International Association
for Cryptologic Research

We currently have four open research fellow positions at the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) in Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) in the areas of hardware security and cryptography:

Research Fellow in Post-Quantum Cryptography (3 years) to conduct research into the design and implementation of practical, robust and physically secure post-quantum cryptographic architectures, as part of the UK Quantum Communications Hub project.

Research Fellow in Side Channel Analysis (3 years) to conduct research into physical side channel attacks and countermeasures of post-quantum cryptographic architectures as part of the UK Quantum Communications Hub project.

Research Fellow in Hardware Trojan Detection (30 months) to conduct research into the application of advanced machine learning techniques for use in hardware Trojan detection, as part of the EPSRC-funded DeepSecurity project.

Research Fellow in Physical Unclonable Function (30 months) to conduct research into software-based PUF designs for embedded microprocessors, as part of an international collaborative project, SIPP- Secure IoT Processor Platform with Remote Attestation.

These post-doctoral positions will be based at CSIT, which is recognised by NCSC as an Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE) in Cyber Security Research, and is also host to the UK Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE).

The successful applicants will have a 2:1 Honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering/Computer Science/Mathematics (or related discipline), and have, or be about to obtain, a PhD in a relevant subject, as well as at least 3 years recent relevant research experience in one, or more, of the following areas: side channel analysis, FPGA/ASIC/Embedded systems design, hardware design or hardware/software co-design.

For further information and to apply please check out the QUB job vacancies website: http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacancies/ResearchJobs/

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Ciara Rafferty (c.m.rafferty@qub.ac.uk)

More information: http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacancies/ResearchJobs/