International Association
for Cryptologic Research

This is an urgent call for interested applicants. A funded Ph.D. student position is available starting January 2018 (all documents submitted by Sep. 15th, 2017) to work on different aspects of Cryptographic Engineering in the CSE department at USF.

USF is an R1 university and among the leading institutions in Florida. 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

The required expertise includes:

- Masters (or Bachelors with outstanding background) 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 here before emailing:

http://www.usf.edu/engineering/cse/graduate/phd-program.aspx

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 at mmozaff (at) gmail.com 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 (application deadline: Sep. 15th, 2017). The successful candidate will be asked to apply formally very soon to the USF CSE department, so all the material has to be ready.

Closing date for applications: 15 September 2017

Contact: Prof. Mehran Mozaffari-Kermani

Assistant Professor, CSE @ USF

Applications are invited for a Research Associate (postdoc) position.

You will work on the project “Practical Data-intensive Secure Computation: a Data Structural Approach”. This is a project funded by the EPSRC. The aim of the project is to investigate how data structures can be used as an efficiency and scalability booster in the context of secure computation. The project has a particular emphasis on putting theory into practice. The project will investigate both data structures and cryptography.

You will design novel cryptographic data structures and associated protocols for efficient secure computation, as well as apply them in domains such as cloud computing and data mining in order to solve real-world security/privacy problems. Other responsibilities include: writing papers, presenting work at international conferences, and contributing to an open source software package. There will be opportunities to collaborate with industrial research labs and other leading universities.

The candidate must have:

* a PhD (or equivalent) in a relevant area;

* a strong background in cryptography/security;

* good programming skills (C++/Java, parallel/GPU computing experience is a plus).

* good communication and time management skills.

Experience/knowledge in one or more of the following areas would be desirable but not essential: computer networks, operating systems, databases, statistics and data mining.

The post is available from January 2018, fixed term for 2 years and is full time. The post is based in the Security & Resilient Systems (SRS) Group within the School of Computing Science. The School is one of the Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR) in the UK. In the latest 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment, the School ranked 9th overall and 1st for Research Impact among computer science departments in the UK.

Closing date for applications: 16 August 2017

Contact: Dr Changyu Dong (changyu.dong AT ncl.ac.uk)

More information: http://bit.ly/2tG6XJr

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is a young university established in collaboration with MIT. Security is one of its major focuses. SUTD hosts the iTrust centre for research in cyber security (https://itrust.sutd.edu.sg/) and world-class testbeds in cyber-physical systems.

I am looking for highly motivated PhD students who are interested in conducting research in at least one of the following fields:

- network and systems security (Internet security, SSL/TLS, PKI, SDN, ...)

- FinTech security (blockchain, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, ...)

- security of cyber-physical systems (IoT, critical infrastructures, ...)

Candidates should have an excellent background (BSc/MSc degree) in computer science (or related), ability to work on inter-disciplinary research projects, good design and programming skills, and a strong interest in at least one of the listed fields.

The positions are fully funded up to 4 years with a very competitive scholarship. More information about the PhD program is available at https://istd.sutd.edu.sg/phd/phd-overview/.

Interested candidates should send a CV and a research statement to Pawel Szalachowski psz (at) inf.ethz.ch

Closing date for applications: 15 September 2017

We invite applications for a three year, funded PhD degree in the area of Cyber Security.

Suggested research topics include, but are not limited to the following:

• Internet of Things Security
• Human Aspects of Security
• Ransomware
• Tools for Vulnerability Analysis

Applicants should be a UK or EU national. Applicants should have a 2:1 in an undergraduate degree as a minimum. Masters or equivalent professional or research experience with computer security, computer networks or interdisciplinary collaboration is an advantage. Successful applicants will be supervised within the Security Research Group.

Closing date for applications: 21 July 2017

Contact: Budi Arief, b.arief (at) kent.ac.uk

More information: https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/research/studyingforaphd/phd-cyber-2017.html

The secure systems group at Graz University of Technology is analyzing the security of IoT devices and researching algorithms, architectures, tools and design methods for securing such devices. The focus of the research is on side-channel attacks (from hardware fault attacks to cache attacks in the cloud) and corresponding countermeasures.

In order to extend our interdisciplinary team we are looking for two postdoctoral researchers with experience/interest in at least one of the following fields:

• Side Channels
• Operating system security
• Software isolation techniques
• Cryptography
• Formal methods
• Code analysis and compilers

As a postdoctoral researcher in our team you will have the opportunity to conduct ERC-funded basic research as well as to work on applied topics with one of our many industry partners. We offer a vibrant working environment that in total comprises more than 60 researchers in the area of information security at Graz University of Technology.

