2 PhD positions are provided in College of Big Data, Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT), China. The research topics include but not limited to: blockchain, IoT security, data security, and applied cryptography.

Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT), which was one of the first three national universities in China, was established in 1902. TYUT now has 30960 undergraduates, 7017 postgraduates and 762 doctoral students.

Scholarship for graduates from TYUT: tuition fees will be waived, and the monthly living allowance will be provided. Scholarship and admission details can be found in the pdf file from this link: http://ciee.tyut.edu.cn/info/1016/3205.htm

Application deadline: open until the positions are filled. All successful candidates are expected to start in September 2020.

Interested applicants are advised to email the following documents to huangxin@tyut.edu.cn. (1) CV, (2) Reference letters, (3) Personal statement, (4) School transcripts, (5) Publications if possible.

Interested candidates please send your CV with a research statement to Prof. Jianying Zhou.

I am looking for postdocs & research fellows with expertise on cyber-physical system security. The candidates should have track record of strong R&D capability, be a good team player, and also have good written/oral communication skills. The positions are available immediately, and will provide an excellent opportunity to perform both basic and translational research in close collaboration with industry. Successful candidates will be offered internationally competitive remuneration, and enjoy high-quality living and low tax rates in Singapore.

Interested candidates please send your CV with a research statement to Prof. Jianying Zhou. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

Télécom Paris, one of the top four engineering schools in France for training general engineers and PhDs, invites application for a tenured position of Professor in Cryptography. The successful candidate will join the Computer Science and Networks department of the school and will be at the center of a unique innovation ecosystem on the Paris-Saclay Campus.

Details about this job offer can be found on :

https://www.telecom-paris.fr/job-offer-professor-cryptography

The closing date for applications is April 12, 2020.

Informal enquiries may be made to Bertrand Meyer (bertrand.meyer@telecom-paris.fr)

The ST Engineering-SUTD Cyber Security Laboratory @ SUTD looks for one Postdoctoral Fellow position and one Research Assistant position, for a project on the security of avionics systems with emphases on the aircraft data bus and network technologies.

Post-Doc

• Ph.D. in Computer Science or related areas;
• Background in Security, Software Engineering, and/or Data Science;
• Track record of publications in high-quality journals and/or conferences;
• Good written/oral communication skills in English, and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team;
• Skills and experience in both analytical and empirical research;
• Programming skills in one or more of the following: Python, Java, C++;
• Interest to work in:
  1. Avionics data bus and network technologies
  2. Computer and network security
  3. Attack emulation
  4. Machine learning with application to intrusion detection

Research Assistant

• Master degree in Computer Science or related areas;
• Strong programming skills in one or more of the following: Python, Java, C++;
• Familiarity with (i) applied software and/or systems security, and (ii) machine learning;
• Good written/oral communication skills in English, and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team;
• Interest to work in:
  1. Avionics data bus and network technologies
  2. Computer and network security
  3. Attack emulation
  4. Machine learning with application to intrusion detection

A full-time appointment will be offered for one year renewable. SUTD offers an internationally competitive salary that will be determined based on the applicant's experience and qualifications.

Our mission at Zama is to protect people’s privacy by preventing data breaches and surveillance.

Our first product is a deep learning framework that enables fast and accurate inference over encrypted data, without any changes to the neural network architecture.

We believe privacy-enabling technologies should benefit the widest possible community of developers and security researchers, which is why everything we create will be published and open-sourced.

Zama is founded by Pascal Paillier and Rand Hindi

Responsibilities

Requirements

The Cryptography and Privacy Research Group at Microsoft Research seeks outstanding graduate students for summer internships in Redmond in the areas of Homomorphic Encryption, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Zero-knowledge Proofs, Private Set Intersection, Privacy for ML, Blockchain-based applications, Compilers, Verifiable Computation, Oblivious RAM, Privacy-preserving systems, applied Secure Multi Party Computation, Differential Privacy, and other areas of applied cryptography.

Responsibilities: Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world’s best researchers, interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Interns not only advance their own careers, but they also contribute to exciting research and development strides. During the 12-week internship, students are paired with mentors and expected to collaborate with other interns and researchers, present findings, and contribute to the vibrant life of the community. Research internships are available in all areas of research, and are offered year-round, though they typically begin in the summer.

Qualifications In addition to the qualifications below, you’ll need submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position. After you submit your application, a request for letters may be sent to your list of references on your behalf. Note that reference letters cannot be requested until after you have submitted your application, and furthermore, that they might not be automatically requested for all candidates. You may wish to alert your letter writers in advance, so they will be ready to submit your letter.

Required Qualifications: Must be currently enrolled in a PhD program in mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related STEM field.

Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated ability to engage in research. Must be able to collaborate effectively with other researchers and product development teams. Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-group, and cross-cultural collaboration. Ability to think unconventionally to derive creative and innovative solutions.

