International Association
for Cryptologic Research

We seek a Research Project Manager to support and coordinate our research on problems within the field of consensus while assembling a team of world-class researchers. Research at Protocol Labs We’re not an ordinary Research Lab. We’re working hard to build the core protocols of the decentralized web pursuant to our vision for the future of the Internet. As part of our research team, you’ll be enabling outcomes at the forefront of our mission. Our research team is granted both the freedom to develop knowledge by working on novel applications and a responsibility to contribute those skills toward advancing the flagship projects of Protocol Labs and the research endeavors of leading institutions in the field. You’ll feel at home working with us if your knowledge and optimism enable you to craft creative solutions working around evolving needs. What will the ConsensusLab do The goal of ConsensusLab will be to focus on long-term research problems facing Filecoin and other Protocol Labs projects related to secure, scalable consensus mechanisms. As ConsensusLab Lead you will… Coordinate with teammates across the research and project teams to drive progress against the goals we want ConsensusLab to accomplish, driving consensus research to support multiple autonomous projects within the company Track and coordinate the known problems that must be solved to hit those goals, the proposed solutions to those problems, the interactions and constraints that proposed solutions have on each other, and the effects design requirements have on proposed solutions. Assemble a team of researchers to drive progress against these problems. You may be a fit for this role if you have... Strong organizational and project management skills A familiarity with consensus research, in which you explored security or scalability of a system with byzantine or rational actors A love of supporting others in their efforts to learn and push the boundaries of human knowledge Bonus points... You’ve applied game theory, mechanism design, or agent-based modeling to fault tolerant system You’ve previously managed a team of researchers working on novel consensus algorithms

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Ed Burns

More information: https://jobs.lever.co/protocol/45adb8e8-4f5b-4da5-9c25-d1b84f3792e9

Several postdoctoral positions are available in the following areas:

• Post-quantum (including lattice-based) zero-knowledge proofs.
• Fast implementation of fully homomorphic encryption and lattice-based cryptography.
• Adversarial machine learning, broadly defined

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Jonathan Katz

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a publicly funded research institute, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is home to a diverse community of leading scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and researchers from across the globe, transforming problems and roadblocks into pioneering research and technology prototypes that help move society ahead.

Responsibilities

• Specify, design, implement and deploy cryptographic IP cores (including quantum-secure solutions)
• Conduct research on (but not limited to) efficient cryptographic implementations, implementation attacks and countermeasures, design methodologies and tools
• Perform security reviews of hardware designs and implementations
• Work closely with the integration team and other teams in the organization to design and prototype secure systems and communication protocols

  Minimum qualifications:

• BSc, MSc or PhD degree in Cryptography, Computer Science, Engineering or similar degree with 3+ years of relevant work or research
• Thorough knowledge of computer architecture and digital design principles Relevant hardware development experience with a focus on hardware security
• Extensive experience developing for FPGA and/or ASIC platforms in Verilog/VHDL
• Experience writing testbenches and using waveform-based debugging tools
• Solid understanding of cryptography, side-channel analysis attacks and countermeasures

  
  Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of UVM and assertion-based formal tools
• Understanding of low-power and high-performance techniques
• Understanding of micro-architectural attacks (e.g., Spectre, Meltdown, MDS)
• Hands-on experience integrating IP blocks in complex systems (SoCs)
• Programming skills in C/C++, Python, and/or Tcl
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, function generators)

  Closing date for applications:

  Contact: Mehdi Messaoudi
  Talent Acquisition Manager
  mehdi.messaoudi@tii.ae

We are looking for candidates for a free Post-Doc position in the field of design and modeling of self-timed rings (STR) as a source of randomness in logic devices, implementation of true random number generators (TRNG) based on STRs in FPGAs and ASICs, analysis of statistical properties of the generated numbers, statistical modeling of the proposed TRNGs and construction of efficient embedded tests dedicated to the proposed generators and based on their stochastic models. Desired profile: Ph.D. degree is required. Required skills: a) good knowledge of digital electronics and embedded systems; b) knowledge of CAD tools and FPGA design (Intel, Xilinx or Microsemi) as well as simulation tools (Modelsim); c) ASIC design using Cadence tools (design, simulation, verification); d) good level of English. Other useful skills: e) data acquisition and data analysis (use of tcl and python languages in particular); f) signal processing, mathematical modeling, statistics; g) basic knowledge in information security.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: fischer(at)univ-st-etienne.fr

More information: https://laboratoirehubertcurien.univ-st-etienne.fr/en/teams/secure-embedded-systems-hardware-architectures/job-opportunities-2.html

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Cryptography Researcher to join our Team. This is an opportunity for someone who is genuinely excited by new technologies to influence the design and implementation of bleeding edge advanced cryptographic systems and protocols. Functioning somewhat independently and working within the larger Research Team, the Postdoctoral Cryptography Researcher will research and design cryptographic protocols and concepts, partnering with the team to develop prototypes. Our Researchers are also internal subject matter experts, providing guidance and learning opportunities to our extended staff. Researchers are also responsible for publishing meaningful research, independently and with other members of staff.

