Full-Time, Permanent

The Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway is looking to appoint two excellent permanent members of academic staff to contribute to its research and teaching. The applicant should have a high-quality research profile that fits within the wide range of research undertaken by the ISG. Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate enthusiasm for research as well as teaching and communicating with diverse audiences.

The ISG was founded in 1990 and carries out research and teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, with particularly high numbers of master’s students – we are one of the very few academic departments worldwide devoted solely to Information Security, enabling our staff to focus their teaching in this area. Our MSc in Information Security is one of the oldest programmes in the world, having started in 1992 and has a large alumni network with over 4,000 graduates. We have hosted, and continue to host, a series of Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) in cyber security, which has enabling us to recruit 10 fully funded and first-rate PhD students every year, contributing to a large and vibrant PhD community.

We are involved in a range of inter/multidisciplinary research activities, spanning technology to psychology and social sciences. Our research strengths have continued to generate significant collaborative opportunities from industry and other leading universities.

We are now recruiting academic members of staff who can complement or strengthen our existing research and teaching in Information Security. We are also interested in candidates with interests in broader multidisciplinary research. The successful candidate must hold a PhD or equivalent, and will have a proven research record. Experience in attracting funding, engaging with industry, or contributing to outreach activities will also be valuable.

The Department of Computer Science (CS) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is seeking candidates for a tenured faculty position who will assume the role of the Director of the Center for Cyber Security. Highly qualified candidates at both Associate Professor and Professor rank will be considered.

Further information on the position and how to apply can be found at:
https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/9605

• Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
• Secure multi-party computation for TML

• New cryptographic schemes for consensus and distributed transactions in Blockchains
• Practical quantum-safe cryptographic deployments for Blockchains

• Lightweight cryptography for IoT
• Efficient cryptography for vehicular and unmanned aerial systems
• Efficient digital signatures

• Searchable encryption, Oblivious RAM, and multi-party computation

• A BS degree in ECE/CS with a high-GPA
• Very good programming skills (e.g., C, C++), familiarity with Linux
• MS degree in ECE/CS/Math is a big plus. Publications in security and privacy are highly desirable

• Transcripts
• Curriculum vitae
• Three reference letters (send by referees)
• Research statement
• GRE and TOEFL

• Development, implementation, analysis, and evaluation of complex and secure IT-systems
• Academic services in a third-party funded project
• Working with bleeding-edge technology and research literature from security, cryptography, and privacy
• Publication of research results in national/international venues
• Support for teaching

Horizen Labs is a blockchain technology company that designs, develops, and delivers powerful, scalable, and reliable distributed ledger solutions for business.

Our Core Engineering Team is an innovative and collaborative group of researchers and software engineers who are dedicated to the design and development of world-class blockchain-based products. We are looking for a cryptographer, or applied cryptographer, to join our growing crypto team based in Milan, Italy. Currently, the team is developing a protocol suite for SNARK-based proof-composition, but its duties reach beyond that, developing privacy-enhancing solutions for our sidechain ecosystem.

• Design privacy-enhancing technology built on SNARK-based protocols
• Perform collaborative research and assist technical colleagues in their development work
• Participate in standards-setting

• Ph.D. in mathematics, computer science, or cryptography
• Solid foundations in zero-knowledge and cryptographic protocols
• Publications in acknowledged venues on applied or theoretical cryptography, preferably cryptographic protocols or PETs
• Strong problem-solving skills
• The ability to work in a team setting as well as autonomously
• Foundations in blockchain technology and experience in reading Rust are a plus

• A competitive salary plus pre-series A stock options
• Flexible working hours, including the possibility of remote working
• The opportunity to work with talented minds on challenging topics in this field, including the most recent advancements in zero-knowledge
• A nice and informal team setting to conduct research and development of high-quality open source solutions

If you are interested in this position, you might want to take a look at our recent publications (IACR eprints 2021/930, 2021/399, 2020/123) and our latest podcast on zeroknowledge.fm (Episode 178). For further questions, please contact the email below.

• Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
• Applications of Blockchain
• IoT Security

• Publish in high impact journals in the field.
• Participate to the supervision of PhD students and research internships.

• Ph.D. in the field of Cryptography, Computer security, or any related field.
• Strong publication record in high-impact conferences/journals.
• Very good programming skills (e.g., C, C++), familiarity with Linux
• Proficiency in English and ability to work in a team
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills

• A 1-page cover letter with main research interests.
• A detailed CV.
• A 1-page brief research statement.
• Contact information of 2 references (Applicants are assumed to have obtained their references’ consent to be contacted for this matter).

## Requirements:
* Ph.D. in Computer Science or Mathematics
* Strong academic background in one of the following areas:
- Blockchain
- Cryptography
- Dependability
- Fault tolerance
- Reliable broadcast
- distributed and parallel computing
- Concurrency

## Starting date: ASAP

## Salary: Approx. $92,792 --$120,093 per year (Australian dollars) plus 17% Superannuation

## Location: Monash University, Clayton, Australia.

## Eligibility: We can only consider Australian or New Zealand citizens, Australian permanent residents, or those in Australia with working rights. Chinese / Malaysian citizens can also be considered to work in Monash Suzhou campus in China / Monash Malaysia campus in Selangor.

## Applications (first-come, first-served): Please send a copy of
1. your detailed CV
2. research statement, and
3. a copy of 2 selected publications/preprints/thesis.

Clearmatics is a protocol engineering company. We are building a new financial market architecture that is more open, fair, and resilient than the legacy systems that are in use today. We develop protocols and software that create new markets for risk and more efficient infrastructure for trading, backed by a robust and scalable blockchain network, and secured with modern cryptographic techniques and economic mechanism design.

The Research group at Clearmatics is dedicated to developing solutions to the hard problems needed to advance our mission. We are academics and protocol engineers collaborating with teams inside and outside the company to translate theoretical results into running software implementations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Assist in the design of cryptographic protocols

- Collaborate with your colleagues on the implementation of cryptographic primitives and protocols

- Produce technical design specifications

- Produce externally facing artefacts (e.g. blog posts, papers, documentation excerpts etc.)

- Support research colleagues in conducting their research

- Interface with the Engineering team to ease the transition of the research pieces of code into robust production software fully integrated with our stack

- Keep up with new research in the space

REQUIREMENTS​

- Fluency in English (written and spoken)

- Background in applied Computer Science

- Experience with system programming (C/C++/Rust)

- Strong applied cryptography skills (experience implementing robust elliptic curve cryptography)

- Outstanding algorithmic thinking

- Strong focus on code quality/documentation and simplicity

Nice to haves​

- Knowledge of Unix and bash

- Experience with constant time cryptography

- Experience with cryptography on embedded systems

- Experience with Ethereum or other blockchain projects

- Experience contributing to open-source cryptography libraries

- Experience with Python/SageMath

PQShield is a cybersecurity startup that specialises in post-quantum cryptography. Based in Paris, PQShield SAS concentrates the research activities of PQShield. Our mission is to come up with innovative algorithmic and/or protocol-level solutions to real-world cryptographic problems. Besides post-quantum cryptographic primitives, our research interests include advanced cryptosystems/protocols such as secure messaging, threshold schemes, and multiparty computation.

We are looking for cryptographers with expertise in fields pertaining, but not limited, to post-quantum cryptography. Recruits will work with the team and provide new insights on research topics such as advanced cryptographic primitives, improvements to state-of-the-art practical cryptographic schemes, or constructions and proofs of security in models such as the QROM.

• Deep knowledge of a relevant cryptographic field. We want future recruits to impulse new directions for our research and expand the spectrum of expertise of PQShield.
• Adaptability. You will be expected to work with a diverse team on projects that can cover various cryptographic fields.
• Dissemination of results. Working at PQShield entails publishing new research in top cryptographic conferences, and advertising our team’s work through invited talks, workshops, or blog articles.

