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SPINE Research Group at RMIT

SPINE (Security, Privacy, Intelligence, and Edge Research Group) at RMIT is a dynamic research lab dedicated to advancing the frontiers of digital exploration. Specializing in security, privacy, and intelligence, the group pioneers cutting-edge research at the intersection of technology and innovation.

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Aditya Pribadi

Aditya Pribadi

Researcher

Asitha Kottahachchi

Asitha Kottahachchi

Researcher

Binod Karunanayake

Binod Karunanayake

Researcher

Charitha Elvitigala

Charitha Elvitigala

Researcher

Farah Wahida

Farah Wahida

Researcher

Mengsha Kou

Mengsha Kou

Researcher

Shehan Edirimannage

Shehan Edirimannage

Researcher

Veronika Stephanie

Veronika Stephanie

Researcher

Wathsara Daluwatta

Wathsara Daluwatta

Researcher

Ziqi Wang

Ziqi Wang

Researcher

Latest Publications

Mind the Gap: Evaluating LLMs for High-Level Malicious Package Detection vs. Fine-Grained Indicator Identification.

By Ahmed Ryan, Ibrahim Khalil, Abdullah Al Jahid, Md Erfan, Sungbin Park, Akond Ashfaque Ur Rahman, Md. Rayhanur Rahman

CoRR abs/2602.16304 (2026)

WinFLoRA: Incentivizing Client-Adaptive Aggregation in Federated LoRA under Privacy Heterogeneity.

By Mengsha Kou, Xiaoyu Xia, Ziqi Wang, Ibrahim Khalil, Runkun Luo, Jingwen Zhou, Minhui Xue

CoRR abs/2602.01126 (2026)

Federated Unlearning in Edge Networks: A Survey of Fundamentals, Challenges, Practical Applications and Future Directions.

By Jer Shyuan Ng, Wathsara Daluwatta, Shehan Edirimannage, Charitha Elvitigala, Asitha Kottahachchi Kankanamge Don, Ibrahim Khalil, Heng Zhang, Dusit Niyato

CoRR abs/2601.09978 (2026)