Patrick Hamilton is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with a Master’s in Cybersecurity and over a decade of experience across AI development, machine learning, and cyber defense. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Charles Sturt University, focusing on the convergence of quantum computing and artificial intelligence for next-generation cybersecurity. Patrick has designed and deployed secure AI architectures for threat intelligence and data-driven firewall systems. He joined AICFI in March 2024 to expand research in national-scale AI models, with a focus on the development of a high-efficiency artificial intelligence framework designed to operate across both conventional and emerging quantum computing environments, enabling intelligent threat recognition, system autonomy, and ethical data adaptation at scale.