International Association
for Cryptologic Research

Applications are invited for the Postdoc position in applied cryptography at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Applicants with experience in at least one of the following areas are preferred: automotive security, lightweight security, quantum-resistant cryptography, developing novel cryptographic primitives and protocols, side-channel analysis, digital design on FPGA, and machine learning attacks for safety applications. Applicants require knowledge of formal security analysis, secure coding, and practical application domain security integration.

Essential Qualifications:

PhD degree in CSE/Mathematics/IT/electrical engineering with a specialization in Information/Network Security from a reputable Institution.

Outstanding track record of publications in Journals (preferably JCR-Q1 or prestigious IEEE journals) and security-related conferences.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Dr. Arijit Karati ([email protected])

Monash cybersecurity group has several openings for PhD positions. The topics of interest are

1. Post-quantum cryptography (based on lattices and/or hash) and its applications
2. Privacy-enhancing technologies (e.g. zero-knowledge proofs) and their applications

We provide

1. highly competitive tuition fee and stipend scholarships
2. opportunities to collaborate with leading academic and industry experts in the related areas
3. opportunities to participate in international grant-funded projects
4. collaborative and friendly research environment
5. an opportunity to live/study in one of the most liveable and safest cities in the world

The positions will be filled as soon as suitable candidates are found.

Requirements. A strong mathematical and cryptography background is required. Some knowledge/experience in coding (for example, Python, C/C++, SageMath) is a plus. Candidates must have completed (or be about to complete within the next 6 months) a significant research component either as part of their undergraduate (honours) degree or masters degree. They should have excellent English verbal and written communication skills.

How to apply. Please fill in the following form (also clickable from the advertisement title): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetFZLvDNug5SzzE-iH97P9TGzFGkZB-ly_EBGOrAYe3zUYBw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Ron Steinfeld

More information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetFZLvDNug5SzzE-iH97P9TGzFGkZB-ly_EBGOrAYe3zUYBw/viewform?usp=sf_link

A scholarship is available for a strong candidate interested in doing a PhD in privacy-preserving machine learning at Monash University in Melbourne (frequently ranked among the most liveable cities in the world).

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Rafael Dowsley Email: [email protected]

Industrial control systems (ICS) operate critical infrastructures, such as railway networks, gas and electricity grids. Although these systems perform critical functions, many still use legacy embedded systems to perform their tasks. An ICS operator can connect commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) devices to the ICS network directly through USB or serial connection or remotely through a virtual private network. For example, an electricity utility company may depend on its staff to use their hand-held devices to install or maintain (e.g. troubleshooting) smart meters. COTS devices are usually internet connected devices and hence, can be compromised by an attacker. Such compromised COTS device can be used to launch attacks on legacy embedded systems and its ecosystem. In this project, we will use existing Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) on COTS devices and implement a framework which will allow the use of the COTS devices without any compromise on trust. In this case, the ICS operator will issue the applications for the COTS operator that will be able to communicate with the ICS devices using the required protocol and perform the necessary maintenance tasks. The project work will involve proposing novel architectural solution and/or novel operating system-based solution.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Arnab Kumar Biswas

More information: https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/phd-opportunities/a-trusted-execution-environment-based-framework-for-securing-legacy-embedded-systems.html

Traditional satellite communication network involves mainly two or three segments – the satellite, ground station and possible ground users. This method of communication has several disadvantages from resource usage point of view. As a solution, federated satellite system concept is introduced. Under this concept, several satellites from different organisations can cooperate to increase resource utilization under a profitable business agreement (e.g., usage-based pricing). This cooperation model is further extended by multi-tenant spacecraft concept where several users can reuse the resources of same spacecraft. But all these scenarios also require robust security solutions so that malicious actors cannot profit from any existing vulnerabilities in the whole system for example during routing, network access, and handover. This project aims to solve this security problem and to help the sector to grow further. In this project, the student will develop novel computer architecture required to support the security protocols proposed and/or standardized by CCSDS and will also propose new protocols. The student will also work on Software defined Satellite networking to enable programmability and reconfigurability of the system. The work will involve design of novel computer architecture and/or novel operating system and/or novel multiparty security protocol.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Arnab Kumar Biswas

More information: https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/phd-opportunities/secure-multitenant-and-federated-satellite-system.html

The position is funded by the Norwegian Research Council in the projects: “Lightweight Cryptography for Future Smart Networks” and “OffPAD - Optimizing balance between high security and usability. An innovative approach to endpoint security”.

