Charles Sturt University, in collaboration with CSIRO’s Data61, invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in Cybersecurity and Data Science. This unique opportunity offers a blend of academic research and industry engagement, allowing candidates to develop expertise across Data Engineering, and Data Science, with a specialised focus on Cybersecurity.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to innovative research in areas such as:
1. Securing Agricultural Digital Twins: AI Model Protection & Data Integrity
2. AI-Powered Privacy Preservation in Agricultural Digital Twins
Student status: The applicant must be accepted as a full-time student into a PhD program at Charles Sturt University.
We welcome applications from both domestic and international candidates who are eager to take on research challenges and have expertise in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, or related fields.
Technical Skills:
Research & Analytical Skills:
Soft Skills:
Stipend: This scholarship is valued at $36,050 per annum, for a period of 3.5 years full-time study, payable in fortnightly instalments.
Tuition Fees: Fee exemption for a period equivalent to 3.5 years (seven sessions) for PhD at full-time study.
Operating Funds: Scholarship candidates are allocated an allowance of $6,000 per annum for a period of 3.5 years to assist with the reimbursement of costs associated with a candidate's research.
The scholarship is tenable for three years for Research Doctorate studies subject to satisfactory progress.
Scholarship candidates are entitled to 20 paid annual leave working days per year and 10 paid sick leave days per year, however are not eligible for paid primary parental care leave or additional personal leave.
Applicants will be asked to apply for enrolment and the scholarship as follows:
Prospective Higher Degree by Research candidates can apply for AICF PhD Scholarship when completing their Charles Sturt course admission application. When given the option to apply for a scholarship select Yes > Full-time AGRTP > Other > Enter AICF PhD Scholarship. Apply now
Applications will remain open until two successful candidates has been selected.
Nathan Damaj : ndamaj@csu.edu.au