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05 July 2024
University of Edinburgh
Job PostingThe position will be part of our research group, Quantum Software Lab which currently consists of more than 40 members, including eight faculty (Prof Elham Kashefi, Prof Chris Heunen, Dr Petros Wallden, Dr Myrto Arapinis, Dr Raul Garcia-Patron, Dr Mina Doosti, Dr Oliver Brown, Dr Alexandru Cojocaru). For more information, please contact a.cojocaru@ed.ac.uk with a CV and a short (up to 1 page) statement of research interests. The PhD position will have the expected starting date 1st October 2024, but later starting dates are negotiable. Candidates should apply by the 15th of July 2024, but are encouraged to reach out as early as possible. For a more detailed description, please see below.
Candidate’s profile. Applicants are expected to have (or about to obtain) a Master’s degree or equivalent (e.g., a First Class Honours) in Computer Science, Physics, or Mathematics. Outstanding candidates with a Bachelor’s degree (without a Master’s) will also be considered. A strong background in the theory of quantum computation, quantum information theory, cryptography or closely related fields is highly desirable.
Studentship and eligibility. Full time PhD tuition fees for a student with a Home or Overseas fee status; A tax free stipend of £19,237 per year for 3.5 years;
Research Environment. The School of Informatics at University of Edinburgh is one of the largest in Europe and currently the top Informatics institute in UK for research power, with 40% of its research outputs considered world-leading (top grade). University of Edinburgh is constantly ranked among the world’s top universities (among the top 20 Universities in the world in computer science) and is a highly international environment with several centres of excellence.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: a.cojocaru@ed.ac.uk
26 June 2024
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Job PostingAdmission to UC | Chile is highly competitive and we consistently admit the top students in the country. Among computer science students, there is a growing interest in computer security and privacy, with multiple student-led activities such as talks, seminars, cybersecurity training workshops, and tournaments.
The successful candidates will be expected to:
Applicants must:
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Applicants should submit the documents requested in https://www.ing.uc.cl/en/trabaja-con-nosotros/areas-to-apply-2/ to vacantes-academicas@ing.puc.cl (please indicate "Faculty Position in Computer Security and Privacy" in the email subject line)
More information: https://www.ing.uc.cl/en/trabaja-con-nosotros/areas-to-apply-2/
24 June 2024
University of Luxembourg
Job Posting- Applied or symmetric cryptography
- Blockchain cryptography, cryptoeconomics
- Anonymity and privacy on the Internet
- Conduct, publish and present research results at conferences
- Collaborate with the two Ph.D. students of the project
- Attract funding in cooperation with academic and industrial partners
Closing date for applications:
Contact: http://emea3.mrted.ly/3p6l5
More information: https://cryptolux.org/index.php/Vacancies
Bosch Research, Renningen, Germany
Job PostingThus, we are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate with a strong background in applied cryptography and preferably also MPC. The candidates should meet the following requirements:
- Education: Hold an M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) with excellent grades in IT security or computer science.
- Experience and Knowledge: Strong background in (applied) cryptography with a particular focus on cryptographic protocols/MPC, including security models and basic security proof techniques. Good software development/programming skills.
- Personality and Working Practice: Self-motivated and enthusiastic, independent, reliable, creative, and able to work in an international team with diverse background.
- Language: Fluent English language skills.
If the above requirements apply to you, you are welcome to read on. The successful candidate will:
- become a part of the team and advance research on MPC.
- develop novel approaches to improve the practical efficiency of actively secure MPC protocols.
- design efficient MPC protocols for diverse use-cases.
- publish and present the results in top-tier journals and at conferences.
Please submit your application, including your CV, transcripts of records from your Master studies, and a cover letter including your research background and research interest, via: https://smrtr.io/hmG3C
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Formal applications must be submitted through: https://smrtr.io/hmG3C
Monash University
Job PostingClosing date for applications:
Contact: Rafael Dowsley
20 June 2024
SandboxAQ
Job PostingClosing date for applications:
Contact: nina.bindel@sandboxaq.com
Graz University of Technology
Job Posting
You will contribute to an exciting research project advancing isogeny-based cryptography. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with leading experts in the field and perform cutting-edge research.