You will be working on a fast-paced, rapidly growing, high-profile project with a significant opportunity for industry-level impact on emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies.

Overseen by Silvio Micali, this opportunity is for one (1) year with the possibility for extension.

Full role description (including responsibilities and qualifications) and application link is available at the further information link.

Interested candidates should submit their application at the further information link along with their CV (including list of publications), one (1) recently published paper relevant to the position responsibilities, and two (2) reference letters. You can share your paper and reference letter via the "Portfolio" link when applying, or upload the files with you CV. This position is available immediately and thus candidates who are already in the US are preferred.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Regnia O'Brien, Head of People & Talent

More information: https://jobapply.page.link/TNVg

Leveraging decades of expertise in security inks and solutions, SICPA aims at providing the next generation of trust-enabling security systems for citizens, central banks and governments in the domains of digital currency, identity and value chains. This is a great opportunity to join a strategic project and work with a team of passionate people to design, architect and develop innovative solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Shape new concepts and ideas, quickly and iteratively, through prototyping.

Have meaningful impact on the crafting and delivery in the early stages of the idea, and product life cycles.

Collaborate closely with our development team to craft solid foundation for future product development.

Deliver, as part of the team, a prototype.

Deliver a functioning sandbox environment, with goal to identify competitive advantage and help implement that in practice.

Drive cooperation with platform and lab teams.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

You have relevant technical skills gained via formal education (PhD preferred), and/or red/blue team experience.

You have expertise in applied cryptography, long-term security, Multi-Party Computation (MPC), key rotation schemes, SoC, SE, TEE, solving difficult challenges for systems in highly adversarial environments.

Also, you master cryptographic protocols and standards (FIPS, AAL, PKI, NIST, ISO/IEC 27001).

You are curious to solve hard problems, oftentimes with competing priorities, using smartly assembled primitives, protocols and solutions, as well as advise on choice tradeoffs.

Besides being a great listener, you are an educator that acts as an advisor and mentor to team members on your domain of expertise.

You thrive in asynchronous communication environments and can express clearly your ideas and thinking, in writing.

You have a natural ability to explain, communicate and influence a broad audience (from highly technical to managerial), seek and engage in external collaboration with academia or red teams.

Read the full job ad here: https://jobs.sicpa.com/job/Prilly_Floris-%28CH01%29-Senior-Cryptographer/616

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Mrs Iuliana Petcu Talent Acquisition Manager hrrecruitment@sicpa.com

More information: https://jobs.sicpa.com/job/Prilly_Floris-%28CH01%29-Senior-Cryptographer/616737401/

The postdoc will work alongside Prof. Martin Albrecht and other cryptographic researchers in the ISG on topics in lattice-based cryptography and related fields. This post is funded by a joint grant between Royal Holloway and Imperial College (Dr. Cong Ling) for bridging the gap between lattice-based cryptography and coding theory.

The ISG is a nice place to work; it’s a friendly environment with strong research going on in several areas. We got people working across the field of information security including several people working on cryptography. For example, Carlos Cid, Anamaria Costache, Lydia Garms, Jianwei Li, Sean Murphy, Rachel Player, Eamonn Postlethwaite, Joe Rowell, Fernando Virdia and Martin Albrecht all have looked at or are looking at lattice-based cryptography.

The ISG is one of the largest departments dedicated to information security in the world with 21 core academic staff in the department, as well as research and support staff. We work with many research partners in other departments and have circa 90 PhD students working on a wide range of security research, many of whom are fully funded through our Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security. We have a strong, vibrant, embedded and successful multi-disciplinary research profile spanning from cryptography to systems security and social aspects of security. This vibrant environment incorporates visiting researchers, weekly research seminars, weekly reading groups, PhD seminars and mini conferences, the WISDOM group (Women in the Security Domain Or Mathematics) and we are proud of our collegial atmosphere and approach.

