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IACR News item: 20 January 2012

Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Saarland University is seeking to establish within the department of mathematics and computer science several faculty positions as assistant professors (Juniorprofessor, W1) with tenure-track option, offered for a three-year term, with a possible extension of another three years, dependable on a teaching evaluation and an external evaluation of the research activities. Every position will receive additional complementary funding by the CISPA, to cover research personnel and other costs. Senior appointments including tenure will be considered in exceptional cases.

The positions are part of the recently established IT-security center "CISPA - Center for IT-Security, Privacy, and Accountability". CISPA was established as part of the German initiative to create three distinguished centers of outstanding research in IT-security. CISPA covers the whole range of research problems in IT-security, privacy, and accountability, from fundamental research questions to the development of new technologies and prototypic systems for practical application.

Applications are invited for positions in all areas related to IT-security, privacy, and accountability. These areas include, but are not limited to:

  • design and formal verification of security protocols, programs, and architectures;
  • cryptography;
  • network and operating systems security;
  • web security;
  • privacy enhancing technologies in a broad sense, privacy in data acquisition, processing, and publishing;
  • reliability, accountability and trust;
  • security and privacy in decentralized systems;
  • as well cross-cutting disciplines such as usability and social aspects in this research field.
  • A doctoral degree in computer science or related areas and an outstanding research record are required. The working and teaching language is English. Candidates should submit their application curriculum vitae, photograph, list of public

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