We seek one experienced researcher (PhD holder) in Computer Science or Engineering with a strong background in AI, simulation systems, and decision support technologies, to join the SEAVISTA project – Strategic Enhanced Maritime Awareness for Integrated Security and Decision Support – funded under the FRONTEX RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAMME, PROCEDURE 2024/CFP/INNOVATE/01. SEAVISTA aims to develop an AI-driven, event-based decision support toolbox for maritime border surveillance. The system integrates multi-source sensory data, predictive analytics, and physics-informed 3D simulation for real-time and offline threat detection, anomaly analysis, and asset deployment optimization. The candidate will lead research on AI-driven decision support for maritime border surveillance using physics-informed simulation, multi-source data fusion, and explainable machine learning. Specifically: • AI-based maritime threat detection, predictive models, and optimization methods • Integration of simulation with multi-modal data (AIS, radar, satellite, environmental) • Development of evaluation methodologies and explainable AI pipelines • Coordination of experimentation and validation tasks at TRL 5–6