ANU Software Innovation Institute

News, Research Articles & Projects

Explore recent news, research articles, and decentralised technology projects related to Personal Online Datastores, privacy-first infrastructure, and federated systems.

Community Event

Solid 2026 Hackathon Wrap-Up: Three Days Building the Decentralised Web in Canberra

The Solid 2026 Hackathon has wrapped up after three exciting days of building the decentralised web in Canberra.

Hackathon Canberra Solid
Community Event

Solid 2026 Hackathon: Building the Decentralised Web in Canberra

Join the ANU Software Innovation Institute, CBRIN, and the UK Open Data Institute for a three-day hackathon on privacy-first apps using the Solid protocol.

Hackathon Canberra Solid
Medical Research

Rio: Federated Privacy-First Data Collection in Medical Research

A participant-centred clinical trial platform using Solid PODs for decentralised, privacy-preserving medical data collection and analysis.

Solid PODs Clinical Trials Data Privacy
Data Security

Implementing Encrypted Private Data Sharing between Personal Data Vaults

A Trust-No-One security architecture for Solid PODs enabling end-to-end encrypted data storage and selective sharing using public-key infrastructure — applied to Indigenous health care and clinical trials.

Encryption Zero Trust Data Sovereignty
Open Source

Flutter Packages for Data Sovereignty and Privacy using Solid PODs

Three open-source Flutter/Dart packages — solidpod, solidui, and solid_auth — enabling developers to build cross-platform privacy-first apps connected to Solid Personal Online Datastores.

Flutter Open Source Developer Tools
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