The position is for at least one year.

In case you are interested in joining our team, please apply by submitting your application at https://www.iaik.tugraz.at/content/about_iaik/jobs/vacant_jobs/.

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of motivation, a transcript of records as well as names and email addresses of two persons that can provide references. We are looking forward to your application.

Closing date for applications: 30 September 2017

Contact: Stefan Mangard, Stefan.Mangard (at) iaik.tugraz.at

More information: https://www.iaik.tugraz.at/content/about_iaik/jobs/vacant_jobs/

The security research team at Visa Research has openings for research scientists at all levels with expertise in areas such as, cryptography and cryptanalysis, user and data security/privacy, payments and cryptocurrencies, and distributed systems/cloud computing security. For more information about our team visit our website:  http://research.visa.com/

Interested candidates should kindly email their CV to research (at) visa (dot) com with the subject line Security Research Position.

Closing date for applications: 31 December 2017

Recently, there has been significant growth in research devoted to cyber security. Novel methods of artificial intelligence, data mining, and machine learning have to be developed and employed for creating effective security solutions.

We offer five Ph.D. scholarships to support Ph.D. students to work on projects aiming to explore the novel methods of artificial intelligence, data mining and machine learning for the applications in defending cyber security. The successful candidates are expected to submit their Ph.D. thesis based on the research.

Candidates should have

- a Bachelor degree with Honours (BSc Hons) in computer science with good programming skills; or a Masters degree in computing, information technology or related discipline,

- good English (e.g., IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 90),

- knowledge of cryptographic protocols, data mining or machine learning algorithms, and cloud computing architecture. Publications in cyber security and privacy will be regarded as an additional merit.

Please send your CV and publication record to andrei.kelarev (at) rmit.edu.au.

Please include \"PhD scholarship\" in the subject of email.

Closing date for applications: 15 September 2017

Contact: Dr. Andrei Kelarev

School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia

andrei.kelarev (at) rmit.edu.au

More information: https://www.rmit.edu.au/

The cryptography group at the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Tartu seeks a postdoctoral researcher. The position will be supporting an EU H2020 project on mix-nets (PANORAMIX) for applications like electronic voting, secure messaging, and statistics gathering. The postdoctoral researcher should have a strong track record in cryptography, and in particular in the design of efficient zero-knowledge proofs and/or e-voting and mix-nets, although all strong candidates will be given a consideration.

The successful candidate will help to design and evaluate cryptographically secure mix-nets and perform other research duties to help with the project, coordinate and advise partners on implementing research prototypes (the candidate may or may not participate in implementing) and ensure the smooth administration of the project including the timely delivery of research output. We expect the candidate to be able to develop and devote significant time to their own research agenda around the theme of the project.

The EU H2020 project PANORAMIX 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 clearly indicating the position sought.

The call for expressions of interest will remain open until a suitable candidate is appointed. However, the project will finish on September 1, 2018, so early applications are encouraged. In the case of interest, the candidates may later seek further employment but this is not necessarily guaranteed.

Closing date for applications: 1 November 2017

Contact: Helger Lipmaa

Research Professor

firstname.lastname (at) ut.ee

More information: http://crypto.cs.ut.ee/Projects/Panoramix

About us

Working in our headquarters located in the iconic Aldar HQ building in Abu Dhabi you will be joining a firm that is constantly looking to push boundaries. We have launched a full suite of cyber products and services including Governance, Risk & Compliance, Cyber Network Defense, Managed Security Services, Infrastructure & Systems Integration, as well as Secure Communications.

About the Job

You will be responsible for research and analysis of new system attacks/threats, zero-day vulnerability discovery and, where appropriate, provide valuable research findings with vendors, bug bounty programs or publish them on our GitHub / website or through our publications, conference talks and white papers. This research also feeds into DarkMatter’s own product development, as well as the services and solutions we provide across the entire cyber security value chain.

About you

The ideal candidate will be passionate about security, vulnerabilities, and exploits. You possess the aptitude to analyze, find and exploit vulnerabilities, researching exploit techniques and mitigations, and build systems / tools to streamline reverse engineering analysis tasks. You are expected to be an expert in any one of the following domains: failure analysis, hardware reverse engineering, micro-probing, circuit editing.

