Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Aims and Objectives of the Home Affairs, Policing and Security Science (HAPSS) Research Group
HAPSS seeks to advance public and community safety across Australia and globally through multi-disciplinary, collaborative, impactful, industry relevant research and consultancy outputs.
HAPSS brings together a large number of academics, and from across the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences with diverse disciplines and knowledge areas, including but not limited to:
- Artificial intelligence
- Behavioural sciences
- Biosecurity and bioterrorism
- Customs and border protection
- Counter-terrorism
- Criminology
- Cyber security
- Data sciences
- Defence studies
- Ethics, privacy and security
- Emergency management
- Engineering
- Forensics
- Financial crime
- Intelligence studies
- Justice studies
- Law
- Policing and law enforcement studies
- Science and technology studies
- Security studies
Some areas listed, for example cyber security, are the focus of existing and vibrant research areas in the Faculty. HAPSS does not dilute or duplicate efforts being made in other groups. Rather, HAPSS seeks to work closely with existing research groups and industry to help better broker and coordinate researchers and research efforts across different groups where there is a home affairs, policing and/or security science component to the research.
Thematic Priorities for HAPSS
The following 5 Research Thematic Priorities (RTP’s) capture the work of the research Group:
- Citizenship, Immigration & Border Security (CIBS);
- National and International Security (NIS);
- Cybercrime & Security;
- Law Enforcement & Policing (LEP);
- Emergency Management & Preparedness (EMP).
The scope of each RTP centres on:
- Prevention
- Disruption
- Reduction
- Professional Practice
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. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
Research output
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Aligning Postgraduate Counterterrorism Assessment with Professional Analytical Practice: Insights from an Autoethnographic Case Study
Alvarez Velasquez, C. & Herbert, K., 2026, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Other contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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A matrix approach to developing a digital internal communication strategy
Wuersch, L., Neher, A., Peter, M. K., Maley, J. F. & Wong, A., 15 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Business Communication. p. 1-32 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Adaptive Learning System for Anomaly Detection in SDN
Ferdous, E., Rahman, G., Mahmood, A., Rehman, S. & Islam, Z., 28 Jan 2026, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC).Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review
Datasets
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VANER
Bian, J. (Creator), Zhai, W. (Creator), Huang, X. (Creator), Zheng, J. (Creator) & Zhu, S. (Creator), IOS Press, 2025
https://github.com/Eulring/VANER/tree/main/data/vaner_datacohort
Dataset
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PubLabeler
Wang, S. (Creator), Bian, J. (Creator), Huang, X. (Creator), Zhou, H. (Creator) & Zhu, S. (Creator), IEEE Xplore, 2024
https://github.com/ZhuLab-Fudan/PubLabeler/tree/main/data
Dataset
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PhenoRareAI
Zhai, W. (Creator), Jiao, K. (Creator), Wang, N. (Creator), Yu, L. (Creator), Huang, X. (Creator), Zhu, S. (Creator) & Zhu, W. (Creator), Springer Nature, 2024
DOI: 10.1007/s13755-026-00455-w, https://github.com/ZhuLab-Fudan/PhenoRareAI
Dataset
Prizes
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100 Hours in Kabul - Multinational non-combatant evacuation operations (NEOs): Lessons learned from the drawdown in Afghanistan
Ferrill, J. (Recipient), Jan 2022
Prize: Award › External award
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2024 Excellence Award (Research)
Rahman, A. (Recipient), Zheng, L. (Recipient), Shillabeer, A. (Recipient), Moni, M. A. (Recipient), Kabir, A. (Recipient), Paul, M. (Recipient), Charlton, P. (Recipient), Islam, Z. (Recipient), Huang, X. (Recipient), Islam, R. (Recipient), Bewong, M. (Recipient), Khan, M. A. (Recipient), Al-Saggaf, Y. (Recipient), Rehman, S. (Recipient), Li, Z. (Recipient), Dahshan, M. (Recipient), Debnath, T. (Recipient), Mamun, Q. (Recipient), Burmeister, O. (Recipient), Bossomaier, T. (Recipient), Demskoy, D. (Recipient), Tien, D. (Recipient), Altas, I. (Recipient), Bhattacharya, M. (Recipient) & Howarth, J. (Recipient), 30 Nov 2024
Prize: Award › Internal award
Activities
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The 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence AAAI-26 (Event)
Huang, X. (Member)
20 Jan 2026 → 27 Jan 2026Activity: Membership › Committees and working groups › Academic
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Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (Journal)
Huang, X. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review responsibility, including review panel or committee
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The 22nd Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI)
Huang, X. (Member of programme committee)
Jun 2025 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference/Symposium › Academic
Press/Media
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Researchers at Northwest Minzu University Discuss Findings in Science (Automated diagnosis of pulmonary nodules in 3D PET/CT images using dual-path densely connected networks with cross-modal fusion)
26/01/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Anti-money-laundering experts call for public beneficial land ownership registry in Ontario
29/12/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Studies from Charles Sturt University Add New Findings in the Area of Military and Defense [Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (Laws): Meaningful Human Control, Collective Moral Responsibility and Institutional Design]
25/11/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Impacts
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Enhancing the Competitiveness of Australia’s International Traders (2019-2022)
Widdowson, D. (Creator), Blegen, B. (Creator), Kashubsky, M. (Creator) & Grainger, A. (Creator)
Impact: Economic Impact, Public policy Impact
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Murray Darling Basin PIT data analysis project
Huang, X. (Creator), Baumgartner, L. (Creator), Li, Z. (Creator) & Robinson, W. (Creator)
Impact: Economic Impact, Environmental Impact
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Phen2Disease: a phenotype-driven model for disease and gene prioritization
Huang, X. (Creator)
Impact: Quality of life Impact