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08 July 2021
Samanvaya Panda
ePrint ReportStefano Barbero, Emanuele Bellini, Carlo Sanna, Javier Verbel
ePrint ReportWe survey the theory behind these probabilistic algorithms, and we illustrate the results that we obtained by implementing them in C. In~particular, for random quadratic Boolean systems, we estimate the practical complexities of the algorithms and their probabilities of success as their parameters change.
06 July 2021
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Event CalendarSubmission deadline: 29 October 2021
Notification: 20 May 2022
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Job PostingClosing date for applications:
Contact: Mridul Nandi (pnc.asd.isi@gmail.com)
More information: https://www.isical.ac.in/sites/default/files/jobs/Advertisement%20-%20ASD.pdf
University of Klagenfurt, Cybersecurity Research Group
Job PostingWe offer a post-doctoral position until end of August 2023 in the area of side channels as part of the ERC funded project SEAL (Sound and Early Assessment of Leakage for Embedded Software) .
Under the supervision of Prof. Elisabeth Oswald, you will strengthen the existing team of three post-docs and one PhD student working on the SEAL project.
We are looking, in particular, for post docs with an interest in provable leakage resilience, or language/compiler based security (in an embedded software context), but we will consider researchers with a different interest within the side channel area too. You must have prior expertise in side channel related research (or compiler/language based security) (evidenced via papers).
The post will be filled as soon as a viable candidate has been identified.
The Cybersecurity Research group is part of a newly established, vibrant research environment in the sunny south of Austria. We are a team of 10 researchers working across a range of topics in the area of applied cryptography/cybersecurity. You can find an overview of team members, and activities under www.cybersecurityresearch.at.
To apply, please email your CV, and a brief statement why you think you fit the description to the contact below.
For questions, please use the same contact, supplied below.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Elisabeth Oswald, elisabeth . oswald @ aau . at
Seoul, South Korea, 1 December - 3 December 2021
Event CalendarSubmission deadline: 27 August 2021
Notification: 5 November 2021
05 July 2021
Daniel J. Bernstein
ePrint ReportGang Wang
ePrint ReportEric Verheul
ePrint ReportGabriel Zaid, Lilian Bossuet, Amaury Habrard, Alexandre Venelli
ePrint ReportGeorge Marinakis
ePrint ReportPieter Pauwels
ePrint ReportWenshuo Guo, Fang-Wei Fu
ePrint ReportVipul Arora, Ileana Buhan, Guilherme Perin, Stjepan Picek
ePrint ReportAurélien Vasselle, Hugues Thiebeauld, Philippe Maurine
ePrint ReportThis work makes use of mixture distributions to formalize this complexity, allowing us to explain the benefit of using a technique like Scatter, where different samples of the traces are aggregated into the same distribution. Some observations of the conditional mixture distributions are made in order to model the leakage in such context. From this, we infer local coherency of information held in the distribution as a general property of side-channel leakage in mixture distributions. This leads us to introduce how spatial analysis tools, such as Moran's Index, can be used to significantly improve non-profiled attacks compared to other techniques from the state-of-the-art. Exploitation of this technique is experimentally shown very promising, as demonstrated on two AES implementations including masking and shuffling countermeasures.
Alexandros Bakas, Antonis Michalas
ePrint ReportKalle Ngo, Elena Dubrova, Thomas Johansson
ePrint ReportAjeet Kumar, Subhamoy Maitra
ePrint Report03 July 2021
Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland)
Job PostingCandidates must hold (or be close to the completion of) a master degree (for the PhD position) or a PhD degree (for the Post-Doc position), preferably in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering. Prior experience in hardware design, software programming, and/or cryptography is an asset. The research work will involve contributing to international research projects.
Interested candidates should apply by sending an email with subject line “Application for Ph.D” or “Application for Post-Doc” to openposition@a.alari.ch including your CV, the name and the contact information of at least two references, the appropriate certificates, and a motivation letter that demonstrates your interest in and your qualifications for the positions.
Screening of applications will begin 15th July. Priority will be given to applications submitted by this date, but the position will remain open until filled.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Inquiries can be sent to openposition@a.alari.ch
Robert Bosch GmbH - Corporate Research
Job Posting- As a PhD student in our research group, you will actively contribute to research and engineering projects at the intersection of cloud computing and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).
- Embedded in an international team of cloud and security experts, you will apply your knowledge of distributed systems and cloud technologies to design, implement and validate cloud native PET solutions as part of the Franco-German BMBF/MESRI-funded research project CRYPTECS.
- Your work consists of integrating state-of-the-art PETs (such as Secure Multiparty Computation, Trusted Execution Environments, and Differential Privacy) with distributed systems / computing concepts (such as distributed ledgers and parallel programming models) and cloud-native technologies (such as container orchestrators and serverless computing frameworks) at a conceptual and technical level.
- Thanks to your implementation skills, you will contribute to building a PET cloud stack that can be deployed in an industrial context. Through experimental use for real-world use cases in different domains such as Automotive AI and Internet of Things, you will close the feedback loop and gain valuable insights to improve your solutions. You will advance the state of the art in cloud-based PETs research and publish your results together with renowned researchers from the international CRYPTECS consortium.
- Education: Excellent Master's degree in computer science or related discipline with specialization in distributed systems, ideally combined with knowledge of security and privacy
- Personality: Positive team player, who is highly motivated, has an innovative mindset, is eager to learn new things, and is passionate about applied research and engineering
- Working Practice: Hands-on experience with software development beyond scientific prototypes, ideally in an open source context
- Experience: Knowledge in the area of cloud native technologies, ideally experience in PETs
- Languages: Fluent in English (written and spoken)
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Dr. Sven Trieflinger via Smart Recruiters (see https://smrtr.io/5YBmQ)
More information: https://www.bosch.com/research/know-how/success-stories/trustworthy-computing-data-sovereignty-while-connected/