International Association
for Cryptologic Research

The Computer Science Department at National Chengchi University invites applications for multiple tenure-track/tenured faculties from outstanding candidates at all ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor) to begin at Spring 2019 or Fall 2019.

Initial review of applications will begin on October 1st, 2018 and continue until the position is filled. The position may close when an adequate number of qualified applications are received.

We seek candidates in research areas related to all fields in Computer Science. Candidates from the following research areas are especially welcome:

• Artificial Intelligence

• Information Security

• Interdisciplinary fields of computer science and social science (eg., CS and Digital Content, CS and Communication, CS and Finance, etc. )

At a minimum, candidates must have a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or a closely related field and have demonstrated strong research ability.

Applicants must send curriculum vitae, transcripts, diploma certificate, a copy of Ph.D. dissertation or abstract, recent publications, and at least two recommendation letters to recruit (at) cs.nccu.edu.tw or

Faculty Recruit Committee Department of Computer Science

National Chengchi University

64, Sec. 2, ZhiNan Rd. Wenshan District

Taipei, Taiwan, 11605

R.O.C.

Applicants are invited to visit our web page at https://www.cs.nccu.edu.tw .

Closing date for applications: 1 February 2019

Contact: Raylin Tso

Chairman of the Department of Computer Science, National Chengchi University

eMail: raylin (at) cs.nccu.edu.tw

More information: https://www.cs.nccu.edu.tw

InfoSec GLobal(ISG) secures data and communications for critical systems and IoT devices. Our Cryptographic Life-Cycle Management delivers a platform that provides threat management, enables crypto agility and creates a path to quantum safe. We are looking for a Security Engineer who will be responsible for

• Implementation of cryptographic primitives (optimizations, countermeasures)

• Implementation of security protocols

• Side-channel analysis of implementations

• C programming proficiency

• Applied research in cryptography and security

• Patent and standards development

You have a Master in Computer Science with 5 years of experience in Security Engineering or a PhD in Computer Science with a focus on Security and a profound knowledge in cryptography and embedded devices

Skills:

• Software development in C and Java

• Development on embedded devices

• Experience with development on Android and iOS

• Experience with ARM processors

• Experience with side-channel analysis and attacks

• Experience with implementation of cryptographic primitives

• Experience with Latex

• Experience with applied research

Closing date for applications: 19 October 2018

Contact: Jennifer Quaid

ISG

jennifer.quaid (at) infosecglobal.com

InfoSec Global (ISG) is a next-generation cryptography company that secures data and communications for critical systems and IoT devices. ISG’s Cryptographic Life-Cycle Management delivers a platform that provides threat management, enables crypto agility and creates a path to quantum safe. We are looking for a Post Quantum Cryptography Expert who will be responsible for:

• Writing and publishing and public speaking

• Prototyping, proof of concept development

• Consultancy in the field of asymmetric cryptography

• Applied research in post quantum cryptography

• Patent and standards development

Education Required:

• PhD in Cryptography

• Profound knowledge in cryptography

• Profound knowledge in lattice-based cryptography

• Profound knowledge in code-based cryptography

• Profound knowledge in isogeny-based cryptography

Skills:

• Software development in C, Java or Python

• Experience with implementation of cryptographic primitives

• Experience with development on Windows, Linux, Android and iOS

• Experience with Latex

• Experience with applied research

Closing date for applications: 31 October 2018

Contact: Jennifer Quaid

InfoSec Global

jennifer.quaid (at) infosecglobal.com

InfoSec Global (ISG) is a next-generation cryptography company that secures data and communications for critical systems and IoT devices. ISG’s Cryptographic Life-Cycle Management delivers a platform that provides threat management, enables crypto agility and creates a path to quantum safe. We are looking for a Security Architect who will be responsible for:

• Writing and publishing and public speaking

• Design and analysis of IT security systems

• Prototype, proof of concept development

• Consultancy in the field of secure systems

• Applied research in cryptography and security

• Patent and standards development

Education and Experience: You have a Master in Computer Science with 5 years of experience in Security Engineering or a PhD in Computer Science with focus on Security, and a profound knowledge in cryptography, network security, systems engineering, security design, cloud security and security protocols.

Skills: Software development in C, Java and Python, Experience with security in Windows, Linux, Android and iOS, Experience with cloud infrastructure, Experience with IoT environment, Experience with Latex, Experience with applied research

Closing date for applications: 31 October 2018

Contact: Jennifer Quaid

InfoSec Global

jennifer.quaid (at) infosecglobal.com

Applications are invited for several Research fellow or senior research fellow positions at the National Satellite of Excellence on Trustworthy Systems at the National University of Singapore. Applicants should have a PhD in Computer Science or related discipline with research focus on security, or programming languages, or embedded systems. Please email your CV to abhik (at) comp.nus.edu.sg for inquiries.

