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IACR News item: 10 March 2016

University of Luxembourg
Job Posting Job Posting
Ph.D. positions in information security (M/F)
Ref: R-STR-5014-00B
Fixed Term Contract 3 year (CDD) full-time (40 hrs/week)
Probation: 6 months
Number of positions: 2

Your Role: The successful candidate will participate in the activities of the APSIA research group (http://apsia.uni.lu/) led by Prof. P. Y. A. Ryan. The group specializes in the mathematical foundations of information assurance.

Research Context: The positions are within a national partnership project about the design and the analysis of security of communication protocols for the encrypted exchange and storage of information. Such activities are meant to make it possible to assess rigorously the security of the protocols developed as components of a \'Privacy by Default\' product, and to instil security in the engineering processes from the design of the communication logic down to the implementation of the running code obtained by automatic translation. The analysis can be extended to ensure security to upper layers, including those interacting with the users.

Duties: Under the direction of a senior scientist research and a professor, the candidates will carry research, write scientific papers, present research results at conferences, collaborate with research partners, and write and defend a Ph.D. thesis.

Closing date for applications: 31 March 2016

Contact: Gabriele Lenzini, Peter Y A Ryan

More information: http://emea3.mrted.ly/z3hn

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