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02 September 2021
National Sun Yat-sen University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering; Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Responsibilities:
Apart from academic work, student must involve in several activities in a group or individually, such as (not limited to):
Requirements:
Apart from the university's basic admission policies (https://cse.nsysu.edu.tw/?Lang=en), students are desired to have following key requirements:
Scholarship:
What students can expect:
What the supervisor can expect:
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Arijit Karati (arijit.karati@mail.cse.nsysu.edu.tw)
Status.im
Can you help us research and develop new and existing technologies in secure messaging?
Key Responsibilities:
- Research and develop open protocols for secure messaging. Think zkSNARKs based spam protection/settlement, data consistency in distributed open and hostile environments, incentivized running of nodes, and similar {example a, b, c….}
- Use a layered protocol approach that is mindful and explicit about what it requires, what it provides, under what threat models, and with what trade-offs.
-Combine cryptoeconomics and traditional technologies to create a sustainable distributed and fault-tolerant system.
- Write and maintain Nim code.
- Research and design core functionality.
- Provide feedback on overall design decisions and participate in code reviews.
- Use libp2p to build application-level protocols.
- Build incentivized, distributed systems.
- Interpret and implement solutions based on academic research.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
[Don’t worry if you don’t meet all of these criteria, we’d still love to hear from you anyway if you think you’d be a great fit for this role!]
- A passion for blockchain technology, privacy-preserving technology and decentralization ; a strong alignment to our principles: https://status.im/about/#our-principles
- Very strong academic or engineering background (PhD-level or equivalent in industry); relevant research experience
- Experience with Zero Knowledge proofs and related technologies.
- Experience with low level/strongly typed languages (C/C++/Go/Rust or Java/C#).
- Experience with Open Source software.
- Experience designing incentive systems and writing/deploying smart contracts in Ethereum.
Bonus points if:
- Contributed to a blockchain or privacy-preserving-related, open source project.
- Experience with Nim.
- Experience with libp2p / devp2p, networking, cryptography.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Angel via discord @ LilChiChi#0021
More information: https://jobs.status.im/en/jobs/17893
01 September 2021
Lübeck, Germany, 10 November - 11 November 2021
Virtual event, Anywhere on Earth, 25 November - 26 November 2021
Submission deadline: 15 October 2021
Zagreb, Croatia, 17 October 2021
University of Stuttgart in cooperation with Thales
Located in Stuttgart, one of Europe’s main economic hubs, the Institute offers you an inspiring working atmosphere in a successful international team. The remuneration is according to the German public-service salary grade TV-L E13.
To qualify for this position, you need an above-average Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline. Moreover, we expect proven skills or experiences in at least one of the three areas listed below (and credible interest in the other two):
- Design of digital circuits on FPGA platforms, including their specification in VHDL, synthesis, simulation on different levels of abstraction.
- Hardware-oriented security, ideally with a focus on resilience of cryptographic implementations against physical attacks (side-channel analysis, fault-injections).
- Applied post-quantum cryptography, with an in-depth knowledge of the NIST finalists CRYSTALS-DILITHIUM, FALCON, Classic McElliece, and SIKE KEM.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Prof. Dr. Ilia Polian Institut für Technische Informatik Pfaffenwaldring 47 D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany ilia.polian@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
More information: https://www.iti.uni-stuttgart.de/en/chairs/hocos/open_positions/
31 August 2021
Tim Beyne, Siemen Dhooghe, Adrián Ranea, Danilo Sijačić
Barbara Gigerl, Robert Primas, Stefan Mangard
Philipp Muth, Fabio Campos
Marcel Hollenstein, David Naccache, Peter B. Roenne, Peter Y A Ryan, Robert Weil, Ofer Yifrach-Stav
The scientific debate concerning privacy of the COVID tracing efforts has been intense, especially focusing on the choice between centralised and decentralised tracing apps. The privacy concerns regarding COVID \underline{testing}, however, have not received as much attention even though the privacy at stake is arguably even higher. COVID tests require the collection of samples. Those samples possibly contain viral material but inevitably also human DNA. Patient DNA is not necessary for the test but it is technically impossible to avoid collecting it. The unlawful preservation, or misuse, of such samples at a massive scale may hence disclose patient DNA information with far-reaching privacy consequences.
