International Association
for Cryptologic Research

Project: In a community, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic. The help may take the form of providing and evaluating relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to and accepting advice, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. Today, an emerging trend is that patients (non-professionals) with similar conditions form communities so that they can reach out to each other for advice and sharing experiences. Healthcare professionals are also involved in the process to improve the services, and to do research on the basis of the data generated by a community.

Goal: design new privacy and security techniques to support self-help communities. The project is a collaboration with several academic and industrial partners.

What we ask and what we offer: You have Master degree or you are about to graduate in computer science or mathematics, and you have a solid background in applied cryptography and/or information security. You like working in a team. You will be appointed for a period of four years, at the end of which you must have completed a PhD thesis. During this period you have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge by joining international exchange programs, to participate in national and international conferences and workshops, and to visit other research institutes and universities worldwide.

The monthly salary of a PhD student ranges from EURO 1956, - gross in the first year to EURO 2502, - gross in the fourth year.