Computer Science - Robert Hooke Building, Parks Road, Oxford The Global Cybersecurity Capacity Centre (GCSCC) at the Department of Computer Science is looking to employ a Research Fellow to work within an interdisciplinary team on AI cybersecurity research.
Primarily funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the GCSCC is a programme of the Oxford Martin School, which specialises in supporting interdisciplinary research communities working to address the most pressing global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
The successful candidate will report to the Principal Investigator.
The post holder is a member of a research group providing day-to-day supervision for research assistants.
The post holder is responsible for their own grant funded research project within a discrete area of a wider research programme.
The key focus of this role will be to support the research programme of the GCSCC across the three primary task areas outlined below, but primarily focusing on Task 2.
Each task is framed by a key challenge question: 1.
How are each of the different types of AI / ML models vulnerable to cyber-attack, and can we predict outcomes of cyber-attacks based on knowledge of the specific model and training dataset being used?
2.
What is the nature of harm that is faced when AI-systems are attacked, and how might the risk propagate through organisations, supply-chains and ecosystems?
3.
What AI cybersecurity capacity should nations and organisations be prioritising for investment?
Project website is The successful candidate will be required to work primarily under the direction of Professor Sadie Creese and the supervision of Professor Michael Goldsmith, with guidance from other senior academics.
It is essential that successful candidate would hold a relevant PhD/DPhil or being close to completion in a cybersecurity-relevant field with post-qualification research experience.