• Competitive salaries. Yearly salaries start at 45,000 € for post-docs, and 65,000 € for full-fledged researchers.
• Stimulating environment. You will work with some of the best researchers in theoretical and practical aspects of post-quantum cryptography.
• Flexible work conditions. PQShield SAS has spacious and fully equipped offices in the heart of Paris. In addition, remote working and more specific arrangements (e.g. academic mobility programmes) are possible.

Can you help us research and develop new and existing technologies in secure messaging?

Key Responsibilities:
- Research and develop open protocols for secure messaging. Think zkSNARKs based spam protection/settlement, data consistency in distributed open and hostile environments, incentivized running of nodes, and similar {example a, b, c….}
- Use a layered protocol approach that is mindful and explicit about what it requires, what it provides, under what threat models, and with what trade-offs.
-Combine cryptoeconomics and traditional technologies to create a sustainable distributed and fault-tolerant system.
- Write and maintain Nim code.
- Research and design core functionality.
- Provide feedback on overall design decisions and participate in code reviews.
- Use libp2p to build application-level protocols.
- Build incentivized, distributed systems.
- Interpret and implement solutions based on academic research.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise
[Don’t worry if you don’t meet all of these criteria, we’d still love to hear from you anyway if you think you’d be a great fit for this role!]
- A passion for blockchain technology, privacy-preserving technology and decentralization ; a strong alignment to our principles: https://status.im/about/#our-principles
- Very strong academic or engineering background (PhD-level or equivalent in industry); relevant research experience
- Experience with Zero Knowledge proofs and related technologies.
- Experience with low level/strongly typed languages (C/C++/Go/Rust or Java/C#).
- Experience with Open Source software.
- Experience designing incentive systems and writing/deploying smart contracts in Ethereum.

Bonus points if:
- Contributed to a blockchain or privacy-preserving-related, open source project.
- Experience with Nim.
- Experience with libp2p / devp2p, networking, cryptography.

Located in Stuttgart, one of Europe’s main economic hubs, the Institute offers you an inspiring working atmosphere in a successful international team. The remuneration is according to the German public-service salary grade TV-L E13.

To qualify for this position, you need an above-average Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline. Moreover, we expect proven skills or experiences in at least one of the three areas listed below (and credible interest in the other two):

1. Design of digital circuits on FPGA platforms, including their specification in VHDL, synthesis, simulation on different levels of abstraction.
2. Hardware-oriented security, ideally with a focus on resilience of cryptographic implementations against physical attacks (side-channel analysis, fault-injections).
3. Applied post-quantum cryptography, with an in-depth knowledge of the NIST finalists CRYSTALS-DILITHIUM, FALCON, Classic McElliece, and SIKE KEM.

• cover letter (identify one or more faculty of interest and provide availability)
• CV (including a ranked list of at least three writers for letters of reference)
• research statement (covering research interests, past research focus, and future research directions)

IST Austria invites applications in all areas of computer science including cryptography, systems security and privacy.

We offer

• A highly international and interdisciplinary research environment with English as working language on campus
• State-of-the-art facilities and scientific support services (www.ist.ac.at/scientific-service-units/)
• Substantial start-up package and attractive salary
• Guaranteed annual base funding including funding for PhD students and postdocs
• An international Graduate School with high admissions criteria and a rigorous training program
• Leadership program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Dual Career support packages
• Child-care facilities on campus (for children aged 3 months till school age)

IST Austria (www.ist.ac.at) is an international institute dedicated to basic research and graduate education in the natural, mathematical, and computational sciences. The Institute fosters an interactive, collegial, and supportive atmosphere, sharing space and resources between research groups whenever possible, and facilitating cross-disciplinary collaborations. Our PhD program involves a multi-disciplinary course schedule and rotations in research groups, and we hire scholars from diverse international backgrounds.

Assistant professors receive independent group leader positions with an initial contract of six years, at the end of which they are reviewed by international peers. If the evaluation is positive, an assistant professor is promoted to a tenured professor.
Candidates for tenured positions are distinguished scientists in their respective research fields and typically have at least six years of experience in leading a research group.

IST Austria values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity. We strive to increase the number of women, particularly in fields where they are underrepresented, and therefore we strongly encourage female researchers to apply.