The Cryptographic Engineering research team is based at IAIK, TU Graz, the largest university institute in Austria for research and education in security and privacy. It has been active in this field for more than 30 years and currently employs more than 60 researchers.
Required Qualifications for PhD position: The ideal candidate for the PhD position will hold a master's degree with project experience in the implementation aspects (e.g., efficient implementation, side-channel analysis, fault analysis, etc.) of cryptography, preferably in isogeny-based cryptography.
Required Qualifications for Postdoc position: The ideal candidate for the postdoc position will hold a PhD (or be close to completion) in cryptography and be an expert in isogeny-based cryptography and/or secure implementation aspects of cryptography.
How to apply:
Submit your applications, CV, and other documents before 31st July, 2024.
https://jobs.tugraz.at/en/jobs/bbba0417-7a9c-69a5-f012-6613bd4b383f/apply?preview=true
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Prof. Sujoy Sinha Roy
More information: https://jobs.tugraz.at/en/jobs/bbba0417-7a9c-69a5-f012-6613bd4b383f/apply?preview=true
Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Job Posting
We are looking for an assistant/associate professor to extend and complement research and teaching at the Cybersecurity Engineering Section at DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark. You could be our new colleague if you are a talented researcher with a passion for research within cybersecurity, and a desire to impact society through collaboration with both private and public sector partners. We strive for academic excellence in a very international environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility. We value intellectual freedom, offering you the autonomy to pursue research topics that truly interest you. We promote talent in different forms according to your specific interests and strengths. We understand the value of balance, for instance we can ensure a reasonable teaching load, providing ample time for your research.
The university is located in the greater Copenhagen area, which is acknowledged for its excellent standards of living, childcare and welfare system.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Professor Nicola Dragoni (ndra@dtu.dk)
More information: https://efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/3667/?utm_medium=jobshare
18 June 2024
University of Isfahan, Department of Computer Engineering, Isfahan, Iran
Job PostingClosing date for applications:
Contact: Dr. Hamid Mala (h.mala@eng.ui.ac.ir)
More information: https://rao.ui.ac.ir/page-ResearchOffic/fa/59/form/pId27273
LIRMM, Montpellier, France
Job PostingThe recruited person will be part of the very welcoming ECO research group. Given the topic, the postdoc will be most likely collaborating with Katharina Boudgoust and Fabien Laguillaumie, but there are also other interesting research fields represented in the team: side-channel analysis, coding theory, computer algebra, information-theoretic cryptography.
We are preferably looking for a candidate with experience in designing public-key primitives. It is not mandatory to have prior knowledge on lattice-based or class-group-based cryptography. The postdoc could be your opportunity to learn about those exciting topics! It goes without saying (but we still write it, to be sure) that we are welcoming everyone, independent of their gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, national origin, health status, or disability. We promote a friendly, safe, and supporting work environment.
The deadline for applying is August 15th 2024. The starting date is flexible between October 2024 and January 2025.
Please send an e-mail to Katharina and Fabien, including your CV, at least one paragraph on why you want to work with us, as well as the name of one person who we can contact for an informal recommendation.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Katharina Boudgoust (katharina.boudgoust@lirmm.fr) Fabien Laguillaumie (fabien.laguillaumie@lirmm.fr)
More information: https://katinkabou.github.io/Documents/202406_postdoc.pdf
13 June 2024
King's College London
Job PostingThe candidate will work alongside Prof. Martin Albrecht, Dr. Benjamin Dowling, Dr. Rikke Bjerg Jensen (Royal Holloway University of London) and Dr. Andrea Medrado (Exeter) on establishing social foundations of cryptography in protest settings. In particular, the candidate will work with a multi-disciplinary team of cryptographers (Dowling, Albrecht) and ethnographers (Jensen, Medrado) to understand the security needs of participants in protests, to formalise these needs as cryptographic security notions and to design or analyse cryptographic solutions with respect to these notions.
This position is part of the EPSRC-funded project “Social Foundations of Cryptography” and more information is available at https://social-foundations-of-cryptography.gitlab.io/.
