Associate Professor in Cybersecurity

About the role

The position is based in Australia as an Associate Professor in Cybersecurity within the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW. 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 like 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 industry and academia.

Requirements

You must hold a PhD in a related discipline or equivalent work experience, and have a strong track record of high-impact research in cybersecurity and AI security. You should have a proven commitment to staying updated with discipline knowledge and developments, and experience in teaching and learning design.

Qualifications

• A PhD in a related discipline or equivalent 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.
• Excellent record of recruiting and supervising high calibre students.
• Demonstrated leadership in building engagement and partnerships with the profession and industry.

Skills

• A PhD in a related discipline or equivalent 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.
• Excellent record of recruiting and supervising high calibre students.
• Demonstrated leadership in building engagement and partnerships with the profession and industry.