Information Security Group (ISG), Royal Holloway, University of London
Two Post-Doctoral Research Assistants

The ISG seeks two Post-doctoral Research Assistants to work on the ITA project, a large collaborative project led by IBM Research and involving 20 universities from the UK and US. These posts are available immediately and will run until May 2011. Successful applicants will already possess, or be close to finishing, a PhD in a relevant discipline. Salary is in the range £31,838 to £37,603 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

One candidate will work with Dr. Jason Crampton on the development of novel access control models that incorporate notions of risk. The other candidate will work with Dr. Alex Dent and Prof. Kenny Paterson on the development of efficient and provably secure cryptographic techniques in the identity-based and attribute-based/predicate-based settings, as well as cryptographic aggregation techniques.

Informal enquiries can be made to any of Jason Crampton, Alex Dent or Kenny Paterson at {jason.crampton; a.dent; kenny.paterson} "at" rhul.ac.uk
Further details and an application form are available at http://rhul.ac.uk/personnel/Ads/X0709-5471-5472.html

The closing date for receipt of applications is midday on July 31st 2009.

University of Bristol
PhD Position in Side Channel Analysis

The Cryptography Group in the Dept of Computer Science has a four year PhD position available in the general area of side-channel analysis of processors.
The position will provide payment of your fees at the UK/EU level and will also provide a tax-free stipend of around 13,000 GBP.

Further details are available at... http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/admissions/phd/news-item.jsp?nid=16

Note: That we are soon to advertise a Post-Doc position in this area, so please also contact us if you are interested in being informed of this when it is available

COSIC (Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Tenure Track Position Privacy Technologies

The research of the candidate will concentrate on privacy technologies with an integrated view on technical, legal and user aspects. The research program should address identity management, unlinkability at application and network layers and also consider challenges related to personalization and location based services. The research should cover a broad range of application areas such as biomedical (e-health and e- wellness), telematics (road pricing) and RFID technologies. Research will be conducted within the framework of the research centre LICT (Leuven ICT); it is expected that the candidate develops interdisciplinary collaborations inside and outside the LICT.

Applications are accepted until September 30st 2009
Contact: bart.preneel AT esat.kuleuven.be
More details: http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/vacatures/engineering.html

Claude Shannon Institute, Ireland
Post-doctoral positions

• Cryptanalysis of S-Boxes and Boolean Functions
• Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography
• Network Coding and Cryptology

Positions are for two years. For further details see www.shannoninstitute.ie

To apply please send a CV to Gary McGuire (gary dot mcguire at ucd dot ie) by July 15.

University of Luxembourg
2 Ph.D. positions in cryptography

The Laboratory of Algorithms, Security and Cryptology (LACS) at University of Luxembourg is looking for two Ph.D. students in cryptography.

Applicants with interest in the following areas are particularly welcome to apply:

• Cryptanalysis and design of block, stream ciphers or hash functions and MACs.
• Cryptanalysis and design of public-key cryptosystems and protocols.
• Side-channel attacks

Salary range: 2000 €/month.

For more information see here

To apply please send your CV with photo and a letter explaining your interests, by email to jean-sebastien.coron_AT_uni_DOT_lu and alex.biryukov2006_AT_gmail_DOT_com.

The closing date for applications is July 15th, 2009.

(2009-06-19)

University of Caen - GREYC, France

PhD position: Probabilistic analysis of "cryptographic" lattices.

The proposal (at the interface between cryptography, geometry of numbers, algorithmic of lattice reduction and probabilistic analysis of algorithms) focuses on the efficiency of lattice-based cryptanalyses and on the precise evaluation of the security of lattice-based cryptosystems. The geometric and algorithmic properties of these ``cryptographic'' lattices are still not well understood. The novelty of the proposed approach lies in its probabilistic point of view, in opposition to the usual ''worst-case'' setting.

This work is related to the LAREDA project of the ``ANR blanche'' (http://lamfa.u-picardie.fr/paccaut/lareda/).

The 3-year PhD studentship will be supervised by Brigitte Vallée (brigitte.vallee@info.unicaen.fr), Julien Clément (julien.clement@info.unicaen.fr) and Fabien Laguillaumie (fabien.laguillaumie@info.unicaen.fr).

Applications should be directed to the supervisors before 31 september 2009.

More info:

• PhD proposal (pdf)
• Funding for doctoral programmes.

