International Association
for Cryptologic Research

We offer three predoctoral grants motivated by the start of two large research projects related to security, privacy, cryptography and the economics of privacy.

The candidates\' primary job will be to do research within the project. Additionally, they are expected to submit a PhD thesis based on the research carried out.

What we require:

Candidates should have a Master\'s degree in Computer Science. Also acceptable is a Master\'s degree in Economics or Social Sciences, as long as the candidate\'s skills in mathematics and computer science are demonstrably good. Knowledge of cryptographic protocols, game theory and/or behavioural economics will be regarded as an additional merit.

Where we are:

Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) is based in Tarragona (Catalonia), which is a coastal city 90 km south of Barcelona. URV has been ranked by Times Higher Education 2014 as the world´s 66th best university under 50 years of age. Also, according to the CWTS Leiden 2014 ranking, URV has the second highest research impact on ``Math., Comp. Sci. and Engineering´´ among European universities. According to the Shanghai ARWU ranking, URV is one of the world\'s top 200 universities in computer science.

What candidates should send:

Send your CV and publication record, plus two recommendation letters to

Prof. Josep Domingo-Ferrer ( josep.domingo (at) urv.cat ).