A postdoc here is a 100% research position, i.e. the postdoc would not have teaching duties. That said, if the applicant would like to gain some teaching experience, we can arrange for that as well.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Martin Albrecht

More information: https://martinralbrecht.wordpress.com/2020/09/17/postdoc-at-royal-holloway-on-lattice-based-cryptography-4/

We are looking for outstanding Post doctoral researchers working on topics related to cryptography and IT Security.

Current topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Secure cryptographic implementations
• Leakage/tamper resilient cryptography
• Blockchains and cryptocurrencies
• Distributed cryptography

The application must include a curriculum vitae, a short research statement, and names of 2 contacts that can provide reference about the applicant and her/his work.

The candidate shall be able to show solid expertise in cryptography/IT Security illustrated in form of publications at major crypto/security venues such as CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, ASIACRYPT, TCC, PKC, CHES, FC, ACM CCS, Oakland, USENIX Security, NDSS etc.

The position offers an internationally competitive salary including social benefits. TU Darmstadt is a leading university for Computer Science and offers excellent working environment in the heart of the Rhein-Main metropolitan area. It has a strong institute for research on IT security and cryptography with more than 300 researchers working on all aspects of cybersecurity. Review of applications starts immediately until the position is filled.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: sebastian.faust@cs.tu-darmstadt.de

Three Ph.D. positions opening at Dr. Jiafeng Harvest Xie's research group at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Villanova University, Villanova, PA (west of Philadelphia, USA). The research topics of these positions are focused on cryptographic engineering and fault detection related security analysis. Interested ones are warmly welcomed to apply and send their resume/CV to Dr. Xie through email: jiafeng.xie@villanova.edu

Requirements: preferred to be at the majors of Computer Science or Computer Engineering. Majoring in Mathematics are also ok. Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, Python, and so on is needed. Good at English communication and writing. Great enthusiasm of doing research oriented tasks. Excellent team worker.

Degree: both B.S. and M.S. graduates or similar are warmly welcomed to apply.

Deadline: better to start at Spring 2021 (Fall 2021 is also ok). It is always better to apply as early as possible. Positions are open until they are filled.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Jiafeng Harvest Xie (jiafeng.xie@villanova.edu)

We have an open PhD position in the domain of Scalable and Secure Data Sharing. The prospective candidate is expected to investigate how conventional lightweight symmetric ciphers perform over MPC, as well as benchmark their performance over MPC. The work also entails provable security in this context. The candidate must hold a Master's degree in mathematics / computer science / electrical engineering / cryptography, with strong grades. Strong background in mathematics / computer science / cryptography is expected. Any prior publications and experience in C/C++ and Python are merited.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: jobs-cosic@esat.kuleuven.be

More information: https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/vacancies/

We have an open postdoc position in the domain of Scalable and Secure Data Sharing. The prospective candidate is expected to design and develop efficient MPC protocols for privacy-preserving data analytics. The work includes, but not limited to, investigating machine learning algorithms that best suit MPC and that can be efficiently implemented over MPC. You will be working closely with tools such as https://github.com/KULeuven-COSIC/SCALE-MAMBA. The candidate must hold a PhD degree in Cryptography or a related subject with strong publication records in crypto/security venues. In addition to a strong background in both public and symmetric cryptography, good knowledge in MPC, machine learning algorithms, and cryptographic protocols are expected. The candidate should also have coding experience in C/C++ and Python, experience in practical aspects of secure computation is a must.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: jobs-cosic@esat.kuleuven.be

More information: https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/vacancies/

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Surrey is seeking to recruit a full-time researcher to the Surrey Centre for Cyber Security.

The successful candidate will work on cyber security for Decentralisation in the Digital Economy through technologies such as Distributed Ledgers, and with a focus on self-sovereign identity and the human focused aspects of cyber security.

The project will concentrate on developing protocols and architectures for cyber security in decentralized systems for content provenance and content brokering, the initial scenarios to be considered by the project, and builds on Surrey’s previous work on Distributed Ledger Technologies. The project is within the new multidisciplinary and collaborative EPSRC DE Centre in the Decentralised Digital Economy led by Surrey.

The Department of Computer Science within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences has an international reputation for research and teaching. Security research in the department is focused within the Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, with Surrey recognized by the National Cyber Security Centre as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research. Our research concentrates on protocol analysis, security verification, trusted computing, data privacy, access control, privacy preserving security, cryptography, distributed ledger technologies, digital forensics and human-centred computing.

