Postdoctoral Fellow (Interdisciplinary / Cyber Security)

Posting Number: SF01893
Position Type: Professional Staff
Union: Non-Union Non-Classified Staff
Pay Grade Level: N/A
Pay Grade Range: N/A
Department: Elec, Computer & Bio Engr
Campus Location:

Job Description Summary:
The search will remain open until the position has been filled.
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BASIC FUNCTION:

Work on interdisciplinary research opportunities focusing on advanced cyber security and communications networks for next-generation industrial control systems, e.g., power grids.

Interdisciplinary Research:

This position is two- or three-year research endeavor to support postdocs whose innovative projects in cybersecurity will be able to integrate domain-knowledge of cyber physical infrastructures in power grids and ensure their reliable and sustainable operations. The project combines cutting-edge cybersecurity and network technologies, e.g., programmable intrusion detection and network infrastructure, with the state-of-the-art reinforcement learning and generative AI, to detect, prevent, and preemptively mitigate intelligent attacker vectors.

Supportive Mentoring:

The postdoc will be guided by two advisors, who possess different expertise towards the design of resilient cyber-physical systems.



Duties and Responsibilities:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conduct research in cybersecurity in cyber-physical systems or Internet-of-things.

Organize & help lab equipment and experiments.

Publish & present in competitive conferences and journals.

Contribute to guiding PhD/Master/undergraduate students.

Contribute to the development of research proposals.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Perform other duties as assigned.

LICENSES, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT:

Cybersecurity & cyber-physical systems; Internet-of-things; relevant laboratory equipment.



Posting Date: 11/15/2024

To apply, visit https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/16023







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