International Association
for Cryptologic Research

Applications are invited for the MS and PhD positions at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of Dr. Arijit Karati on the diverse topics in applied cryptology and network security.

Candidates for applied cryptography domain must comprehend formal security analysis, secure coding, and effective security integration in the application domains.

Candidates for ML/AI domain, must comprehend seach/optimization algorithms, classification, regression and other essential aspects.

Responsibilities: Apart from academic work, student must involve in several activities in a group or individually, such as (not limited to):

Design and implementation of safety protocol.

Assesment of the security and performance metric.

Research meeting with the supervisor.

Requirements: (02 MS and 02 PhD positions)
Apart from the university's basic admission policies (https://cse.nsysu.edu.tw/?Lang=en), students are desired to have following key requirements:

Strong motivation on cryptography or AI security.

Knowledge of modern technology.

Knowledge of basic mathematics.

Knowledge of at least two programming languages, such as Python/Java/C/C++.

Master's thesis must match respective research fields. (for Phd positions)

Scholarship:

Under the university policy.

Project funding (based on availability for MS/Ph.D. students).

What students can expect:

Cooperation from the supervisor and labmates.

The rich culture in research and related activities.

Flexibility in communication, e.g., English.

What the supervisor can expect:
Apart from academic and research works, students are expected to have

Good moral character.

Hardworking and dedication.

Deadline for online application: September 30, 2024