PhD in Artificial Intelligence

Trustworthy AI for Secure Future Open Networks is one of 4 Research Themes available in CDT Fort. In recent years, AI has been proposed as a powerful tool for automating network management and orchestration operations. In the context of future open NoN-environments, interconnected or integrated network components contributed from homogeneous or heterogeneous operators (terrestrial, space, cloud/edge hyperscale providers) are expected to be managed through distributed AI-based network intelligence with their own local operation policies and resolve possible AI-conflicts. In addition to the technical challenges of end-to-end performance optimality and consistency through harmonised AI decision-making, there are also numerous research questions about trustworthy AI for network security; for instance, how can AI accurately detect and prevent cyber-attacks in future open networks and how to ensure the AI component has not itself been attacked?