Philip Branch received the B.Sc. and M.Tech. degrees from the University of Tasmania, a PhD from Monash University, a GradCert in Teaching from the Swinburne University of Technology, and several industry certifications. He is an Associate Professor of computer systems engineering at Swinburne University of Technology. He has research and teaching interests in network security, wireless networks, the Internet of Things, and machine learning applications. He has over 80 refereed publications.