(2009-06-16)

Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia (Spain)
Two postdoctoral positions in cryptology and/or information security and/or information privacy.

(2009-05-25)

CTIT, University of Twente, The Netherlands and Philips Research
3 vacant PhD positions

1. Design system-centric authorisation, authentication, trust management, and audit techniques that allow patients to manage their own PHR.
2. Design user-centric protocols for policy enforcement of PHR based on encryption techniques, such as proxy encryption.
3. Design data-centric access control protocols for EHR by combining ideas from attribute-based encryption and sticky policies.

(2009-05-20)

Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, NY
Postdoctoral positions or Research Scientists in Computer Security

• strong background in multicore architectures, multicore simulators,
• security approaches using Trusted platform modules

• expertise in fault, power and timing sidechannels

• virtualization, FPGA prototyping, system security concepts

LIRMM, University Montpellier, France
Post-Doc

A post-doc position (12 at 18 months, LIRMM, University Montpellier, France) will be to offer new and original solution to protect (integrity and confidentiality) the external bus between off-chip RAM memory and the SoC platform. A first solution has been developed, but new constraints are now established and should be considered to limit the global system performances.

Contact : Lionel TORRES, +33 4 67 41 85 67

(May 09, 2009)

CESTI, BORDEAUX (France)

Le CESTI, Centre d’Évaluation de la Sécurité des Technologies de l’Information, est un laboratoire d’évaluation sécuritaire accrédité en matière d’évaluations de sécurité. Il propose ses compétences aux leaders industriels : cartes à puce et leurs différentes applications (bancaire, passeport électronique, signature électronique, télévision à la carte…) et autres produits de sécurité et de services de cryptographie. Avec EADS, c'est un leader de SEISES. Il détient aussi un rôle principal dans un projet TES (Transactions Electroniques Sécurisées).

Ce Laboratoire est agréé par la Direction Centrale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information (la DCSSI).

Création : 1991
Chiffre d'affaires : 17M€
Effectifs : 150 dont 90% d'ingénieurs & techniciens
5000 m² de laboratoire
6000 expertises / an

Postes : 

• Evaluateur expérimenté sécurité "Cartes"
• Evaluateur cryptanalyste expérimenté

Chacun de ces postes comprend une part « opérationnelle » - Vérifications sécuritaires, développement des systèmes d’attaques -  et une part « R&D ».

Rémunération : Selon expérience

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(May 09, 2009)

Telcordia Technologies, USA
Security experts with research (and/or other) skills

The Advanced Technology Solutions organization within Telcordia Technologies has vacant positions for individuals with security expertise and an active US security clearance, having one or more of the following skills: research, software development skills (C,C++,Java), Kernel level development (Linux, Unix, Windows), and modeling and simulation skills (OPNET, Qualnet, NS-2).

Researchers with security expertise and US citizenship will also be considered.

To apply or request more information, contact Dr. Giovanni Di Crescenzo here.

Starting date: immediately.
Closing Date: continuous.

(May 09, 2009)

Technical University Berlin, Germany
PhD and Post-doctoral/Senior Research Scientists in Computer Security

The recently established institute Security in Telecommunications at the Technical University Berlin (T-Labs) has several vacant positions for PhD students and/or Senior Researchers. Details can be found here (PhD) and here (Senior Researcher).

Further information is available from Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Seifert via email.

Starting date: immediately.
Closing Date: continuous.

(Apr 24, 2009)

University of Bristol, UK
PhD Position in Cryptography

We have a PhD CASE studentship, part funded by Trend Micro Ltd, to work on various aspects of cryptography related to secure access to remotely held data.

Applicants must be UK citizens, or EU citizens resident in the UK for at least 3 years.

The studentship funds fees, and will pay an enhanced tax-free stipend (approx £17,500 per annum) to the student to cover living expenses.

The studentship will be particularly suitable for someone who has just completed a Mathematics degree, or someone with a strong interest in theoretical aspects of computer science.

For further details here.

Closing date: 30th June 2009.

(Apr 16, 2009)

Cybernetica AS, Tallinn/Tartu, Estonia
Two postdocs in cryptography and related areas.

EXCS (Estonian eXcellence in Computer Science), is a new Estonian centre of excellence (CoE) 2008-2015 that has just been awarded 66.4 MEEK (ca 4.25 MEUR) of ERDF funds.

