0437-26 - Research Assistant in Agentic AI systems for 6G Networks

Aston University’s Centre for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust (CyberHub) is the technical coordinator of a £3m, 10-partner EU Horizon project Agentic6G and partner in the 6G-PATH Project. The project will conduct leading research and experimentation in the area of Multi-agent Agentic AI systems applied to 6G network and service management.

By leveraging recent advances in Large Language Models (LLM) and other key agentic tools (starting with MCP or LangChain), the project will design, specify, implement, and evaluate advanced capabilities such as self-organisation, spontaneous generation, self-protection, and auto-scaling. Collaborative agentic AI agents will autonomously allocate resources, compose services, monitor and optimise, and secure the underlying infrastructure and service delivery.

CyberHub invites applications for a Research Assistant who will primarily contribute to the both projects. The successful applicant will be ideally educated in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Networks, or other related areas, and be proficient in software development and systems administration.

The successful applicant will be integrated in a rapidly growing research environment and collaborate with leading industry and academic partners in the UK and Europe. 

It is further expected that the post-holder will support graduate students and contribute to the preparation of reports and scientific publications. Contributing to teaching activities and student supervision will be encouraged.

This is an invaluable opportunity to develop research in an exciting area, gain experience in international research projects, and join a leading University in the top 200 in Europe.

Main Duties/Responsibilities 

• Lead the research and development of novel approaches to systems based on Multi-Agent Agentic AI architectures.
• Develop AI models and AI-based applications, tools, and software components collaboratively.
• Build, maintain and operate a private 6G cloud testbed primarily based on open-source software.
• Conduct experiments/trials, and collect, process and analyse data. 
• Collaboratively create demonstrable proof-of-concepts, integrate with other subsystems, and conduct demonstrations in different events.
• Represent the research team in project meetings, which may include travelling.
• Contribute or lead internal project reports and deliverables.
• Write, publish and/or present research papers in conferences, seminars, workshops and peer-reviewed journals.
• Develop further novel research ideas and contribute to grants applications.
• Support the team in other related research projects.
• Contribute to the wider academic activities at Aston University.

This role is likely to qualify for endorsement under the Endorsed Funder route of the Global Talent visa. This visa is for talented or promising individuals in academia or research in fields such as science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, or humanities.

See the Home Office guidance: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent&nbsp ;