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Biography
Raphaël Phan is Professor at Monash University, specializing in security, cryptography and malicious AI.
He has published over 100 journal papers and in excess of 120 conference papers.
He was the principal investigator for a project on privacy-preserving data mining funded by the UK government & UK Ministry of Defence, and recently led projects with funding in excess of RM4million from the Malaysian government & industry.
Raphaël (SMIEEE) was General Chair for Mycrypt 2005 and Asiacrypt 2007, and Technical Program Chair for Mycrypt 2016. He is regularly invited to serve on technical programme committees (TPCs) of internationally leading security conferences; to date having served in over 100 TPCs.
Raphaël has graduated 16 PhD students and currently supervises 17 PhD students; in the areas of security, privacy, emotion recognition, motion analysis and generative AI.
He is co-designer of the hash function BLAKE, one of the five finalists in the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SHA-3 Hash Competition for a new hash function standard.
Raphaël has Erdős number 2 and h-index 54.
Recent Technical Programme Committees (TPCs) :
- 2026: AAAI, ACM MM, IEEE Globecom
- 2025: AAAI, IWSEC, IEEE Globecom
- 2024: AAAI, Eurocrypt, IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom
His current list of PhD students @Monash; & his academic genealogy @MathGenealogy.
Research interests
- Security
- Privacy
- Cryptography
- Emotion Recognition
- Motion Analysis
- Generative AI
More generally, any area of research related to malice and adversarial behaviour.
Research area keywords
- Security
- Privacy
- Cryptography
- Emotion Recognition
- Motion Analysis
- Generative AI
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Novel Framework for Personalized Prediction of Neurological Diseases from Brain Networks using Signal decomposition and Graph Deep Learning Techniques
Ting, C.-M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Lian, T. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Phan, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wong, K. S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ombao, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Tan, H. J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/10/23 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Unveiling the Parkinson’s disease tremor clinical marker with explainable artificial intelligence
Ping Yi, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Phan, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Agape, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Abdul Halim, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cajee, Y. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Tan, K. (Partner Investigator (PI))
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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PharmaSec: PharmaSec - Pharmaceutical supply chain platform with Blockchain Security
Phan, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/04/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Automated Solar Proposal Generation Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning
Shu Min, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Phan, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Sanzana, R. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/09/26 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
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Æinstein: Adversarial AI amongst Materials Discovery Domains
Phan, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Pal, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rajanala, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ting, C.-M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Krishnasamy, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Noman, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Shu Min, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Liu, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rudolph, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Steinfeld, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Siang Piao, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tumian, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Nik Hashim , N. N. W. (Partner Investigator (PI))
1/06/24 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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Adaptive Graph Learning with Multi-graph Convolutions for Brain Disorder Classification
Noman, F., Phan, R. C. W., Ombao, H. & Ting, C. M., 2026, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2025 - 28th International Conference Daejeon, South Korea, September 23–27, 2025 Proceedings, Part XII. Gee, J. C., Hong, J., Sudre, C. H., Golland, P., Alexander, D. C., Iglesias, J. E., Venkataraman, A. & Kim, J. H. (eds.). Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 56-65 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15971).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Anatomy-to-tract mapping infers white matter pathways without diffusion streamline propagation
Tan, Y. F., Huynh, K. M., Liu, S., Phan, R. C. W., Ting, C. M. & Yap, P. T., 3 Jan 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 12 p., 36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A new time-decay radiomics integrated network (TRINet) for breast cancer risk prediction
Yeoh, H. H., Strand, F., Phan, R., Rahmat, K. & Tan, M., Jan 2026, In: Medical Image Analysis. 107, Part B, 21 p., 103829.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Unified Framework for Sparse Reconstruction via Preconditioning and Nonconvex Regularization
Theeda, P., Noman, F., Pal, A., Phan, R. C. W., Ombao, H. & Ting, C. M., May 2026, In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 30, 5, p. 4274-4287 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Causal-Ex: Causal graph-based micro and macro expression spotting
Tan, P. S., Rajanala, S., Pal, A., Phan, R. C. W. & Ong, H. F., Feb 2026, In: Pattern Recognition Letters. 200, p. 52-59 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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FIT Dean's Industry and Community Education Programs Award
Steinfeld, R. (Recipient), Esgin, M. (Recipient), Sakzad, A. (Recipient), Rudolph, C. (Recipient), Boorman, J. (Recipient) & Phan, R. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)