International Association
for Cryptologic Research

COSIC’s research focus lays in the design, evaluation and implementation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols, the development of security architectures for information and communication systems, the development of security mechanisms for embedded systems and the design and analysis of privacy preserving systems.

COSIC is looking for 8 motivated researchers who fit into following profiles:

• PhD candidate in public key cryptography and cryptographic protocols (multiple positions)
• PhD candidate in symmetric cryptography and PRNGs
• PhD position in biometry and federated identity management
• PhD position in secure circuits for RNG and PUFs
• Post-doctoral position in biometry and federated identity management
• Post-doctoral position in multi party computation

General Profile and Skills required

For all the above positions the candidates must hold a Master’s Degree in engineering, mathematics or computer science, have good grades and have a keen interest in cryptography. We prefer candidates who can demonstrate that they have developed their research skills during their Master’s studies. For the postdoctoral positions a PhD degree in the relevant area is required. The candidate should also have an interest in implementation of cryptographic algorithms.

How to apply

Send following documents (in pdf) to jobs-cosic (at) esat.kuleuven.be.

• Curriculum Vitae
• Motivation letter
• List of publications
• Relevant research experience
• Study curriculum with rankings
• English proficiency
• Pdf of diploma and transcripts (translation if the original is not in Dutch, English, French or German)
• Research propo