ProfessorRobin Ram Mohan Doss

Professor

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology

  • Professor
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology
  • +61 3 925 17305 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Robin Doss is Professor of Cyber Security, Director of the Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre (Deakin Cyber) and a member of the Deakin University academic board. At Deakin Cyber, he leads a multidisciplinary team of 150+ researchers working with industry, business and government to advance cyber security technology, strategy, policy and governance. He is a multi-award winning innovator and recipient of the 2019 Cyber Security Researcher of the Year award from the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) in recognition of the high-impact outcomes of his discoveries. He was a founding researcher of the $140M Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC), leading Deakin University's participation in the consoritum and providing scientific leadership to the CSCRC's research theme on the Development of Next Generation Authentication Technologies. He is a globally recognised expert in security architectures, identity and access management (IAM), and cyber harm prevention with an extensive publication portfolio of more than 250 publications in some of the top journal/conference venues. He is a trusted advisor to government and industry, and previously held appointments with Ericsson Australia, ANZ Banking Group, IBM Research (Zürich) and RMIT University. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). 

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Professor
    Deakin University, School of Information Technology

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Co-Director, Deakin Cyber Research & Innovation Hub (Deakin Cyber)
    Deakin University, Australia1 Mar 2026 - present
  • Director, Deakin Cyber Research & Innovation Centre (Deakin Cyber)
    Deakin University, Australia1 Jan 2024 - 28 Feb 2026
  • Director, Centre for Cyber Resilience and Trust (CREST)
    Deakin University, Australia1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
  • Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI)
    Deakin University, AustraliaFeb 2021 - Jan 2022
  • Research Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI)
    Deakin University, AustraliaApr 2020 - Jan 2021
  • Deputy Head of School, School of Information Technology
    Deakin University, AustraliaMay 2016 - Apr 2020
  • Associate Head of School (Development & International), School of Information Technology
    Deakin University, AustraliaApr 2012 - Apr 2016
  • Course Director (IT Postgraduate)
    Deakin University, AustraliaJun 2007 - Mar 2012

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director, Board of Management
    Transport Accident Commission (TAC), Australia15 Apr 2025 - present

DEGREES

  • Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
    Deakin University, Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Royal Melb Inst. of Technology
  • Master of Engineering
    Royal Melb Inst. of Technology
  • Bachelor of Engineering
    University of Madras, Chennai, India

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Distributed computing and systems software
  • Cybersecurity and privacy
  • Data management and data science

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Information Technology

AREAS OF EXPERTISE