Within this CoE we are currently seeking two postdoctoral fellows to join the cryptography group centered at Cybernetica AS, more information here. The positions may be located either in Tartu or Tallinn. We are primarily looking for candidates in cryptography, but excellent candidates in related areas, especially computer security and complexity theory/algorithmics, are encouraged to apply.

The contracts are initially for two years, renewable for further two years. The preferred start date can be negotiated but should be as soon as possible. Depending on the successful applicants' qualifications and track record, the gross salary can vary between 28000..35000 EEK (1800..2250 EUR) per month, which is highly competitive against the sectoral salaries and the living cost in Estonia. Estonian income tax is approximately 21%. The employment arrangement includes access to the Estonian public healthcare system.

Enquiries about the positions, project and the employers should be sent here. Applications must be sent to the same address; candidates must attach their CV, a digital copy (scan) of their degree certificate and a research statement.

Application deadline: open, but the positions will be filled as soon as we get competent candidates. Further information here.

(Jan 16, 2009)

Florida Atlantic University, USA
Assistant/Associate Professor in Cryptology

The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Florida Atlantic University is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor in Cryptology, starting in August 2009 to extend FAU's program in cryptology and information security. Applicants must possess a Ph.D. in mathematics or closely related area and an internationally established research record in cryptology or information security. Theoretical and practical subject areas within cryptology and information security are equally welcome. Responsibilities for this position include teaching, research and professional service. A successful candidate is expected to have a genuine interest and ability in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and to direct research at the graduate level.

The salary range is $60K - $65K. For additional information about the position, please contact us by email. The position will remain open until filled. Reviewing of applications will begin on April 15, 2009.

To be considered for the position, all applicants must apply and complete the Faculty, Administrative, Managerial & Professional Position Application form available online through the Office of Human Resources at: https://jobs.fau.edu (position number 992405).

(Mar 31, 2009)

Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
PhD Position in Cryptographic Protocols

Cryptographic Protocols Group at the State Key Laboratory of information Security with Institute of software, Chinese Academy of Sciences is seeking for an outstanding candidate for a PhD position in the area of cryptographic protocols. The contract is initially for 3 years. Good knowledge of English is required.

Interested candidates should submit an application to Prof. Rui Xue. Further information can be requested by email.

Starting date: immediately

(Mar 18, 2009)

Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Post-doctoral Research Fellow on Cryptographic Protocols

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research fellow to contribute to the research activity of cryptographic protocols. Candidates will be required to conduct research in areas of cryptographic protocols design and analysis or formal methods in verification of cryptographic protocols.

More details and contact information is available from Professor Xue.

(Mar 18, 2009)

Royal Holloway, Unversity of London
Lecturer in Mathematics

Applications are invited from mathematicians with research interests that are related to, or complement, current strengths of the department. We are most interested in applicants who will be able to interact with our pure mathematics or discrete mathematics groups (whose interests include cryptography, coding theory, combinatorics, algebra and number theory). However, applications from strong candidates working in other fields will also be given serious consideration.

The salary will be in the range £38,666 - £45,756 pa inclusive of London Allowance. The post is available from 1st September 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter.  Informal enquiries may be made to Head of Department, Prof. Ruediger Schack.

Further details and application forms are available here.
Closing date: 2nd April 2009, midday.

(Mar 11, 2009)

National University of Singapore, Singapore
4 Research Scientists in cryptography and related areas

Temasek Laboratories at National University of Singapore, Singapore is seeking four research scientists in cryptography and related areas 

Applicants who have a PhD degree in relevant Mathematics/Computer Science/Engineering discipline and have a strong background and experience in one or two following areas are encouraged to apply. The areas are stream ciphers, hash function, algebraic/correlation attacks on symmetric ciphers, Boolean function, public-key cryptography, elliptic curve cryptography and error correcting codes (low density parity-check codes, turbo codes, block codes), etc. Programming proficiency in C/C++ is necessary.

For details and contact information here.

(Feb 25, 2009)

University of Twente, the Netherlands
Associate/Assistant Professor Computer Security

The Distributed and Embedded Security (DIES) Research Group of EEMCS/CTIT University of Twente, the Netherlands has a vacancy for an associate/assistant professor Computer Security. 

