I am an Associate Professor in the school of computer and mathematical sciences and the leader of the Information warfare and advanced cyber theme within the Defence trailblazer, the University of Adelaide.

I’m leading a research group on Cyber-AI, applying new advances in AI to solve problems in network fragility and security. Our research evolves around developing autonomous and provable cyber defensive solutions. This means building and configuring systems that are secure by design and training trustworthy AI agents to help defend networked systems. By employing tools from graph theory, game theory and AI/ML we are able to develop practical solutions that help human operators deal with the complexity, fast-paced and deceptive nature of the cyber environments.

I’m an associate editor for the following Quartile 1 international journals:

• IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and
• Ad-Hoc Networks

I also serve on numerous TPC for international conferences including (in 2024):

• The Web Conference (2024)
• World Congress on AIIoT (2024)
• Cyber Security and Privacy Workshop with IEEE COMSNETS (2024)

News:

• (21/04/2024): We are providing 2 PhD scholarships of up to $60K/year stipend for research on AI and higher-graph models for network security. Please contact me directly if interested.
• (21/04/2024): We are recruiting a post-doc to work on a 2.5-year research project on higher-graph models for network security. Please contact me directly if interested.
• (21/04/2024): We are recruiting a post-doc to work on our industry-funded project on IoT security, please consider applying. See the position description here.
• We are offering generous research scholarships (PhDs and Masters) and summer research scholarships (undergraduates) on applying Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Game Theory to solve problems in network (anti)fragility and security.

Please contact me directly with your CV if interested.