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18 December 2019
Chitchanok Chuengsatiansup, Thomas Prest, Damien Stehlé, Alexandre Wallet, Keita Xagawa
ePrint ReportYanyan Liu, Yiru Sun
ePrint ReportClaude Crépeau, Arnaud Massenet, Louis Salvail, Lucas Stinchcombe, Nan Yang
ePrint ReportKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Job PostingThe "Intelligent System Security" research group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is seeking to fill the position of
Two PhD Students/ Research Assistants (f/m/d)
in the field of Computer Security and Artificial Intelligence
Both positions are fully funded with the German salary level TV-L 13 (100%) and should be filled at the soonest possible date. In the beginning, the positions are limited to two years, but they offer the possibility of funding the entire duration of the PhD.
Research
Our research group works on the application of machine learning for computer security. In particular, we develop methods in the area of application security and system security, for instance, approaches for attack detection or vulnerability discovery in software and embedded devices. Also, the robustness, security, and interpretability of machine learning methods are central to our research.
Your Profile
We are looking for talented candidates that fulfill the following criteria and intend to pursue a PhD in computer science:
- Diploma or Master's degree in computer science or any related field
- Very good knowledge of computer security and/or machine learning
- Enthusiasm for conducting research on computer security
Field of Work
Possible research topics include, but are not limited to:
- The analysis of attacks and malware using machine learning
- Assisted discovery of vulnerabilities
- Fuzz Testing (Fuzzing) using machine learning
- Attacks against learning-based systems
- Explainability of machine learning in computer security
Application
Please send your application including a cover letter, your CV, and certificates/references to applications@intellisec.org. Make sure to point out why you are a good fit for us and research in computer security.
Application Deadline
12. January 2020
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Christian Wressnegger, https://intellisec.org/chris
More information: https://intellisec.de/jobs/phd-2020-en.html
Technical University of Denmark
Job PostingClosing date for applications:
Contact: Further information may be obtained Head of the Cyber Security Section Christian Damsgaard Jensen, mail: cdje@dtu.dk or Professor of Cryptology Lars Ramkilde Knudsen, mail: lrkn@dtu.dk.
More information: https://www.dtu.dk/english/about/job-and-career/vacant-positions/job?id=7b31b1b3-fb26-41cc-9852-59134bb47a9d
16 December 2019
Security & Privacy Group ( Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security) University of Birmingham
Job PostingWe expect the candidates to have skills in digital circuit design (ASIC or FPGA), hardware/software implementation of algorithms, programming etc.
The Post-Doc and PhD will be working with Dr. Sujoy Sinha Roy and will be based at the Security and Privacy group of the University of Birmingham's School of Computer Science. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) jointly recognise the research group as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR).
If you are interested in the Post-Doc or PhD position, please contact Dr. Sujoy Sinha Roy with a CV. For more information, please visit https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~sinharos/
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Dr. Sujoy Sinha Roy (s.sinharoy@cs.bham.ac.uk)
More information: https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~sinharos/
Linköping University, Sweden
Job PostingClosing date for applications:
Contact: Prof Jeff.Yan@liu.se
Barcelona, Espanya, 20 April - 22 April 2020
Event CalendarBin Wang, Xiaozhuo Gu, Yingshan Yang
ePrint ReportD. Papachristoudis, D. Hristu-Varsakelis, F. Baldimtsi, G. Stephanides
ePrint ReportThomas Plantard, Arnaud Sipasseuth, Willy Susilo, Vincent Zucca
ePrint ReportEshan Chattopadhyay, Jesse Goodman, Vipul Goyal, Xin Li
ePrint ReportA weak source $\mathbf{X}$ of the form $\mathbf{X}_1,...,\mathbf{X}_N$, where each $\mathbf{X}_i$ is on $n$ bits, is an $(N,K,n,k)$-source of locality $d$ if the following hold:
(1) Somewhere good sources: at least $K$ of the $\mathbf{X}_i$'s are independent, and each contains min-entropy at least $k$. We call these $\mathbf{X}_i$'s good sources, and their locations are unknown. (2) Bounded dependence: each remaining (bad) source can depend arbitrarily on at most $d$ good sources.
We focus on constructing extractors with negligible error, in the regime where most of the entropy is contained within a few sources instead of across many (i.e., $k$ is at least polynomial in $K$). In this setting, even for the case of $0$-locality, very little is known prior to our work. For $d \geq 1$, essentially no previous results are known. We present various new extractors for adversarial sources in a wide range of parameters, and some of our constructions work for locality $d = K^{\Omega(1)}$. As an application, we also give improved extractors for small-space sources.