We are looking for candidates with a PhD in a security related area and background  in computer science, electrical engineering, or mathematics with a proven track record of supervising PhD students, acquiring external funding, and publishing in high quality journals and conferences. 

The vacancy is for a full time, permanent position. The gross monthly salary depends on experience and qualifications and will be maximum EUR 4970 (scale 12) for an assistant professor and maximum EUR 5920 (scale 14) for an associate professor. The University of Twente provides excellent facilities for professional and personal development. In addition to this we offer a holiday allowance (8%) and an end-of-year bonus (8,3%) and a number of additional benefits. 

More information here.

Application: Please, email your curriculum vitae, publication list, letter of motivation, and names of three referees, before May 15, 2009 to Prof. Dr. Pieter Hartel, phone +31 53 489 2411.

(Feb 25, 2009)

University of Karlsruhe (Germany)
W1-Junior Professorship for Theoretical Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Karlsruhe invites application for a W1-Junior Professorship (equivalent to Assistant Professor) for Theoretical Computer Science.

This position is a tenure track position, which may be turned into a Full Professor position (W3) dependent upon a positive evaluation. The focus of research should complement the existing chairs at the faculty and allow for cooperation in at least one of the following areas:

• Cryptography/Security
• Algorithms
• Formal Methods.

The candidate is expected to give lectures on her/his research area. In addition, an adequate participation to courses at the bachelor level is expected. Requirements are a strong scientific record, e.g. acquired through an excellent PhD thesis, and a teaching aptitude.

Further details can be found here.

Closing date: April 20, 2009.

(Feb 25, 2009)

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
PhD Position in Cryptographic Protocols (Wiss. Mitarbeiter, BAT IIa)

Cryptographic Protocols Group (CRYPO) at the Computer Science Department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt is seeking for an outstanding candidate for a PhD position in the area of cryptographic protocols. The contract is initially for 3 years. Good knowledge of both German and English is required. 

Interested candidates should submit an application to Prof. Mark Manulis, FG Kryptographische Protokolle, Fachbereich Informatik, CASED/TU Darmstadt, Mornewegstr. 32, D-64293 Darmstadt, Germany. More details here.
Further information can be requested by email.

Starting date: immediately

(Feb 25, 2009)

Queen’s University Belfast, UK
EPSRC-funded PhD studentship

Applications are invited for a PhD Research Studentship to commence May 2009 in the area of hardware security architectures for resource constrained RFID applications. The research will be housed within the UK’s £25M strategic Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT) at the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology.

The 3-year PhD studentship will be supervised by Dr Maire O’Neill (nee McLoone) and carried out in collaboration with Dr Matt Robshaw, Orange Labs. Funding includes both fees and a bursary of up to £12,940 p.a. for three years with a budget for travel. A minimum of a 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or Computer Science is required. Applicants should apply electronically through the Queen's online application portal.

Closing Date: 06 March 2009

(Feb 13, 2009)

Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT),
Queen’s University Belfast, UK – EPSRC-funded PhD studentship

Applications are invited for a PhD Research Studentship to commence October 2009 to conduct research into quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA)-based security architectures in collaboration with researchers at the University of Texas, at Austin. The research will be housed within the UK’s £25M strategic Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT) at the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology.

Funding includes both fees and a bursary of up to £12,940 p.a. for three years with a budget for travel. A minimum of a 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or Computer Science is required. Applicants should apply electronically through the Queen's online application portal.

Closing Date: continuous 

(Feb 13, 2009)

Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research fellow to contribute to the research activity of the data security systems research group within the UK’s £25M strategic Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT) at the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology. Candidates will be required to conduct research in areas such as side channel analysis, cryptographic algorithm design, RFID security or efficient implementation

Applicants must hold a 2.1 Honours Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering/Computer Science/Mathematics or a related discipline and hold a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering/Computer Science/Mathematics or a related discipline  Further information and the application process are available here.

Salary: £29,704 - £38,757
Closing Date : March 06, 2009 

(Feb 13, 2009)

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
PhD Scholarship: IT-Security in the Internet-of-Services - Trust & Reputation Models

The Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) at Technische Universität Darmstadt offers funding for a PhD student scholarship. CASED was newly established with major funding from the State of Hesse in an effort to bundle and augment the broad, internationally renowned IT Security research excellence in Darmstadt.

