Vacancies & Job Opportunities
ERC Vacancies @ SISTA: PhD positions and Postdoc positions
The research group K.U. Leuven ESAT-SCD is currently offering new PhD positions (4-years of PhD study) and Postdoc positions (1 year, extendable) within the framework of the ERC Advanced Grant A-DATADRIVE-B (PI: Johan Suykens) http://www.kuleuven.be/research/erc/suykens.html.
Different research positions (PhD/postdoc) are oriented towards
- Prior knowledge incorporation
- Kernels and tensors
- Modelling structured dynamical systems
- Sparsity
- Optimization algorithms
- Core models and mathematical foundations
- Next generation software tool
The research group ESAT-SCD http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/scd/ at the university K.U. Leuven Belgium provides an excellent research environment being active in the broad area of mathematical engineering, including systems and control theory, neural networks and machine learning, nonlinear systems and complex networks, optimization, signal processing, bioinformatics and biomedicine. The research will be conducted under the supervision of Prof. Johan Suykens. Interested candidates having a solid mathematical background and master degree can apply for these positions by sending their CV and motivation letter to johan.suykens@esat.kuleuven.be. For further information on these positions you may contact johan.suykens@esat.kuleuven.be.
Advanced Symmetric Cryptanalysis
Symmetric cryptography is used to protect large amounts of digital data. Block ciphers, stream ciphers, message authentication codes, hash functions are types of algorithms which fall in the class of symmetric cryptography. Well-known standards include the AES, the 3GPP algorithm suite, the SHA-3 candidates. The security of these algorithms is usually measured by determining their resistance against several methods of cryptanalysis: differential cryptanalysis, linear cryptanalysis, etc.
We are continuously looking for students who want to learn about symmetric cryptanalysis and to apply the methods to modern cryptographic algorithms. Besides the standard cryptanalysis methods, the students will also work with recently developed advanced variants like rebound attacks, zero-correlation linear cryptanalysis etc.
A background in cryptography or computer security is not required. The applicant should be familiar with linear algebra, coding theory, Boolean functions, programming in C, C++ or Java, and be willing to learn more mathematics as needed.
Apply through http://phd.kuleuven.be/set/voorstellen_departement?departement=50000516#detail
