College of IST-Research Assistant in Securing Embodied AI Systems w/ Dr Peng

Penn State University • University Park, IL

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The College of IST is seeking applicants for a part-time job of Research Assistant in Securing Embodied AI Systems. We are looking for a summer research assistant who has expertise in the intersection of adversarial and typographic attacks, Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, and embodied AI. In particular, the researcher will work on identifying and assessing the severity of adversarial and typographic attacks against end-to-end VLA models. For example, a malicious input at the perceptual layer can propagate silently through reasoning and into physical action, misclassifying objects and bypassing the safety checks. Accordingly, the researcher should have adequate experience in both Cyber-Physical Security and Embodied AI systems. This position involves part-time wage payroll employment.

Requirements

• Adequate experience in both Cyber-Physical Security and Embodied AI systems
• Expertise in the intersection of adversarial and typographic attacks, Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, and embodied AI

Responsibilities

• Identify and address the limitations of the existing security measures for autonomous AI agents
• Develop a new IFC framework
• Conduct experiments to validate the new IFC framework
• Write a technical report

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed