International Association
for Cryptologic Research

The University of Luxembourg seeks to hire an outstanding researcher for the Applied Security and Information Assurance (APSIA) group 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.

REF : F1-070079

Fixed-term contract 3 years, full-time (40 hrs/week)

Number of Positions : 1

Your Role

The PhD topic is to design and analyse lattice-based cryptosystems. The research focus will mainly be on (but not limited to) investigating lattice-related hardness assumptions, both in terms of classical and quantum models of computation, and then designing novel, practical lattice-based public-key cryptosystems. Other classes of “hard” problems, for example based on coding theory and braid groups, will also be investigated.

The student will work closely with Prof. Peter Y. A. Ryan and Dr. Qiang Tang. Moreover, the student will be encouraged to work with other members in the APSIA group and collaborate with researchers from other related research units, such as LACS.