Current HDR Students:

  1. Shuai Zhang, PhD student, Jun 2025—present, "Systematic Analysis and Modelling of IoT Software Behaviours"
  2. Rod Koo, MPhil student, Feb 2025—present, "Wi-Fi Sensing-Based Environment Monitoring"
  3. Agung Septiadi, PhD student, Sep 2024—present, "Resilience and Security of Public Digital Infrastructure"
  4. Shayan Azizi, PhD student, Sep 2023—present, "Analysing and Modelling Changes in Network Traffic"
  5. Feiyu Li, PhD student, Feb 2023—present, "Quantification using Deep Learning"

Former HDR Students:

  1. Daravichet Tin, MPhil student, Feb 2024—Jun 2026, "Self-Supervised Representation Learning for Time Series Classification"
  2. Arman Pashamokhtari, PhD, Sep 2019—Aug 2023, "Managing Networked IoT Assets Using Practical and Scalable Traffic Inference" [now ML Engineer at Canopus Networks]
  3. Sharat Madanapalli, PhD, Jul 2018—Aug 2022, "Enhancing User Experience by Extracting Application Intelligence from Network Traffic" [now Founder at InTune]
  4. Minzhao Lyu, PhD, Feb 2018—Jan 2022, "Enterprise Network Security via Data-driven Methods and Programmable Network Telemetry" [now Postdoc Research Associate at UNSW Sydney]
  5. Jawad Ahmed, PhD, Jul 2017—Oct 2021, "Monitoring Security of Enterprise Hosts via DNS Data Analysis" [now Lecturer at AIH]
  6. Thanchanok (Tara) Sutjarittham, PhD, Jul 2017—Jun 2021, "Modelling and Optimisation of Resource Usage in an IoT Enabled Smart Campus" [now Senior Data Scientist at Atlassian]
  7. Mohammad Hossein Chinaei, PhD, Mar 2016—Feb 2021, "Improving Confidentiality and Integrity of Health Data for Body-Worn Sensors" [now Software Architect at BlockStars Technology]
  8. Iresha Pasquel Mohottige, PhD, Jul 2017—Feb 2021, "Analysing Enterprise WiFi Session Data for Modeling Building Occupancy, Evacuation, and Energy Consumption" [now Senior Data Scientist at Commonwealth Bank]
  9. Mohammed Ayyoob Hamza, PhD, Jul 2017—Dec 2020, "Securing IoT Networks using Formal Behavioural Modelling and Dynamic Flow Management" [recipient of UNSW Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis] [now Software Development Engineer at Amazon (previously: Co-Founder & Chief Architect at CyAmast)]
  10. Arunan Sivanathan, PhD, Mar 2016—Jan 2020, "IoT Behavioural Monitoring via Network Traffic Analysis" [now Senior Researcher at UNSW Sydney (previously: Co-Founder & Machine Learning Engineer at CyAmast)]

Mentored HDR Students:

  1. Aleksandar Pasquini, PhD, Feb 2022—present, "IoT Device Characterisation in an Unknown Cyber Terrain"