In brief, ethnography is a social science method involving prolonged fieldwork, i.e. staying with the group under study, to observe not only what they say but also what their social reality and practice is. In this project, we are putting cryptography at the mercy of ethnographic findings, allowing them to shape what we model.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Martin Albrecht <martin.albrecht@kcl.ac.uk>
More information: https://martinralbrecht.wordpress.com/2024/06/11/cryptography-postdoc-position-in-social-foundations-of-cryptography/
11 June 2024
Newcastle University
Job PostingPrivacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), such as Secure Multi-party Computation (MPC) and Federated Learning (FL) allow parties to collaboratively analyze a collection of data partitions where each data partition is contributed by a different party (such as banks, or law enforcement agencies).
Two facts about most PETs exist: (i) often the output of PETs reveals some information about the parties’ private input sets (i.e., the computation result in FL or MPC), and (ii) various variants of PETs do not output the result to all parties, even in those PETs that do, not all of the parties are necessarily interested in it. Given these facts, a natural question arises: How can we incentivize parties that do not receive the result or do not express interest in it to participate in PETs?
This project aims to develop new PETs that incentivize participants to share their sensitive data by fairly rewarding them. Additionally, the project aims to ensure these PETs remain secure even when adversaries compromise some parties. The Secure and Resilient Systems research group (and possibly Edge AI Hub) will host the successful candidate at the Urban Science Building, Newcastle University.
Eligibility Criteria:
Further Information: For more information and instructions on how to apply take a look at this webpage:
https://shorturl.at/PGX3Z
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Dr Aydin Abadi
University of Bergen, Norway
Job PostingClosing date for applications:
Contact: Lilya Budaghyan
More information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/262978/associate-professor-in-cybersecurity
08 June 2024
IMDEA Software Institute, Madrid, Spain
Job PostingThe IMDEA Software Institute invites applications for a PhD student in the area of Cryptography. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Dario Fiore on constructions and applications of cryptographic protocols for secure computation. Topics of particular interest include: zero-knowledge proofs, succinct proof systems and verifiable computation, computation on encrypted data.
Who should apply? The ideal candidates have earned (or are in their last year of) a Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related discipline, and have a background in Cryptography. Experience in research or implementation of cryptographic protocols will be considered a plus.
Working at IMDEA Software: Ranked among the Europe's top research institutes in Security and Cryptography, the IMDEA Software Institute offers an inspiring and dynamic collaborative environment with a focus on foundations and applications of cryptography. The Institute is located in the vibrant city of Madrid. The institute provides a competitive salary and funding for research-related travel. The working language at the institute is English.
Dates: The position will span the entire duration of doctoral studies. The starting date is flexible from October 2024. The deadline for applications is July 15th, 2024. Review of applications will begin immediately, and continue until the position is filled.
For further information about the application: https://software.imdea.org/careers/2024-06-phd-picocrypt/Closing date for applications:
Contact: Dario Fiore (dario.fiore (at) imdea.org)
More information: https://software.imdea.org/careers/2024-06-phd-picocrypt/
07 June 2024
University College Cork, Ireland
Job PostingCandidates should hold a PhD degree in cryptography or related area, with a good track record of publications. Ideally, they will have experience in one or more of the following areas: homomorphic encryption/secure multiparty computation, lattice-based and post-quantum cryptography, differential privacy, and (de-)anonymisation. Candidates with a background in other areas of cryptography/privacy/security, but with a strong interest in homomorphic encryption, anonymity or differential privacy will also be considered. A strong mathematical background is expected, complemented with programming skills. Experience with relevant libraries such as SEAL, HElib etc. is an asset.
The positions are until December 2025, with a possibility of extension subject to availability of funding. The successful candidates will be appointed at Post-Doctoral or Senior Post-Doctoral level depending on their experience and qualifications. A budget for travel, equipment, publications and other research expenses is available as part of the project.