Closing date for applications: 30 June 2019

Contact: Prof. Abhik Roychoudhury

School of Computing

National University of Singapore

abhik (at) comp.nus.edu.sg

More information: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~abhik

We are looking for a PostDoc to research on topics related theory and practice of functional encryption, including

* pairing-based

* lattice-based

* black-box (im)possibility results

and applications to Internet of Things and Blockchain. Research is conducted within the EU H2020 Functional Encryption Technology (FENTEC) project in conjunction with the academic partners Edinburg University, ENS Paris, Flensburg University, Helsinki University, KU Leuven and the industrial partners ATOS, Kudelski Group (former Nagravision), WALLIX and XLAB.

The position includes

* competitive salary

* travel budget (conference, project meetings, research visits)

* team of 1-2 PhDs

* academic freedom to create own research profile

* (optional) teaching opportunity

Please send your CV to The Chancelor, Mrs. Sabine Christiansen at personal.bewerbungen(at)hs-flensburg.de.

Closing date for applications: 1 September 2018

Contact: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gajek, Head of the IT-Security and Cryptography group (ITSC), Web: https://www.itsc.inf.hs-flensburg.de, Email: sebastian.gajek(at)hs-flensburg.de

More information: https://hs-flensburg.de/node/3893

Simula UiB has open positions for senior researchers in cryptography.

About us: Simula UiB is a research organization located in Bergen, Norway. We currently employ 17 people researching cryptography and information theory and supervising master and Ph.D. students. Due to increased base funding from the Norwegian government, we are now looking to expand our activity and hire two senior researchers in permanent positions.

What we want: We are looking for someone who is an active researcher in cryptography, with an excellent publication record. The successful candidate is expected to attract and supervise students. We envision the ideal candidate to be someone who has 10–15 years of experience since obtaining his/her Ph.D. degree. Candidates with less experience should also apply.

What we offer:

Competitive salary and a fast hiring process.

Two Ph.D. positions and one postdoc position are associated with each researcher.

Funding for travel and hosting visitors.

A good working environment in modern offices located centrally in Bergen.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Website: www.simula-uib.com

If you want to learn more about this opportunity please email Kjell Jørgen Hole (CEO) at hole (at) simula.no, Håvard Raddum (leader of the crypto section) at haavardr (at) simula.no or Øyvind Ytrehus (chief scientist) at oyvindy (at) simula.no.

This is an urgent call for interested applicants. A funded Ph.D. student position is available starting January 2019 (all documents submitted by Sep. 15th, 2018 for International students) to work on different aspects of Cryptographic Engineering in the CSE department with Dr. Mehran Mozaffari Kermani (CSE department of University of South Florida, Tampa, FL).

The required expertise includes:

- Master’s in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

- Solid background in digital design, VLSI, computer arithmetic, and ASIC/FPGA implementations

- Solid HDL expertise

- Outstanding English (if English tests are taken) to be eligible for department funding

- Motivation to work beyond the expectations from an average Ph.D. student and publish in top tier venues

Please closely observe the admission requirement details before emailing,

We are looking for motivated, talented, and hardworking applicants who have background and are interested in working on different aspects of Cryptographic Engineering with emphasis on:

- Cryptographic hardware systems

- Side-channel attacks, particularly fault and power analysis attacks

Please send me your updated CV (including list of publications, language test marks, and references), transcripts for B.Sc. (and/or M.Sc.), and a statement of interest to mehran2 (at) usf.edu as soon as possible.

NOTE: At this time, I consider only the applicants who have already taken TOEFL/IELTS and GRE exams with excellent marks. The successful candidate will be asked to apply formally very soon to the department, so all the material has to be ready.

Mehran Mozaffari Kermani

Closing date for applications: 30 November 2018

More information: http://www.csee.usf.edu/~mehran2/

We are looking for outstanding and highly motivated PhD students to work on topics related to hardware security, including:

• Side-channel analysis attacks

• Fault-injection attacks

• Countermeasures against physical attacks

• Physically unclonable functions

• Symmetric cryptography, design and analysis

• Low-power design

The group offers excellent working environment as a part of Horst Görtz Institut for IT Security (HGI hgi.rub.de/en/home/ ) including more than 200 scientists active in several different aspects of IT security and cryptography.

