Scholar
Alsharif (Sharif) Abuadbba
Google Scholar ID: I-0BF6oAAAAJ
Team Lead - CSIRO's Data61, Australia
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,087
H-index
26
i10-index
51
Publications
20
Co-authors
17
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Co-authored 70+ publications in top venues (IEEE S&P, NDSS, Usenix Security, ACM CCS)
- Associate Editor for IEEE TIFS (2024–2027)
- Supervised 10 PhD students (7 completed, 3 ongoing)
- Secured ~$3.3M in PhD scholarships for 2025–2029 with 25% industry co-funding from Telstra, Xamplify, Lockheed Martin Australia
- Recipient of CSIRO Julius Career Award (2022, one of two in Data61 among 500+ scientists)
- Founder of startup EyeCura, winner of 2018 Eureka Innovation Award; products serve 10,000+ users
- Contributor to multiple U.S. patents
- NSW iAwards Merit Winner (2025, ThreatModelling-GPT)
- Australia AI Innovator – Cybersecurity Winner (2024, TAPE)
- Multiple internal CSIRO awards: Customer First, Collaboration Reward
Research Experience
- Leads the Distributed Systems Security team at CSIRO's Data61
- Collaborated with organizations including Cyber Security CRC, Department of Home Affairs, and ETRI South Korea
- Led deployed projects: SmartShield, TAPE, ThreatModelling-GPT
- Established international research collaborations with SKKU (South Korea), CISPA (Germany), Virginia Tech (USA)
- Secured grants including CSIRO-NST Korea ($250K, 2023–2025) and German Research Association (~$50K)
Miscellany
- Committee member, Standards Australia (since 2022)
- Australia’s representative on AI Safety Institutes Network Panel (since 2024)
- Program Committee member for CORE A/A* conferences (e.g., NDSS, ASIACCS)
- Health & Safety Representative (HSR) and site committee member at CSIRO Data61 Marsfield (since 2020)
- Mental health first aid officer, providing HSE leadership for a group of 90+ staff and PhD students
