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22 March 2022
Patrick Longa
Clémence Bouvier, Anne Canteaut, Léo Perrin
Kathrin Hövelmanns, Andreas Hülsing, Christian Majenz
ENS Lyon
We are looking for candidates with a strong record related to any of the above topics. Starting date and duration are flexible. To apply, please send your CV, a motivation letter and names of at least two persons who can provide reference letters.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: damien.stehle@ens-lyon.fr, alain.passelegue@ens-lyon.fr, benoit.libert@ens-lyon.fr
More information: https://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/AriC/crypto
20 March 2022
BITS Pilani Goa, India, 6 January - 8 January 2023
Submission deadline: 15 July 2022
Notification: 15 September 2022
Virtual event, Anywhere on Earth, 26 September - 27 September 2022
Submission deadline: 27 May 2022
Notification: 29 July 2022
TU Darmstadt
Topics of particular interest include (but are not limited to):
- Leakage/tamper resilient cryptography
- Cryptography for blockchains and cryptocurrencies
- Multiparty computation & threshold cryptography
- Decentralized finance
- Completed Master's degree (or equivalent) at a top university with excellent grades in computer science, mathematics or a similar area.
- Strong mathematical and/or algorithmic/theoretical CS background
- Good knowledge of cryptography. Knowledge in concepts of provable security is a plus.
- Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Sebastian Faust (office.cac@cysec.de)
More information: https://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/cac/cac/index.en.jsp
JAIPUR, India, 8 December - 11 December 2022
Submission deadline: 30 June 2022
Notification: 1 August 2022
18 March 2022
The Test-of-Time award for Asiacrypt 2007 is awarded to: Faster Addition and Doubling on Elliptic Curves, by Daniel J. Bernstein and Tanja Lange, for introducing efficient elliptic curve addition formulae in the context of Edwards forms of elliptic curves.
The Test-of-Time award for Crypto 2007 is awarded to: Deterministic and Efficiently Searchable Encryption, by Mihir Bellare, Alexandra Boldyreva and Adam O'Neill, for placing searchable encryption on a rigorous footing, leading to a huge interest in this field in applications.
The Test-of-Time award for Eurocrypt 2007 is awarded to: An Efficient Protocol for Secure Two-Party Computation in the Presence of Malicious Adversaries, by Yehuda Lindell and Benny Pinkas, for providing the first implementable protocol for actively secure variants of Yao's protocol, and thus paving the way to more practical constructions.
For more information, see https://www.iacr.org/testoftime.
Congratulations to all winners!
Rome, Italy, 20 June - 23 June 2022
Submission deadline: 1 April 2022
Notification: 15 April 2022
A Leading Financial Technology Firm
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Charles Isaac
Dfns
Dfns is a cybersecurity company that builds custody* SaaS protocol for web3 apps. Think of it as a developer tool that provides secure cloud for crypto. Our mission is to bring serenity to DeFi by eliminating new blockchain risks and making crypto transactions easier, faster, more affordable, and compliant with existing regulations.
From fintechs to large banks to e-commerce sites, Dfns gives financial institutions and businesses the freedom to own and transfer crypto on a battle-designed security infrastructure. Our API is designed to offer best-in-class developer experience allowing any platform to deploy custodial wallets in a matter of days, with streamlined feature delivery and frequent security upgrades.
Founded in 2020 in Paris, Dfns is a startup incubated at Station F (awarded Future40), accelerated by Techstars and recognized DeepTech by the French Ministry of Economy. Our company is fully remote with offices in Paris, Amsterdam, New York, London, Stockholm, Sofia, and other cities.
Job Description
You will contribute to one of the most ambitious technology projects in crypto today: building a trustless custody infrastructure for the trillion-dollar digital asset industry.
You will join an amazing team of leaders (CTO, CISO, CPO) and experts (R&D Engineers, Cryptographers, Security Engineers) in a highly challenging and collaborative environment.
We are looking for a trailblazing VP of Research who can explore blockchain and ZK technology, generate new product ideas, and outline detailed R&D strategies. You will need to manage diverse teams spanning engineering and marketing, requiring both a strong technical background and excellent business skills. As an ideal candidate, you will have a keen eye for gaps in client product offerings and the innovative mindset to fill them. You’re a highly skilled cryptographer with a proven ability to strategize the full lifecycle of patent production—from conception through release.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: chris@dfns.co
More information: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/companies/dfns/jobs/vp-of-research_paris?q=6ea9e03888204c360e4888930ccfcdc0&o=944248&e=companies_jobs
Dfns
Dfns is a cybersecurity company that builds custody SaaS protocol for web3 apps. Think of it as a developer tool that provides secure cloud for crypto. Our mission is to bring serenity to DeFi by eliminating new blockchain risks and making crypto transactions easier, faster, more affordable, and compliant with existing regulations.
From fintechs to large banks to e-commerce sites, Dfns gives financial institutions and businesses the freedom to own and transfer crypto on a battle-designed security infrastructure. Our API is designed to offer best-in-class developer experience allowing any platform to deploy custodial wallets in a matter of days, with streamlined feature delivery and frequent security upgrades.
