4 PhD positions in Privacy and Security

Karlstads universitet

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100%, Reference REK2014/41

Description
4 PhD position are available within the Privacy and Security Group (PriSec) at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Karlstad University. Research within PriSec is focused on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), network and operating system security as well as usability of security and PETs.

Position 1
The position is focused on trade-off between security and performance within a networking context. Knowledge or experience in some of the areas of wireless network security, adaptive security solutions, quality-of-service and/or performance modeling is therefore desirable.

Position 2
The position is focused on software security assessment methods and techniques. Knowledge or experience in some of the areas of computer and network security, vulnerability analysis, security engineering, and/or software engineering is therefore desirable.

Position 3
This position is focused on privacy enhancing technologies (PETs). Knowledge or experience in some of the areas of computer and network security & privacy, privacy enhancing technologies for areas such as cloud computing, big data or social computing, transparency enhancing tools, privacy policy languages or anonymous communication is desirable.

Position 4
This position is focused on usable privacy and security. Knowledge and experience in interdisciplinary privacy & IT security research, user-centric design, and developing user interfaces for PETs and/or secure systems is therefore desirable.

Good programming skills as well as good oral and written communication skills in English are required for all 4 positions.
The candidates should be able to work independently, as well as in a team; and be enthusiastic about pushing the state-of-the-art. Collaboration with academic and industry partners through national/international research projects is expected.

Eligibility
Eligible for this position are candidates with a University degree of 240 ECTS, of which at least 60 ECTS were awarded for courses at advanced level and have a Master’s degree or the Swedish Magister or Civilingenjör Degrees in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent. Eligible are also those candidates who have achieved corresponding degrees or knowledge in Sweden or abroad.

Terms
The position is limited to 4 years, but can be prolonged for up to one more year, if the PhD student also takes over other research, teaching or administrative tasks besides her/his PhD research. Those tasks should not exceed 20% of the time of a full-time position. The earliest date for filling the position is June 1, 2014.

 

Admission
Admission is based on individual assessment of the candidates’ abilities to successfully pass the research education.

Application
Applications should be submitted electronically via the Karlstad University web-based recruitment tool, NetRecruiter, with uploaded attachments. NetRecruiter is available at http://www.kau.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:login/

The application should include the following items:

- Cover letter describing the applicant and her/his research interests in relation to the announced positions. Which of the announced positions the candidate is primarily interested in should be indicated in the cover letter.
- CV
- Relevant diplomas and a list of attended courses with grades and dates
- Copies of publications or proofs of other achievements if applicable
- Reference letters or contact information of at least two reference persons

Non-electronic documents (state registration number REK2014/41) can be addressed to:
Karlstad University
Faculty of Health, Science and Technology
Att. Carina Sundman
651 88 Karlstad, Sweden

Contact
Position 1 and 2: Professor Stefan Lindskog, stefan.lindskog@kau.se, 46(0)54-700 1152
Position 3 and 4: Professor Simone Fischer-Hübner, simone.fischer-huebner@kau.se, 46(0)54-700 1723

Application deadline: 2014-05-15