Field Planning Specialist - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Department of Defence of Australia

Description

EL 1 (S&T Level 5) - Artificial Intelligence Planning Specialist
~$As a research scientist for Adaptive AI Planning for Cyber Operations, you will have opportunities to engage with expert multi-functional teams in Defence and work in collaboration with industry and academia. You will demonstrate initiative, scientific integrity and pragmatism. This role sits within the Adaptive AI Planning (A2P) discipline of the Cyber Command and Control (CyC2) Science and Technology Capability (STC) in the Cyber Operations (CO) Major Science and Technology Capability (MSTC) of Information Sciences Division.

Specifically, A2P places a significant emphasis on machine-speed AI planning techniques and models that can evolve to adapt to rapidly changing situations, and that can be quickly adapted to diverse missions and tasks across domains.

The discipline's focus encompasses conducting research and development to harness and integrate advancements in AI and deep learning.

This integration aims to facilitate real-world planning effectively, ensuring scalability and timely responsiveness — critical attributes for fostering effective and resilient cyber operations.

Possess a solid background in one or more of the following fields: Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, AI and Deep Learning.

Demonstrate experience in programming languages, especially Python.
AI-driven planning and decision making, Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), Probabilistic and Statistical Modelling, or Deep Neural Networks.