International Association
for Cryptologic Research

The University of Luxembourg seeks to hire an outstanding researcher for the Applied Security and Information Assurance group (APSIA, led by Prof. Peter Ryan) at its Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). SnT is a recently formed centre carrying out interdisciplinary research in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services, often in collaboration with industrial, governmental or international partners. The APSIA group is also associated with Laboratory of Algorithmics, Cryptology and Security (LACS) of the Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC), which is part of the international and multidisciplinary Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) in University of Luxembourg.

The PhD topic is related to investigate efficient and secure mechanisms for individuals and organisations to outsource their data and related operations to third-party service providers. The research focus will mainly be on (but not limited to) cryptographic encryption schemes, which provide rigorous security properties yet allow authorized parties to directly search over the ciphertexts. The candidate is expected to design new schemes, analyse their security properties, and investigate the practical performances of the solutions.