International Association
for Cryptologic Research

The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, UK, has agreed in principle to sponsor two PhD/Doctoral Studentships to be held with the Information Security Group of Royal Holloway (University of London) in the area of cryptography. The studentships will be funded for a period of 3.5 years, starting in September 2013. The two studentships available are as follows:

A Computational Algebra Approach to Learning with Errors

Supervisors: Dr Carlos Cid and Prof. Sean Murphy

Randomness in Cryptography – Theory Meets Practice

Supervisor: Prof. Kenny Paterson

Note that the studentships are only open to UK nationals and the successful candidates will be required to spend in the region of 2 - 4 weeks per year at GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham. To be considered for this studentship, candidates must therefore be prepared to undergo GCHQ\'s security clearance procedures.