February 2020

Publications

• Chamila Wijayarathna, Dr Marthie Grobler & Dr Nalin A. G. Arachchilage, ‘Software developers need help too! Developing a methodology to analyse cognitive dimension-based feedback on usability’, published in the journal Behaviour and Information Technology (Rank A), https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0144929X.2019.1705393.
• Muhammad Ejaz Ahmed, Hyoung Kim, ‘Void: A fast and light voice liveness detection system’, accepted in Usenix Security 2020.
• Sushmita Ruj spoke at the discussion meeting “Foundational aspects of Blockchain Technology” at the International Center For Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore during January 13-15, 2019, https://www.icts.res.in/discussion-meeting/fabt2020.

Projects

• Data61 is leveraging and commercialising the inherited Data to Decisions CRC (D2D CRC) asset the Data Science Competency Framework and its Development Planning Tool, including organising pilots for both private and public sector. The Development Planning Tool has also been rebranded for CSIRO and D61 usage. For more information or request a trial: https://research.csiro.au/cybersecurity-quantum-systems/data-science-competency-framework-and-its-development-planning-tool/.

Talks/conferences

• Josef Pieprzyk delivered a keynote at the Mathematical Cryptology and Cybersecurity Conference MC&C 2020, Warsaw, January 16-17, 2020 –https://www.imk.wat.edu.pl/index.php/mcc2020, titled ‘Parallel Signcryption’ (January 16, Session 2).

Students

• Data61 organised the 2020 Vacation Student Showcase where our students presented their projects and networked.
• Several of our students submitted their thesis this month including Hagen Lauer, Nicholas Akinyokun and Muhammed Esgin. Congratulations to them on that very important milestone!
• 10 internship students from ECU (6) and CSU (4) universities started at Data61 and are co-supervised by DSS group members. Their output will contribute to various Cybersecurity CRC projects such as Smart Shield.