Founded in 2020 in Paris, Dfns is a startup incubated at Station F (awarded Future40), accelerated by Techstars and recognized DeepTech by the French Ministry of Economy. Our company is fully remote with offices in Paris, Amsterdam, New York, London, Stockholm, Sofia, and other cities.
Job Description
You will contribute to one of the most ambitious technology projects in crypto today: building a trustless custody infrastructure for the trillion-dollar digital asset industry.
You will join an amazing team of leaders (CTO, VP of Research, CISO) and experts (Software Engineers, R&D Engineers, Security Engineers) in a highly challenging and collaborative environment.
We are looking for a Senior Cryptographer to develop our crypto systems using algorithmic, asymmetric, zk proofs, thresholdized cryptography and other types of tools to encrypt sensitive data and protect it from hackers, misuse, and cybercrime.
As a Cryptographer, you will be laser-focused on finding ways to protect blockchain keys from being intercepted, decrypted, copied, altered, or deleted by unauthorized actors. You will need a deep understanding of cryptography, namely MPC and its related algorithms. You will also develop and apply various mathematical models to help find and thwart potential systems threats.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: chris@dfns.co
More information: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/companies/dfns/jobs/senior-cryptographer_paris?q=b03d4fc5976286120e927867a4e9817b&o=944230&e=companies_jobs
Research & Development Group, Horizen Labs; Milano, Italy
Our Core Engineering Team is an innovative and collaborative group of researchers and software engineers who are dedicated to the design and development of world-class blockchain-based products. We are looking for a cryptographer, or applied cryptographer, to join our growing crypto team based in Milan, Italy. Currently, the team is developing a protocol suite for SNARK-based proof-composition, but its duties reach beyond that, developing privacy-enhancing solutions for our sidechain ecosystem.
Responsabilities- Design privacy-enhancing technology built on SNARK-based protocols
- Perform collaborative research and assist technical colleagues in their development work
- Participate in standards-setting
- Ph.D. in mathematics, computer science, or cryptography
- Solid foundations in zero-knowledge and cryptographic protocols
- Publications in acknowledged venues on applied or theoretical cryptography, preferably cryptographic protocols or PETs
- Strong problem-solving skills
- The ability to work in a team setting as well as autonomously
- Foundations in blockchain technology and experience in reading Rust are a plus
- A competitive salary plus pre-series A stock options
- Flexible working hours, including the possibility of remote working
- The opportunity to work with talented minds on challenging topics in this field, including the most recent advancements in zero-knowledge
- A nice and informal team setting to conduct research and development of high-quality open source solutions
If you are interested in this position, you might want to take a look at our recent publications (IACR eprints 2021/930, 2021/399, 2020/123) and our latest podcast on zeroknowledge.fm (Episode 178).
Closing date for applications:
Contact: recruiting@horizenlabs.io
More information: https://horizenlabs.io/
Technology Innovation Institute (TII) - Abu Dhabi, UAE
Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a publicly funded research institute, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is home to a diverse community of leading scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and researchers from across the globe, transforming problems and roadblocks into pioneering research and technology prototypes that help move society ahead.
Cryptography Research Center
In our connected digital world, secure and reliable cryptography is the foundation of digital information security and data integrity. We address the world’s most pressing cryptographic questions. Our work covers post-quantum cryptography, lightweight cryptography, cloud encryption schemes, secure protocols, quantum cryptographic technologies and cryptanalysis.
Position: Senior MPC Researcher
Skills required for the job
Qualifications
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Mehdi Messaoudi - Talent Acquisition Manager
mehdi.messaoudi@tii.ae
More information: https://www.tii.ae/cryptography
Universität der Bundeswehr München, Research Institute CODE
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Further information is available via Prof. Harald Baier, harald.baier@unibw.de
More information: https://jobs.zeit.de/jobs/universitaetsprofessur-w3-fuer-kryptologie-universitaet-der-bundeswehr-muenchen-neubiberg-1056374
Meta Financial Technologies
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Please contact klewi [at] fb [dot] com and arnabr [at] fb [dot] com
Aymeric Genêt, Novak Kaluđerović
Damiano Abram, Ivan Damgård, Claudio Orlandi, Peter Scholl
Alexander May, Carl Richard Theodor Schneider
Our backdoor mechanism works by encoding the encryption of $\boldsymbol{\delta}$ into the public key. Retrieving $\boldsymbol{\delta}$ then allows to efficiently recover the (backdoored) secret key. Interestingly, McEliece can be used itself to encrypt $\boldsymbol{\delta}$, thereby protecting our backdoor mechanism with strong post-quantum security guarantees.
Our backdoor mechanism also works for the current Classic McEliece NIST standard proposal, and therefore opens the door for widespread maliciously backdoored implementations.
Fortunately, there is a simple fix to guard (Classic) McEliece against backdoors. While it is not strictly necessary to store $\boldsymbol{\delta}$ after key generation, we show that $\boldsymbol{\delta}$ allows identifying maliciously backdoored keys. Thus, our results provide strong advice to implementers to store $\boldsymbol{\delta}$ inside the secret key (as the proposal recommends), and use $\boldsymbol{\delta}$ to guard against backdoor mechanisms.