International Association
for Cryptologic Research

Applications are invited for the MS and PhD positions at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The successful candidates will work at the CANSEC Lab on the diverse topics in applied cryptology.
(Note: Candidates must comprehend formal security analysis, secure coding, and effective security integration in the application domains.)

Responsibilities: Apart from academic work, student must involve in several activities in a group or individually, such as (not limited to):

Design and implementation of safety protocol.

Assesment of the security and performance metric.

Research meeting with the supervisor.

Requirements: (02 MS and 01 PhD positions)
Apart from the university's basic admission policies (https://cse.nsysu.edu.tw/?Lang=en), students are desired to have following key requirements:

Strong motivation on applied cryptography.

Knowledge of modern technology, such as C-V2X, 5G/6G, Cloud computing, IoT.

Knowledge of basic mathematics.

Knowledge of at least two programming languages, such as Python/Java/C/C++.

Master's thesis must match the research field: Cryptography/Information Security. (for Phd positions)

Scholarship:

Fully-funded MS (up to 2 years) and PhD programs (up to 3 years) through university grants and standard project funding; additional financial support available for exceptional PhD students.

Deadline for CV submission: December 31, 2025.
Deadline for online application: Jan~March, 2026.
Joining CANSEC-Lab@NSYSU: Fall 2026.