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Cyber security for industrial IoT (IIoT) systems (e.g., real-time threat detection)
Next-generation applications for smart cities (e.g., drones and smart vehicles)
Cognitive sensor network for built environments (e.g., digital twins and surveillance)
Extended reality and AI for future digital societies (e.g., senior citizen home care).

1999 …2025

Research activity per year

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Professional Information

Professor Tony Jan leads the AI Research Centre at Torrens University Australia, driving world-class research in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Information Technology. Under his leadership, the Centre produces over 130 publications annually, with four researchers ranked among the global top 2%.

He has built major industry partnerships with organisations including NVIDIA, CIMIC, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, IBM, Google, and Microsoft, enabling large-scale collaborations and real-world innovation.

Committed to the teaching–research nexus, Professor Jan has designed and launched new AI and IT programs, growing enrolments by over 2,000 students, expanding the academic team by more than 40 staff members, enhancing student satisfaction by 15%, and securing key external accreditations.

Previously, he held senior academic leadership roles at MIT and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), delivering strategic growth and advancing research excellence.

His expertise spans machine learning applications for smart industries, supported by ARC grants and multi-million-dollar industry collaborations. His accolades include the SEI Global Academic Excellence Award (2024), the University Academic Leadership Award (2022), and the Research Excellence Award (2023), along with multiple leadership and research distinctions.

Research interests

Tony’s current research interests include:

  • Federated machine learning for IoT security (e.g., cybersecurity in health services)
  • Ensembled machine learning for real-time industry applications (e.g., mission-critical applications such as commercial drones and driverless vehicles)
  • Cognitive machines for human-centric computing applications (e.g., AI-enabled augmented reality for the future digital society)
  • Smart sensor networks for intelligent environment monitoring (e.g., senior citizen home care and homeland security).

Selected publications:

  • Alazab, A., Khraisat, A., Singh, S., & Jan, T. (2023). Enhancing Privacy-Preserving Intrusion Detection through Federated Learning. Electronics (Switzerland), 12(16).
  • Sulimani, H., Akbar, M. S., Kaiwartya, O., Alghamdi, W. Y., Jan, T., Simoff, S., & Prasad, M. (2022). Reinforcement optimization for decentralized service placement policy in IoT-centric fog environment. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, p.e4650.

Some of the research in smart and cognitive sensor networks for homeland security has been supported by ARC Discovery and several other large-scale industry-sponsored grants.

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):

  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Education/Academic qualification

Computing Science, PhD, Learning and generalization using kernel based subspace model approaches, University of Technology, Sydney

Award Date: 27 Sept 2004

(Computer) Engineering, Bachelor, Artificial neural network for computer communications (Honours thesis), University of Western Australia

Award Date: 22 Apr 1999

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