CASED hosts a 3 year doctoral program for outstanding students holding a Master's degree (or German Diploma or equivalent) in Computer Science or related disciplines. With the particular scholarship offered here, PhD research will aim at developing and evaluating innovative trust and reputation models that support users and autonomous agents in selecting and composing services from the global Internet. More details here.

Closing date: May 31, 2009

(Feb 12, 2009)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
PhD Research Fellowship in Cryptology and Coding

The Department of Telematics, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is offering a PhD grant in cryptology and coding, applied to communication technology. Applicants with a strong background in one or several areas of: public key cryptography; private key cryptography; stream ciphers; block ciphers; hash functions; cryptanalysis of cryptographic primitives; secure multiparty computations; block codes; error-correcting codes; space-time codes; are encouraged to apply.

A solid background from one or more of the areas of networking techniques, algebra, combinatorics, number theory, applications of coding and cryptography, information theory, computational complexity theory, skills for efficient implementation in C, assembler or VHDL, skills for design and analysis of algorithms, will be a plus.

We seek a highly motivated individual holding a Master’s degree in Telematics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant disciplines.

Interested candidates are encouraged to email Prof. Danilo Gligoroski, for further information.

The official announcement and more information is available here.

Closing date for application: April 3, 2009

(Feb 12, 2009)

University College Dublin, Ireland
Ph.D. Studentship in Public-Key Cryptography/Computational Algebra

The School of Mathematical Sciences offers a Ph.D. Studentship on the project "Public-Key Cryptography Based on Finite Simple Semirings" funded by the Science Foundation Ireland. The project is concerned with the creation of new cryptographic primitives based on finite simple semirings. Our research involves techniques from different parts of algebra and discrete mathematics, such as the theory of finite rings and semirings, the theory of semigroups, and lattice theory.

Interested candidates that have a strong background in Mathematics and Computer Science are encouraged to apply. A successful candidate will form an integral part of the research project.

Prerequisites: An excellent Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or a related area. A solid background in public-key cryptography, ring theory and/or combinatorics is an additional plus. Programming skills are very welcome.

The preferred starting date will be April 2009.

More details and contact information: here.

Closing date: continuous.

(Feb 6, 2009)

Technische Universität Darmstadt
Germany PhD Position in Applied Cryptography (BAT IIa)

The Security Engineering Group at the Technische Universität Darmstadt is seeking one PhD student in applied cryptography. The initial contract will be for two years, however an extension for an additional year is possible. Applicants should have a masters degree in Computer Science or Mathematics (or equivalent) and should have basic knowledge in asymmetric cryptography, cryptographic protocols or secure multiparty computation. 

Interested candidates should submit an application to Prof. Stefan Katzenbeisser, TU Darmstadt, Security Engineering Group, Hochschulstrasse 10, D-64289 Darmstat, Germany. For more information, please send an e-mail here. 

More details here. 

Starting date: immediately

(Jan 28, 2009)

Carl von Ossietzky Universität
Two Ph.D. student positions in Algebra/Number Theory/Cryptography (13 TV-L, 2/3)

The Institut für Mathematik at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität invites applications for two positions as Research and Teaching Scientists (13 TV-L, 2/3) starting immediately. The initial contract for both 2/3 positions will be for two years with the possibility of an extension for an additional year.

The job advertisement is intended for Ph.D. students seeking a Ph.D. in the area of Algebra/Number Theory/Cryptography. Applicants are required to have a scientific university degree in Mathematics with an overall grade of B („good“) or better as well as two reference letters (specific aptitude for a Ph.D. in Mathematics).

Interested candidates should submit the usual (including the two reference letters) to the Direktor des Instituts für Mathematik, Herrn Prof. Dr. M. Neubrand, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany.

Deadline for applications is 20-February-2009 (post-marked).

(Jan 28, 2009)

University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
PhD position in Cryptography

The objective of this position is design and analysis of hash functions, mainly in connection with the NIST SHA-3 project.Supervision will be shared between FHNW in Windisch and the Security and Cryptography Laboratory (LASEC) at EPFL in Lausanne.

Starting date: between July 1st and September 1st, 2009

Applicants with strong abilities in Mathematics and Computer Science send their CV together with a letter of recommendation here.

Closing date for applications: March 31, 2009.

(Jan 27, 2009)

Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia
Junior postdoctoral position

The Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona is offoringJunior postdoctoral positions to researchers having obtained their Ph. D. after Sep. 1, 2005 for a three year contract.

