly, Computer Security and Privacy. More specifically, Access Control, Network Security, Internet of Things, and Blockchain. I'm also passionate about developing usable and verifiable Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET) solutions. I'm looking to recruit domestic and international Ph.D. students in-line with my area of research interest with competitive scholarships of up to AUD 50K. If interested, contact me with your CV and transcripts. (see here)

Visiting Fellow, School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)

I'm a member of the Bachelor of Cybersecurity Course Leadership Team. I primarily enjoy teaching hands-on technical units, where students learn by doing.

As Unit Chair and Lecturer I have been involved with:

• SIT103 - Data and Information Management
• SIT707 - Software Quality and Testing
• SIT791 - Professional Practice
• SIT182 - Real World Practices for Cyber Security

I have been involved as a supervisor for:

• SIT764/SIT782 - Capstone Units
• SIT792 - Minor Thesis (12 students until Sep 2020)

• Organizing Committee: Web Chair for IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) 2020, Publicity Chair of Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Security in IoT (CPS-IoT at UNSW).

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the 19th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC 2021), IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) 2020, ICBC 2019, IEEE Local Computer Networks 2019 and 2020, 2020 Australasian Computer Science Week (ASCW), International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2020), International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS 2020), ACM BuildSys Workshop of Enforcing IoT Security in the Built Environment, Student PC Member of IEEE Security & Privacy in 2017 and 2018.

Reviewer for several leading journals including the Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transaction on Networks, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, and Artificial Intelligence Review. I have also been a reviewer for papers at high ranked conferences such as IEEE LCN 2018 and 2017, IEEE MASS’17, ACM MSWiM 2016, ACM CoNEXT 2016 and 2015, IEE Percom 2019.

Board Member at the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF)

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National - ABC Life Matters program (link to podcast)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio Sydney
• ABC Statewide Drive NSW Radio
• ABC Radio Adelaide
• 2NURFM Radio (New Castle)

Also, in textual format:

• Aisa Cyber Today Industry Journal
• The Conversation (and, interesting follow up)
• Cosmos Magazine
• Gizmodo
• Australasian Science
• Startup Daily

I'm a member of the Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI). At CSRI, my research primarily falls into the following two research labs:

• Security and PrivacY Research in IoT (SPYRIT) Lab
• Privacy, Identity & Trust Management Lab

2018 - now:

• Deakin University, School of Information Technology Award - Excellence in Early Career Research Performance, 2020.
• Best Demo Award, The 45th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) [Core A-ranked], 2020.
• Deakin University, School of Information Technology Award - Excellence in Teaching & Unit Development, 2020.
• Deakin University, School of Information Technology Award - Successfully Embedding Industry Certifications within Cyber Security Units, 2020.
• Deakin University, School of Information Technology Award - Excellence in International Student Engagement, 2020.
• Deakin University, School of Information Technology - Teaching & Learning Award: Outstanding Industry Capstone Supervisor, 2019.
• The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sdyeny), UNSW ARC Research Student Award, 2018

• Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC), "Provably Secure and Efficient Machine-to-Machine Authentication Solutions for IoT Systems", $185,000 [PI], 2021.
• Strategic Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI), "Detecting Internet of Thing (IoT) Bots: A Comparative Study", $4,000 [PI], 2020.
• Strategic Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI), "Data after Death (DaD): Understanding the Risks to Australians", $10,000 [PI], 2020.
• Australian Government, "Zero Trust Architectures for Australia's Critical Infrastructure Security", $60,741 [CI, PI: Prof. Robin Doss], 2020.
• Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC), Fingerprinting Compromised IoT Devices Based on Power Consumption, $10,700 [PI], 2019.
• Deakin University, School of Information Technology (IT), "Bitcoin Meta-data and Malware C&C Servers", $9,326. [PI], 2019.

I have also been involved as a student member of the UNSW node for AU2EU Project.