The candidate should have an M.Sc. degree in IT-security, electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or applied mathematics with excellent grades. Being familiar with cryptography concepts and low-level programming is a must. Knowing a hardware design language, e.g., VHDL/verilog, is a plus.

In order to apply, please send your resume, transcripts, and a list of at least two professional references in a single pdf file to

emsec+apply (at) rub.de

Review of applications starts immediately until the position is filled.

Closing date for applications: 31 December 2018

Contact: Amir Moradi

www.emsec.rub.de/moradi

Who we are?

Promise Protocols is one of the fastest growing FinTech companies in Silicon Valley. Promise delivers cash analytics and cash access to thousands of small businesses, that operate with volatile cash balances. We are a platform company whose aim is to automate the hardest parts of small business financial management. We are sometimes the last company many small business merchants come to when no one else will help their businesses stay alive.

Why work at Promise?

We are a high-energy, innovation-focused team of engineers and technologists who want to make running a small business less painful for owners all over the world. Promise’s environment is highly collaborative, and the ideal candidate will have an eye for detail and be a team player who enjoys working with others to find cutting-edge solutions to tricky problems. Come join us!

What we are looking for in the Senior Software Engineer?

Promise Protocols is looking for a passionate and experienced developer with cryptography experience to help develop, build and deploy a distributed, fault-tolerant P2P payments and exchange platform.

This role is ideal for cryptography scientists or software engineers with deep experience and familiarity with evolving and established cryptographic protocols and their implementation.

What you will be responsible doing?

1. Develop, build and deploy crypto protocols in distributed p2p systems

2. Work with core internal team and external open source community

3. Collaborate with teammates to produce protocol specifications

4. Collaborate and support other teams in developing crypto economic consensus protocol

5. Develop and maintain interfaces for platform API

6. Identify and recommend technologies to solve technical challenges

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Please send a request to jobs (at) promiseprotocols.com

More information: https://aquila-1.workable.com/jobs/772792

The Cyber Security Researchers of Waikato (CROW) - the first cyber security lab in NZ - created the NZ Cyber Security Challenge, and leads the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment funded STRATUS project (NZD12.2 mil). CROW collaborates with 58 other local and international organisations, including STRATUS end-user partners Interpol and NZ Police.

We are seeking to appoint a full time fixed term Research Fellow to contribute to our research objectives associated with cybercrime, computer security and cloud computing. This position has responsibilities to achieve research objectives associated with the STRATUS industry partners.

A PhD in cyber security, cybercrime, computer science or a related field is essential as is having demonstrated research ability in cyber security and cybercrime. A requirement of this position is the ability to commercialise research prototypes into products/services and the demonstrated ability to publish in high quality academic journals, work collaboratively with others and undertake some teaching if required.

Preference will be given to candidates who have work experience with cybercrime, security, intelligence, or law enforcement agencies including work experience in the cybercrime, security digital forensics, machine learning, applied cryptography, etc.

Salary will be in the range of NZ$74,034 to $89,163 per year, depending on qualifications, skills and experience.

This position is fixed-term until October 2020, and will be opened until filled.

Enquiries of an academic nature should be directed to Associate Professor Ryan Ko – Director, NZ Institute for Security and Crime Science, email: ryan.ko AT waikato.ac.nz

Closing date for applications: 4 January 2019

Contact: Associate Professor Ryan Ko, ryan.ko AT waikato.ac.nz

More information: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/vacancies/current-vacancies

The computer science department at the University of Twente is expanding its capacity and is looking for candidates at levels ranging from junior to more senior, for both combined research and education positions (assistant / associate professor), and education positions (lecturer).

Cybersecurity (broadly conceived) is by all means among the topics of interest!

The full announcement of these positions can be found here:
https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancy/!/421417/6-assistantassociate-professors-and-lecturers-in-computer-science

Closing date for applications: 31 August 2018

More information: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancy/

The cryptography group at the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Tartu seeks 1-2 postdoctoral researchers in cryptography. The positions will be supporting an EU H2020 project on privacy-enhancing cryptography for distributed ledgers (PRIViILEDGE). The candidate(s) should have a strong track record in cryptography, and in particular in the design of efficient privacy-preserving protocols (e.g., zero-knowledge proofs) and/or blockchain.

We expect candidates to be able to develop and devote significant time to their own research agenda around the theme of the project. Successful candidates will help to design and evaluate privacy-enhancing cryptographic techniques for blockchains (e.g., SNARKs) and perform other research duties to help with the project, collaborate with partners and ensure the smooth administration of the project including the timely delivery of research output.

