[agents] Two PhD Scholarships in Sydney - Cybersecurity ethics training simulations using values-based design

[Dignum, Virginia]

*PhD positions in Sydney - Macquarie University*
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*Two full time (one domestic/one international) funded PhD positions*

We are looking for two motivated PhD students for a research project 
funded by the Australian Research Council on “Cybersecurity ethics 
training simulations using values-based design" in the Department of 
Computing 
<https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/departments-and-centres/department-of-computing> 
at Macquarie University in Sydney.

This 3-year Project aims to investigate ways to train reflective ethical 
decision making in cybersecurity professionals through the design of 
interactive social simulations.


The Project will advance understanding and management of human factors 
in cybersecurity breaches and the field of serious game design for 
cybersecurity training by using new techniques for building artificially 
intelligent virtual agents, drawing on interdisciplinary expertise in 
ethics, artificial intelligence and serious game design.


Expected outcomes of the Project include new frameworks and technologies 
for cybersecurity training that take into account organisational norms 
and policies and the values of individuals that influence day-to-day 
decision-making in the context of ethical dilemmas relating to 
cybersecurity.


The PhD scholar would work with the supervisory team to identify a 
specific topic aligned with one or more areas of research focus in this 
project, such as modelling and evaluating ethical behaviour, design of 
interaction modality in serious games, agent-societies for modelling 
cybersecurity policy and risk management, and intelligent agents for 
reflection-based training and education.


Applicants with a background in computer science, artificial 
intelligence, games design, philosophy or related research areas are 
encouraged to apply. Prior expertise with game development, computer 
programming and artificial intelligence are considered a plus. The 
candidate must be available to enrol and commence studies no later than 
27th November 2020.


This grant involves multidisciplinary collaboration of researchers from 
the Departments of Computing and Philosophy at Macquarie University and 
Umea University in Sweden.


Project team members are affiliated with the Cybersecurity Hub; Virtual 
Reality and Interactive System group; Macquarie University Serious Games 
Research Network; Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE) and 
WASP-HS the Swedish research program on AI humanities and society 
(www.wasp-hs.org).


Information on the scholarship and how to apply can be found at:
https://www.mq.edu.au/research/phd-and-research-degrees/scholarships/scholarship-search/data/cybersecurity-ethics-training-simulations-using-values-based-design

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