Research Engineer (1-year contract), School of Information Systems

• Design and implement advanced software composition analysis solutions that scan dependency hierarchies and builds new deep learning architectures to analyse code and document repository dataand flag vulnerabilities.
• Design and implement advanced directed grammar-based fuzzing solution that generates valid test cases (following predefined grammars) and drives test executions to vulnerable code.
• Conduct evaluations to validate the effectiveness of the algorithms and tools
• Write and publish research papers and present them to reputable academic conferences
• Package the documents, implementation code, evaluate results of the project for public release
• Liaise with the overseas and industry collaborators of this project to realize the overall goal of the project

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor or Master degree with first or second upper class degree classification (or their equivalent) in Information Systems / Computer Science/ Information Technology / Informatics Engineering / Computer Engineer / Software Engineering
• Good knowledge about program analysis, data mining and/or machine learning techniques
• Highly fluent in Python
• Competent in designing and implementing algorithms and data structures
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team
• Able to work under strict deadlines
• Prior experience as Research Assistant or Research Engineer is preferred
• Research capability as evidenced by tangible deliverable i.e publication in an international conference orjournal will be advantageous