The position offers the platform for the research fellow to work within a group and develop skills to become an independent researcher. The successful candidate will work under the direction of Professor Steve Schneider. The project is also collaborative with other Surrey research centres, with the University of Edinburgh and with the Digital Catapult.

We are looking for applicants that demonstrate strong research and analytical skills, have strong communication skills and enthusiasm for developing their own research ideas. Applicants should also have skills in software engineering for web applications, and an understanding of cyber security. Knowledge of Distributed Ledger Technologies would be an advantage

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Professor Steve Schneider: s.schneider@surrey.ac.uk

More information: https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=035220

**Senior Cryptography Researchers have a responsibility to help grow NCC Group Cryptography Services. They will be key contributors to project delivery and research (we have an entire division dedicated to Research and your bonus includes doing research during company hours) at NCC Group Cryptography Services. **Activities and Responsibilities (include): • Delivery of consultancy projects within Cryptography Services • Research and tool development in Cryptography Services • External delivery of client-facing and public speaking events in Cryptography Services • Assistance with sales support for Cryptography Services • Mentoring and leadership for staff at NCC Group **Skills and Experience: Blockchain Security experience is a requirement. The amount of experience with this is flexible. Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Cryptography disciplines with focus areas including some of the following: • Cryptographic Analysis and Review • Elliptic Curve Cryptography • Finite Field Cryptography • Symmetric Cryptography and Hashes • Post-quantum Cryptography • Cryptanalysis of Novel Cryptosystems • Implementation Review of Cryptographic Primitives • Key Management Design and Implementation Review

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Danielle Owen

More information: https://nccgroup.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/NCC_Group/job/USA-Remote---Eastern-Time/Senior-Cryptography-Researcher_R3223

We are looking for a PhD student and a Post-Doc in the area of (applied crypto) and/or side-channels.

The PhD post can be in any (fun) area of crypto; the candidate will be supervised by Elisabeth Oswald, and as co-supervisors A. Roy and E. Andreeva are potentially available.

The Post-Doc is related to ERC funding and therefore will work in the area of side channels; our areas of interest here are techniques for secure software development, and RISC-V.

Both posts are available immediately. The salary is around 32k per annum for the PhD student and 35k upwards (depending on prior experience) for the Post-Doc. Further information about the group is under www.cybersecurityresearch.at

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Elisabeth Oswald (firstname.lastname@aau.at)

More information: http://www.cybersecurityresearch.at

PhD candidate to work on Cryptography secured against physical attacks. The traditional application of cryptography is the protection of communication lines. In modern applications the attacker often has physical access to the device that is executing the cryptographic algorithm, and can measure side channels (execution time, power consumption, electro-magnetic radiation) or perform fault attacks. With the advent of the IOT, the interest in embedded cryptographic systems and side-channel/fault attacks on these systems is steadily increasing. Protection against side channel attacks (SCA) is usually done via masking, i.e. by randomizing any sensitive data manipulated during computations. Protection against fault injection attacks (FA)is typically done either by duplication or by using infection, i.e., ensuring that any induced fault results in a garbage output. The research direction of combined countermeasures -that is, countermeasures against both SCA and FA -is quite young and experimental. We are looking for a postdoc to work on: (1) formal security definitions and methods to defend implementations against combined attacks as well as new countermeasures against combined attacks which have improved performance and a more realistic adversary model. (2) the development of robust automated verification tools capable of handling entire and practical implementations. (3) defining metrics for combined security and to develop procedures for their evaluation using verification tools. Specific Skills Required: The candidates should hold a PhD degree with aproven research track record in any aspects of Cryptography or Embedded Security. We are especially looking for researchers with a broad research spectrum, going from mathematical aspects, to implementations on FPGA and physical attacks evaluation.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: jobs-cosic@esat.kuleuven.be

More information: https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/vacancies/

We are looking for a Post-Doc in post-quantum cryptography, including cryptanalysis, secure implementation, hardness of underlying problems, novel primitives and protocols. We are in particular interested in people who have hands on experience with the design, implementation and/or analysis of cryptosystems submitted to NIST's post-quantum standardization effort. Strong background in mathematics is an absolute must, together with computer science and cryptography. A proven research track record in any aspects of post-quantum cryptography is required. We are especially looking for researchers with a broad research spectrum, going from mathematical aspects, to very practical such as implementation aspects

Closing date for applications:

Contact: jobs-cosic@esat.kuleuven.be

More information: https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/vacancies/

