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
Academic Qualifications
Willy obtained his PhD from the University of Wollongong in 2001. He has published more than 500 research papers in journals and conference proceedings in cryptography and network security. He has served as the program committee member in dozens of international conferences. In 2016, he was awarded the Researcher of the Year award 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. In 2019, he was awarded the "Supervisor of the Year" award at UOW, due to his excellent supervision and mentoring experience. In 2020, he was awarded the "Vice Chancellors Award for Global Strategy" for his contribution to the University's internationalisation and global strategy.
Working Experience
Willy Susilo is a Distinguished Professor, an IEEE Fellow, an IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) Fellow, and an ACS (Australian Computer Society) Fellow at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences in University of Wollongong, Australia. In 2023, he has been awarded a prestigious ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship. He is the director of Institute of Cybersecurity and Cryptology (iC2), 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 the Editor in Chief of the Computers Standards and Interface (Elsevier) and Information (MDPI) journal. He has served as an Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions in Information Forensics and Computing and he is currently serving as an Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions in Dependable and Secure Computing.