Please apply online at: www.ist.ac.at/jobs/faculty

The closing date for applications is October 29, 2021.

The Services and Cybersecurity (SCS) group at the University of Twente invites applications for a 4-years PhD position on the topic of 'evidence-based security response'.

We are looking for candidates with a solid background in network and system security.

More information and the link to apply:
https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/careers/!/147/

Deadline for applications: 20 September 2021, 23:59 CET

• Formal Methods and Security
• Privacy Technologies
• Systems Security
• Usable Security & Privacy

The professorship will be part of the Institute of Applied Information Processing and Communications, which is an internationally visible research environment with more than 60 researchers in information security. The institute collaborates closely with research groups and industry partners around the globe. It is a central part of the recently established Cybersecurity Campus Graz, which unites basic research, education, technology transfer, and industry partners in cybersecurity all under one roof.

The new professor will build an internationally visible group, and will be an engaged teacher in the Computer Science programs at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD level. At Graz University of Technology, undergraduate courses are taught in German or English and graduate courses are taught in English.

The full description for this professorship can be found here: https://www.tugraz.at/fakultaeten/csbme/news/jobs-grants-calls/tenure-track-professor-in-security-and-privacy/

The Department of Computer Science at Durham University is looking for a postdoctoral researcher from 1 Jan 2022 to work on an EPSRC project on topics related to password-hashing algorithms and idealized models of computation for a period of two years. We would be interested in applicants holding (or nearing the completion of) a PhD in Cryptography (or related fields) who have strong interests in the foundational aspects of crypto, proof techniques, and definitional work. Publications at competitive venues and ability to work independently are a plus. Applicants with backgrounds in Algorithms and Complexity are also very welcome to apply.

Durham is one of the top (and oldest) universities in the UK, and the CS department hosts one of the strongest Theory groups in the UK across the ACiD and NESTiD groups. The annual salary for the position is ​​£42,149.

Apply if you belong to the top 5% of students in your peer group, are highly motivated and capable of addressing and solving scientifically challenging problems, and if you are interested in doing research in an internationally oriented, interdisciplinary, and highly successful team. We value strong analytical skills. Knowledge of cryptography, in particular, privacy enhancing technologies such as Multi Party Computation and Differential Privacy, is an asset. Knowledge of German is not required.

The University of Stuttgart is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from women are strongly encouraged. Severely challenged persons will be given preference in the case of equal qualifications.

To apply, please send email with subject "PhD position: Privacy-Preserving Attentive User Interfaces" and a single PDF file containing the following documents to ralf.kuesters@sec.uni-stuttgart.de:

• Cover letter (explaining your scientific background and your motivation to apply)
• Curriculum Vitae
• List of publications (if any)
• Copies of transcripts and certificates (Bachelor and Master)
• Names and contact addresses of at least two references

September 12th, 2021.

Late applications will be considered until the position is filled.

See https://sec.uni-stuttgart.de/ for more information about the Institute of Information Security (Prof. Küsters) and http://www.perceptualui.org/ for the Perceptual User Interfaces Group (Prof. Bulling).

Postdocs run their own research and are expected to interact with PhD students and to contribute to the lab projects. Our lab is active in cryptographic designs and analysis. fundamental and applied cryptography, security and privacy, and biometric systems.

EPFL is a top-ranked academic institute. It is located in beautiful Switzerland. We offer good environment and conditions.

Fujitsu is hiring research engineers for our research lab based out of Sunnyvale, CA. We are looking for skilled developers with a research background who enjoy building systems and helping to write academic papers about them. This job will have a large open-source component, so someone who is comfortable working in the open-source space would be an ideal candidate. The role offers flexible office time with the potential to work from home for a large fraction of your time.

• Design and develop secure blockchain and blockchain-based systems, and write academic papers about them when possible.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of blockchain open-source projects, and help with research projects based on them. Engage and participate in the open-source blockchain community.
• Help developers build your research systems into production-ready systems.
• Collaborate with researchers both within and outside of Fujitsu to work towards building cutting-edge systems.