The Cryptography and Privacy Research Group at Microsoft Research seeks researchers working on cutting-edge cryptography techniques and their applications, specifically in the areas of Homomorphic Encryption, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Compilers, Verifiable Computation, Oblivious RAM, Zero-knowledge Proofs, Private Set Intersection, Privacy for Machine Learning and AI, Adversarial Machine Learning, Blockchain-based applications, Privacy-preserving systems, Applied Secure Multi Party Computation, Differential Privacy, and other areas of applied cryptography.

Qualifications Required: A Ph.D. degree in mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering or other related fields. Preferred: Demonstrated ability to develop original research agendas. Must be able to collaborate effectively with other researchers and product development teams. Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-group, and cross-cultural collaboration. As part of your application please upload: A current CV; An academic research statement (approximately 2-4 pages) that outlines both your research achievements and agenda, and your service and outreach activities and plans; 3 letters of recommendation. This role is not to exceed 2 years.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country wh

The Cryptography and Privacy Engineering Group (ENCRYPTO) at Technische Universität Darmstadt offers a position for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the project “Privacy-preserving Services on The Internet” (PSOTI) funded via an ERC Starting Grant. We develop techniques and tools for protecting privacy in applications.

Job Description
The fully funded position is for up to 2.5 years with starting date as soon as possible. In our project, we will build privacy-preserving services on the Internet. This includes protocols for privately outsourcing, searching and processing data among untrusted service providers using secure multi-party computation, and building a scalable secure multi-party computation framework. You will co-advise PhD students, be involved in the project management, do research, build prototype implementations, and publish the results at top venues in IT security / applied cryptography. We provide an open and international working environment for excellent research in a sociable team. TU Darmstadt is ranked as a top university for IT security and cryptography in Europe and computer science in Germany. The position is based in the “City of Science” Darmstadt, which is very international and livable, and well-connected in the Rhine-Main area around Frankfurt.

• You have a completed PhD degree (or equivalent) from a top university in IT security, computer science, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, or a similar area.
• Publications at top venues for IT security/applied cryptography (e.g., S&P, CCS, NDSS, USENIX SEC, EUROCRYPT), ideally on cryptographic protocols and secure computation, are required.
• Experience in software development, project management, and supervising students is needed.
• You are self-motivated, reliable, creative, able to discuss/write/present scientific results in English, and can conduct excellent research on challenging scientific problems with practical relevance.

The Cryptography and Privacy Engineering Group (ENCRYPTO) at Technische Universität Darmstadt offers a position for a Doctoral Researcher (Research Assistant/PhD Student) in the project “Privacy-preserving Services on The Internet” (PSOTI) funded via an ERC Starting Grant. We develop techniques and tools for protecting privacy in applications.

Job Description
The fully funded position is for up to 4.5 years with starting date latest on August 1, 2020. In our project, we will build privacy-preserving services on the Internet. This includes protocols for privately outsourcing, searching and processing data among untrusted service providers using secure multi-party computation, and building a scalable secure multi-party computation framework. You will do research, build prototype implementations, and publish and present the results at top conferences and journals. We provide an open and international working environment for excellent research in a sociable team and give the opportunity for further qualification (doctoral/PhD degree). TU Darmstadt is ranked as a top university for IT security and cryptography in Europe and computer science in Germany. The position is based in the “City of Science” Darmstadt, which is very international and livable, and well-connected in the Rhine-Main area around Frankfurt.

• You have a completed Master degree (or equivalent) from a top university with excellent grades in IT security, computer science, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, or a similar field.
• Extensive knowledge in IT security/applied cryptography and excellent software development skills are required.
• Additional knowledge in cryptographic protocols (ideally secure multi-party computation) is a plus.
• You are self-motivated, reliable, creative, able to discuss/write/present scientific results in English, and able to conduct excellent research on challenging scientific problems with practical relevance.

Research topic While malware detection and mitigation research are now trending, a lot of challenges and unsolved problems still remain. Recently, sophisticated malware designers invented techniques to circumvent software detection techniques. A new direction consists in using unintentionally emitted hardware side-channel information. The big advantage of this information is the non-detection by malware designers. Still, those approaches have to be established in real-world scenarios and efficient analysis techniques developed and implemented. We are currently building up a realistic IoT malware side-channel analysis platform which gives us first interesting new insights.

Joining our team you will

• infect IoT devices with malware samples,
• be responsible for the maintenance of the side-channel workbench,
• derive and develop efficient implementations of analysis algorithms,
• drive top-quality research and publish in A*/A-class security and malware conferences.

Prerequisites We are looking for team players who are motivated and able to drive top-quality research. The area of research lies between several fields and we expect at least competences in one of them:

• embedded devices/side-channel analysis, and/or
• statistics, machine learning, deep learning, and/or
• malware analysis.

Additionally, an ideal candidate should have:

• Research engineer: MS degree in a related field, with 1-3 years of work experience,
• PostDoc: Ph.D. in a related field
• good programming skills,
• good level in written and spoken English,
• motivation to save the world.

