I am a Professor and Academic Lead for Cybersecurity and Networking in the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, College of Engineering and Information Technology, at Adelaide University. I currently serve as the Theme Lead for Information Warfare and Advanced Cyber within the Defence Trailblazer program, a joint initiative between Adelaide University and UNSW.

I established and lead the Cyber-AI Research Group at Adelaide University, which focuses on applying advances in artificial intelligence to challenges in network reliability and security. My research centres on developing autonomous and provably robust cyber‑defence capabilities. This includes designing systems that are secure by design and developing trustworthy AI agents that support the defence of complex networked environments. By integrating methods from graph theory, game theory, and machine learning, my group develops practical solutions that enhance human operators’ ability to manage the scale, complexity, speed, and adversarial nature of modern cyber operations.

I’m an associate editor for (1) IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and (2) Elsevier Ad-Hoc Networks journals.

I serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks. I am also a member of the Technical Program Committees for leading international conferences on AI and cybersecurity, including AAMAS 2026 (CORE A), AAAI 2026 (CORE A), The Web Conference 2026 (CORE A), and IJCAI 2026 (CORE A).

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• We are offering generous research scholarships (PhDs and Masters) and summer research scholarships (undergraduates) on AI agent security.

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