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Congratulations to Yunrui Zhang on submitting his PhD Thesis

Congratulations to Yunrui Zhang on submitting his PhD Thesis. Yunrui will be joining Geoff Webb’s group in Monash as a post-doc. All the best for the examination and new role..!

Mar 5, 2026
Welcome to the team Kaisar! 👋

We welcome Abu Kaisar Jamil to the team, who will be joining us as a PhD candidate. Welcome Kaisar!

Feb 20, 2026
Welcome Arnunan, Amit, and Varpreet! 👋

We have three new members joining the group!

  1. Arnunan Sivanathan joins us as a Senior Research Associate.
  2. Amit Bhowmick joins us for his PhD research.
  3. Varpreet Singh Dhaliwal joins us for his PhD research, too.

We are excited to have them on board and look forward to their contributions to our research! Please join us in welcoming them to the team! 🎉

Feb 5, 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Mohammad Majid Akhtar on Completition of his PhD! 🎓

Congratulation to Dr. Mohammad Majid Akhtar on receiving the PhD completion letter from GRS today. His examination reports were very positive and only requested minor corrections. Majid is currently a postdoc fellow at UTS. We wish him the very best.

Feb 4, 2026
Evan wins DFCRC 3MT People's Choice Award 🏆

Huge congratulations to Evan for winning the People’s Choice Award at the DFCRC 3 Minute Thesis Competition 2025.

Dec 11, 2025
Evan wins DFCRC 3MT People's Choice Award 🏆
Congratulations to Thirasara, Erik, and Yuvin for Graduating Their PhDs 🎓

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Thirasara Ariyarathna, Dr. Erik Buchholz, and Dr. Yuvin Perera have successfully completed their doctoral studies and officially graduated from UNSW! 🎓

Their dedication, research contributions, and hard work throughout their PhD journeys have been truly exemplary. We wish them all the best in their future endeavours and look forward to seeing their continued impact in the field.

Dec 1, 2025
Congratulations to Thirasara, Erik, and Yuvin for Graduating Their PhDs 🎓
Welcome Gayathri!

We are welcoming Gayathri Harshila to our group. She is a research practicum student from the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka and will be with us until the end of May 2026 working with Salil and Rahat on our GuardianAgent project.

Nov 28, 2025
Salil receives Faculty Excellence Award Mentoring 🏆

Congratulations to Salil for receiving the Faculty of Engineering Excellence Award in the category Mentoring! 👏🏼

Nov 26, 2025
Salil receives Faculty Excellence Award Mentoring 🏆
Evan and Nick passed their Confirmation Review!

Evan and Nick passed their Confirmation Review! Congratulations Evan & Nick! 🍀

Nov 24, 2025
Hosted Australian Summer School on Privacy 2025

Our group hosted the Australian summer school on privacy: https://privacy-summer-school-2025.github.io/

The event was a huge success with many amazing talks and the start of some inspiring collaborations.

Nov 14, 2025