International Association
for Cryptologic Research

A PhD scholarship is available at the School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK. The research will be in the area of security and applied cryptography. Topics include, but are not limited by, biometric encryption, digital forensics, authenticated key exchange, electronic voting, digital cash, anonymous auction, RFID authentication and distance bounding protocols and so on. The student is encouraged to choose or define a topic of his/her most interest and expertise.

The scholarship will cover the tuition fee, and provide a stipend of £14,790 per year for maintenance. The full amount is applicable to an EU student only. If you are a non-EU student with outstanding background, please contact Dr Feng Hao (feng.hao at ncl.ac.uk) for more details.

To apply, please send your CV and a brief research proposal (max 2 page) to Dr Feng Hao (feng.hao at ncl.ac.uk). For interested candidates, the application should be made as early as possible.