Essential requirements:

• PhD or a Master\'s degree in Physics, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or equivalent

• 5+ years of experience in Hardware Security Research or Semiconductor Failure Analysis

• Deep understanding of various hardware security vulnerabilities and threats, reverse engineering, circuit editing, and exploitation of test features

• Research experience in failure analysis and/or security products (access controls, application security, data security, anti-tampering mechanisms)

- Strong foundations in semiconductors, computer architecture and embedded systems

Please click on this link to apply - https://app.jobvite.com/j?cj=okAP4fwx&s=Career_Portal

Closing date for applications: 30 November 2017

Contact: Talent Acquisition Team

About us

Working in our headquarters located in the iconic Aldar HQ building in Abu Dhabi you will be joining a firm that is constantly looking to push boundaries. We have launched a full suite of cyber products and services including Governance, Risk & Compliance, Cyber Network Defense, Managed Security Services, Infrastructure & Systems Integration, as well as Secure Communications.

About the Job

You will be responsible for research and analysis of new system attacks/threats, zero-day vulnerability discovery and, where appropriate, provide valuable research findings with vendors, bug bounty programs or publish them on our GitHub / website or through our publications, conference talks and white papers. This research also feeds into DarkMatter’s own product development, as well as the services and solutions we provide across the entire cyber security value chain.

About you

The ideal candidate will be passionate about security, vulnerabilities, and exploits.

You possess the aptitude to analyze, find and exploit vulnerabilities, researching exploit techniques and mitigations, and build systems / tools to streamline reverse engineering analysis tasks. You are expected to be an expert in the wide field of hardware security, in particular in any one of the following domains: side-channel analysis (DPA/DEMA/cache-timing), glitching (voltage/clock), fault injection (laser/EM), hardware reverse engineering, chip-off forensics, micro-probing.

Essential requirements:

• PhD or a Master\'s degree in Physics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or equivalent

• 5+ years of experience in Security Research

• Deep understanding of various Embedded / hardware security vulnerabilities and threats, reverse engineering and exploitation of test features

• Research experience in security products (vulnerability detection, side-channel and fault countermeasures, etc.)

Please click on this link to apply - https://app.jobvite.com/j?cj=oJBP4fwX&s=Career_Portal

Closing date for applications: 30 November 2017

Contact: Talent Acquisition Team

The Laboratory of Computer Networks and Architecture at the University of São Paulo is currently hiring researchers with background in cryptography for a 1-year post-doc position. The project is the result of a partnership with Intel (see http://www.fapesp.br/en/9719 for the CFP), and is focused on the analysis and design of hardware-friendly post-quantum cryptographic algorithms.

The main requirements for the application are (1) a solid background in cryptography, preferably (but not necessarily) with post-quantum primitives, (2) good design/programming skills, preferably (but not necessarily) in programming languages such as C and/or hardware description languages such as VHDL, (3) a track record of strong R&D capability, with relevant publications on top conferences/journals, and (4) be able to work with little supervision and to work well with other researchers, as well as have good presentation and communication skills in English (ability to speak Portuguese is considered a plus, but it is not mandatory). The candidates are expected to work closely with the industry partners in the project (mainly researchers from Intel) and produce valuable research material in time and with the required quality.

The application requires: an academic curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, and the contact information of at least 2 people that can provide reference about the candidate’s work. Applicants that have already completed or that are close to complete their PhDs are both welcome.

The post-doc fellowship is granted by FAPESP, following the rules that can be found at http://www.fapesp.br/en/5427. Applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received, and only selected candidates will be contacted for interview. The process will remain open until the positions are filled or up to July 31st, 2017.

Closing date for applications: 31 July 2017

Contact: Prof. Marcos A. Simplicio Jr -- msimplicio (at) larc.usp.br

More information: http://www.larc.usp.br/en/content/security-group/

Norway aims to strengthen the research and education in cyber and information security. Information Security is a strategic research area of the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (IE), and NTNU announces 10 PhD positions in response to the national aim. The positions are at the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, hosted by three departments:

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (IIK), see http://www.ntnu.edu/iik

Department of Computer Science (IDI), see http://www.ntnu.edu/idi

Department of Engineering Cybernetics (ITK), see http://www.ntnu.edu/itk

Closing date for applications: 15 August 2017

Contact: For the PhD position in post-quantum cryptography under the code \"IIK-01: Cryptography\" contact Professor Danilo Gligoroski, danilog (at) ntnu.no. For the other areas contact the professors given at the link with more information

More information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/139951/10-phd-research-fellow-positions-in-information-security

