Rate My Professor Willy Susilo

Distinguished Professor Willy Susilo is an Australian Laureate Fellow and Director of the Institute of Cybersecurity and Cryptology at the University of Wollongong's School of Computing and Information Technology within the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wollongong in 2001, specializing in cybersecurity and cryptography, an MSc in Computer Science from the same institution in 1996, and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Surabaya, Indonesia, in 1994. Susilo has held progressive academic positions at the University of Wollongong since 2001, advancing from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Senior Professor, and Distinguished Professor in 2021. He served as Head of the School of Computing and Information Technology from 2015 to 2025 and previously as Head of the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering from 2009 to 2010. Earlier roles include ARC Future Fellow from 2010 to 2014 and Deputy Managing Director of the ICT Research Institute from 2008 to 2009. As Director of the Centre for Computer and Information Security Research since 2005, now the Institute of Cybersecurity and Cryptology, he leads research in areas such as cloud and network security, post-quantum security, blockchain, and cryptographic applications.

Susilo's research focuses on cybersecurity and cryptography, developing solutions and algorithms to secure cyberspace. He has secured major funding, including the ARC Laureate Fellowship (FL230100033, $3,034,371, 2024-2029) for pragmatic cryptography in secure cloud computing, ARC Discovery Projects like DP240100017 ($518,026, 2024-2026), and others totaling millions in ARC grants. His scholarly impact is evidenced by over 34,000 Google Scholar citations, an h-index of 92, and more than 550 i10-index publications. Key contributions include edited books and chapters such as Fuzzy Identity-based Encryption (2008), Concurrent Signatures without a Conventional Keystone (2008), and Separable Threshold Decryption for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks (2008). Awards include the 2024 NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science and Engineering, 2024 UOW Alumni Award for Research and Scholarship, Fulbright Scholar (2026), Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award for Researcher of the Year (2016), and fellowships from IEEE (2021), IET, ACS, AAIA, and AIIA. He holds editorial roles as Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier Computer Standards and Interfaces and Information journal (MDPI), and Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.