Research will focus on technologies that combine privacy and security in the context of the CONSOLIDER "ARES" project.

For more information please contact Prof. Dr. Josep Domingo-Ferrer.

Closing date February 20, 2009.

(Jan 27, 2009)

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
10 Research Fellowships and 8 PhD Scholarships in Coding and Cryptography

The Coding & Cryptography Research Group (CCRG) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore seeks candidates for research fellows and PhD students in coding and cryptography.

• Up to ten 1-5 years research fellowships (from fresh post-docs to senior research fellows) are available. Applicants with a strong background in one or several areas of coding and cryptography - block codes;  quantum error-correcting codes;  space-time codes; public key cryptography; private key cryptography; hash functions; and secure multiparty computations, are encouraged to send their application letters,  detailed CVs and the names/contact emails of 3 references  to here.  A solid background on one of the areas of algebra, combinatorics, number theory, applications of coding and cryptography, efficient implementations, design and analysis of algorithms will be a plus. Salaries are competitive and are determined according to the successful applicants’ accomplishments, experience and qualifications. The positions are open till they are filled.
• Up to eight PhD scholarships on coding and cryptography will be available, starting from August 2009. Information regarding the admission to the PhD program at School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University is available here. Interested applicants should submit their online applications to NTU before 31 Jamuary, 2009, at this location. For other inquiries regarding PhD applications, please send email here.

(Jan 18, 2009)

IBM Research, USA
2009 Josef Raviv Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship

IBM Research is proud to announce the 2009 Josef Raviv Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computer Science and Computer Engineering in memory of Dr. Josef Raviv, the founder and director of the IBM Research Laboratory in Haifa. Dr. Raviv had a distinguished research career in Information Theory and was a pioneer in the Israeli high-tech industry.

IBM will offer one postdoctoral fellowship to a recent Ph.D. who shows exceptional promise for a research career in computer science or computer engineering. The fellowship will be for one year, with an opportunity for IBM to renew for an additional year. The stipend will be at least $100,000 (may be prorated if an IBM Research lab outside the US is selected) plus reasonable moving and travel expenses. A candidate must have received a Ph.D. degree between January 2005 and August 2009.

Details can be found here

(Dec 23, 2008)

Dolby Laboratories, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Sr. Cryptographic Engineer

You will be the cryptographic and ethical lead of a team of cryptographers to architect and implement the domain and content security aspects of a multi-platform multimedia system continuously enhance the CP system to counter-act potential security vulnerabilities, before large scale exploits are becoming available. Responsible for maintaining the systems integrity over the product life time to keep the system current. Responsible for specification and implementation of the system to meet industry standard compliance and robustness rules Responsible for systematic secure boot aspects of the entire system Responsible for systematic application security aspects of the entire system Responsible for user privacy aspects of the entire system Responsible for overall systems resilience against attacks. Skills and Education Minimum of 15+ years of product development experience. At least 7+ years proven experience applied and theoretical cryptography

Please Submit resume to here.

(Dec 15, 2008)

Universidad de Talca, CHILE
Faculty Appointment

Applications are invited for a faculty appointment in Mathematics at the University of Talca starting June 2009. Preference will be given to candidates with research interests in Cryptography and Number Theory.

Candidates should be active scholars and participate in professional and grant activities, and have a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching. Teaching load is two courses per semester.

Salaries are competitive. Chilean government research grants may provide additional salary bonus and research funds (travel, books etc.).

Applicants should submit a vitae, description of past research, copies of the 5 most relevant publications, 2 letters of recommendation and statement of academic goals, either by email here or by standard mail:

Concurso Matematicas
Direccion de Personal
Universidad de Talca
Casilla 721 Talca, Chile

Closing date: January 16, 2009

More information here or contact Maria-Ines Icaza, Chairman, Instituto Matematica y Fisica.

(Dec 15, 2008)

Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the department of Computer Science

Professors Susanne Wetzel and David Naumann are looking for a researcher to use formal methods in development of analytic models for wireless network protocol stacks, including both abstract protocol specifications and actual implementations.

The post-doc can start until January 2009. Applications received by December 8, 2008 will receive full consideration and applications may be considered until the position is filled.

Details can be found here.