The Cryptography Research group at the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur invites strong PostDoc applications from highly motivated candidates working in the field of Cryptography. The candidate should hold a Ph.D. in Cryptography and/or related areas from a reputed institute. The candidate will work in the \"Secured Embedded Architecture Laboratory\" (SEAL), with focus in the area of secured system design. The research will be aimed at developing efficient cryptographic protocols with applications in emerging fields such as Cloud computing and Internet of Things (IoT). Knowledge in public key cryptography, cryptographic pairings, functional encryption, multi-party computation, and post-quantum cryptography topics is desirable. The candidate should have excellent publication track record in IACR conferences/workshops, as well as top journals (such as IEEE/ACM Transactions or IACR journals). The candidate will be expected to collaborate with and lead a team of excellent and highly motivated Ph.D. candidates for implementation of the protocols. The protocols designed would be tested w.r.t. robustness against side-channel attacks and other implementation-specific attacks by a separate team of research associates. The candidate is expected to work in conjunction with them and also disseminate the necessary knowledge among the group via suitable course material, tutorials and regular group talks. Good communication skills in English are hence desirable. The position is available to both Indian and foreign candidates. More Information about the SEAL research group activities are available at: http://cse.iitkgp.ac.in/resgrp/seal.

Remuneration: Up to INR 50,000 per month (consolidated), based on experience and expertise. Other perks include: furnished office space, subsidized in-campus housing, subsidized food in IIT cafeteria, free healthcare at IIT hospital, travel funding to present research papers accepted in top international conferences, etc.

Closing date for applications: 31 August 2017

Contact: Debdeep Mukhopadhyay

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is a young university established in collaboration with MIT. Cyber security is one of its most important areas and grows very fast with rich research funding. SUTD is the proud host of world-class testbeds in cyber-physical systems (CPS) including testbeds for Secure Water Treatment (SWaT), Water Distribution (WADI), Electric Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC), and IoT.

I am looking for PhD interns on cyber-physical system security (IoT, autonomous vehicle, power grid, and water treatment etc.), especially on the topics such as 1) Lightweight and low-latency crypto algorithms for CPS devices, 2) Resilient authentication of devices and data in CPS, 3) Advanced SCADA firewall to filter more sophisticated attacking packets in CPS, 4) Big data based threat analytics for detection of both known and unknown threats, 5) Attack mitigation to increase the resilience of CPS. The attachment will be at least 3 months. Allowance will be provided for local expenses.

Interested candidates please send your CV with a research statement to Prof. Jianying Zhou.

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Closing date for applications: 31 July 2017

Contact: jianying_zhou (at) sutd.edu.sg

More information: http://jianying.space/

Applications are invited for a tenure track position in the broad area of cyber security technologies. The focus can be in software security, hardware security, critical systems security or network security. Candidates considered for this tenure track position are expected to have research experience in one or more of the aforementioned areas.

Today, security is an essential ingredient of all information systems. Due to the complexity of the systems, and flaws in the design of the present-day Internet and the web, as well as weaknesses in the development methodologies, software design and tools, large-scale systems face risks due to cyber criminals and other malicious actors. The security related research in the laboratory currently includes topics in side-channel analysis, vulnerabilities in open-source software, security issues in IoT and SDN and network security in general.

The successful candidate aims to excel in:

• scientific research
• conducting and developing education in the field.

The candidate is expected to:

• acquire external competitive funding
• participate in the activities of the global scientific community as well as locally
• interact with society and industry.

Closing date for applications: 28 August 2017

Contact: Miia Haikonen miia.haikonen(at)tut.fi

More information: https://careers.fi/tty/careers.cgi?action=view&job_id=1182&lang=uk#.WU5NOydLc8o

The main objective of the research in the Embedded System Security Group is to propose efficient and robust hardware architectures aimed at applied cryptography and telecom that are resistant to passive and active cryptographic attacks. More information on https://laboratoirehubertcurien.univ-st-etienne.fr/en/teams/secure-embedded-systems-hardware-architectures.html.

For a new project which addresses the problem of the security of True Random Number Generator (TRNG). We are looking for candidates with an outstanding Ph.D in applied mathematics and a strong publication record in this field. The main topic of the post-doc is to work on stochastic modeling of TRNG. Knowledge of French is not mandatory.

The Post-Doc position will start in September or October 2017 (flexible starting date), it is funded for 12 month.

To apply please send your detailed CV (with publication list), motivation for applying (1 page) and names of at least two people who can provide reference letters (e-mail).

Closing date for applications: 14 July 2017

Contact: Dr. Lilian BOSSUET lilian.bossuet(at)univ-st-etienne.fr

The IMDEA Software Institute invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of Cryptography. The successful candidate will join the cryptography group to do research in the analysis and design of provably-secure cryptographic protocols (in particular, possible subjects are zero-knowledge proofs, electronic voting protocols, secure outsourcing).

