معرفی
Hassan Asghar is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Macquarie University's School of Computing and a Research Scientist at CSIRO since 2014. His research focuses on privacy, cryptography, and information security, including quantifying privacy risks, developing secure cryptographic protocols, and analyzing authentication systems. He has contributed to areas such as differential privacy, secure multiparty computation, and malware analysis.
His work integrates mathematics (number theory, probability, and combinatorics) with computer science disciplines like machine learning and algorithms. Notable projects include Privacy Preserving Data Sensing Algorithms (2018–2019) and the Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub (2016–2023). He has authored over 40 research outputs, including studies on adversarial attacks in AI, malware obfuscation, and privacy-preserving data release.
- Awards: ACM AsiaCCS 2019 Best Paper Award; 2023 Faculty of Science and Engineering Inter-School Collaboration Award.
- Key Research Themes: Privacy quantification, cryptographic protocol design, biometric authentication, and adversarial machine learning.
- Collaborations: Extensive international collaborations in cybersecurity and privacy research.
Asghar’s contributions span technical publications, policy submissions (e.g., NSW Cybersecurity Inquiry), and practical tools like ConvoCache for chatbot efficiency. He leads the Future Communications Research Centre at Macquarie and actively engages in interdisciplinary cybersecurity initiatives.