(Dec 15, 2008)

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Professor for Reliability and Security of Embedded Systems

The Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) has recently been established by the Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt, the Fraunhofer Institut for Secure Information Technology (SIT) and the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt to be a leading institution for education, research and technology transfer in the field of IT-security.

In this context, the Department of Computer Science at the Technische Universität Darmstadt invites applications for a full-time position, available immediately:

TU Professorship (W3) of computer science focused on "Reliability and Security of Embedded Systems" (reference number: 370).

For more information see here.

(Dec 15, 2008)

Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology
Research Position in Computer Security

The cosec (computer security) group at the b-it (Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology) offers a vacant Research position in computer security in the areas of: cryptography, security for computers and networks, in particular elliptic curves.

More details here.

(Dec 15, 2008)

Oberthur Technology, France
Senior Security Engineer

The Cryptography and Security group of Oberthur Technology is looking for a Security engineer in order to evaluate the side channel resistance of the various cryptographic algorithms used in the smart card environment.

Activities :

• Practical attacks (Power and ElectroMagnetic Analysis + Fault injection) on cryptographic algorithms: countermeasures validation, potential risks evaluation, ...
• Keeping up to date with technological innovations on side channel and fault attacks.
• Design and improvement of software countermeasures
• Improvement of our softwares used to perform the attacks

Experience/Requirements :

• 5+ years software development experience in embedded cryptography and/or practical side channel analysis and fault attacks
• Degree in Computer Science

Candidates should send their applications (including a cover letter and a curriculum vitae) to Dr. Christophe Giraud.

(Nov 17, 2008)

JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (JAIST)
Assistant Professor

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology invites applicants to an assistant professor position in SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE. The appointee is expected to start her/his academic and educational activities in JAIST on 1st April, 2009.

A primary objective of this position is to promote international research and development activities in information Security and Cryptology, where candidates have to be highly competent in conducting research work.

Applicants have to hold Ph.D degree, and be qualified for high scientific activities through participating in domestic and international research initiatives. The salary is automatically decided depending on your experiences and age (annual income is about 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 yen per year(including tax)). JAIST provides the advanced computer system with high speed network and wireless to promote your research, and an official residence.

More information here.

Closing Date: Continuous, until the position is filled..

(Nov 6, 2008)

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Scholarships

The Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) has 21 openings for its PhD scholarship program in the areas of IT Security, starting immediately.

CASED hosts a 3 year doctoral program for outstanding students holding a Master's degree (or German Diploma or equivalent) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering or related disciplines.

This prestigious program offers scholarships to exceptional students who have the potential to make outstanding contributions to science in the following areas of IT Security: security of data (cryptography, including post quantum cryptography), security of services (SOA etc.), security of things (embedded systems etc.).

A total of 21 scholarships (each 1,468 Euro per month) are available.

You can find more information about CASED, research topics, thesis advisors, and formalities concerning your application on our website.

(Sept 7, 2008)

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Postdoctoral Position

The Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) is an IT Security research center currently being established at Technische Universität Darmstadt in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) and the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt (h_da).

The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to engage in setting up the CASED research area "Secure Data" (in collaboration with the coordinator and the PIs) and in collaborative research in that area. Topics include security models, cryptographic primitives, quantum cryptography, cryptographic protocols, implementations and information rights management.

We seek highly qualified applicants who have earned a doctorate degree in mathematics or computer science or related areas. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The starting date is negotiable. Please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and at most two publications (or manuscripts in progress), by electronic mail here. Please arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to the same e-mail address.

More information here.

(Sept 7, 2008)

Digital Communications group, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Research project in cryptography for wireless communications

This open position is part of a project realized in collaboration with the Digital Communications group at UCL, which deals with the problem of security in wireless communication and of cooperation among potentially untrusted units communicating over a wireless network. The adopted point of view will be largely information theoretic.

For this project, we are looking for enthousiastic young researchers with a strong interest in information security. Some knowledge or exerience with cryptography and information theory would be an asset. The PhD student employed will be given the opportunity to carry out a PhD in the UCL Crypto Group, on this project's topic, in close collaboration with the UCL Telecommunication laboratory.

Profile: master or engineering degree in (applied) mathematics, telecommunications or computer science
Duration of the project: 4 years

More information is available here or from Pr. Olivier Pereira, Pr. Jean-Jacques Quisquater or Pr. Luc Vandendorpe.

Closing date: Continuous.

(June 7, 2008)

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