Professor Raja Jurdak

Biography

Raja Jurdak is a Professor of Distributed Systems & Chair in Applied Data Sciences, as well as the Director of the Trusted Networks Lab at Queensland University of Technology. His main research interest is around dynamic network modelling. Networks and network science provide powerful representation of physical and logical relationships to gain insights into a broad range of systems, from communication and cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things to individual and entity relationship networks and interactions to guide value-creating decisions. He is particularly interested in delivering end-to-end trust in data and systems involved in distributed networks, using tools such as blockchain and distributed ledger technology, understanding network dynamics driven by mobility to forecast diffusion processes, such as disease spread, and sustainable in-situ intelligence in networks. From 2008 to 2019, he was at CSIRO, where he established and led the Distributed Sensing Systems Group that spans Brisbane, Hobart, and Canberra, and is one of the leading large scale sensing group worldwide. He currently maintains a visiting scientist role with the DSS Group. He has a PhD in Information and Computer Science at University of California, Irvine, an MS in Computer Networks and Distributed Computing from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCI, and a BE in Computer and Communications Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut.

Professional Activities

• IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor
• Senior Member, IEEE
• Technical Program Committee co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), 2021
• Editorial Board Member, Ad Hoc Networks Journal (2019-present)
• Editorial Board Member, PLoS ONE (2018-present)
• Editorial Board Member, Information Processing in Agriculture (2015-present)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (2017-present)
• Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (2017-present)
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (2014-2017)

Awards

• 2022: CSIRO Health and Biosecurity  Impactful Science Award
• 2019: Eureka Prize Finalist (Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research) – DiNeMo project
• 2016: Best paper award at Embedded Wireless Sensor Networks Conference
• 2014: QLD iAwards Merit Award
• 2011: Endeavour Executive Award
• 2011: CSIRO Medal for Environmental Achievement

Career History

• 2020-present: Director, Trusted Networks Lab, QUT
• 2019-present: Professor of Distributed Systems & Chair in Applied Data Sciences, QUT
• 2011-2019: Research Group Leader, Distributed Sensing Systems, CSIRO
• 2017: Sensor Networks Group at Oxford University
• 2016-2019: Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Data61
• 2011: CSAIL at MIT
• 2010-2016: Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
• 2008-2009: Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
• 2006-2008: Research Fellow, University College Dublin, Ireland
• 2005: Project Scientist, University of California, Irvine
• 2003-2005: Research Assistant, University of California, Irvine

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