4 PhD positions in Privacy and Security
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology
Karlstad
University takes pride in combining active external
Cooperation
with academic excellence. Karlstad University has around 16 000
students
and a staff of over 1 200 members.
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principles, equality and diversity are cornerstones of the
University.
We value the enriching presence of diverse backgrounds and
Competencies
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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.
Net
Recruiter is available at
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
Union
representative:
1. Anu Suneson, OFR, 054-700 2002
2. Thomas Bragefors, SACO, 054-700 1714
3. Marika Örtqvist, OFR marika.ortqvist@karlstad.lararforbundet.se,
070-
641 96 90
Published:
2014-04-03
Last
application date:
2014-05-15
Prof.
Dr. Simone Fischer- Hübner
Department
of Computer Science
Karlstad
University
Universitetsgatan
2
S-65188
Karlstad
Tel.
+46 (0)54 7001723
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