Willy Susilo

ARC Future Fellow
Professor and Head, School of Computing and Information Technology
Co-Director,Centre for Computer and Information Security Research

Research Interests
Cryptography
Computer security
Cyber security
Network security  

Biography
Willy Susilo is a computer scientist. He obtained his Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from Universitas Surabaya, Indonesia with a"Summa Cum Laude" predicate. He received his Master and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from University of Wollongong (UOW) in 1996 and 2001, resp.His main research interests include cryptography and computer security, in particular the design of signature schemes. He was promoted as a (full)Professor in the School of Computing and Information Technology (formerly known as the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering) at UOW in 2009. He has been awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) FutureFellowship. Currently, he is the Head of School of Computing and InformationTechnology at UOW. Prior to this role, he was the Head of School of School of Computer Science and Software Engineering (SCSSE), Deputy Director of ICT Research Institute and the Academic Program Director for UoW (Singapore). He is also the Director of the Centre for Computer and Information Security Research.
Willy has published more than 350 research papers. He has been awarded various competitive research grants, including ARC Discovery Projects, ARC Linkage Projects, Prime Minister and Cabinet, Microsoft project, and Smart CRC.