The EU H2020 project PRIViLEDGE requires travel to and collaboration with colleagues throughout the European Union. Full travel and equipment budget is available to support the activities of the project.

For any inquiries or to apply for the positions, submit a full research curriculum-vitae (cv), names of two references, and a research statement to Prof Helger Lipmaa (firstname.lastname (at) ut.ee) clearly indicating the position sought. This is crucial since we have several open positions.

The project started from January 1, 2018, and will last for three years. In the case of interest, the candidates may later seek further employment (the group has other projects, some of which have a later ending date) but this is not necessarily guaranteed. The position will stay open until we find a suitable candidate; please apply early.

Closing date for applications: 1 September 2018

Contact: Helger Lipmaa

More information: https://crypto.cs.ut.ee/index.php/Projects/PRIViLEDGE

Indian Statistical Institute invites applications from duly qualified Indian nationals, including Persons of Indian Origins (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), for full-time permanent faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professors and Associate Professors, to be placed at the R. C. Bose Centre for Cryptology and Security of the Institute, in Kolkata.

This is a rolling advertisement, and there is no last date. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply for the positions throughout the year. The recruitment committee(s) will meet regularly to consider the applications and arrange for seminars and/or interviews as the need arises.

For eligibility criteria, kindly visit the link below in \"More information\"

Interested candidates may send a copy of their current Curriculum Vitæ that clearly mentions the marks/grades/dissertations/honors at all academic levels (Grade 10, Grade 12, Bachelors, Masters, PhD), as applicable, and includes a complete list of peer-reviewed journal and conference publications in cryptology and security, to be considered for the positions.

The Curriculum Vitæ, as mentioned, should be sent to “Head, R. C. Bose Centre for Cryptology and Security, Indian Statistical Institute” at rcbose (at) isical.ac.in as a consolidated PDF file.

Closing date for applications: 31 December 2019

Contact: Head, R. C. Bose Centre for Cryptology and Security, Indian Statistical Institute

rcbose (at) isical.ac.in

More information: https://www.isical.ac.in/JobApplicationFiles/ASSOCIATE%20PROFESSOR%20and%20ASSISTANT%20PROFESSOR%20for%20R%20C%20Bose%20

The IT Security Group of Paderborn University, Germany, is offering a postdoctoral researcher position.

The group has a strongly research-oriented focus and sufficient funds at disposal to buy necessary equipment, enable the attendance of scientific conferences, etc. The competitive salary is based on state tariff TV-L E13/14, 100% position, according to the current tariff in the German state North-Rhine Westphalia.

Applicants are expected to have a strong background and good publication record in modern cryptography, preferably in \"provable security\", a strong interest in theoretical foundations of real-world cryptography, and a strong motivation and ability to perform excellent research. The successful applicant is expected to actively contribute to the research agenda of an ERC-funded project on theoretically-sound real-world cryptography.

Knowledge of the German language is not mandatory. The language spoken within the group and large parts of the institute is English. All students and many people in the city speak good English, and the MSc study courses at the Institute of Computer Science are taught in English.

The position is initially offered for one year, with the option of an extension to two or more years. The starting date is November 1st or later. There is no closing date for applications, the position remains open until filled.

Applications should consist of a single pdf document, containing:

- Cover letter with a brief introduction of the applicant and a short personal statement on the applicant\'s interest in this particular position

- CV and a list of publications

- Optional: one or two letter(s) of recommendation

- Optional: further supporting material

Incomplete applications or obvious mass applications that do not specifically address the offered position can not be considered.

Please submit applications by e-mail to Tibor Jager (e-mail address below). If you need further information or have any questions, then please feel free to contact Tibor.

Closing date for applications: 31 December 2018

Contact: Tibor Jager, tibor.jager (at) upb.de

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is a young university which was established in collaboration with MIT. iTrust is a Cyber Security Research Center with about 15 inter-disciplinary faculty members from SUTD.

I am looking for promising PhD students who are interested in working in the area of cyber security. The position is fully funded up to 4 years with very competitive scholarship. Candidates should have an excellent background (with Bachelor or Master degree and CGPA>80%) in mathematics or computer science/engineering and the ability to work on inter-disciplinary research projects. Acquaintance with cryptography and network/system security concepts as well as some programming skills will be considered as strong assets.

For the Jan 2019 intake, the application deadline is 30th September 2018. More information of the PhD program is available at https://istd.sutd.edu.sg/phd/phd-overview/.

