International Association
for Cryptologic Research

There is a vacancy for a PhD position at the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway (www.uib.no/en/ii) within cryptology. The position is for a fixed term period of 3 years and funded by the project “Modern Methods and Tools for Theoretical and Applied Cryptology” (CryptoWorld) awarded by the Research Council of Norway.

About the project/work tasks

Analyze, design and implement symmetric cryptographic lightweight primitives. Establish new methods of algebraic cryptanalysis and implement them efficiently. Advance the theoretical understanding of the use of Nonlinear Feedback Shift Registers (NLFSRs) for the needs of symmetric key cryptography.

The research training

The PhD candidate should have a strong background in computer science or/and mathematics with relevance to cryptography and must participate in an approved educational program for a PhD degree within a period of 3 years.