The class of adversarial sources generalizes several previously studied classes of sources, and our explicit extractor constructions exploit tools from recent advances in extractor machinery, such as two-source non-malleable extractors and low-error condensers. Thus, our constructions can be viewed as a new application of non-malleable extractors. In addition, our constructions combine the tools from extractor theory in a novel way through various sorts of explicit extremal hypergraphs. These connections leverage recent progress in combinatorics, such as improved bounds on cap sets and explicit constructions of Ramsey graphs, and may be of independent interest.
David Butler, David Aspinall, Adria Gascon
ePrint ReportJohann Heyszl, Katja Miller, Florian Unterstein, Marc Schink, Alexander Wagner, Horst Gieser, Sven Freud, Tobias Damm, Dominik Klein, Dennis Kügler
ePrint Report14 December 2019
University of Kent, Canterbury
Job PostingKirCCS is calling for applications for three batches of PhD studentships (2+3+20). Five of these studentships for KirCCS academics will be funded by the University of Kent. There are up to 20 more studentships for all academics of the University of Kent, to be funded jointly by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and the University of Kent.
The 5 University of Kent funded studentships provide full funding for 3 years with an annual stipend at the EPSRC rate (£15,009 p.a. for 2019-20), and a waiver of the home student fees (£4,327 p.a. for 2019-20), totaling £19,336 p.a. (based on 2019-20 figures). The full funding is for "home" students only (eligibility and detailed fees regulations in the UK can be found at https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/Fees-and-Money/England-fee-status). Candidates who do not meet the "home student" criteria are still eligible to apply, but will need to bring additional funding to cover the difference between the overseas fees (£19,000 p.a. for 2019-20) and the home fees.
The 20 CSC funded studentships provide full funding for (Chinese) applicants who are eligible for PhD studentships from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) only. The full funding for CSC funded (Chinese) students include a stipend of £1,200 per month (£14,400 p.a. for 2019-20) provided by CSC and a waiver of full overseas fees (£19,000 p.a. for 2019-20) by the University of Kent, totaling £33,400 p.a. (based on 2019-20 figures). The CSC will also cover a return flight ticket from China to the UK, medical insurance, and one-off UK visa costs.
All successful candidates are expected to start in September 2020.
Closing date for applications:
Contact: For academic queries (like identifying research topics or supervisors) please contact Prof Shujun Li (s.j.li@kent.ac.uk). For queries on the admission procedure, please contact Dr Laura Bocchi, L.Bocchi@kent.ac.uk).
More information: https://cyber.kent.ac.uk/calls.html#PhDs
Rome, Italy, 22 June -
Event CalendarSubmission deadline: 22 January 2020
Notification: 22 March 2020
Barcelona, Espanya, 20 April - 22 April 2020
Event CalendarQualcomm, Sophia Antipolis (France)
Job PostingQualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G, ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities.
In this position you will join the team responsible for the security architecture of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. The team works at a system level spanning across hardware, software and infrastructure while striving for industry-leading solutions.
In this position you will perform tasks like these:
- Architecture of Security and Cryptographic HW/SW IP blocks that contribute to the overall SoC Security Architecture
- Design of countermeasures to state of the art physical attacks
- Competitive analysis of security systems and features
Minimum Qualifications:
MS degree preferred with 5+ years industry experience required in one or more of the following areas
- Design of HW/SW security blocks and modules such as HW cryptographic engines
- HW/SW threat analysis, security analysis, risk analysis
- Cryptography and protocols using cryptography
- Smart Card HW/SW Security Technologies
Preferred Qualifications Additional skills in the following areas are a plus:
- Security Certification Process and Requirements
- Research background (Publications, Conference)
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills required
- Leadership & management background is required
Education Requirements Required: Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering
Preferred: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering
Closing date for applications:
Contact: Aymeric Vial
More information: https://jobs.qualcomm.com/public/jobDetails.xhtml?requisitionId=1975590
12 December 2019
Christian Paquin, Douglas Stebila, Goutam Tamvada
ePrint ReportIn this work, we develop and make use of a framework for running such experiments in TLS cheaply by emulating network conditions using networking features of the Linux kernel. Our testbed allows us to independently control variables such as link latency and packet loss rate, and then examine the impact on TLS connection establishment performance of various post-quantum primitives, specifically hybrid elliptic curve/post-quantum key exchange and post-quantum digital signatures, based on implementations from the Open Quantum Safe project. Among our key results, we observe that packet loss rates above 3-5% start to have a significant impact on post-quantum algorithms that fragment across many packets, such as those based on unstructured lattices. The results from this emulation framework are also complemented by results on the latency of loading entire web pages over TLS in real network conditions, which show that network latency hides most of impact from algorithms with slower computations (such as supersingular isogenies).