(Opinion piece: 'We need investment to secure our cyber future': researcher, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 April 2012)
Choo, Kim-Kwang Raymond
Current affiliations
- Oct 2011 - Current: Justice of the Peace for SA (太平紳士(南澳洲))
- Mar 2011 - Current: Senior Lecturer @ University of South Australia (南澳大学)
- Mar 2011 - Current: Associate @ Australian Institute of Criminology (澳大利亚政府犯罪学研究所)
- May 2008 - Current: Member of the International Consultancy Group (Research) @ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-Korean Institute of Criminology (UNODC-KIC) Virtual Forum against Cybercrime Programme
- Jan 2009 - Current: Visiting Researcher @ ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security and Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), Australian National University (澳大利亚国立大学)
Choo, Kim-Kwang Raymond
Current affiliations
- Oct 2011 - Current: Justice of the Peace for SA (太平紳士(南澳洲))
- Mar 2011 - Current: Senior Lecturer @ University of South Australia (南澳大学)
- Mar 2011 - Current: Associate @ Australian Institute of Criminology (澳大利亚政府犯罪学研究所)
- May 2008 - Current: Member of the International Consultancy Group (Research) @ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-Korean Institute of Criminology (UNODC-KIC) Virtual Forum against Cybercrime Programme
- Jan 2009 - Current: Visiting Researcher @ ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security and Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), Australian National University (澳大利亚国立大学)
More about me ...
Since completing my Ph.D. in Information Security in February 2006, I have (co-)authored a number o
f publications in the areas of information security, cyber crime and anti-money laundering including a book published in Springer’s “Advances in Information Security” book series, four Australian Government Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) refereed monographs, and several book chapters – see
f publications in the areas of information security, cyber crime and anti-money laundering including a book published in Springer’s “Advances in Information Security” book series, four Australian Government Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) refereed monographs, and several book chapters – see
I was namedone of 100 Emerging Leaders (Innovation category) of The Weekend Australian Magazine/Microsoft's Next 100 series, andone of Singapore Polytechnic’s 50 inSPiring alumni in 2009 and 2010 respectively; and am the recipient of various awards and scholarships including
- 2012 Fulbright Symposium grant (with Professor Jill Slay AM, FACS)
- 2010 ACT Pearcey Award for “Taking a risk and making a difference in the development of the Australian ICT industry”
- 2010 Consensus IT Professional Award (one of 5 Winners) and 2010 Consensus IT Writers Award Finalist
- 2009 Fulbright Professional Scholarship in Australian-United States Alliance Studies, sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- 2008 Australia Day Achievement Medallion in recognition of my dedication and contribution to the Australian Government's Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), and through it to the public service of the nation
- British Computer Society's Wilkes Award for the best paper published in the 2007 volume of The Computer Journal (Oxford University Press)
- 2007 Queensland University of Technology (QUT)'s Faculty of Information Technology Executive Dean’s outstanding Ph.D. thesis commendation
- 2005 Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP 2005) Best Student Paper Award
I have been an invited speaker at a number of conferences in Australia and overseas such as
- the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime–International Telecommunication Union (UNODC-ITU) 2011 Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Fighting Cybercrime
- the Ministerial-Level Korea-Australia-New Zealand Broadband Summit 2011; and have delivered
- Keynote speeches at the
- ECPAT Taiwan’s 2008 Conference on Criminal Problems and Intervention Strategy, and
- 2011 Economic Crime Asia Conference;
- and Plenary speeches at the 2010 International Conference on Applied Linguistics and – see
More recently in 2012, I was invited to
One of over 20 international (and one of two Australian) experts consulted by the research team preparing McAfee's commissioned report entitled “Virtual Criminology Report 2009: Virtually Here: The Age of Cyber Warfare”
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Australian media: Australian Government House of Representatives "About the House" magazine, ABC News, Advertiser, ARN, Canberra's CityNews magazine, Canberra Times, Computerworld.com.au, Direct Magazine, Herald Sun (& Career One), My Business Magazine, SC Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald (& Business Day), The Age, The Australian, ZDNet Australia; and
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International media: Sunday Times, E-finance & Payments Law & Policy, Electric New Paper, 938Live radio,The Star,FutureGov, and Prepaid Trends magazine.see
I have served on the advisory board of Pakistan Society of Criminology, editorial board of several international journals, program committee of several international conferences, as a reviewer of several international conferences and journals; and as a grants reviewer for US DoJ OJP and Australia Government National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, and
- see "My Professional Activities"
. More recently in 2012, I was i
- 2012 Coalition Parliamentarians Online Safety Working Group’s roundtable (established to consult with key technology, education and cyber-safety leaders, as well as other interested parties, to further develop its online safety policy in the areas of education, regulation and enforcement); and
- 11th IISS Asia Security Summit, the 2012 Shangri-La Dialogue (all expenses paid for).
- Served as a member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Specialism Advisory "Internet Security" Group formed in March 2012 to provide advice to the ACS on matters concerning competency/skill requirements necessary for certification, body of knowledge, educational and ongoing professional development requirements for a specialism that has been certified under the ACS Certification Scheme;Served as a member of the ACS Cyber Task Force of experts formed in October 2011 to contribute to the preparation of submission to the Australian Government's Public Discussion Paper (Cyber White Paper);
- Chaired the ACS Canberra 2011 Conference’s Security Stream, and co-chaired DSR 2011 Symposium on Cyber Terrorism, and co-convened the 2012 Fulbright Symposium "Securing our Cyber Future";
- Moderated a panel at the Cloud Computing Forum 2011, and participated as a panelist at the Kaspersky Lab / City University of Hong Kong's Asia Pacific & MEA Cup 2012;
- Reviewed research grant for the (1) University of Turin (Italy) and (2) Qatar's National Priorities Research Program;
- Examined a Ph.D. Computer Science Thesis from Macquarie University, and a Master of Science (Computer and Information Science) Thesis from University of South Australia; and
- Served as an external member of the PhD Law Confirmation of Candidature (External) Review Panel, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology (2012).
- Division of ITEE "Level B Academic Promotion Committee";
- Division of ITEE "Research Grants Development Committee"; and
- The Human Rights and Security Cluster Leadership Group.
(Taught a number of subjects at the Queensland University of Technology and University of South Australia - see "My Teaching".)
What others think of me? - see my LinkedIn recommendations.
Prospective PhD Students
My door is always open to motivated individuals, particularly those with excellent academic records (and publication track record) if you are interested to apply for scholarships - see http://www.unisa.edu.au/resdegrees/scholarships/default.asp, who are interested in researching on cyber security (technical research), cyber crime (criminology and policy research), anti-money laundering / counter terrorism financing, and cryptography. To see what types of problems I work on, please visit ""
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For a list of my current students, please visit
I can be contacted on (email) raymond [DOT] choo [AT] fulbrightmail [DOT] org