The Cryptography Research Group is led by Dr Paolo Palmieri and consists of 8 researchers at doctoral and post-doctoral level. The hired researcher will be encouraged to collaborate with other members of the group, and mentor some of the more junior researchers. There will also be ample opportunities to work with other partners in the SECURED project (including some of the top research groups in cryptography, both in industry and academia), as well as with the group’s extensive network of international collaborations.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Informal inquiries can be made in confidence to Dr Paolo Palmieri, at: p.palmieri@cs.ucc.ie
Applications should be submitted through the University portal at https://ore.ucc.ie/ (search for reference number: 077671).
Deadline: June 17, 2024 at 12:00 (noon) Irish time.
More information: https://security.ucc.ie/vacancies.html
University of Sydney
Job PostingClosing date for applications:
Contact: Jiangshan Yu
More information: https://usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXTERNAL_CAREER_SITE/job/Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow---Blockchain_0119398
University of Luxembourg
Job PostingA background in provable security (e.g., successfully attended courses or a master’s thesis on the subject) is expected.
The candidate will be based at the University of Luxembourg but also profit from regular visits at and joint research projects with the KASTEL Security Research Labs at KIT, Germany.
The candidate’s research will be dealing with privacy-preserving cryptographic building blocks and protocols for important application scenarios and result in both theoretical contributions (protocol designs, security models and proofs, etc.) and their efficient implementation. Privacy-preserving payments and data analytics, misuse-resistant lawful interception, and anonymous communication are research topics of particular interest to us.
If you are interested in joining our group, please send an email including your CV, transcripts, and two references to andy.rupp@uni.lu. As the position should be filled as soon as possible, your application will be considered promptly.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Andy Rupp (andy.rupp@uni.lu)
02 June 2024
Zircuit
Job PostingAs an applied cryptographer, you’ll be pushing the boundaries of cryptographic knowledge along with the Zircuit core research team. You will work together with Zircuit’s elite and tight-knit team to tackle new theoretical problems using cryptography and apply existing cryptographic systems in innovative ways.
Zircuit’s cryptographic problems mainly revolve around zero knowledge proofs (zk-SNARK specifically). We do not expect mastery in all zero knowledge proof systems, but mastery in at least one is required. You should have a strong theoretical background and be comfortable reading and writing code.
If this sounds like you, then we highly encourage you to apply!
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Closing date for applications:
Contact: candidate-upload-to-job-rlPL6O4rdXfOvml@inbox.ashbyhq.com
More information: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Zircuit/64780490-7248-4e56-8d20-3c29161c6634
University of Bordeaux, Department of mathematics (IMB); Bordeaux, France
Job PostingWe are recruiting a postdoc to work with us (Razvan Barbulescu and Alice Pellet-Mary) on quantum cryptanalysis. More precisely, we are interested in
- quantum cryptanalysis of lattice problems (LWE, SIS, shortest vector problem, ...)
- quantum cryptanalysis of pre-quantum cryptography (e.g., optimizing quantum algorithms for discrete logarithm and factorization)
The starting date is flexible, between September 2024 and September 2025.
The deadline for application is June 30th.
More information about the position and how to apply are available at https://apelletm.pages.math.cnrs.fr/page-perso/documents/positions/HQI_post-doc.pdf
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Alice Pellet-Mary (alice.pellet-mary@math.u-bordeaux.fr) and Razvan Barbulescu (razvan.barbulescu@math.u-bordeaux.fr)
More information: https://apelletm.pages.math.cnrs.fr/page-perso/documents/positions/HQI_post-doc.pdf
31 May 2024
Eindhoven University of Technology
Job PostingWe are looking for:
- A team player,
- holding a PhD in an area related to cryptography or formal methods,
- experienced in doing high quality research, demonstrated, for example, by publications in top tier venues on cryptography, security, or formal methods,
- that is also interested in teaching students about their research.
- A fun team, open for collaborations,
- supporting you in applying for personal grants, and growing into the role of a professor,
- with a large network for collaborations in academia and industry,
- providing funding for a first PhD student and travel, and
- employment conditions of a Dutch university (including two additional salaries per year and 40+ vacation days).
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Andreas Hülsing (a.t.huelsing at tue.nl)
More information: https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/assistant-professor-in-verification-of-cryptographic-implementations-1083077.html