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Research Fellow - POMDP For Risk And Vulnerability Assessment
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity within the London Metropolitan University Cyber Security Research Centre to work as a Research Fellow under the supervision of Dr Mohamed Chahine Ghanem and Professor Vassil Vassilev. This Innovative research is funded by InnovateUK under the CyberASAP Phase 2 program and aims to develop a Minimum Viable Product for CyDRA which is a desktop software for cyber security by design enabling risk and vulnerability assessment in transactions and security threats.
The successful candidate is to design and develop analytical software components for vulnerability analysis and risk assessment in transactions under security threats based on POMDP methodology and intelligence graphs in ontological models.
The Pay Rate is 17.64?/hour and the position is fixed-term (ends 28/02/2025) and Full-Time 37 hours per week
The successful candidat is expected to :
1. Conduct research
1.1 Undertake independent research activities, including research projects.
1.2 Make a significant contribution to the development of appropriate methodologies, together with the initiation and implementation of research work.
1.3 Advise on and operate specific research techniques, for example, qualitative, quantitative or literature-based approaches.
1.4 Significant role in progressing research projects including the collection and analysis of data and the writing of reports.
2. Presentation of findings
2.1 Contribute to the presentation of findings to sponsors, potential sponsors, members of University staff and to wider academic fora.
2.2 As required, produce documentation and participate in formal presentations of findings.
2.3 Contribute to the publication of research findings in suitable publications.
3. Research funding
3.1 Contribute to the preparation of research proposals within the area of expertise.
3.2 Contribute to the instigation of research and/or consultancy projects
4. University/school profile
4.1 Engage in networking and promoting the profile of the school, both internally and externally.
Qualifications
AT LEAST an MSc (Graduated or Awaiting the viva) MSc in Artificial Intelligence, MSc Data Analytics, MSc Software Engineering
Skills
Theoretical knowledge of logical and stochastic methods for decision-making (ontological, MDP, and POMDP models in particular) and experience in programming analytical processing algorithms for graph traversal and stochastic optimisation. Practical skills in algorithmic programming in Python and processing symbolic data in XML or JSON format.
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Thank you for your interest. This job has already been offered and accepted, unfortunately King's Talent Bank will not remove the ad until 7th October which is why it still appears as live.
Qualifications
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Skills
Thank you for your interest. This job has already been offered and accepted, unfortunately King's Talent Bank will not remove the ad until 7th October which is why it still appears as live.
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