Dr. Arathi Arakala
Details
Department: School of Science
Campus: City Campus Australia
arathi.arakala@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0002-5515-175X
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
About
Dr Arathi Arakala completed her PhD in Mathematics from RMIT University, Australia in 2008. She then worked as a research fellow on cybersecurity projects where she developed algorithms to protect biometric data ( like fingerprints and face images) at rest and during computations.
Since 2019 she has been working full time at RMIT as a Lecturer of Mathematics. She is the program manager of the School of Science Master of Cybersecurity program MC159P18 at RMIT and teaches Masters level courses on authentication and data protection. Her research interests are in applying mathematical algorithms to solve real word problems like improving access control using biometric data, modelling online user behaviour to mitigate bullying or echo chamber formation and developing post-quantum algorithms to protect data.
She has appeared on several news channels including ABC and Fox News to discuss cybersecurity issues and has delivered cybersecurity training to business and government entities in south-east asia.
She has won several teaching and outreach awards for her contribution to teaching cybersecurity and community engagement to foster online safety.
Research fields
- 460401 Cryptography
- 4608 Human-centred computing
- 390109 Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
- 4604 Cybersecurity and privacy
UN sustainable development goals
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 4 Quality Education
- 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Supervisor projects
- Echo Chamber Investigation and Identification Utilising Sentiment Analysis
- 9 Dec 2024
- Enhancing Zero-Knowledge Server Functionality
- 30 Jan 2023
- Enhancing Keystroke Dynamics: Novel Features and Cross-Device Framework
- 8 Oct 2021
- Dissimilarity Vector Representation for Retinal Template Protection
- 1 Aug 2018
Teaching interests
Biometric Authentication, Cryptography for Cyberecurity, Frontiers of Applied Cryptography
Research interests
Post Quantum Cryptography, Computation Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, Numerical and Computational Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Online Safety, Generative AI in Education