Inspired by the cryptographic concept of ``Indistinguishability under Chosen Plaintext Attack'', this paper poses the blueprint of novel types of tests allowing to detect viral presence without leaving persisting traces of the patient's DNA.
Fanliang Hu, Huanyu Wang, Junnian Wang
Eric Brier, Rémi Géraud-Stewart, Marc Joye, David Naccache
In this paper, we describe a new, generic algorithm to compute primary elements in cyclotomic fields; which we apply for $p=3,5,7,11,13$. A key insight is a careful selection of fundamental units as put forward by D\'enes.
This solves an essential step in the Caranay--Scheidler algorithm. We give a unified view of the problem. Finally, we provide the first efficient deterministic algorithm for the computation of the 9-th and 16-th power residue symbols.
Zhen Shi, Chenhui Jin, Yu Jin
Fukang Liu, Willi Meier, Santanu Sarkar, Gaoli Wang, Ryoma Ito, Takanori Isobe
David Gerault, Thomas Peyrin, Quan Quan Tan
Lin You, Wang Cheng, Gengran Hu
30 August 2021
University of Sheffield, UK
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Dr. Prosanta Gope Email: p.gope@sheffield.ac.uk
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- cover letter (identify one or more faculty of interest and provide availability)
- CV (including a ranked list of at least three writers for letters of reference)
- research statement (covering research interests, past research focus, and future research directions)
EPFL is located in Lausanne (Switzerland) and ranks among the world’s top scientific universities. In French-speaking Lausanne, English is generally well spoken and is the main language at EPFL. Postdoctoral positions come with a competitive salary for 1 year (83'600 CHF with yearly increments), renewable up to a maximum of 4 years. Postdoctoral scholars will work in a collaborative environment where they can further develop their research skills and expand their professional network.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: secpriv-postdoc@groupes.epfl.ch
More information: https://www.epfl.ch/schools/ic/research/security-privacy-cryptography/
27 August 2021
Institute of Science and Technology Austria; Klosterneuburg, Austria
IST Austria invites applications in all areas of computer science including cryptography, systems security and privacy.
We offer
- A highly international and interdisciplinary research environment with English as working language on campus
- State-of-the-art facilities and scientific support services (www.ist.ac.at/scientific-service-units/)
- Substantial start-up package and attractive salary
- Guaranteed annual base funding including funding for PhD students and postdocs
- An international Graduate School with high admissions criteria and a rigorous training program
- Leadership program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Dual Career support packages
- Child-care facilities on campus (for children aged 3 months till school age)
IST Austria (www.ist.ac.at) is an international institute dedicated to basic research and graduate education in the natural, mathematical, and computational sciences. The Institute fosters an interactive, collegial, and supportive atmosphere, sharing space and resources between research groups whenever possible, and facilitating cross-disciplinary collaborations. Our PhD program involves a multi-disciplinary course schedule and rotations in research groups, and we hire scholars from diverse international backgrounds.
Assistant professors receive independent group leader positions with an initial contract of six years, at the end of which they are reviewed by international peers. If the evaluation is positive, an assistant professor is promoted to a tenured professor.
Candidates for tenured positions are distinguished scientists in their respective research fields and typically have at least six years of experience in leading a research group.
IST Austria values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity. We strive to increase the number of women, particularly in fields where they are underrepresented, and therefore we strongly encourage female researchers to apply.
Please apply online at: www.ist.ac.at/jobs/faculty
The closing date for applications is October 29, 2021.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Prof. Krzysztof Pietrzak (krzysztof.pietrzak@ist.ac.at)
More information: https://ist.ac.at/en/jobs/faculty/
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technoogy; Dep. of Inf. Sec. and Comm. Tech.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Prof. Colin Boyd, email: colin.boyd@ntnu.no, or Prof. Danilo Gligoroski, email: danilo.gligoroski@ntnu.no
More information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/209975/perseus-phd-candidate-in-cryptography