Rate My Professor Sam Seo

Dr. Sam Seo is a Lecturer in Cybersecurity at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, College of Engineering and Information Technology, Adelaide University. He obtained his PhD from the University of South Australia in 2024, with a focus on Data Governance in Internet of Things. His earlier qualifications include a Master of Information and Communications Technology Management (Enterprise) and a Master of Science from the University of South Australia (2012–2014), a Bachelor of Business Honours (2008–2010), and a Bachelor of Business (2004–2006) from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. Seo's research specializations cover cyber and electronic security and warfare, cyberphysical systems and Internet of Things, cybersecurity, data management and data science, data security and protection, defence, information governance, policy and ethics, and satellite technologies, networks and services. He is eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD students.

In his professional career, Seo has served as Lecturer in Cyber Security since 2024, Technical Data Manager at the Department of Defence in 2024, Lead Technical Writer at the Defence Science and Technology Group (2023–2024), Cyber Security Consultant at Cyber Elite (2022–2023), Tutor and Practical Supervisor at the University of South Australia (2020–2023), Program Coordinator (IT & Computing) at Eynesbury College (2020–2022), and Tutor at the South Australian Institute of Business & Technology (2017–2020). He currently co-supervises higher degree by research students on projects such as adversarially robust anomaly detection for network intrusion detection systems, adversarial design for cybersecurity in space systems, cross-domain cyber threat intelligence, and AI-enhanced human-robot interfaces for clinical lab automation. Seo teaches courses including Critical Infrastructure and Control System Security (COMP 5062), Capstone Professional Project (INFT 5021), and Security Architecture and Engineering (INFT 5041). He engages in industry collaborations, notably a research contract with SmartSat CRC (2025–2026) on space cybersecurity frameworks. Key publications include Aburumman et al. (2017), 'A secure and resilient cross-domain SIP solution for MANETs using dynamic clustering and joint spatial and temporal redundancy,' Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience; Seo and Evans (2021), 'Internet of Things Adoption Challenges in Enterprise Asset Management Organisations,' Springer; and Seo and Sitnikova (2015), 'Uncovering industrial control systems vulnerabilities by examining SCADA virtual packages and their communication protocols,' MODSIM 2015 Proceedings.