• A master’s degree in computer science or a related field, or relevant experience in research and development
• Some track record of research publications. We don’t expect you to publish every year in top venues, but we do want evidence of familiarity with research.
• Experience in open-source development, or a willingness to learn.

Fujitsu is hiring strong cryptographic researchers for our research lab based out of Sunnyvale, CA. We are looking for researchers who can successfully publish in top venues, collaborate with others in industry and academia, and evangelize cryptography and security within Fujitsu. The role offers flexible office time (including the potential to mostly work from home) and could be fully remote for exceptionally strong candidates.

• Conduct research in cryptography and related fields (i.e. distributed systems, security, and general theory) and publish it in top conferences. While researchers have wide latitude to work on whatever problems they deem interesting in the field, we do expect that at least some portion of research time will be spent on problems that are more relevant to Fujitsu’s business.
• Collaborate with others in both academia and industry on exciting research problems. Promote Fujitsu as a leader in the field of cryptography and computer security.
• Contribute to new Fujitsu technologies and IP, and help research engineers and developers shepherd the “practical” portion of your research into new business offerings.

• Ph.D. in computer science or a related field.
• A strong track record of publishing in top conferences in cryptography and related fields.
• A vision for the future direction of your research and ideas for how it can be impactful both academically and on Fujitsu’s business.

• Completed Master's degree (or equivalent) at a top university with excellent grades in IT security, computer science, or a similar area.
• Extensive knowledge in applied cryptography/IT security and very good software development skills. Knowledge in cryptographic protocols (ideally MPC) is a plus.
• Experience with/motivation for working with other disciplines, e.g., law or economics.
• Self-motivated, reliable, creative, can work independently, and want to do excellent research.
• Our working language is English: able to discuss/write/present scientific results in English. German is beneficial but not required.

• A stimulating, Socratic intellectual environment.
• As Socratic implies, we want you to have a voice. We do not recruit brilliant people to put them in boxes, we recruit brilliant people so they can push the horizons even further.
• Hybrid office approach – we have been a distributed workforce from the start. This role is centred around our European axis, so we expect you to live within +/- 2 hours of CET. We get together a complete team every quarter, so you must be willing to travel and embrace being part of a diverse team drawn from many walks of life and cultures.
• Competitive salary, travel expense budget and many future opportunities to participate in the company’s growth.
• The mother of all intellectual challenges!

• Perform research and engineering on cryptographic protocols applied in a DeFi context.
• Working with a multi-faceted team of practitioners on a set of blockchain-based privacy protocols interacting in a DeFi environment and providing compliance with financial regulations.
• Focus on modern zero knowledge protocols that guarantee privacy and compliance.

• Master or Ph.D. in cryptography or a closely related field.
• Be able to prototype protocols/schemes/algorithms in at least one relevant programming language.
• General understanding of full-stack system architecture.
• Have a thorough approach and be committed to high quality output.
• Have prior research/code already published in the space.
• A proactive, self-driven approach and problem-solving mindset.

• A stimulating, Socratic intellectual environment. As Socratic implies, we want you to have a voice. We do not recruit brilliant people to put them in boxes, we recruit brilliant people so they can push the horizons even further.
• Hybrid office approach – we have been a distributed workforce from the start. This role is centred around our European axis, so we expect you to live within +/- 2 hours of CET. We get together a complete team every quarter, so you must be willing to travel and embrace being part of a diverse team drawn from many walks of life and cultures.
• Competitive salary, travel expense budget and many future opportunities to participate in the company’s growth.
• The mother of all intellectual challenges!

• Perform research and engineering on cryptographic protocols in a DS context.
• Working with a multi-faceted team of practitioners on a set of DLT-based privacy protocols interacting in a DeFi environment and providing compliance with financial regulations.
• Focus on modern zero knowledge protocols that guarantee privacy and compliance.

• 3+ years of experience in software development.
• Be able to prototype protocols/schemes/algorithms in at least one relevant programming language.
• General understanding of full-stack system architecture.
• Have a thorough approach and be committed to high quality output Have prior research/code already published in the space.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A proactive, self-driven approach and problem.