The position is based in Madrid, Spain, where the IMDEA Software Institute is situated. Salaries are internationally competitive and include attractive conditions such as access to an excellent public healthcare system. The working language at the institute is English.

Applicants should have already completed, or be close to completing, a PhD in computer science, mathematics, or a related discipline. Applicants should have an excellent research track record demonstrated by publications at major cryptography/security venues, and should have significant experience in the design of cryptographic protocols and provable security. The application requires, among other document, a CV, a research statement, and the names of 3 persons that can provide references about you and your work.

The postdoctoral position is for one year. The starting date is negotiable but not later than January 2018.

Applicants interested in the position should send an email to Dario Fiore and submit the application documents at https://careers.imdea.org/software/. Applications are accepted until the position is filled.

Closing date for applications: 30 November 2017

Contact: For enquiries about the position, please contact:

Dario Fiore dario.fiore (at) imdea.org

The EMSEC research team (https://www.irisa.fr/emsec/) and Pierre-Alain Fouque (http://www.di.ens.fr/~fouque/) are looking for a post-doc on real-world security and cryptography, in particular applied to TLS 1.3. This research is funded by the Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR) for the SafeTLS project (safetls.gforge.inria.fr).

We are looking for a motivated researcher with a good publication record and an interest in real-world cryptography. More particularly we require:

• a basic knowledge of Authenticated Key-Exchange protocols (AKE)

• an understanding of the TLS protocol
• expertise in computational security models and proofs
• knowledge of TLS 1.3 (optional, but a strong plus)
• knowledge of TLS implementations (a strong plus)

The successful candidate is expected to contribute in high-level research, and to work together with the SafeTLS partners (http://safetls.gforge.inria.fr/consortium.html) towards attaining the ambitious goals of the SafeTLS project (http://safetls.gforge.inria.fr/aims.html). We are an international team and will require no knowledge of French.

A successful candidate will be hired for a two-year research contract, hosted by the Université de Rennes 1 (https://international.univ-rennes1.fr/) at the IRISA research center in Rennes, France (https://www.irisa.fr/en). Situated at 2 hours (by express train) from Paris, Rennes is an important research center in cryptography and security, and a strong partner in the Pôle d’Excellence Cybersécurité (PEC) in France -- which attracts competitive and very-high level research in all areas of security and cryptography.

Candidates are invited to apply as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received and until the position is filled. For any additional information, please contact Pierre-Alain Fouque pa.fouque (at) gmail.com or Cristina Onete, cristina.onete (at) gmail.com

Closing date for applications: 1 September 2017

Contact: Pierre-Alain Fouque, pa.fouque (at) gmail.com

Cristina Onete, cristina.onete (at) gmail.com

More information: https://www.irisa.fr/emsec

The Hardware Security group at Virginia Tech has an open position for a post-doctoral scholar in energy-efficient cryptography, in support of recent new projects. The Internet of Things needs a huge amount of tiny computers, and many of them will be powered in a sustainable manner, such as through harvested energy sources. The project objective is to investigate and demonstrate how such energy-constrained devices can support secure and full Internet connectivity.

We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications.

• Solid background in cryptographic engineering, covering protocols and algorithms.
• Experience with development of embedded software and/or hardware, including toolchain and design methodology.
• Effective communicator and team leader for a group of PhD students.
• Experience with energy harvesting technologies, intermittently powered computers and design across the hardware/software interface is a plus.

The Hardware Security group at Virginia Tech covers design, optimization and tamper-resistant implementation of cryptographic protocols and related applications. Recent projects include a fault-resistant microprocessor ASIC, side-channel resistant software synthesis, and novel primitives for hardware security.

To apply send your CV to the contact below. Include your publication list, a statement of research interest and objectives, and contact information for two references. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Closing date for applications: 30 September 2017

Contact: Prof. Patrick Schaumont (schaum (at) vt.edu)

More information: http://rijndael.ece.vt.edu/schaum

The University of Bergen in Norway is currently seeking candidates for four open positions as Ph.D. students. The advertised field of research for the positions is computer security, but we are particularly interested in good candidates in cryptography.

Closing date for applications: 1 July 2017

Contact: Håvard Raddum, Section Leader, Simula@UiB, email: haavardr (at) simula.no

or

Tor Helleseth, Professor, Dept. of Informatics, email: Tor.Helleseth (at) ii.uib.no

More information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/139151/phd-position-in-computer-security-4-positions