Scholar
Benjamin I. P. Rubinstein
Google Scholar ID: hMG_gR4AAAAJ
Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Citations & Impact
Citations
5,481
H-index
36
i10-index
75
Publications
20
Co-authors
110
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Awarded $11.75m in competitive funding ($7.45m as lead) to his institution since 2013; co-lead of CATCH MURI over 2021-24, convening a team of 16 experts across 6 US/AUS universities for fundamental discovery in robust human-AI teams for cybersecurity; member of the Australian Academy of Sciences NCICS, Computing @ Go8, and the Kingston AI Group.
Research Experience
- Worked at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley and IBM Research Australia; involved in various projects such as analyzing privacy at the Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Australia Bank, and Transport for NSW; robustness of translation systems to data poisoning attacks with Facebook (Meta); helped identify and plug side-channel attacks against the Firefox browser; deanonymised Victorian Myki transport data and an unprecedented Australian Medicare data release, prompting introduction of the Re-identification Offence Bill 2016.
Education
- PhD (Computer Science) from UC Berkeley in 2010.
Background
- Research interests include AI safety, spanning the security and privacy of AI; currently a Professor in AI and Deputy Dean (Research) at the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Engineering & IT.
Miscellany
- Enjoyed four years in industry research labs before returning to academia in 2013.
