Willy Susilo () is an Australian

cybersecurity Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, the ...

scientist and

cryptographer Cryptography, or cryptology (from grc, , translit=kryptós "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or ''-logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of adver ...

. He is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

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. Willy Susilo is a fellow of IEEE (Computer Society), IET, ACS, and AAIA. He is the director of Institute of Cybersecurity and Cryptology, School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong. Willy is an innovative educator and researcher. Currently, he is the Head of School of Computing and Information Technology at UOW (2015 - now). Prior to this role, he was awarded the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship in 2009. He was the former Head of School of Computer Science and Software Engineering (2009 - 2010) and the Deputy Director of ICT Research Institute at UOW (2006 - 2008). He is currently serving as the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) and has served an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Computer Standards and Interface and the Information journals. His research interest is cybersecurity and cryptography. Willy obtained his PhD from the University of Wollongong in 2001. He has published more than 400 papers in journals and conference proceedings in

cryptography Cryptography, or cryptology (from grc, , translit=kryptós "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or ''-logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of adver ...

and

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. He has served as the program committee member of several international conferences. In 2016, he was awarded the "Researcher of the Year" at UOW, due to his research excellence and contributions. His work on the creation of short signature schemes has been well cited and it is part of the IETF draft.

Biography

Willy received his Bachelor degree from the Faculty of Engineering at Universitas Surabaya, Indonesia. He went to the

, Australia, to pursue his Master's and Ph.D. degrees. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree in 2001 from the University of Wollongong, Australia.

Research

Willy Susilo's research is in the area of cybersecurity and cryptography. His primary research focus is to design solutions and cryptographic algorithms to contribute towards securing the cyberspace. In 2023 he was awarded an

Australian Laureate Fellowship The Australian Laureate Fellowship is an Australian professorial research fellowship awarded by the Australian Research Council. Up to 17 fellows are chosen each year for five-year awards. Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Georgina Sweet fellowships In 201 ...

to further his research in cryptography and cloud computing.

Publications and awards

Distinguished Professor Willy Susilo is author and co-author of over 400 research papers. His work in cryptography, computer-security, information-technology, cyber-security, and network-security. * 2021, IET Fellow * 2021, IEEE Fellow * 2021, ACS Fellow * 2021, AAIA Fellow * 2020, "Vice Chancellor's Global Strategy Award" * 2019, "Vice-Chancellor's Award For Research Supervision" * 2016, "Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Award for Researcher of the Year"

Books

* F. Guo, W. Susilo and Y. Mu. Introduction to Security Reduction. Springer, 2018. * K.C. Li, X. Chen, and W. Susilo. Advances in Cyber Security: Principles, Techniques, and Applications. Springer, 2019. * X. Chen, W. Susilo, and E. Bertino. Cyber Security Meets Machine Learning. Springer, 2021.

Professional Services

Willy Susilo is the Editor-in-Chief of two journals. He is also General and PC Co-chair of more than 20 different international conferences in cryptography and cybersecurity.

Editor-in-Chief

* Computers Standard and Interfaces (Elsevier) * Information journal (MDPI)

Professional Membership

* Fellow of IET. * Fellow of IEEE. * Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA).Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
/ref> * Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (ACS). * Member of the International Cryptographic Association Research (IACR).

References

External links

University of Wollongong personal homepage

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