Cyber Resiliency and Training

About the Research

This is research involves improving cyber resiliency through developing algorithms and techniques to improve defensive operations. These techniques may be used for both training purposes and to develop more realistic decoy environments. Particular interests include the implementation of techniques to rapidly create synthetic documents and validate their effectiveness.

Opportunities

• Procedural generation of synthetic documents and environments
• Modeling and validating techniques for simulating online user behavior (e.g., web browsing)
• Data analysis and risk mitigation techniques for poisoning attacks in moderately large datasets
• Modeling and developing techniques to visualize the output of AI systems to be more explainable to an analyst

About CISD

The Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (CISD) conducts research in a variety of disciplines relevant to achieving and implementing the so-called digital battlefield. Problems address the sensing, distribution, analysis, and display of information in the modern battle space. CISD research focuses on four major areas: communications, atmospheric modeling, battlefield visualization, and computing.

About ARL-RAP

The Army Research Laboratory Research Associateship Program (ARL-RAP) is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Army. Scientists and Engineers at the CCDC Army Research Laboratory (ARL) help shape and execute the Army's program for meeting the challenge of developing technologies that will support Army forces in meeting future operational needs by pursuing scientific research and technological developments in diverse fields such as: applied mathematics, atmospheric characterization, simulation and human modeling, digital/optical signal processing, nanotechnology, material science and technology, multifunctional technology, combustion processes, propulsion and flight physics, communication and networking, and computational and information sciences.

A Complete Application Includes:

• Curriculum Vitae or Resume
• Three References Forms
• Transcripts

Research Proposal

If selected by an advisor the participant will also be required to write a research proposal to submit to the ARL-RAP review panel for:

• Research topic should relate to a specific opportunity at ARL (see Research Areas)
• The objective of the research topic should be clear and have a defined outcome
• Explain the direction you plan to pursue
• Include expected period for completing the study
• Include a brief background such as preparation and motivation for the research
• References of published efforts may be used to improve the proposal

Contact Information

Questions about this opportunity? Please email ARLFellowship@orau.org

Qualifications

• Degree: Doctoral Degree
• Academic Level(s): Any academic level
• Discipline(s): Computer, Information, and Data Sciences (16)

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