The NIST Post Quantum Cryptography Standardization is expected to end in 2024, and post-quantum cryptography will be required to secure all sensitive information in the years to come shortly after, e.g., in protocols such as TLS, SSH, FIDO and other systems. Additionally, NIST have announces a new call for quantum secure digital signature algorithms.

This project aims to conduct research on lightweight post-quantum protocols and primitives, including symmetric key primitives, and improve upon the frameworks used today regarding communication size, computation complexity and secure and efficient implementation of long-term security cryptographic primitives.

The postdoc will be part of the NTNU Applied Cryptology Lab, a multidisciplinary research group consisting of members from the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology and the Department of Mathematical Sciences at NTNU.

A list of possible, but not limited to, post-quantum cryptography research topics for the postdoctoral position are:

Usability of lightweight primitives and protocols

Low communication key exchange and encryption

Lightweight ZKP and digital signatures

Efficient implementations in HW and SW

Side-channel security analysis

Your hosts will be Professor Danilo Gligoroski, Professor Stig Frode Mjølsnes, and/or Associate Professor Tjerand Silde.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Associate Professor Tjerand Silde ([email protected])

More information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/248833/postdoctoral-fellow-in-lightweight-post-quantum-cryptography

We are hiring a PhD student to work on a project investigating privacy preserving yet auditable cryptographic protocols for decentralized applications. The student will be working in one (or more) of the following areas: secure multiparty computation, zero knowledge, anonymous credentials, blockchain consensus, cryptocurrencies, differential privacy.

The ideal candidate should have a background in computer science or mathematics, with a focus on complexity theory, number theory, algebra and probability theory. Previous research experience in security and cryptography (specially in cryptographic protocols) is most welcome. Moreover, the candidate should be motivated and enthusiastic about theoretical research in cryptography.

ITU is located in beautiful Copenhagen, which is well connected by flight to many locations. We offer a competitive salary following Danish standards as well as travel funding for scientific visits and events. As a resident in Denmark, the student will also have access to the excellent public education and health systems.

Candidates are welcome to contact Bernardo David by email for any questions. Notice, however, that all applications must be submitted via the official URL.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Bernardo David ([email protected])

More information: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=181605&DepartmentId=3439&MediaId=5

IDEAS NCBR Sp. z o.o. is a scientific and research centre operating in the field of artificial intelligence and digital economy, whose mission is to support the development of these technologies in Poland by creating a platform connecting the academic and business environment. IDEAS NCBR Sp. z o.o. was founded by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) and is a part of NCBR Group. Our goal is to build in Poland the largest, friendly to conduct innovative research platform, to educate a new generation of scientists focused on the practical application of the developed algorithms and their subsequent commercialization in the industry, finance, medicine and other branches of the economy. IDEAS NCBR is now seeking to appoint a Group Leader in Cybersecurity with Emphasis on Post-quantum Cryptography who will build and lead the most recognizable research group (circa 20 people) in this area. Candidates with Post-quantum Cryptography expertise are strongly encouraged to apply. Reporting to the President, the Group Leader will develop and lead an exciting programme of research and innovation projects aligned with the vision and mission of IDEAS NCBR. The Group Leader will also act as an ambassador for IDEAS NCBR, representing the centre nationally and internationally, forging links with universities and industry, and identifying relevant opportunities for commercialisation.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Marta Krzyżycka

More information: https://ideas-ncbr.softgarden.io/job/34064687?l=pl

As the pioneer center in Asia focusing on the quantum transition, the Quantum-Safe Migration Center (QSMC) was initiated by Chelpis Quantum Tech in 2023. Through collaborations with Taiwan's academic institutions, industry professionals, and semiconductor manufacturers, we're committed to providing swift and efficient solutions for transitioning to the quantum era and minimizing the potential threats quantum computing may pose to information systems.
Chelpis Quantum Tech was established in 2017, drawing its team from the Fast Cryptography Laboratory at National Taiwan University. Our primary focus has been research and development of post-quantum cryptographic systems and the creation of related cryptographic applications.

