Associate Professor Paul Gardner-Stephen
Adjunct Academic Status
College of Science and Engineering
+61 8 8201 5517
place
Tonsley
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001
Dr. Paul Gardner-Stephen views himself as the digital version of a blacksmith, crafting creative and skilled solutions to a wide range of problems. His research interests include, networking, security and protocol design (including for space-based applications), scalable computing, mobile devices, mobile communication infrastructures, disaster and attack resilient technology, creating understandable computers and the application of all these to make the world a better place.
Qualifications
- PhD (Computer Systems Engineering / Bioinformatics), Flinders University (2007),
- Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), Flinders University (2000).
Honours, awards and grants
Grants and awards of more than AUD$2,000,000 equivalent since 2010, including:
- Awesome Foundation for the Arts & Sciences Fellowship (US$1,000) (2010)
- Flinders University Research Fellowship in Rural, Remote and Humanitarian Telecommunications ($360,000) (2010-2014)
- Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship (USD$400,000) (2011-2012)
- Global Security Challenge Grand Finalist and Honourable Mention (2013)
- Technology Challenge for Atrocity Prevention: Winner, communications category (2013)
- National Science Week Grants (AUD$500, AUD$2,000, AUD$2,500 and AUD$2,500) (2010-2014)
- Women's and Children's Hospital Research Project (AUD$10,000) (2012)
- South Australian Young Tall Poppy (2012)
- New America Foundation Grants and Contracts (AUD$124,400, AUD$101,296 and US$85,000) (2011-2014)
- OpenITP Grants (US$40,000 and US$30,000) (2012-2014)
- CAESIE Priming Grants (EUR3,000 and AUD$5,000) (2013-2014)
- NLnet Foundation Grants (totalling EUR110,000) (2011-2015)
- US-AID Grant (US$42,863) (2014-2015)
- Radio Free Asia Grant (US$101,000) (2016)
- Pacific Humanitarian Challenge winner (AUD$279,000) (2016)
- Gold and two Silver Lions at Cannes International Festival of Creativity, as part of Saatchi & Saatchi entry (2016)
- DEWC secure satellite communications protocol design (AU$30,000) (2018)
- NLnet Foundation resilient communications projects (EUR90,000) (2019)
- Safety from Space secure satellite protocol design for search and rescue (AU$60,000) (2020)
- NLnet Foundation resilient communications projects (EUR95,000) (2024)
Key responsibilities
- Undertaking research in computer science and related fields, with a specific focus on the Serval Project, a humanitarian endeavour to make mobile telecommunications available to all people, regardless of income, location or disaster by allowing off-the-shelf cell phones to communicate directly without needing cell towers.
- Contributing to the delivery of networking and communications topics within the School of Computer Science, Engineering & Mathematics.
Professional engagement
Dr. Gardner-Stephen
- is Chief Technology Officer at DEWC Systems, Pty. Ltd., one of Australia's premier Electronic Warfare companies.
- is the technical lead in the MEGA65 Retro computing project.
- is the founder of the humanitarian organisation the Serval Project, whose vision is Empowering all humanity through communication.
Expert for media contact
Computers
Engineering - Computer Systems
Science
Technology
Computer Science and related fields
Serval Project and mesh networking
Shoe Phone (and its medical applications)
Available for contact via
+61 8 8201 5517
Or contact the media team
0466 527 875
Media expertise
- Computers
- Engineering - Computer Systems
- Science
- Technology
Interests
- Computer Science and related fields
- Serval Project and mesh networking
- Shoe Phone (and its medical applications)
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