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics or a related field
• Active track record of relevant publications
• Proficiency in programming, especially C, C++ or Java

• Salary commensurate with experience
• Flexible workspace (offices in West L.A. and Boulder, remote commuting available)
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Retirement plan (401K)
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance reimbursement coverage
• Equity in the form of Stock Options
• Opportunity for growth and advancement
• Collaboration with world-class cryptographers with publication opportunities

• privacy-preserving computation (MPC, FHE, ZKP, etc.)
• lattice-based cryptography
• side-channel attacks and leakage-resilient cryptography
• blockchain technologies (consensus, security and integration with IoT)
• cryptographic implementations and optimizations

• tool aided cryptanalysis, such as MILP, CP, STP, and SAT
• machine learning aided cryptanalysis and designs
• privacy-preserving friendly symmetric-key designs
• quantum cryptanalysis
• cryptanalysis against SHA-3 and AES

The Web3 Foundation nurtures and stewards technologies and applications for a privacy preserving and decentralised web. We work on a range of cryptographic and consensus protocols that have emerged as crucial building blocks of decentralized systems in general, and the Web3 ecosystem in particular. We are the opposite of a big data company. We conduct cutting-edge research that is both theoretically exciting and expected to have a dramatic real world impact by helping to replace centralised infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Set the research agenda in alignment with development collaborators
• Ensure alignment and productivity of the research team members
• Keep an overview of research topics and participate in research when needed
• Initiate and manage research collaborations
• Manage composition of the research team including identifying hiring needs
• Coordinate efforts to deliver high quality research papers along with good internal documentation
• Represent the Web3 Foundation at conferences and share technical information with the community

Requirements

• Postdoc or professor level experience in Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent background
• Experience contributing to research communities that require mathematical rigor, preferably including proofs of security and correctness
• Experience designing cryptographic protocols or distributed algorithms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

A plus

• Demonstrated innovation in cryptography or distributed algorithms
• Experience with blockchain technology
• Experience mentoring, creating technical documentation or blog posts
• Experience and proficiency in programming, especially in Rust or related languages, e.g. C, C++, OCaml, Haskell, or JavaScript
• Demonstrated ability to set and execute a research agenda
• Experience developing research collaborations and managing contractors

To apply to this position, please click on the link provided and submit

The Web3 Foundation nurtures and stewards technologies and applications for a privacy preserving and decentralized web.  We work on a range of cryptographic and consensus protocols that have emerged as crucial building blocks of decentralized systems in general, and the Web3 ecosystem in particular.  We are the opposite of a big data company.We conduct cutting-edge research that is both theoretically exciting and expected to have a dramatic real world impact by helping to replace centralised infrastructure. 

Requirements

You should have a PhD in an area closely related to mathematical economics or macroeconomics, or equivalent background. In addition to excellent written and verbal communication skills, the candidate should have experience in the following areas:

• Mathematical modeling of complex systems.
• Experience in rigorous economic analysis, i.e. computer simulations, ideally of markets or customer behaviors. 
• Collaborations in research teams that require mathematical rigor.

Plus to have:

• Background in quantitative analysis and derivatives modeling.
• Background in game theory. 

Role

• Build simulations of a complex decentralized system, and use real-life data to model its interaction with markets and users. 
• Design macroeconomic indicators for the system, and create automated regulatory mechanisms.
• Provide continued economic advice.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, and execute a research agenda. 
• Collaborate and produce publications within a multi-disciplinary research team.

To apply to this position, please click on the link provided and submit your CV and a cover letter.

The Web3 Foundation nurtures and stewards technologies and applications for a privacy preserving and decentralized web.  We work on a range of cryptographic and consensus protocols that have emerged as crucial building blocks of decentralized systems in general, and the Web3 ecosystem in particular.  We are the opposite of a big data company. We conduct cutting-edge research that is both theoretically exciting and expected to have a dramatic real world impact by helping to replace centralised infrastructure. 

Responsibilities

• Deliver formal proofs of security guarantees and correctness  
• Conduct innovative research into new distributed algorithms and cryptographic protocols 
• Remain pragmatic through evaluation of alternatives and optimisations
• Work with and consult development teams to support the implementation of research results
• Deliver quality research papers along with good internal documentation 
• Represent the Web3 Foundation at conferences and share technical information with the community

Requirements

• PhD or Masters degree in Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent background
• Experience contributing to research communities that require mathematical rigor, preferably including proofs of security and correctness
• Experience designing cryptographic protocols or distributed algorithms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

A Plus

• Demonstrated innovation in cryptography or distributed algorithms
• Experience with blockchain technology 
• Experience mentoring or creating technical documentation or blog posts 
• Experience and proficiency in programming, especially in Rust or related languages, e.g., C, C++, OCaml, Haskell, or JavaScript
• Demonstrated ability to set and execute a research agenda 
• Experience developing research collaborations and managing contractors

To apply to this position, please click on the link provided and submit y

• Completed a Master’s degree (or equivalent) with good grades in computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering, or a closely related field.
• Solid mathematical background and good problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written, and good communication skills.
• Motivated to conduct research work and able to work independently.
• Proficiency in computer programming, computer networks, Latex, and system administration are considered beneficial but not necessary.