Helen Paik is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW Sydney and Research Director of the UNSW–UTS Trustworthy Digital Society initiative.
Her research addresses the design and deployment of dependable distributed systems. Her work spans software engineering fundamentals—including distributed architectures, data management, and cyber-physical systems—and their application to digital identity, privacy, security, and trustworthy AI.
Recent projects examine how decentralised technologies such as blockchain, distributed ledgers, and privacy-preserving computation can enable reliable digital services at scale. She has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers and led industry-embedded research through Cooperative Research Centres and national programs, partnering with organisations in finance, government, infrastructure, cybersecurity, startups, and digital services.
At UNSW, she teaches data management and web applications, and supervises doctoral and master’s students working on distributed trust systems and applied AI. She serves the research community through editorial boards, technical committee leadership, and program chair roles at international conferences.
I am looking for thesis, project and PhD students to work on some new problems together. If you are interested, please contact me. Email is the best way to get my attention, but you could also use the Contact Page here.
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- phone: +61 2 9385 4095
- fax: +61 2 9385 5995
- email: h.paik at unsw.edu.au
- Postal address: School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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