QSMC is looking for an applied post-quantum cryptography researcher to join our research team in Taipei, Taiwan.
We currently have three research focus areas and candidates should be experienced in at least one:

• PQC Hardware
• Formally-verified PQC Software
• New PQC primitives (in particular, candidates of the recent NIST PQC digital signature competition)

Candidates should hold a PhD in cryptography or a closely related field and have a track record in applied post-quantum cryptography with publications at top cryptography or security conferences. Responsibilities:

• Work on research projects and publish at top-tier cryptography and security conferences
• Collaborate with researchers in Taiwan and internationally
• Present research on international workshops and conferences
• Contribute to standardization efforts such as NIST PQC
• Consult Chelpis' other teams in all aspects of post-quantum cryptography

If you are interested, please send your CV to Ming Chih ([email protected]) and Matthias Kannwischer ([email protected]) to schedule an informal discussion.

Closing date for applications:

Contact:

• Ming Chih ([email protected])
• Matthias Kannwischer ([email protected])

More information: https://www.qsmc.org/

Help bring research to life and drive your career forward with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada's largest research and technology organization. We are looking for a Research Officer to join our Cryptography and Quantum Computing team, and to support NRC’s Digital Technologies Research Centre (NRC-DT). The Research Officer would be someone who shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity. Our Cryptography and Quantum Computing team conducts research on quantum/post-quantum cryptography, privacy-preserving computing, and quantum computing. Some of our current projects are on quantum-secure V2V communication, obfuscated (quantum) computing, biometric authentication, privacy preserving record linkage, and secure machine learning. We are looking for an enthusiastic applied cryptographer who can work closely with our cryptographic researchers on the design and implementation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols. The primary responsibility of the researcher in this position is to support the goals of NRC and the activities of the Digital Technologies Research Centre in conducting research of international calibre in cryptography, machine learning, and other related topics. The researcher will work in a team environment with other researchers and technical experts in world-class facilities. The researcher will be called on to participate in international evaluations or demonstrations of the team’s applied technologies. About the Digital Technologies Research Centre We make digital technologies smarter and more intuitive for Canadians and Canadian businesses by exploring uses of data and information in innovative and meaningful ways to solve real problems. Our focus is advanced analytics, computer vision, natural language processing and artificial intelligence technologies. Education PhD in computer science, mathematics, engineering, with a specialization in cryptography, security, or privacy is required for this position.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: https://recruitment-recrutement.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/job/Various-Locations-Applied-Cryptography-Research-Officer-ON/572782617/

More information: https://recruitment-recrutement.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/job/Various-Locations-Applied-Cryptography-Research-Officer-ON/572782617/

We are looking for two PhD students who will work on cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies with applications in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and data analytics. The positions are a fully funded PhD position. The candidates must hold a Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related area, and a have a strong background in mathematics and cryptography and good programming skills. The application materials should contain a curriculum vitae, a research statement, transcripts of Bachelor's and Master's and the name and contact information of two references. The starting date is January 2024, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Kalikinkar Mandal ([email protected])

We are seeking a highly motivated 3-6 month intern to assist in a project on the security of neural networks. Strong background in linear algebra and probability theory is required. Prior experience with Verilog hardware description language (HDL) and Cadence electronic design automation (EDA) tools for application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design is preferred, but not mandatory. Research internships will be available year-round, beginning in the Fall of 2023, and visa sponsorship will be provided for international applicants. The starting date for the position is flexible and comes with a competitive salary.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Please contact Dr. Seetal Potluri ([email protected]) for more information.

UAlbany is seeking a highly motivated 3-6 month intern to assist in a project on building accelerators for homomorphic encryption. Strong background in classical cryptography, modular arithmetic, and number theory is required. Students with prior experience with Verilog hardware description language (HDL) and Cadence electronic design automation (EDA) tools for application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design are preferred. Research internships will be available year-round, beginning in the Fall of 2023, and visa sponsorship will be provided for international applicants. The starting date for the position is flexible and comes with a competitive salary.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Please contact Dr. Seetal Potluri ([email protected]) for more information.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Cyber Security and Privacy on the EPSRC funded project ‘IOTEE: Securing and analysing trusted execution beyond the CPU, led by Prof David Oswald and Prof Mark Ryan.

Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) allow users to run their software in a secure enclave while assuring the integrity and confidentiality of data and applications. However, cloud computing these days relies heavily on peripherals such as GPUs, NICs, and FPGAs. Extending the security guarantees of CPU-based TEEs to such accelerators is currently not possible. New technologies are being proposed to address this, notably the PCIe Trusted Device Interface Security Protocol (TDISP). In this project, together with researchers at the University of Southampton, we will thoroughly evaluate the security guarantees of this new PCIe standard and its ability to provide trusted execution against strong adversaries. This will involve the use of formal modelling, as well as researching various software and hardware attacks and countermeasures against them.

This project is aligned with the UK's Research Institute for Secure Hardware and Embedded System (RISE), and the successful candidate will have the chance to disseminate their findings at relevant events. They will also have the opportunity to closely work with the team of Dr Ahmad Atamli and Prof Vladi Sassone (both University of Southampton) as the main academic project partner.

Candidates should have a PhD e.g. in cyber security, computer science, or electrical engineering. They should have experience in embedded security, binary analysis, physical attacks such as side-channel analysis and fault injection, and/or formal modelling; evidenced through publications in highly ranked conferences/journals in the field. In exceptional circumstances, we will also consider candidates without a PhD but with equivalent industry experience.

Applications are accepted until14 August 2023, using the following link https://edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_6001/job/2681/

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Informal enquiries can be made to David Oswald: [email protected]

More information: https://edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_6001/job/2681/

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.

Cryptography Research Center

In our connected digital world, secure and reliable cryptography is the foundation of digital information security and data integrity. We address the world’s most pressing cryptographic questions. Our work covers post-quantum cryptography, lightweight cryptography, cloud encryption schemes, secure protocols, quantum cryptographic technologies and cryptanalysis.

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled and motivated individual to join our team in a hardware engineer internship position with expertise in hardware acceleration. The ideal candidate will have experience working with fully-homomorphic encryption and a strong background on FPGA design for acceleration.

PhD or master's degree with strong background in hardware design

Experience with Linux kernel driver development is desired but not required

Contribute to the design and improvement of acceleration frameworks

Familiarity with HW/SW co-design integrated over PCIe on FPGAs is desirable

Ability to work in a team with diverse background and research experiences

Good oral and written communication skills

Design and implement efficient hardware acceleration solutions to accelerate fully-homomorphic encryption operations

Conduct system-level performance evaluations and troubleshoot any hardware or software issues

Closing date for applications:

Contact:

Dr. Kashif Nawaz - Director
[email protected]

NUS-Singapore is seeking a highly-motivated Postdoc—candidate in the field of cyber security with an emphasis on embedded and hardware security (preferably Physical Unclonable Function (PUF)). Candidates with experience in one or more of the following are preferred: PUF, lightweight cryptography, post-quantum cryptography; designing novel cryptographic primitives and protocols; digital design on ASIC or FPGA platforms using hardware description languages; computer architectures and embedded software; side-channel analysis and fault attacks; and machine learning attacks on PUF especially for security applications. Research topics include but are not limited to Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) secure cryptographic implementations in hardware and software; mechanisms against side-channel analysis and fault attacks security; In the first instance, candidates can discuss applications with Dr Prosanta Gope via email.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Dr Prosanta Gope

The role

We are looking for Research Scientists to join our Research Team. We are looking for accomplished researchers with a PhD in relevant areas of computer science interested in working on various aspects of the complex system that Matter Labs is building, including security, performance, networking, hardware, programming languages, program correctness, and various aspects of applied cryptography related to zero-knowledge proofs.

We expect you to have a track record of research in a relevant area and to be connected to both the academic community and industrial practice. Experience of working on other blockchain projects is a plus but not a requirement.

