Research Fellow in Augmented Cyber Defence

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Work type:Full-time
Location:Flexible
Categories:Information Technology, Research

• Flexible location (Burwood, Geelong, Warrnambool) plus work from home
• Full-time, Fixed term to 31 December 2024
• Level B $104,619 + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Cloud Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities. 

This Research Fellow position is responsible for developing software, researching, and publishing in cyber security and one or more areas of artificial intelligence, and multi-agent systems. The research fellow will work with a team of researchers from multiple organisations on an externally funded project related to cyber security. This position supports the Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI) in delivering high-quality project outcomes, including publishing in top-tier venues, and developing research grant applications.

In addition to your knowledge of encryption pertaining to cyber security, your understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) technology will support your software development capability. This is an opportunity to bring project delivery experience to the fore as part of the research work.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Initiating, designing, conducting and may lead productive, high-quality research, scholarship and creative activities generating high impact outputs
• Engaging collaboratively to develop novel and high-quality research or creative activities
• Widely communicating outputs to discipline(s) and the community
• Ensuring impact of academic activity in the field and the community
• Supporting the team when seeking funding for research and creative activities
• Building national reputation, based on growing, focused body of work recognised for quality, excellence and impact
• Initiating, designing, conducting and may lead intra- and inter-disciplinary research collaborations, to enable major breakthroughs in knowledge and understanding and solutions to complex problems
• Initiating, designing, conducting and may lead in development of industry partnerships and collaboration to enable major breakthroughs, innovative solutions for future translation into real world impact
• Supporting and may lead in applications for external competitive and other funding, and demonstrate sustained efforts
• Building a track record of timely delivery of outcomes for industry partners
• Initiating, designing, conducting and may lead innovation and translation into policies, frameworks, strategy, priority setting and other outcomes to create positive impact
• Supporting attraction of external funding for commercialisation and translation activities
• Building portfolio of policy and strategy influence, generation of products, services or other innovations with positive real-world impact
• Demonstrating timely delivery of commercialisation and translation outcomes
• Supervising honours and/or HDR students with timely completions and productive, high-quality outcomes
• Providing effective mentoring to HDR students to support professional career development and employability
• Adopting and promoting a culture of research excellence, innovation and impact
• Establishing/expanding industry networks to create opportunities for placements
• Supporting industry partnerships that provide HDRs with industry experience

Key selection criteria for this role:

• PhD in computer science or relevant discipline
• Experience with software development and project delivery
• Knowledge of AI technology including graphical models, reinforcement learning and agent techniques
• Knowledge of cyber security defence and attack technologies, privacy preserving, and cryptography and encryption
• Emerging reputation in research and scholarship through publications and/or exhibitions
• Success in obtaining external research funding
• Ability to contribute to communities through research
• Capacity to contribute to leadership of research and administration
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD Research Fellow.pdf

Applications for this position close on Thursday 13 October 2022.

Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend third-party sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the third-party location.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• This role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working With Children Check
• Frequent/Regular/Infrequent travel will be required describe further (e.g., interstate or overseas travel is required or regular travel within Victoria)
• Drivers Licence

Please submit your resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

To arrange a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Gang Li via gang.li@deakin.edu.au

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

We understand that our academic workforce is increasingly diverse, and we recognise academic careers may be placed on hold throughout many life circumstances. Achievement relative to opportunity places more emphasis on the quality, as opposed to the quantity of research outputs. In your application, we strongly encourage you to comment on your achievements relative to opportunity.

Advertised:29 Sep 2022 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:13 Oct 2022 AUS Eastern Daylight Time