4 PhD candidates in Resilient Computing Systems

The University of Luxembourg seeks to hire outstanding researchers working towards a PhD degree, at its Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT).

SnT is a centre carrying out interdisciplinary research in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) systems and services, often in collaboration with industrial, governmental or international partners. SnT is active in several international research projects funded by the Horizon2020 programme and the European Space Agency. For further information you may check: www.securityandtrust.lu

CritiX (Critical and Extreme Security and Dependability) is a research group, and a laboratory for state-of-the-art research in a problem area that may be described as extreme computing, including the protection of critical systems and data against severe and persistent threats. We advocate resilienceas a paradigm shift enabling a comprehensive approach to extreme security and dependability challenges, from first principles. For further information you may check: http://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/research/critix

PhD candidates in Resilient Computing Systems

Ref: 3022 + 4059 + 4060 + 4061
Fixed-term contract of 3 years, which can be extended for one additional year if required, full-time (40 hrs/week)
Number of positions: 4
Your Role
Successful candidates will have the opportunity of shaping their PhD research around challenging and innovative research themes, as well as contributing to the ambitious research agenda of the CritiX lab, supported by a very substantial PEARL Grant from the Luxembourg National Research Fund, FNR (http://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/pearl) and several other projects, namely with Intel Labs, and others about to start (https://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/research/critix/research_projects). They will be given excellent conditions for the development of their research skills, in terms of working conditions, mentoring and laboratory facilities.

The research topics this opening is calling for are:

Resilience of Cyber-Physical System Infrastructures and Control (e.g., SCADA, CPS, autonomous vehicles)
Internet and Cloud Infrastructures Resilience (e.g., SDN, IoT, e-health, finance)
Security and Dependability of Embedded Components (e.g., multicores, hypervisors, TEE/SGX, ECUs)
Data Privacy and Integrity in Highly Sensitive Sectors (e.g., blockchain, biomedical)
For further details, you may check: http://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/research/critix

Email informal enquiries / expressions of interest:

Prof. Dr. Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo:

Email: critix-jobs@uni.lu, Subject: CRITIX – PHD CANDIDATE

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4 PhD candidates in Resilient Computing Systems