What You'll Be Doing

We expect you to be an expert in your field and to apply your knowledge and expertise to come up with solutions relevant to what Matter Labs is building We expect you to work with both research scientists as well as engineers and engineering managers to get what you produce deployed We expect you to be a member of the academic community and to read and possibly write papers, listen and possibly give presentations, in order to stay abreast of the most recent developments as they happen

What We Look For in You

Experience in one (or more) of the following areas: performance (distributed systems, runtimes, networking stack), security, verification and/or machine learning A PhD in computer science or related discipline A track record of research relevant to or deployed in an industrial setting Ability and willingness to produce technical blogs, reports, and papers Deep understanding of software engineering best-practices Ownership mindset and a track record of successfully accomplished projects In-depth knowledge of common algorithms, data structures, and their computational & memory complexities Proven publication history Experience implementing complex prototypes both from scratch and based on existing code bases Ability to produce code that leads to industrial deployment English is your native language or you are completely fluent

Closing date for applications:

Contact: JJ McCarthy

More information: https://jobs.eu.lever.co/matterlabs/7c278152-e5b3-4c20-8014-af40100c1c05

Description. Candidates will work in the area of post-quantum cryptography. Candidates will conduct research on design and analysis of post-quantum cryptography. The works require to carry out some simulations.

Requirements. Candidates are required to have a PhD degree in Mathematics or Computer Science or Engineering. Experience in one or more of these relevant/ background areas is an advantage: cryptography, algebra, algebraic number theory or coding theory. Programming skill in Magma software or SAGEMATH software is an advantage. Candidate must be a team worker and able to conduct independent research.

Information and application. All candidates should include their full CV and transcripts and send to Dr Chik How Tan (email to: [email protected] ). We encourage early applications and review of applications will begin immediately. Only shortlisted applications will be notified.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Dr Chik How Tan ([email protected])

We are looking for a bright and motivated PhD student to work in the topics of information security and cryptography.

The student is expected to work on topics that include security and privacy issues in authentication. More precisely, the student will be working on investigating efficient and privacy-preserving authentication that provides: i) provable security guarantees, and ii) rigorous privacy guarantees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform exciting and challenging research in the domain of information security and cryptography.
• Support and assist in teaching computer security and cryptography courses.

Profile:

• The PhD student is expected to have a MSc degree or equivalent, and strong background in cryptography, network security and mathematics.
• Experience in one or more domains such as cryptography, design of protocols, secure multi-party computation and differential privacy is beneficial.
• Excellent programming skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

The Chair of Cyber Security, https://cybersecurity.unisg.ch/, led by Prof. Katerina Mitrokotsa, is a part of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) at the University of St.Gallen. Our research interests are centered around information security and applied cryptography, with the larger goal of safeguarding communications and providing strong privacy guarantees. We are currently active in multiple areas including the design of provably secure cryptographic protocols and cryptographic primitives that can be employed for reliable authentication, outsourcing computations in cloud-assisted settings, network security problems as well as secure and privacy-preserving machine learning. As a doctoral student you will be a part of the Doctoral School of Computer Science (DCS), https://dcs.unisg.ch.

The starting date for the position is flexible and come with a very competitive salary. The selection process runs until the suitable candidate has been found.

Please apply by 15th August 2023 through the job portal (via link).

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Please apply via the job portal.

More information: https://jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stellen/funded-phd-student-in-applied-cryptography-privacy-preserving-authentication-m-f-d/e7a9e90b-02cd-45d0-ad4f-fc02131eaf86

There is an open call for a Postdoc position in the Cyber Security and Applied Cryptograhy research group at the Institute of Computer Science, University of St.Gallen, led by Prof. Katerina Mitrokotsa.

Our research interests are centered around information security and applied cryptography, with the larger goal of safeguarding communications and providing strong privacy guarantees. We are active in several areas, a subset of which include:

• Verifiable computation
• Secure, private and distributed aggregation
• Secure multi-party computation
• Privacy-preserving biometric authentication
• Anonymous credentials
• Distributed and privacy-preserving authentication

Candidates should have a strong background in applied cryptography and provable security, are able to work independently and also collaborate in a team. Applicants must hold a Ph.D., with contributions in the relevant research topics and have publications in good venues.

The starting date for the position is flexible and come with a very competitive salary. The selection process runs until the suitable candidate has been found. The University of St.Gallen conducts excellent research with international implications. The city of St.Gallen is located one hour from Zurich and offers a high quality of life.

Please apply by 15th August 2023 through the job portal (via link).

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Please apply via the job portal.

More information: https://jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stellen/postdoc-fellow-in-cryptography-information-security-m-f-d/25ddb9d0-5c47-41ac-8bde-5789dbaca5c4