Associate Professor in Cybersecurity

About the role

The position is based in Australia as an Associate Professor in a Teaching and Research role. The role involves driving high-impact research in cybersecurity and AI security, contributing to strategic initiatives, and mentoring students.

Responsibilities

• Drive high-impact research in cybersecurity and AI security, with a focus on areas such as security and privacy of AI systems, adversarial machine learning, secure AI deployment, and AI safety.
• Contribute to and shape the strategic direction of research and education in cybersecurity and AI security.
• Lead research initiatives and secure competitive research funding.
• Mentor higher degree research students to successful completion.
• Deliver high-quality teaching and contribute to curriculum development.
• Build strong partnerships with the profession and industry.

Requirements

You are an established academic with a strong and sustained track record of high-impact research in cybersecurity and AI security, and a growing national or international reputation in your field. You bring expertise in areas such as AI security and privacy, adversarial machine learning, model and data privacy, LLM and agent security, and AI safety, and demonstrate the ability to translate research into real-world impact.

Qualifications

• A PhD in a related discipline, and/or relevant work experience.
• Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
• Demonstrated experience in teaching and learning design using a range of pedagogical approaches, development and delivery of courses and programs, at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Experience of implementing educational technologies and online delivery methods.
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness and passion for educational excellence and fostering this in others.
• Demonstrated experience with industry or work-integrated learning.
• Evidence of professional development of teaching practice in self and others with the ability to advance and lead an inclusive culture of excellence in learning and teaching.
• Demonstrated success in initiating curriculum development and improvement.
• Evidence of highly developed interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Evidence of ability to support and inspire students from diverse backgrounds and support student equity diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Significant track record in research leadership with outcomes of high quality and high international impact with clear evidence of the desire and ability to continually achieve research excellence and deliver research leadership.
• Excellent record of recruiting and supervising high calibre students.
• Demonstrated leadership in building engagement and partnerships with the profession and industry.

Skills

• Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

Pay

AUD $185,917 to $204,218 per annum + 17% superannuation

Schedule

Full-time

Contact

If you are an established academic seeking to further your career in a senior academic role that provides the opportunity to lead significant research initiatives, deliver high-quality teaching, and contribute to the strategic direction of the School, we encourage you to click the Apply Now button and submit your CV, cover letter, and responses addressing the Skills and Experience criteria.