The project will be based at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Campus, and the student will be supervised jointly by the senior academics from Charles Sturt University and The University of New South Wales.
About SCM, CSU
The School of Computing and Mathematics (SCM) within the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences at Charles Sturt University is home to about 31 academic researchers as well as over 60 research higher degree students, working in the ICT and Mathematics disciplines. Our research focuses applied research in computing science, ICT security and applied mathematics and statistics which benefit the communities in our region.
About the Research
The PhD scholarship is funded by The Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC). The PhD research will be supervised jointly by the academics of Charles Sturt University (principal supervisor) and The University of New South Wales (co-supervisor). The research aim and outcomes are listed below.
Research Aims:
The proposed PhD research project aims to address the issues of integrating IoT and blockchain technologies. Both IoT and blockchain have potentials to be implanted in various areas. In addition, the integration of these two technologies will solve each of technology's issues and problems In particular, integrated technology can solve the problems of security and privacy.
In addition, to adopt the blockchain in IoT environments, few customisations are required, such as designing lightweight consensus protocols suitable for low powered IoT devices. This research project aims to investigate all these areas to integrate IoT and blockchain successfully.
Different use cases will be investigated, such as work-permit automation for safety in workplaces, and in health service-related IoT systems. In this PhD research, we aim to design a framework for blockchain integrated IoT systems and develop a feasibility analysis tool to identify which IoT systems can embrace blockchain technology and what customisations are required to improve performance and other qualities such as security and privacy.
Research Outcomes:
The successful completion of the research project will produce a PhD thesis
One of the significant outcomes of the research project will be a framework for the merged IoT and blockchain technologies. Using this framework and design principles blockchain can be integrated into other IoT systems and application.
Another key outcome will be a feasibility analysis tool which can be used to identify which IoT applications or ecosystems can adopt blockchain technology for better performance.
In addition to that, another significant outcome of the project will be disseminating knowledge through the publications in international flagship conferences and renowned journals.
Scholarships and other benefits
The PhD scholarship is funded by The Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC).
- The scholarship amount is AUD 50,000 per year (tax-free) for three years
- Operational cost AUD 15,000 per year
- The tuition fee may be waived
- An opportunity to interact with other researchers in the CSCRC and cyber security industry partners