Albert Zhang
Analyst
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+61 (2) 6270-5100Biography
Albert is an analyst with ASPI specialising in cyber, technology and security matters. His research delves into the intersection of foreign interference, encompassing influence operations, disinformation, and cyber-espionage, with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, extended reality, and persuasive technologies.
As a skilled open-source intelligence analyst and investigator, Albert provides strategic insights into contemporary geopolitical issues. He possesses advanced programming skills in languages such as R and Python and has developed AI-enabled applications tailored to analyse complex datasets. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science, with a major in Pure Mathematics from the University of Melbourne. Before joining ASPI, he was a research student with the Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and pursued his interest in law by studying towards a Juris Doctor.