PhD position on Cybersecurity Attacks on the Electric Supply System (CYPRESS project) We haven an open PhD position in the domain of cybersecurity of critical infrastructures –more particular of the electric energy supply system. The position is funded by the federal ETF project CYPRESS. This is a fundamental research project, in collaboration with other Belgian research groups, with the ambition to contribute to the cyber-physical reliability management of the electric transmission grid. The three goals of the projects are to: (i) improve modeling practice, (ii) perform cyber-physical risk assessment, and (iii) develop appropriate mitigation approaches. The cyber-physical risks considered in the projects range from simple bugs and configuration errors to malicious tampering and cybersecurity attacks. The security researcher that will be working on this project, will focus in particular on the security evaluation of critical (embedded) components in the electric energy supply system and corresponding countermeasures to mitigate these security threats. The security evaluation work in the CYPRESS project includes both risk and threat modeling as well as actual lab work (i.e. embedded security analysis –hacking–of the components in a lab setup). Candidates must hold a master’s degree in electronics engineering or computer science, have good grades and have a keen interest in cryptography and embedded security. The applicant should have a strong background in C and C++. Prior research experience in embedded security, reverse-engineering and/or hacking of IoT devices is an advantage.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: jobs-cosic@esat.kuleuven.be

More information: https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/vacancies/

HashCloak Inc is a R&D lab and consultancy focused on privacy, anonymity and scalability for blockchains and cryptocurrencies. Our team is well-known for working on state of the art Ethereum projects such as Ethereum 2.0, Shyft Network and Althea, for pioneering optimistic rollups and bringing forth the first empirical analysis of Ethereum's privacy guarantees and applications.

We are hiring our very first research engineer that will help us bring our internal research projects to the world. As a research engineer at HashCloak, you will have the opportunity to work on anonymous networking, private information retrieval, zero-knowledge proofs and many more exciting areas at the intersection pf cryptography, game theory and finance!

You will be working with a small, young and international team based in different time zones around the world. We are a remote-only company and have a very flexible and relaxed culture.

As our first research engineer, you will have many of the following qualifications:

• Master's degree or above in cryptography, computer science, mathematics or related fields
• 3+ years programming experience in a systems programming language such as C/C++, Go (Preferred), Rust (Preferred).
• Knowledge of one or more of the following: anonymous networking, zero-knowledge proofs, PIR, MPC
• Knowledge of secure software practices
• Experience in deploying production-ready applications

At HashCloak, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Implement PoCs and prototypes for our internal research projects
• Conducting research in one of the previously mentioned fields
• Collaborate with our clients and research partners
• Write papers targeted at top conferences as well as blog posts targeted at general audiences
• Contribute to open source projects that we use in our research
• Stay up to date on research and development in the blockchain and cryptography ecosystems

For consideration, please send a CV/Resume with a link to Github or any other website that showcases code you have written to careers@hashcloak.com with the subject line "Rese

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Mikerah Quintyne-Collins - CEO and Founder

Multiple positions are available. Candidates should have the expertise on applied crypto, ML, IoT/CPS security and programming skill.

Interested candidates please send your CV with a research statement to Prof. Jianying Zhou. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Prof. Jianying Zhou (jianying_zhou@sutd.edu.sg)

More information: http://jianying.space/

(COVID-19 may slow down the process, but our hiring is not disrupted) The Cryptanalysis Taskforce at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore led by Prof. Jian Guo is seeking for candidates to fill 3 post-doctoral research fellow positions on symmetric-key cryptography, including but not limited to the following sub-areas:

• tool aided cryptanalysis, such as MILP, CP, STP, and SAT
• machine learning aided cryptanalysis and designs
• privacy-preserving friendly symmetric-key designs
• quantum cryptanalysis
• theory and Proof
• cryptanalysis against SHA-3 and AES

Established in 2014, the Cryptanalysis Taskforce is a group dedicated for research in symmetric-key cryptography. Since then, the team has been active in both publications in and services for IACR. It has done quite some cryptanalysis work on various important targets such as SHA-3, and is expanding its interests to the areas mentioned above, with strong funding support from the university and government agencies in Singapore. We offer competitive salary package with extremely low tax, as well as excellent environment dedicating for research in Singapore. The contract will be initially for 2 years, and has the possibility to be extended. Candidates are expected to have proven record of publications in IACR conferences. Interested candidates are to send their CV and 2 reference letters to Jian Guo. Review of applicants will start immediately until the positions are filled. More information about the Cryptanalysis Taskforce research group can be found via http://team.crypto.sg

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Asst Prof. Jian Guo, guojian@ntu.edu.sg

More information: http://team.crypto.sg