Dr. Frank Den Hartog

Biography

Frank den Hartog is a Professor at the University of Canberra, where he holds the Cisco Research Chair in Critical Infrastructure. He is also an Adjunct Fellow at UNSW Canberra, focusing on complex wireless networked systems research, with particular interests in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Frank has a background as a Senior Scientist at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), where he studied Future Internet architectures and heterogeneous consumer networking. His industrial career includes pioneering work in home networking IoT research while working with KPN, the Dutch incumbent telecommunications operator. He obtained his PhD in physics from Leiden University, and his MSc from Eindhoven University of Technology. Throughout his career, he has managed numerous large collaborative research projects, including those funded by the European Framework Program (Horizon 2020), and held leadership positions, including Chair of the Technical Working Group for the worldwide Home Gateway Initiative (HGI). He has authored or co-authored 90 peer-reviewed articles and has 23 patent applications. Frank has experience as a guest lecturer at various European universities and has taught at the Australian National University (ANU). He has supervised multiple Master’s and PhD students and served on several committees for PhD examinations.

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