Postdoctoral position in privacy-preserving

The Department has 76 faculty members and enrolls about 70 PhD students from more than 30 countries. The research spans the whole spectrum, from theoretical underpinnings to applied systems development. There is extensive national and international collaboration with academia and industry all around the world.Information about the research the division
The research will be performed in the Networks and Systems division and the computer security group. This includes security research for vehicles connected to the Internet, ICT in the smart grid, Cyber-Physical systems, Cloud Computing, Embedded systems, Operating systems and Mobile systems. The department is very actively involved in many European and national projects including ERC grants and has many links to the industry.

There is extensive national and international collaboration with academia and industry all around the world. General information about the department is available at: http://www.chalmers.se/cse/EN

Major responsibilities
We are looking for an excellent, motivated, self-driven post-doctoral researcher to work in the area of cryptography with a focus on privacy-preserving biometrics. The position is for 12 months and located at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in Katerina Mitrokotsa's research group. More info about the research of the group can be found here: http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/~katerina/Publications.html

More precisely, the researcher will be employed in the European FP7 project BEAT (Biometric Evaluation and Testing). The researcher is expected to investigate and analyse the security and privacy of existing privacy-preserving biometric authentication systems against different types of attacks and propose new ones robust to the identified weaknesses.

Some info about the BEAT research project can be found here: http://www.beat-eu.org

The research will be performed in the Networks and Systems division and the computer security group.

The Post-doctoral position is an appointment that offers an opportunity to qualify for further research positions within academia or industry. The majority of your working time is devoted to your own research, normally as a member of a research group. Included in your work is also to take part in supervision of Ph.D. students and M.Sc thesis students. Teaching of undergraduate students may also be included to a small extent.

Position summary
Full-time temporary employment for one year and may be extended to one more year.

Qualifications
The applicant should have Ph.D. degree preferably in information security, computer science, cryptography or equivalent by the start of the appointment; the degree should generally not be older than three years. Experience in security communication protocols, provable security, homomorphic encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, privacy-preservation and biometric authentication is highly valued.  Fluency in written and spoken English is a strong requirement. As a post-doctoral researcher you are expected to work independently and to be able to supervise/co-supervise PhD and Master’s students.

Our researchers and PhD students at the department come from more than 30 different countries.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20130213 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:

• Application: (Please name the appendix in the e-recruitment system as: APPLICATION, Surname, reference number)
- CV, include complete list of publications,
- Previous teaching and pedagogical experiences,
- Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.
- Two references that we can contact.

• Personal letter/Qualifications 1-3 pages where you introduce yourself present your qualifications and describe your future research plans.
- Previous research fields and main research results.
- Future goals and research focus. Is there any specific projects and research issues you are primarily interested in?

• Other:
- Copies of the PhD thesis and Master's thesis.
- Attested copies of completed education, grades and other certificates.
Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline: September 30, 2013

For questions, please contact:

Research:
Dr. Katerina Mitrokotsa,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Networks and Systems Division,
aikmitr@chalmers.se
+46(0)31 772 10 40

Division:
Lecturer Peter Lundin, Head of division Networks and Systems
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
peter.lundin@chalmers.se
+46 (0)31 772 5726





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