12 March 2009 – Embargoed until 7.00pm Thursday 12 March
Media Release
Fulbright Scholarship for research on future cybercrime threats
Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) research analyst Dr Kim Kwang (Raymond) Choo has
been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to visit the United States to study the future cybercrime
threat environment.
Dr Choo has been awarded the 2009 Fulbright Professional Australia-U.S. Alliance Studies
Scholarship, sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He will spend three
months at the Rutgers University’s School of Criminal Justice and the Palo Alto Research
Center to undertake the project.
The recent author of AIC reports in the areas of cybercrime and anti-money laundering,
including Future directions in technology-enabled crime: 2007-09, Raymond has a Ph.D. in
information technology from the Queensland University of Technology and joined the Institute
in 2006.
He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University’s ARC Centre of Excellence in
Policing and Security, and a member of the International Consultant Group (Research) in the
joint United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Korean Institute of Criminology "Virtual
Forum against Cybercrime" Program.
The AIC’s Acting Director, Tony Marks, congratulated Raymond on his scholarship when the 23
recipients were announced in Hobart on Thursday night, 12 March.
“This is welcome recognition of the calibre of the AIC’s researchers and their commitment to
high-quality, forward-looking research, particularly in new and emerging types of crime,” Mr
Marks said.
“Raymond’s US studies will complement his research at the Institute in identifying cybercrime
risks and the development of responses for law enforcement agencies and policy makers in
neutralising those risks and preventing harm to the community.
“His visit will also help to strengthen ties and develop cooperative arrangements between
Australia and its international criminological research partners.”
AIC media contact: Scott Kelleher, Tel: 02.6260 9244; m: 0418 159525.
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