International Association
for Cryptologic Research

A Postdoc position in the area of Software Security at the University of Arizona

**Call for applications**

Expected funding duration: 24 Months

Starting date: Immediate

**Project description**

This project aims to investigate innovative approaches to protecting the integrity and confidentiality of a piece of software against an attacker (the man-at-the-end, MATE) who has physical access to the software and so is able to inspect, modify, and execute it. One important goal of the project is to derive a fundamental basis of MATE defense principles and metrics.

**Key tasks to be performed**

Develop MATE attack models that formally characterize the process of device compromise. Design novel MATE defense algorithms. Provide attack tools to allow easy testing of these defenses. Devise community standards for defense evaluation. Investigate different approaches to constructing and validating metrics for obfuscation, tamper-proofing, and software watermarking.

**Applicant profile**

The applicant must have a PhD in Computer Science or other strongly related field. A successful candidate should have a technical background in one or more of computer security, cryptography, and programming languages/compilers.

**Location**

The work will be carried out at the University of Arizona, under the supervision of a team of researchers from the Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering departments.