Interested candidates please send your CV to Prof. Jianying Zhou.

Closing date for applications: 30 September 2018

Contact: Prof. Jianying Zhou

jianying_zhou (at) sutd.edu.sg

More information: http://jianying.space/

Here’s something to ponder. Each of three people possess an integer modulo seven. They must determine the sum of their integers modulo seven without use of a trusted third party, and ensuring that the Bayesian posterior for all participants is precisely the prior conditioned on the new information only.

We’re guessing you know that one. If you enjoy privacy preserving computation and recognize the potential, you might want to join a team of top tier engineers, data scientists, mathematicians and cryptographers working on the ROAR platform. You will collaborate across engineering and business units to help build a next-generation prediction platform used by the bank, the bank’s clients, and eventually - we hope - the entire world.

You will:

• Design, implement and improve techniques for privacy preserving Machine Learning using whatever techniques are most appropriate (cryptographic, statistical and a combination of the two).

• Design, implement and improve partial structure preserving data obfuscation methodologies

• Design and analyze hypothetical statistical attacks, real and hypothetical

• Design and build into our contest framework new primitives, and combinations of the same, to expand the possibilities for crowd-sourcing data, predictions and models.

• Work with leading experts in secure multiparty computation.

• Collaborate with researchers and students as part of the JP Morgan/ ROAR partnership with MIT, which involves Sloan CIDL and MIT CSAIL.

• Adapt privacy methods to real-time data streams.

Closing date for applications: 25 July 2019

Contact: send CV to marc.gammon (at) jpmchase.com

Successful applicants should be well established in at least one specialisation of computer security and should bring new expertise to the department. Possible areas of expertise are:

- Security Engineering

- Security of Cyber-Physical Systems

- Securing Long Term & Long Lived Systems

- Computer Architecture Security

- Language-based Security

A successful applicant should demonstrate experience in the application and execution of third party funding projects, such as DFG Projects. Candidates must be ready and willing to participate in collaborative applications of interdisciplinary research projects, and to actively integrate into existing projects. Paderborn University offers several possibilities for crossdisciplinary research, such as the CRC 901 “On-the-fly Computing”, as well as institutions such as the Software Innovation Campus Project (SICP), the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC²) and the Heinz-Nixdorf Institute (HNI). Another vital criterion is the willingness to work with other professors in the department.

Please see the referenced .pdf document for further information.

Closing date for applications: 30 September 2018

Contact: Prof. Dr. Holger Karl (eim-i-prodekan@uni[at]uni-paderborn.de) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tibor Jager (tibor.jager[at]upb.de).

More information: https://www.uni-paderborn.de/fileadmin/zv/4-4/stellenangebote/Kennziffer3427Englisch.pdf

The PhD candidate will be based in the Department of Informatics and the Cyber Security group at Kings College London. They will explore cryptocurrencies (and the blockchain) from a system security and applied cryptography perspective.

Some topics explored in the past by this research group include smart contract security, so-called layer 2 protocols, undermining the incentive structure of nakamoto-style consensus, etc.

The candidate is expected to have at least a bachelors degree in computer science, mathematics, or related field. They should have an interest in applied cryptography, information security and privacy enhancing technologies. Prior knowledge on the blockchain is not necessary, but desirable.

Funding is available (including a stipend) for a 4-year PhD at UK/EU rates. Start date will be agreed between candidate and Patrick McCorry.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Patrick McCorry, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) at Kings College London.

Please e-mail stonecoldpat (at) gmail.com for further enquiries.

School of Information Technology Management of Ryerson University invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in Cybersecurity for an initial appointment of one year, renewable for two more years based on performance. Preferred areas of research interest would be secure cryptographic implementation, IoT security, blockchain technology, and post-quantum cryptography.

Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. in Computer Science, ECE or a related area, by the time of appointment and an outstanding research record. Solid background in cryptography, network security, distributed systems, protocols and algorithms, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities include conducting fundamental research in informations system security, publishing in leading conferences and journals, and participation in proposal development. The incumbent is expected to take part in the activities of the Cybersecurity Research Lab at the Ryerson University.

Required application materials include: a curriculum vita; a three-page research statement; and copies of three recent publications. Review of applications will start immediately and continue until both positions are filled. Priority will be given to those candidates who submit their application materials by September 1st, 2018.

For further information, you may contact Dr. Atefeh Mashatan at amashatan @ ryerson.ca

Closing date for applications: 1 January 2019