IP addresses serve a similar function to postal addresses. Postal addresses allow our mail to circulate, while IP addresses allow network traffic to move around the internet.
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Associate Director of Future Technologies, RMIT University
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Digital Forensics and Cyber Security, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Data Science, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Director of the Monash Energy Materials & Systems Institute (MEMSI), Monash University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate dean (International), Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth
